TSGC welcomes 17 new teams that have been selected to compete in the challenge this semester. Congratulations and good luck to them all! Fall 2021 Design Challenge Showcase – Top Teams Fall 2021 Design Teams [* denotes team leader] HOUSTON COMMUNITY COLLEGE – TEAM EAGLE Initial Mars BaseSemester I of II Institution: Houston Community College… Continue Reading Fall 2021 Design Challenge Teams
Xian Wu Receives AGU’s Outstanding Student Presentation Award For El Niño Talk
Xian Wu, a graduate research assistant at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) has received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award for a talk she gave at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting in December 2019. The award includes a certificate, $150 cash prize and complimentary tickets to a banquet during AGU’s next… Continue Reading Xian Wu Receives AGU’s Outstanding Student Presentation Award For El Niño Talk
Andrew Gase and Brandon Shuck among 2018 GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize Winners
Congratulations to Brandon Shuck and Andrew Gase who were among the winners of the 2018 GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize! The GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize is awarded to students for outstanding research presented as either a talk or poster presentation at the annual AGU Fall meeting. Each year two students receive a $500 cash prize and… Continue Reading Andrew Gase and Brandon Shuck among 2018 GeoPRISMS AGU Student Prize Winners
Stories from the desert: Servicing the Mojave Broadband Seismic Experiment
Geoscience field trips can be grueling and – without the right preparation – hazardous. Research sites are often miles away from civilization, accessible only by foot or helicopter. For many, however, being surrounded by nothing but untouched nature is reward in itself. The trip to service the Mojave Broadband Seismic Experiment began on October 10… Continue Reading Stories from the desert: Servicing the Mojave Broadband Seismic Experiment
From the Field: Installing Seismic Sensors in the Mojave Desert
Rob Porritt, a UTIG postdoc, along with three UT Geology undergraduate students traveled to the Mojave desert in California in May to deploy 19 broadband seismic sensors. All were successfully placed over the course of six arduous days in the desert. “This was by far the hardest deployment I’ve ever done,” said Rob. “We stressed… Continue Reading From the Field: Installing Seismic Sensors in the Mojave Desert