For more information about volcanology at Michigan Tech, please see our group's web site.

Current students

• 
  Josh Richardson, Ph.D., Research Topic: Volcano and Glacial Seismic Sources
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  Tricia Nadeau, Ph.D., Research Topic: Integrated Modeling of Volcanic Seismic, Acoustic, and SO₂ Emissions (coadvised with Simon Carn)
• Nicole McMahon, MS, Research Topic: Crustal Stress from Shear-Wave Splitting At Yellowstone
• Kate McKee, PCMI (in Peru), Research Topic: Volcano Seismology
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  John Lyons, Ph.D., Research Topic: Seismic and Acoustic Source Models for Fuego Volcano, Guatemala (coadvised with Bill Rose)
• Dulci Avouris, M.S., Research Topic: Seismic Triggering of Changes in Volcanic Emissions (coadvised with Simon Carn)

Graduated Students

• Josh Richardson, M.S. 2010 - Characteristics of Seismic and Acoustic Signals Produced by Calving, Bering Glacier, Alaska
• Jemile Erdem, M.S. 2010 - Modeling Temporal Changes in Eruptive Behavior Using Coda Wave Interferometry and Seismo-Acoustic Observations at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala

Information for prospective students

I am looking for a new PhD student to start in the fall of 2011 on an investigation of VLP and tilt coupled with SO₂ emission measurements. The work is funded by NSF award 1053794 CAREER: Eruption Dynamics From Low-Frequency Volcano-Seismic Signals. Work will include field work on Fuego and Pacaya Volcanoes in Guatemala, synthetic waveform modeling, and multidisciplinary interpretation.

Seismological recordings of volcanic processes are both the most abundant and the most widely used by volcano monitoring agencies for real-time assessment of the volcanic hazard. Volcano seismology is most powerful when combined with other geophysical and geological information. I am looking for students with skills in mathematics and physics who are primarily interested in seismology research, but who are eager to conduct interdisciplinary research to enhance their seismic modeling. I encourage students to be involved with acquiring data for their projects, which could mean spending a significant amount of time in field within the U.S. or abroad. Michigan Tech's strengths in volcanology (our department has one of the largest volcanology graduate programs in the country), remote sensing and exploration geophysics are excellent compliments to students who are interested in volcano seismology and the deformation of the crust and upper mantle.

I currently am working with students on projects at Mount St. Helens, Yellowstone, and Newberry volcanoes in the U.S., Fuego and Pacaya volcanoes in Guatemala, and Villarrica Volcano in Chile, which involve seismic investigations of crustal structure and volcanic processes. Students will learn to apply seismological techniques such as moment tensor inversion, seismic tomography, receiver function analysis, shear-wave anisotropy analysis, and generation of Green's functions from seismic noise. For more information on some of my current projects, please contact me.

For general information about Michigan Tech, please take a look at the Graduate School web site.