Undergraduate Research Assistant, Diana Smith,
has been working with
Don Blankenship, Matt Peters,
and David Morse for the past year on Antarctic research at UTIG. This
spring, Diana presented her work, "Radar Sounding Studies of Cracks at the Base of the
Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica," at the undergraduate research forum/poster session held by the
Science Undergraduate Research Group (SURGe)
at UT. SURGe presented her with the El Paso
Corporation Award for Excellence in Geology Research. This included $500.
Diana was also chosen as this year's Dean's Honored Graduate
for geological sciences. This honor includes a $100 book award.
Diana will continue working at UTIG this summer. In the fall, she will
attend the University of Arizona to pursue a Ph.D. in planetary science. She will be
working with the Lunar Planetary Laboratory.
