During March 2025, Tom Clune focused on enhancing the stability and correctness of the CapGridComp integration within the GEOS-ESM/MAPL repository. He addressed a persistent pointer association issue in the Fortran MAPL_Cap and MAPL_CapGridComp modules by introducing TARGET usage and refining module interfaces, ensuring pointer integrity across procedure calls and during cleanup. Tom also improved the get_CapGridComp_from_gc API by adding an optional rc argument to support robust cleanup scenarios. His work, centered on Fortran programming, debugging, and pointer management, reduced runtime errors and improved cross-compiler reliability, demonstrating a deep understanding of code quality and maintainability in scientific software.