Master's Theses and Reports

2017
Edrick Ramos MS in Geology Served in Guatemala	A Small-Scale Water Budget Approach and Water Quality Assessment: A Case Study for Calderas Lake, Guatemala
Monica Castro-Escobar MS in Geology Served in Ecuador	Patterns in Eruptions at Fuego from Statistical Analysis of Video Surveillance
2016
Lindsay Davis MS in Geology Served in El Salvador	Disaster Risk in a Rural Environment: A Case Study Assessing Vulnerability and Natural Hazards in El Centro, San Ignacio, Chalatenango, El Salvador
Jordan A. Mayer MS in Geology Served in Panama	Spring Discharge Modeling: A Case Study in the Comarca Ngame-Bugle, Western Panama
Jordan P Van Sickle MS in Geology Served in Panama	Modeling Spring Catchment Discharge: A Case Study of Candela, Panama, Central America
2015
Tyler M. Barton Served in El Salvador	The Routine Disaster: A Case Study in El Salvador
Chet Hopp MS in Geophysics Served in Panama	Characterization of Seismicity at Volcano Baru, Panama: May 2013 through April 2014
2014
Bri Hetland Lopez Served in Guatemala, 2010-2012	A Surface Displacement Analysis for Volcan Pacaya from October 2001 Through March 2013 by Means of 3-D Modeling of Precise Position GPS Data
Jay Wellik,	Doing More With Short Period Data: Determining Magnitudes From Clipped and Over-Run Seismic Data at Mount St. Helens
2013
Patrice Cobin,	Probabilistic Modeling of Rainfall Induced Landslide Hazard Assessment in San Juan La Laguna, Soloá, Guatemala
Stephanie Tubman,	Spring Discharge Monitoring in Low-Resource Settings: A Case Study of Concepción Chiquirichapa, Guatemala
2012
Daniel Smith	Stability Analysis and Hazard Assessment of the Northern Slopes of San Vicente Volcano in Central El Salvador
2011
Lara Kapelanczyk	An Eruptive History of Maderas Volcano Using New Argon-40/Argon-39 Ages and Geochemical Analyses
Robert Hegemann	An Investigation of Surface Water/Groundwater Relationships in a Rural Watershed in Southern Honduras
Kyle Brill	Characterization of Harmonic Tremor at Santiaguito Volcano and Its Implications for Eruption Mechanisms
John Lyons	Dynamics and Kinematics of Eruptive Activity at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala 2005 – 2009
Jesse Silverman	"The Need Obliged Us": Culture as Capacity during the Hurricane Stan Emergency Response. A Case Study from Tectitán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala
Randall Fish	Using Water Balance Models to Approximate the Effects of Climate Change on Spring Catchment Discharge: Mt. Hanang, Tanzania
2010
Hans Lechner	Differential GPS as a Monitoring Tool on Volcano Santa Ana (Illamatepec) and the Coatepeque Caldera, El Salvador
Julie Herrick	Recurrent voluminous sector collapses at Volcán Barú, Panama (Abstract)
Jemile Erdem	Modeling Temporal Changes using Coda Wave Interferometry and Seismo-Acoustic Observations at Fuego Volcano, Guatemala (Abstract)
2009
Adam Blankenbicker	Detailed Characterization of Small Vulcanian Explosions at Santiaguito Volcano
Karinne Knutsen	La Yeguada Volcanic Complex, Western Panama: An Assessment of the Geologic Hazards using New Ar40/Ar39 Ages
York Lewis	Geologic Controls for Landslides in the Central American Highlands of Northern El Salvador
2008
Essa Gross	A Manual Pumping Test Method for Characterizing the Productivity of Drilled Wells Equipped with Rope Pumps