Emily B. McCarthy, PhD Candidate

Department of Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences

Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI 49931

906-487-1761

ebmccart@mtu.edu

EDUCATION

August 2004-Present	PhD Candidate, Geology, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI Thesis topic: Quantification of volcanic water vapor using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Advisor: Dr. I. Matthew Watson
December 2004	M. S., Geology, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI. Thesis topic: “Multisensor Analysis of the August 18 and 28, 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima volcano, Japan” Advisor: Dr. Gregg Bluth
August 1998 to May 2002	B. A., Geology, Cum Laude, Albion College, Albion, MI

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

August 2004-Present	Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI Remote sensing of volcanic emissions and quantification of volcanic water vapor
June 2004	NASA Research Experience, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD Instruction in trajectory modeling
August 2002 to Present	Graduate Research Assistant, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI Remote sensing of August 18 and 28, 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Supported by NASA grant: Validation of TOMS Volcanic Aerosol and SO2 Products Using MODIS and AVHRR
July 2003	Cities on Volcanoes Student Workshop, Hilo, HI Field course in explosive and effusive volcanism and an examination of risk, vulnerability, and preparedness
August 2001 to May 2002	Research Assistant, Albion College, Albion, MI Study of eruption/depositional processes in ice-volcano sequences at Mt. Takahe, Antarctica.
Summer 2000	FURSCA Fellow, Albion College, Albion, MI Development of projects for first year seminar class, Global Warming: The Great Climate Experiment.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Fall 2002	Graduate Teaching Assistant, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI Instructed and evaluated students in laboratory for Understanding Earth (GE2000).
Fall 2001-Spring 2002	Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Albion College, Albion, MI Assisted students with laboratory assignments in Introductory Geology course.

HONORS and AWARDS

March 2006		Michigan Space Grant, Project Title: Quantification of Volcanic Water Vapor Using the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) May 2006-April 2007, $5000
	August 2005		Episcopal Association for College Work Graduate Scholarship $2500
	August 2004		Episcopal Association for College Work Graduate Scholarship $1667
	June 2004		Class of 1944 Fellowship (MTU), $1000
	December 2003		DeVlieg Fellowship (MTU), $1500
	May 2003		Nominated by GMES Dept. for Whirlpool Fellowship (MTU)
	May 2003		Sigma Xi Grant-in-Aid of Research, Project Title: A Multispectral Analysis of the August 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima, Japan June 2003-May 2004, $1000
	April 2003		NSF Travel Scholarship, Cities on Volcanoes III Student Workshop July 7-12, 2003, $930
	March 2003		Michigan Space Grant, Project Title: A Multispectral Analysis of the August 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima, Japan May 2003-April 2004, $5000
	April 2002		Faculty Award for Leadership in Geology, Albion College
	2001-2002		President, Mortar Board (Senior Honor Society), Albion College
	2000-2002		President, Albion College Geology Club/Sigma Gamma Epsilon
	Summer 2000		FURSCA Fellowship: Project Title: Global Warming: The Great Climate Experiment May 2000-August 2000, $2500

PUBLICATIONS

McCarthy, Emily B., Bluth, Gregg J. S., Watson, I. Matthew, and Tupper, A. Detection and analysis of the volcanic clouds associated with the August 18 and 28, 2000 eruptions of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan. International Journal of Remote Sensing (Special Issue), in review

McCarthy, Emily B. Multisensor analysis of the August 18 and 28, 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan. M.S. Thesis, Michigan Technological University, 2004.

McCarthy, Emily, Gregg Bluth, I. Matthew Watson, Andrew Tupper, and Yasuhiro Kamada. Comparison of ash detection techniques using TOMS, MODIS, AVHRR, and GMS: A case study of the August 18 and 18 eruption clouds of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan. Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety, June 21-24, 2004, Alexandria, VA

PRESENTATIONS and ABSTRACTS

McCarthy, Emily Using Infrared and Ultraviolet Satellite Sensors to Study Volcanic Clouds: A Case Study of Miyakejima Volcano, Japan. Invited Speaker, Albion College Geology Colloquium, November 23, 2004, Albion College, Albion, MI.

McCarthy, E., Bluth, G., Watson, I., Tupper, A., Kamada, Y. Testing the limits: A comparison of TOMS, MODIS, AVHRR, and GMS for volcanic cloud emission detection at Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Presentation, IAVCEI General Assembly, November, 2004, Pucón, Chile.

McCarthy, E., Bluth, G., Watson, I., Tupper, A., Kamada, Y. Comparison of ash detection techniques using TOMS, MODIS, AVHRR, and GMS: A case study of the August 18 and 28, 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima volcano, Japan. Abstract, 2^nd International Conference on Volcanic Ash and Aviation Safety, June 2004.

McCarthy, E., Bluth, G., Watson, I., Rose, W., Tupper, A., Kamada, Y. Detection and Fate of the August 18 and 28, 2000 Eruption

Clouds of Miyakejima, Japan: An Analysis Using TOMS, MODIS, AVHRR, GMS, and ASTER. Abstract, 2003 Fall AGU Meeting.

McCarthy, E., Bluth, G., Watson, I., Rose, W. Investigation of Volcanic Clouds Using Infrared and Ultraviolet Satellite Sensors.

Presentation, Michigan Space Grant Consortium Conference, October 11, 2003, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.

McCarthy, Emily. Multispectral Analysis of the August 18 and 28 eruptions of Miyakejima, Japan. Guest Speaker at Kagoshima University,

Japan and Meteorological Satellite Center, Japan, July 22, 2003 and August 4, 2003.

McCarthy, Emily, Bluth, G., Tupper, A., Watson, I., Rose, W. Multispectral Analysis of the August 2000 eruption clouds at Miyakejima, Japan.

Poster, Cities on Volcanoes III, July 2003, Hilo, HI.

McCarthy, Emily. An Integrated Eruption/Depositional Model of Ice-Volcano Sequences at Mt. Takahe, Antarctica. Poster, Elkin Isaac

Research Symposium, April 18, 2002. Albion College, Albion, MI.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Geophysical Union

IAVCEI

Sigma Gamma Epsilon (Geology Honorary)

Sigma Xi

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Volcanic Clouds

Volcanology

Volcanic Hazards

Advanced Natural Hazards

Supervolcanoes

Remote Sensing

Digital Image Processing

Atmospheric Chemistry

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