Fall 2020
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| Mon, Sep 14, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Neil Donahue, Carnegie Mellon University |
The Richard E. Honrath Memorial Lecture |
| Mon, Sep 21, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Nicole Riemer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | Aerosol mixing state: synthesizing measurements and models |
| Mon, Oct 12, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Virendra Ghate, Argonne National Laboratory | Drizzle and turbulence in marine stratocumulus clouds |
| Mon, Oct 19, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Petra Reinke, University of Virginia | Unraveling the mechanisms of alloy oxidation with surface science studies |
| Mon, Oct 26, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Nancy French, Michigan Tech Research Institute, Ann Arbor, MI | Wildland fire emissions and smoke: Development of spatial tools and products for carbon and air quality research and applications |
| Mon, Nov 2, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Gareth Parkinson, Vienna University of Technology (TU Wein) | Structure and Chemistry of Iron-Oxide Surfaces |
| Mon, Nov 9, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Hendrik Bluhm, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Berlin | Heterogeneous Chemistry at Aqueous Interfaces Investigated with Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy |
| Mon, Nov 16, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Vicki H. Grassian, University of California, San Diego | Exploring the Chemistry of Environmental Interfaces |
| Mon, Dec 7, 2020 4 pm – 5 pm | Dr. Brandon Johnson, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN | Impact fragmentation and the efficient fracturing of terrestrial crusts |
Spring 2020
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| March 23 | Dr. Joellen Russell (University of Arizona) | Climate and the Deep Blue Sea |
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Spring 2009
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Peter Delamere, Research Associate,Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder | Volcanism, dust, and auroral spots: Exploring Jupiter's space environment |
| February 2 | Alexander Marshak (NASA Goddard) | How simple radiative transfer helps to interpret satellite measurements; examples from active and passive remote sensing |
| February 9 | Maria val Martin (Harvard) | Characterization of vertical transport of fire smoke over North America using satellite observations |
| February 16 | Tom Pypker (MTU) | Potential methods for quantifying the ecophysiology of entire mountain watersheds |
| February 23 | Nicole Riemer (U. Illinois) | Effect of Aerosol Mixing State on Optical and CCN Activation Properties in an Evolving Urban Plume |
| March 2 | Changsheng Chen (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth) | A New Model System Aimed to Simulate Interdisciplinary Multi-Scale Oceanic Processes: A Tool for Great Lakes Ecosystem Studies |
| March 16 | Donald Lenschow, National Center for Atmospheric Research | Remote Sensing of Boundary-Layer Turbulence with Lidars and Radars |
| March 23 | Anthony Prenni (Colorado State University) | Carbonaceous Aerosol as Atmospheric Ice Nuclei |
| March 30 | Alex Guenther, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Senior Scientist and Section Head | Biogenic Volatile Organic Compound Emissions in a Changing Earth System |
| April 6 | Lynn Mazzoleni, Michigan Tech | Atmospheric Organic Matter Composition Analysis by Ultra-high Resolution Mass Spectrometry |
| April 13 | Brad Pierce, NOAA/NESDIS/CIMSS | Real-time Air Quality Modeling (RAQMS) chemical and aerosol assimilation studies during the 2008 NOAA Aerosol, Radiation, and Cloud Processing affecting Arctic Climate (ARCPAC) field mission |
| April 20 | Laura T. Iraci, NASA Ames | Vapor Deposition of Water Ice on Surrogates of Martian Dust: Implications for Cloud Formation and the Hydrologic Cycle |
Fall 2008
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 8 | Bill Rose, GMES Dept, MTU | Thermal Remote Sensing of Guatemalan Volcanoes |
| September 15 | Jose Luis Palma, GMES Dept, MTU | Convective flow in narrow conduits and its consequences on the activity of open-vent low-silica volcanoes |
| September 22 | Ken Sims, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst | Sniffing for clues to the Dinosaurs' Demise: Importance of rhenium and noble metal volcanic fluxes in the global geochemical cycles. |
| September 29 | Ian Skilling, University of Pittsburgh | Eruptions Under Ice: What We Know, What We Don't and What To Do Next |
| October 6 | Cindy Werner, USGS Cascades Volcano Obs | Passive Degassing at Volcanoes: The effects of external parameters and the result of magmatic input over short and long timescales |
| October 13 | Ilya Bindeman, University of Oregon | Isotopic Signatures of Surface Water in Magmas: Evidence for Shallow Crustal Recycling |
| October 20 | John Ewert, USGS Cascades Volcano Obs | National Volcano Early Warning System: Reducing America's Risk |
| October 27 | Walter Loope, GLSC USGS, Munising, MI | Ancient Lake Superior lake levels |
| November 3 | Stephen Self, NRC, Washington | Supereruptions of Deccan, India |
| November 10 | Greg Huey, Georgia Tech | Chemical Ion Mass Spectrometry—applications to Atmospheric Science |
| November 17 | Robert Smith, University of Utah | Geodynamics of the Yellowstone Hotspot from Seismic and GPS Imaging |
| December 1 | Diana Roman, University of South Florida | Source processes of volcano tectonic earthquakes |
Spring 2008
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 28 | Melissa Meyer (MTU) | Watching the Northern Lights with Radar |
| February 4 | Jerry Harrington (Penn State) | Arctic Mixed-Phase Clouds: Why they matter, what we know, and why we cannot simulate them accurately. |
| February 11 | Tyler Erickson (MTRI) | Modern Methods for Web Distribution of Geographic Datasets |
| February 18 | Joe Burns (MTRI) | Biomedical Sensing: Application of Remote Sensing Concepts to the Study of Human Sleep |
| February 25 | A. Marchak (NASA) | Real and artificial aerosol properties in the vicinity of clouds observed from satellites |
| March 3 | Nancy French (MTRI) | Using remote sensing-derived fire severity to assess fuel consumption variability across regional scales |
| March 17 | Michael Larsen (U Neb. Kearney) | Using remote sensing-derived fire severity to assess fuel consumption variability across regional scales |
| March 24 | Jay Austin (U Minn. Duluth) | Climate change in Lake Superior: the role of ice |
| March 31 | Tyler Erickson (MTRI) | Modern Methods for Web Distribution of Geographic Datasets |
| April 7 | Louisa Kramer (MTU) | Monitoring air quality in an urban area using remote sensing techniques |
| April 14 | Brian Stocks (B.J. Stocks Wildfire Investigations Ltd.) | Current Trends and Future Uncertainties in Boreal Forest Fire Activity and Impacts |
| April 21 | David Harrington (U. Hawaii) | Astronomical Spectropolarimetry - Sensing stellar magnetic fields, circumstellar material and star-environment interactions. |
Fall 2007
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 5 | Oleg Melnik, Institute of Mechanics, Moscow State Univ | Volcanic conduit flow—a challenging mathematical modeling exercise in fluid mechanics |
| September 10 | Dr. Fernando Muñoz Carmona, Proyecto Multinacional Andino | The concepts of hazard, risk and communication |
| September 17 | Peter Webley, Arctic Region Supercomputing Center, Geophysical Institute, UAF | Three dimensional ash dispersion modeling |
| September 24 | Joy Crisp, Deputy Project Scientist, NASA JPL | Mars Exploration Rover Project—an outstanding extraterrestrial robotic science success |
| October 1 | Jonathan Lees, Geophysics, UNC Chapel Hill | Geophysical characterization of active fault zones, active volcanoes and active geothermal systems |
| October 8 | Jim Walker, Geology & Environment Sci, N Illinois Univ | Hydrothermal systems at active volcanoes |
| October 15 | Kurt Roggensack, Earth & Space Exploration, Ariz St Univ | Melt inclusions and magmatic gas content |
| October 22 | Paul Wallace, Geological Sciences, University of Oregon | Magmatic Volatiles and Eruptions |
| October 29 | Eliza Calder, Geology, University at Buffalo | Mechanics of Lava Dome Collapse |
| November 6 | Simon Carn, JCET, UMBC | OMI, a much-improved UV sensor applied to Earth's volcanoes |
| November 12 | Glyn Williams-Jones, Simon Fraser Univ, Burnaby, BC | Ground-based SO2 Remote Sensing techniques |
Spring 2006
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| February 13 | Alex Guth, Graduate Student, Geological & Mining Engineering and Sciences | Using Landsat Imagery and GIS to map the geologic evolution of the East Kenya Rift Valley |
| February 27 | Nancy French, MTRI (Michigan Tech Research Institute) and School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science | Remote sensing of wildfire using multi-spectral sensors |
| March 20 | Colin Brooks, MTRI | MODIS for lake water quality monitoring |
| March 27 | Richard Powell, MTRI | Agricultural land cover classification using digital image processing |
| April 3 | Laura Bourgeau-Chavez, MTRI | Utilizing Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for wetlands studies |
| April 17 | Robert Shuchman, Co-Director, MTRI | Remote sensing studies of the Bering Glacier |
| April 24 | Gordon Maclean, President, Maclean Consultants, LTD. | Mapping Wisconsin's wetlands using aerial photography: a long term monitoring program |
Fall 2005
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| August 29 | A J (Fred) Prata, CSIRO Atmospheric Sciences Australia | Remote Sensing in Australia: A Hitchhiker's Guide |
| September 6 | Anthony Longo, Newmont Gold Co | Yanacocha, Peru--Giant Volcanic Gold Deposit |
| September 12 | Graham Tobin, Geography US Linda Whiteford, Anthropology USF |
Vulnerability studies in Volcanic Crises |
| September 19 | Mike Ramsey, University of Pittsburgh | Comparative infrared observations of dome growth processes at Mount St Helens and Kamchatkan volcanoes |
| September 26 | Bill Rose, Michigan Tech University | Mount St Helens eruption of 2004-2005 |
| October 3 | Mike Fromm, Naval Research Lab | Pyrocumulus Clouds |
| October 10 | Holger Siebert, Institute for Tropospheric Research Leipzig | Measurements of Cloud Particles |
| October 17 | Arlene Laing, Mesoscale & Microscale Meteorology, NCAR | MM5 and Volcanic Clouds |
| October 24 | James Wood, Michigan Tech University | The Origin of the Soda Lakes at Lake Magadi and Some Thoughts on the Nearby Carbonatite Volcano, Ol Doinyo Lengai |
| October 31 | Richard Blakely, USGS Menlo Park, CA | Earthquake Hazards in Pacific Northwest |
| November 7 | James Luhr, Global Volcanism Network--Smithsonian Institution | 5000 years of explosive activity at Volcan Colima (Mexico) and the anticipated end of the eruptive cycle |
| November 14 | Simon Carn, University of Maryland Baltimore County | OMI and Volcanic SO2 |
| December 2 | Matt Patrick, Hawaii Institute for Geophysics at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, | Strombolian Eruption Dynamics from Thermal (FLIR) Video Imagery |
Spring 2005
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 24 | Sarah Volkman, Civil and Env Eng Dept, MTU | Quickbird Satellite Imagery for Riparian Management: Characterizing Riparian Filter Strips and Detecting Concentrated Flow in an Agricultural Watershed |
| January 31 | Jim Wood, Geology Dept, MTU | The current state of petroleum resources and exploration |
| February 7 | Jeff Johnson, University of New Hampshire | Applications of acoustic, seismic and thermal measurements on active volcanoes |
| February 14 | Stephanie Stockman, NASA Goddard | Interplanetary geology: latest on Mars exploration |
| February 21 | Simon Carn, University of Maryland Baltimore County | OMI: The best new sensor for retrievals of volcanic cloud properties |
| February 28 | Costanza Bonadonna, University of South Florida | Advances in particle modeling: predictions of fallout |
| March 18 | Vincent Realmuto, Jet Propulsion Laboratory | Development of infrared sensors for volcanic gas and ash retrievals |
| March 21 | Glenn Thompson, British Geological Survey | Seismic studies of Montserrat's volcanic unrest: 1997 to present |
| March 28 | Keith Golden, NASA Ames | Processing earth science satellite data: state of the art computing methods |
| April 11 | Dennis Geist, University of Idaho | Volcanism in the Galapagos and Antarctica |
| April 18 | Graham Ryan, Montserrat Volcano Observatory | Gas monitoring at Montserrat: new methods and impacts on hazard mitigation |
Fall 2004
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| August 30 | A S (Buddy) Wylie | From Here to Earth's Mantle: A Geological Field Trip to Newfoundland and Labrador |
| September 13 | Mike Ramsey, University of Pittsburgh | Through the "eyes" of the thermal infrared: Observations and results from the surfaces of Mars and Earth |
| September 20 | Ellen Thomas, Wesleyan University | Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Environment and Biota: The Earth 55 Million Years Ago |
| September 27 | James Zimbelman, National Air & Space Museum | News from the Red Planet: The Always increasing complexity of Mars |
| October 4 | Alan Whittington, University of Missouri | Chemical and thermal effects of degassing on the physical properties of magmas |
| October 11 | James Wood, Geology, Michigan Tech | Safari to Kenya: Soda Lakes, Hot Springs and Extremophile Bacteria |
| October 18 | Jason Phipps Morgan, Cornell University | Contemporaneous mass extinctions, continental flood basalts, and `impact signals' : are mantle plume-induced lithospheric gas explosions the causal link? |
| October 25 | Adam Durant, Michigan Tech | Summer Internship at USGS Cascade Volcano Observatory |
| November 1 | Bob Morse, University of Wisconsin, Madison | AMANDA/ ICE CUBE |
| November 8 | Robert Nemiroff, Michigan Tech Physics | Night Sky Live project |
| November 29 | Brian Fick, Michigan Tech University, Physics | Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory |
| December 6 | Jaroslav Kadlec, Institute of Geology, Czech Academy of Science, Czech Republic | Dating of Cave Deposits and reconstruction of Karst Topography of the Moravian Karst (Czech Republic) and the Nitze Tatry Mts (Slovakia) |
Spring 2004
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 26 | Chris Owen, Michigan Tech | An Overview of the PICO-NARE Station, and an Introduction to Trajectory Cluster Analysis |
| February 2 | Dr. Bill Rose, Michigan Tech | TOMS and Volcanic SO2: an Important aid to the Understanding of Volcanism and the Atmosphere and/or Quantifying Volcanic Emissions of Trace Elements to the Atmosphere: Ideas Based on Past Studies |
| February 9 | Dr. Gregg Bluth, Michigan Tech | Contributions by the TOMS satellite to volcanology and the study of volcanic clouds |
| February 16 | Dr. Alex Kostinski, Michigan Tech | Radar meteorology, and analysis of raindrop size distributions |
| February 23 | Alex Matiella, Michigan Tech | Observations of Popocatepetl's volcanic clouds using infrared measurements from the MODIS satellite sensor |
| March 8 | Prof. Brian A. Tinsley, University of Texas at Dallas. | Solar Wind and Global Circuit Forcing of Clouds and Climate |
| March 15 | Dr. Steve Bertman, Western Michigan University | The role of nitrogen chemistry in forest nitrogen cycling |
| March 22 | Jacob Fugal/Dr. Raymond Shaw, Michigan Tech | Airborne 3-D holographic imaging of cloud particles and The statistical nature of heterogeneous ice nucleation: Laboratory measurements with volcanic ash |
| March 29 | Jeremy Shannon, Michigan Tech | SO2 emissions from the Soufriere Hills Volcano, measured using open-path ultraviolet spectroscopy, with seismicity |
| April 5 | Dr. Will Cantrell, Michigan Tech | Ice nucleation by high molecular weight organic compounds (may be joint with Physics colloquium |
| April 13 | Dr. Paul Newman, NASA Goddard | The Recovery of the Antarctic Ozone Hole |
| April 19 | Dr. Matt Watson, Michigan Tech | Modeling light transmission of volcanic aerosols and the effects of varying tropospheric water vapor on ash detection |
| April 26 | Dr. Ann Fridlind, Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center | Factors controlling the properties of subtropical cumulonimbus anvils |
Fall 2003
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 3 | Dr Jacqueline Huntoon, Geological Eng & Sciences, Michigan Tech Univ | An Introduction to Eolian Sediment Transport |
| September 8 | Jan Kleissl, doctoral candidate, Center for Environmental and Applied Fluid Mechanics, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Johns-Hopkins University | Turbulent transport in the atmospheric boundary layer: Lidar measurements and Large Eddy Simulation |
| September 15 | Dr. Michael Perkins, University of Utah | From Trapper Creek, Idaho to Royal, Nebraska: A tephrochronologist's view of Yellowstone hotspot volcanism |
| September 17 | Dr Jean Bahr, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Birdsall-Dreiss Distinguished Lecturer, sponsored by Geological Society of America | Groundwater as an Ecosystem Resource |
| September 22 | Dr Albert S Wylie, Geological Engineering & Sciences, Michigan Tech | Techniques of Visualization - Examples from the subsurface of the Michigan Basin |
| September 29 | Dr. Richelle Allen-King, Washington State University; Director State of Washington Water Research Center, 2003 Darcy Lecturer, National Ground Water Association | Ground and Surface Water Contributions to Chemical Mass Discharge: Considering the Problem at Field and Basin Scales |
| October 1 | Dr Clive Oppenheimer, University of Cambridge, UK | Eruptions that shook the world. |
| October 13 | Dr. Warren Huff, University of Cincinnati | Bentonites: The geologic record of highly explosive and atmospherically significant eruptions |
| October 22 | Dr Azadeh Tabazadeh, NASA Ames Research Center, AGU Macelwane Award Winner, Science News Item 11/02, Popular Science "Brilliant 10" | The effect of crystallization process in clouds on atmospheric chemistry and climate |
| October 27 | Dr Steven Carey, Graduate School of Oceanography, University of Rhode Island | Explosive Volcanism in the Marine record |
| November 3 | Dr Brad Singer, University of Wisconsin, Madison | Geomagnetic Instability Time Scale |
| November 17 | Dr Jimmy Diehl, Geological Engineering & Sciences |
Fall 2002
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 9 | Dr Hugo Delgado Granados, UNAM Mexico | Monitoring of Popocatepetl Volcano, Mexico, 1994 to Present |
| September 16 | Dr William I Rose, Geological Engineering and Sciences | Remote Sensing of Volcanic Clouds, an overview of hazard mitigation efforts through remote sensing |
| September 23 | Lizzette Rodriguez, Ph D Candidate, Geology | SO2 emissions to the atmosphere from active volcanoes in northern Central America, 1999-2002 |
| September 30 | Dr Jose Viramonte, Universidad de Salta, Argentina | Volcanoes of the Central Andes, a field and remote sensing perspective |
| October 7 | Song Guo, Ph D candidate, Computational Science & Engineering | Remote sensing and modeling studies of 1991 Pinatubo eruption, largest of the 20th century |
| October 14 | Dr Andrew Harris, University of Hawaii | Thermal infrared remote sensing of active volcanoes |
| October 21 | Dr Tiffany A Moisan, Laboratory of Hydrospheric Processes, NASA Wallops Flight Facility | A Photophysiological Model of Photosynthesis |
| October 28 | Adam Durant, Ph D student, Geology | Current activity at Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii |
| November 4 | Elly Bunzendahl, MS candidate, Environmental Engineering | GIS development at Santiaguito/Santa Maria , Guatemala |
| November 11 | Dr Matthew Watson, Geological Engineering and Sciences | Recent advances in satellite and ground-based measurements of sulfur dioxide |
| November 18 | Sebastien Dartevelle, Ph D Candidate in Geology | Computational Modeling of granular geophysical flows |
| December 2 | Janelle Byman, Ph D Candidate, Geology | Volcanic Hazards of Atitlan Volcanoes, Guatemala |
Fall 2001
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| September 10 | Dr William I Rose, Geological Engineering and Sciences | Remote Sensing of Volcanic Clouds, an overview of hazard mitigation efforts through remote sensing |
| September 24 | Jeremy Shannon, Ph D candidate, Geological Engineering & Sciences | Ground based SO2 remote sensing at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat |
| October 1 | Dr Richard Honrath, Civil & Environmental Engineering | The Pico International atmospheric Chemistry Observatory, a component of the North Atlantic Regional Experiment |
| October 8 | Dr Kathy Cashman, University of Oregon | How lava flows --syn-emplacement cooling and crystallization of Hawaiian lava flows. |
| October 15 | Dr Matthew Watson, Geological Engineering and Sciences | Satellite Remote Sensing of Volcanic Clouds Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS). |
| October 22 | Dr Gregg Bluth, Geological Engineering & Sciences | MODIS and TOMS Retrievals of Volcanic Sulfur and Ash Emissions from Nyamuragira Volcano |
| October 29 | Dr Shanaka de Silva, University of North Dakota | Socioeconomic effects, physical volcanology, and climatic impact of the 1600 Huaynaputina (Peru) eruption |
| November 5 | Dr James Vallance, US Geological Survey/Cascade Volcano Observatory | Eruptive History and Hazards of Mount Rainier, Washington |
| November 12 | Dr Jim Bisagni UMass/Dartmouth | Seasonal Cycles of Nitrate Supply and Potential New Production in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank Regions |
| November 26 | Dr Oscar Schofield, Rutgers University | Building Ocean Observatories and Remote Sensing Capabilities for the Coastal Ocean: Goals, Challenges, and Opportunities |
| December 3 | Dr Deborah Nykanen, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Topographic influences on the spatial organization of thunderstorms in mountainous regions |
| December 7 | Dr Oleg Melnik, Moscow State University | Periodic Behavior in Lava Dome Eruptions--non linear dynamic modeling of natural processes |