Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences at Michigan Tech

Charles T. Young


Near Surface Geophysics Lab Web Page

Side Scan Sonar Seminar Photos

Click below to read my   recent papers: 

Esimating hydrogeologic paratmeters from radar data (GPR 2002)

Geohysical Response of the Mission Creek near Desert Hot Springs, California (Sageep 2003)

Basic processing and display in Matlab (Sageep 2004)

Personal Interests
    Playing classical, folk music jazz on stringed instruments, making musical instruments including 
    electric basses, flying, tinkering with electronics including ham radio

Education

  • Bachelors; San Diego State University, 1965
  • Masters; San Diego State University, 1971
  • Ph.D.; University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1977
  • Professional Engineer, State of Michigan, 1992

Research

  • aquifer heterogenetity estimation using ground penetrating radar
  • three dimensional visualization of geophysical data
  • novel uses of electrical resisitivity to reveal fracture patterns in limestone
  • application of geophysics to archaeology (non-destructive archaeology)
  • table top models for teaching geophysics
  • signal analysis for geophysical interpretation

Courses Taught

  • Field Geophysics
  • Electrical and Electromagnetic Geophysics
  • Seismic Reflection and Refraction Methods
  • Special Problems in Geophysics
  • Geophysical Signal Analysis
  • Graduate Research
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