Former UTIG researcher looks back on her time as a graduate student at the Jackson School of Geosciences By Freja Cini Ever since she was little, Abby Varona knew that she wanted to work in oil and gas. Growing up in Houston with parents who both worked in the industry, a career in oil and… Continue Reading Mapping New Horizons: Graduate Research Sets Abby Varona on Career in Seismic Interpretation
Meet the Mars Student Researcher Who Wants to Rewrite Fluid Dynamics
Mars was once a wet world, like Earth, but did water hang around long enough on its surface to sustain life? That’s the question on the mind of Eric Hiatt, a graduate student at UT Austin’s Jackson School of Geosciences, who’s supported by UT’s Center for Planetary Systems Habitability to study the history of water… Continue Reading Meet the Mars Student Researcher Who Wants to Rewrite Fluid Dynamics
Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid
Originally published in The Conversation. The ocean floor is famously less explored than the surface of Mars. And when our team of scientists recently mapped the seabed, and ancient sediments beneath, we discovered what looks like an asteroid impact crater. Continue Reading Mystery crater potentially caused by relative of dinosaur-killing asteroid
Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell
Below Europa’s thick icy crust is a massive, global ocean where the snow floats upwards onto inverted ice peaks and submerged ravines. The bizarre underwater snow is known to occur below ice shelves on Earth, but a new study shows that the same is likely true for Jupiter’s moon, where it may play a role… Continue Reading Underwater Snow Gives Clues About Europa’s Icy Shell
2021 in Review: UTIG Stories You May Have Missed
Despite the pandemic, 2021 was another great year for research at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics. We look back on some of the notable developments and achievements you may have missed. Dunyu Liu: Computational Geoscientist Meet Dunyu Liu, UTIG’s first full time computational geoscientist. Read More UT Professor Publishes Milestone Book on Geopressure… Continue Reading 2021 in Review: UTIG Stories You May Have Missed
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