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UTIG Brown Bag Seminars

 

UTIG Seminar Schedule

Previous Brown Bag Talks

UTIG Brown Bag Seminars
Spring 2008

Wednesdays, 12:00-1:00 p.m.
1st floor Seminar Room, 1.603

These informal talks are intended to update people on recent research/activities of UTIG scientists and students. Talks are held in the UTIG seminar room (see bottom of page for address). The talks will last ~45-60 minutes.

Don't forget your lunch!

Date

Speaker

Title/Topic of Talk

Jan. 16

“Faces of Earth” Discovery Channel Series - Free Pizza!

Episode 1:  “Building the Planet” featuring three JSG scientists.

Jan. 23

“Faces of Earth” Discovery Channel Series

Episode 2:  “Shaping the Planet”

Jan. 30

“Faces of Earth” Discovery Channel Series

Episode 3:  “Assembling America

Feb. 6

Holly Vinall
DGS/UTIG prospective graduate student
International/Regional Assessment Department of Nexen Calgary

“The assessment of world petroleum systems through ArcGIS Play Fairway Mapping”

Feb. 13

Rebecca Boon
DGS and Geography Departments
Hydrology undergraduate student

“The Curacao Megaslide Project: Adventures of a UTIG field team”

Feb. 21

Will King
DGS Department

“Jamaican Tectonics: Integrating GPS, Geomorphology, and Gravity”

Feb. 27

Jack Holt, Ph.D.
UTIG Research Scientist
Aerogeophysics/Cryosphere

“Radar sounding of ice on Mars:  My experience on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Science Team”

Mar. 05

No Brownbag

No Brownbag

Mar. 12

Spring Break (No brownbag)

No Brownbag

Mar. 19

Yasuyuki Saito
   and
Taichi Kawamura
University of Tokyo and Institute of Space and
Astronautical Science ISAS, Japan

“Re-analysis of the Apollo Heat Flow Experiment data including previously unanalyzed data”

And

“The Lunar Surface Gravimeter as a lunar seismograph”

Mar. 26

No Brownbag

No Brownbag

Apr. 02

Candidate talks instead of Brownbag

No Brownbag

Apr. 09

Matthew Hornbach, Ph.D.
UTIG Research Associate
Tectonics/Geodynamics

Unraveling the Source of Large Erratic Boulders on Tonga: Implications for Geohazards and Mega-Tsunamis

Apr. 16

Duncan Young, Ph.D.
UTIG Research Science Associate V
Aerogeophysics/Cryosphere

A regional look beneath the West Antarctic Ice Sheet using airborne radar sounding

Apr. 23

 

 

Apr. 30

UTIG Fellowship Talks

Ryan Elmore, Jamin Greenbaum, Stanley Stackhouse, and Hilary Strong

To give a talk or for more information about the seminar, please contact Jamin Greenbaum.

UTIG (directions)
J.J. Pickle Research Campus, Bldg. 196
10100 Burnet Road (R2200)
Austin TX 78758-4445
Phone: (512) 471-6156; FAX: (512) 471-8844

 

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