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Project
PI:
Gregg
Bluth
project management, remote sensing, hazard mitigation (Remote Sensing
Minor)
Co-PI's:
John
Gierke
hydrogeology, engineering, geophysics
(Aqua Terra Tech Enterprise)
Essa
Gross
hydrogeology, wastewater treatment
(In Nicaragua 9/05-8/07, in the Peace Corps Master's
International program)
William
Rose
volcanology, remote sensing, hazard mitigation
(Peace Corps MI)
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Team in Nicaragua (J. Gierke, 3rd from left; E. Gross, far right)
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Remote
Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific
Latin America Project
Overview
This project focuses on developing remote sensing tools and
validation methods for hazard mitigation and resource protection
in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Ecuador.
We are
working towards two important goals:
(1) to
develop a formal linkage among geoscience agencies in the
four countries, focusing on the collaborative development
of remote sensing tools for hazard mitigation and water resource
development;
(2) to
build a new educational system of applied research and engineering,
using two existing educational programs at Michigan Tech:
a new Peace Corp/Master’s International program in Natural
Hazards which features a 2-year field assignment, and an undergraduate
“Enterprise” program, which gives teams of civil,
environmental, and geological engineering students the opportunity
to work on real-world problems over multiple years in a business-like
setting.
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