From left:  Oto Matías, me, Marika Dalton and Elisabet Head; GPS measurements at Fuego volcano, Guatemala (Agua in background).

Advisees, Past and Present


CURRENT STUDENTS

Marika Dalton (M.S. Geology)  MODIS and TOMS study of the 2002 Reventador, Ecuador eruptions.

Yingxin Gu (Ph.D. Geology, co-advise with W. Rose) Remote sensing of airborne particles; satellite retrievals of dust storm particles; high latitude retrievals from Cleveland volcano; annual loading from Saharan dust storms.

Elisabet Head (M.S. Geology)  Remote sensing study of Galapagos volcanic activity.

Emily McCarthy (M.S. Geology) Multispectral analysis of the August 2000 eruption clouds of Miyakejima, Japan.

Samantha Reif (Ph.D. Geology) Satellite and field study of lahar hazards at Fuego volcano, Guatemala; slope failure hazard mapping and prediction in El Salvador.

Jeremy Shannon (Ph.D. Geology) Integrated study of gas fluxes and seismicity at Montserrat volcano, W.I.; development of ultraviolet gas imaging camera.


PAST GRADUATE STUDENTS

Students (Degree)

Year

Theses

Currently At:

Song Guo (Ph.D. Geology; co-advise with W. Rose)

2003

Analysis of the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption clouds.

McGill University

Email

Elly Bunzendahl (M.S. Environmental Engineering; co-advise with W. Rose)

2003

 

Hazard mitigation investigation and planning for Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala.

Copper Country Intermediate School District

Colleen Riley (Ph.D. Geology, co-advise with W. Rose)

2002

 

Effects of silicate particle shape on atmospheric distribution and fallout patterns: experimental and modelling results

Northwestern University

Email

Yingxin Gu (M.S. Geology; co-advise with J. Gierke)

2001

 

Laboratory study of SO2 adsorption onto fine volcanic ash

Michigan Tech Ph.D. Program

Email

Robb Cookman (M.S. Geological Engineering)

2000

 

A comparison of hydrologic and chemical outputs from three watersheds of the Keweenaw Peninsula and four U.S. Geological Survey monitored watersheds in the Lake Superior basin

UP Engineers, Marquette; MI

Email

Gari Mayberry (M.S. Geology; co-advise with W. Rose)

1999

 

Dynamics of the volcanic and meteorological clouds produced by the December 26, 1997 eruption of Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, W.I.

USGS and Smithsonian Institution Global Volcanism Program; Washington, D.C.

Email

Emily Constantine (M.S. Geological Engineering; co-advise with W. Rose)

1998

 

Remote sensing of the August, 1991 Cerro Hudson volcanic eruption clouds

Institute for the Application of Geospatial Technology; Auburn, NY

Email

Heather Shocker (M.S. Geology; co-advise with W. Rose )

1996

 

Evolution of volcanic clouds from the 1993 Lascar Chile eruption

Science Applications International Corporation; McLean, VA

Email

Jeremy Shannon (M.S. Geological Engineering)

1996

 

3-D reconstruction of the Mt. Spurr volcanic clouds using AVHRR, TOMS, and wind trajectory data

Michigan Tech Ph.D. Program

Email

 


Our guides from the Guatemalan army, Enrique Garces (l) and Rolando Fuentes (r).  Santiaguito in the background.


http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~gbluth/Teaching/teaching.html -- Revised: 15 May 2004