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What Happened in Haiti?
“Every disaster situation is different,” says Bill Rose, professor of petrology in the geological and mining engineering and sciences department. “Haiti sits on a major strike-slip fault, where one side moves one way, and one moves another.”
“The Caribbean plate is moving eastward relative to the North American plate,” explains Wayne Pennington, professor and chair of the department. |
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Planning for the Worst: Could Anything Have Helped in Haiti?
Michigan Tech's Peace Corps Master's Program in Natural Hazards Mitigation is working to help save lives around the world. |
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| Ray Smith Searches for Mines in His Golden Years |
Former Michigan Tech President Ray Smith is featured in a story in Arizona's Green Valley News and Sun.
The story chronicles how Smith and three other men locate old hazardous mining sites in 10,000 square miles of south-central Arizona. They pinpoint the location, record data on the environment and wildlife, and erect safety signs.
Smith says the members of the group, called the Hazardous Abandoned Mine Finder, share a “love for the desert and the never-ending quest for minerals.”
Smith, who is 93, was president from 1965-79.
He had written a story about HAMF in the August issue of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society. |
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| Mining History Comes to Life at Commencement |
| In 1932, a distinguished Michigan mining engineer named Scott Turner (1904 BS mining) received an honorary doctorate in engineering from Michigan Tech, at that time called the Michigan College of Mining and Technology, and the Turner was given the Distinguished Alumn Award in 1966. At Michigan Tech's midyear Commencement on Dec. 12 -- 77 years later -- one of the first recipients of the University's PhD in industrial heritage and archeology will wear Turner's historic academic hood to accept his degree.
The full story, "Mining History Comes to Life at Michigan Tech Commencement" is available online. |
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NASA features Simon Carn in an article about gases from the eruption of Chaitén Volcano in Chile: "Volcanic eruptions are a sort of atmospheric chemistry experiment; they stick a large amount of gas into the atmosphere quickly,” he said. Scientists do not know with certainty what will result from such an experiment. They have learned that over time, the gases may transform into tiny droplets or particles called aerosols. Read more |
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The Stan Dyl Geology Fellowship has been awarded to Elisa Piispa, a PhD student in geology, for her work on improving the proterozoic continental reconstructions based on combining characterizations of the paleomagnetism, geology, mineralogy and geochronology of mafic dike swarms in India. This fellowship will be used to support her travel to India to present her work. She is advised by Assistant Professor Aleksey Smirnov. |
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Joshua Richardson, MS student in geophysics, has been awarded the P. M. Thorton Endowed Fellowship for his work on emerging seismic structural imaging techniques involving active and passive source imaging of the upper crust. Josh has conducted seismic surveys at the Bering Glacier in Alaska and on Fuego Volcano in Guatemala. He is advised by Assistant Professor Gregory Waite. |
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Elisabet Head, PhD candidate in geology, has received the Seaman Museum Fellowship for her work on fluid inclusions in olivines erupted by Nyamuragira volcano. She is advised by Assistant Professor Simon Carn and the fluid-inclusion aspects were conducted in collaboration with Professor Paul Wallace at the University of Oregon. |
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State Authorizes Michigan Tech to Seek Construction Bids for the new Great Lakes Research Center
“As Michigan moves toward a blue-water economy, this Great Lakes Research Center will play a vital role in helping the state understand and use its freshwater resources,” said Michigan Tech President Glenn D. Mroz. “It is a strategic investment in the future, for the state and for the University.” |
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Postmark to honor Douglass Houghton, Michigan Geologist
The United States Postal Service had a bicentennial pictorial cancellation to honor Douglass Houghton at Douglass Houghton Hall on Michigan Tech’s Campus in Houghton, Michigan on Saturday, November 7, 2009. |
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Student Transforms into National Geographic Star
MTU Student photos slide show from the East Africa Field Camp |
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Gierke Serves as Interim Chair
In 2007 Dr. John Gierke was named 2007 Michigan Distinguished Professor of the Year, Presidents Council
of the State Universities Article (or as PDF) |
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New Geoscience Graduate Program Builds Global Partnerships in Education and Research |
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Mayer Receives Distinguished Service Award |
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On the Faultline
Department
Newsletter
Fall 2008 2 Mb PDF |
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Drill Here! Locating Drinking Water Under Challenging Conditions: Jill Bruning, and John Gierke go to Nicaragua for field testing
Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource
Protection in Pacific Latin America |
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Richard E. Honrath
1961-2009
Memorial |
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The Association for Women Geoscientists awarded the Brunton Award to Alex Guth. This award, named for a top manufacturer of high-end compasses, is a prestigious commendation for work in field mapping and data acquisition |
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Dr. William J. Gregg
1948 - 2008
Former Students Establish Scholarship in Memory of Bill Gregg
William J. Gregg Scholarship Fund |
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"Gigantic Magnetofossils" Ruled in Ancient Global-Warming Climate according paleomagnetist Aleksey Smirnov |
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2009 GMES Awards Banquet Photo Gallery |
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Up, Up and Away: Studying Volcanoes With Balloons:
Adam Durant, an adjunct geological sciences faculty member and colleagues took meteorological balloons to the Kilauea volcano |
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SME
Upper Peninsula Section
Annual Spring Meeting, 2009 |
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