Tomoko Matsuo is a strong advocate for underrepresented minoritiesÌýin science, engineering and mathematics. She is passionate about math and science education for girls and women of all backgrounds. Some of her outreach activities include:
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, annual regional science fair for middle and high-school students. Tomoko and her undergraduate student mentored a student onÌýresearch involving Ìýfor the 2021 BVSD Corden Pharma Science Fair.Ìý
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Remote Sensing Day,Ìýa one-day STEM summer camp program on remote sensing for high-school students as part of the . Tomoko and her graduate and undergraduate students spent a day at the CU Mountain Research Station in the summer of 2019.
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Remote Sensing Summer Camp,Ìýone-week STEM summer camp for first-generation precollegiate high-school students offered in collaboration with the CUÌýScience Discovery and Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement. Tomoko and CU graduate studentsÌýco-developed an outreach program composed of hands-on activities that traverse the entire arc of remote sensing and in-situ data collection, analysis, and modelingÌýin the summer of 2018.
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, to encourage 6th, 7th and 8th-grade girls to study math, science, and technology by allowing them to interact with women who use these disciplines in their careers. Tomoko has been presenting hands-on experiment workshops (e.g., liquid nitrogen experiments, electromagnetism experiments) at annual Expanding Your Horizons conferences at CU's engineering center from 2007 through 2014.
- , to introduce science and 21st century skills by educating and mentoring underrepresented youth, using video and new media technology. Tomoko has participated in Earth Explorers' programs in 2012 and 2014 (WatchÌý).