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Faculty and students from the UW Department of Earth and Space Sciences have been cited in numerous publications in recent months in connection with both the activities at Mount St. Helen's, beginning in fall 2004, as well as the Tsunami in December of 2004. It is not possible to list all of the news references to these events. Additional information is available with the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network and the Tsunami page. Native lore tells the tale: There's been a whole lotta shakin' going' on Spirit tales reveal ancient landslides New evidence indicates biggest extinction wasn't caused by asteroid or comet Pinatubo's rivers show the dangers isn't over when volcanic eruption ends Historic Himalayan ice dams create huge lakes, mammoth floods New propulsion concept could make possible 90-day round trip to the red plant Mount St. Helens activity increasing likelihood of hazardous event Mount St. Helens hit by swarm of small earthquakes Brick chimneys can double as strong-most ion sensors in earthquakes Folds at surface show ancient seismic stresses still at work in Washington UW scientists say new Hollywood climate thriller is so bad it's good Scientists hope current silent earthquake will help to understand big quakes New interpretation of satellite measurements confirms global warming Miniseries featuring huge West Coast quake rooted in fiction, not science Faculty News 
Stephen C. Porter, professor emeritus of earth and space sciences and the quaternary research center, has been elected an Einstein Professor in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, China's foremost scientific organization. Porter is the first Earth scientist to be so honored. The Academy's aim in establishing the professorships is to help develop future academic leaders through the interaction of Chinese graduate students and top international scholars. Porter, who was Director of the Quaternary Research Center from 1982 to 1998, first visited China in 1983 as a member of an American scientific delegation concerned with climate-related issues. Since 1985 he and Chinese colleagues have carried out collaborative field studies across the loess region of central China from Inner Mongolia to the northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Their research has primarily dealt with changes in monsoon climate during the glacial ages. Brian Atwater, geologist with the U.S. Geological Survey and affiliate professor of earth and space sciences, has been elected as a member of the National Academy of Sciences (2007) in recognition of distinguished and continuing achievements in original research relating to historically recent earthquakes and tsunamis and their inherent hazards. Terry Swanson, senior lecturer of earth and space sciences, has received the UW Distinguished Teaching Award (2007). Awardees are chosen based on a variety of criteria, including mastery of the subject matter; enthusiasm and innovation in the learning/teaching process; ability to engage students both within and outside the classroom; ability to inspire independent and original thinking in students and to stimulate students to do creative work; and innovations in course and curriculum design. David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences and director of the quaternary research center, has been named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2007). Bernard Hallet, professor of earth and space, has been named Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (2007). David Montgomery, professor of earth and space sciences and director of the quaternary research center, was the co-recipient of the Kirk Bryan Award for Research Excellence in Geomorphology at the 2006 annual meeting of the Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division of the Geological Society of America for a paper entitled "Topographic controls on erosion rates in tectonically active mountain ranges,...which tested the long-held ideas regarding topographic controls on erosion rates and advanced our understanding of the evaluation of mountain ranges." The paper was co-authored with co-recipient Mark Brandon (Ph.D., 1984, Geological Sciences, University of Washington), professor of geology and geophysics at Yale University. This award is the most prestigious in the field of geomorphology. Charles F. Raymond, emeritus professor of earth and space sciences, received the 2007 Louis Agassiz Medal from the European Geosciences Union Division on Cryospheric Sciences in recognition of his major contributions to glaciology which have advanced the quantitative understanding of glacier and ice-sheet flow. Staff News
Congratulations to Kathy Gabriel, Fiscal Specialist, who received the department's 2007 Julian D. Barksdale Distinguished Service Award "for her deep commitment to the department and her professionalism, consistently performing at an exceptional level and routinely going beyond the scope of her responsibilities to ensure quality services for all members of the department." Kathy was presented with this award at the ESS Awards Ceremony this past May. Graduate Student News Undergraduate Student News Graduate Student News Archives Congratulations to Eliza Nemser who was awarded a grant from The Geological Society of America. Eliza's proposal was recognized as having exceptional merit in conception and presentation. Congratulations again to Eliza Nemser for a research grant received for 2006 from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation Grants-in-Aid Program. Congratulations to Wendy McCausland who has been selected for a Mendenhall Postdoctoral Fellowship to begin October 2006. Research Advisors: Evelyn Roeloffs and Seth Moran, Project: Studying Slow Earthquakes in Cascadia with Borehole Strainmeter Data. Congratulations to Jane Lock who won a Best Student Paper from the Hydrology section at the AGU Fall meeting. Congratulations to Theresa Kayzar and Christina Dwyer (entering Fall 2006) both received honorable mention for NSF fellowships. Theresa was accepted to join an NSF sponsored PIRE (Partners in Research and Education) international expedition to study active volcanoes in Kamchatka. She will be conducting field work there this summer. Gabriele Casale has received a Fulbright Scholarship for 2006-07, Congratulations Gabe! This award will enable Gabe to spend much of the academic year in Croatia, where he will initiate his Ph.D. research on the late Tertiary to present-day tectonics of the external Dinarides fold-and-thrust belt. Congratulations to Ruth Martin who is the 2006 recipient of the Jean G. Funkhouser Memorial Grant awarded by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) Foundation. Congratulations to Angeliki Barberopoulou for being awarded one of the Kerry Kelts Research Awards for $300 this year by the Limnogeology Division of the Geological Society of America. Angeliki also received a Seismological Society of America travel grant award for their annual meeting in 2006. Undergraduate Student News Archives Congratulations to Jennifer Glass. Jennifer was awarded a Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Award and a Mary Gates Travel Award to present her research at AGU in December 2005. Congratulations to Alyssa Ballinger who received an A&S Undergraduate Research Award. Congratulations to Andrea Repetto who also received a Mary Gates Undergraduate Research Award. Karl Popejoy is this year's recipient of the North Seattle Lapidary and Mineral Club Scholarship, Congratulations Karl. |
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