UTIG scientists lead scientific cruises all over the world. They often take students along to help with the work load. Students often use the data collected on the cruise in their theses. JSG now offers a Marine Geology & Geophysics Field Course. and a Graduate Program in MG&G.

2009
Taiwan
Principal Investigators from UTIG: Kirk McIntosh, Yosio Nakamura, Harm Van Avendonk, and Luc Lavier.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
UTIG scientists collaborated in this joint US-Taiwan research project to investigate the mountain building processes, plate boundary dynamics, and seismogenic processes on and around Taiwan. Graduate students Dan Eakin, Ryan Lester, and Bobby Reece participated in the R/V Langseth cruise.

2008

Gulf of Alaska Principal Investigators from UTIG: Gail Christeson, Sean Gulick, Paul Mann, and Harm Van Avendonk. Funding agency: National Science Foundation JSG scientists sailed on the R/V Marcus Langseth to acquire marine geophysical data across the Yakutat block. Students Ryan Elmore, Bobby Reece, and Lindsay Worthington were part of the research team and experienced a scientist's life at sea.

Sumatra
Principal Investigators from UTIG: Sean Gulick, Jamie Austin, Nathan Bangs.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
On board the R/V Sonne, scientists acquired multichannel seismic data in order to investigate tsunamigenic rupture offshore Sumatra. PhD student, Kylara Martin, participated in the cruise.

2007
New Jersey Shelf
Principal Investigators from JSG: John Goff, Jamie Austin, and Ron Steel.
Funding agency: Office of Naval Research
JSG students Stanley Stackhouse and Manasij Santra, spent two weeks in the summer of 2007 with JSG scientists on board the R/V Knorr, collecting vibracores and gravity cores as well as collect CHIRP and multibeam data.

2005
Chicxulub Crater
Principal Investigators from JSG: Sean Gulick and Gail Christeson.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
M.S. student, Matt McDonald, sailed with Dr. Gulick and Dr. Christeson on board the R/V Maurice Ewing, conducting a multichannel seismic survey of the Chicxulub Crater off the Yucatan Peninsula. Matt used the data in his thesis.

2003
Hess Deep, Pacific Ocean
Principal Investigators from JSG: Gail Christeson, Kirk McIntosh, and Yosio Nakamura.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
This Ewing survey to Hess Deep in the Pacific Ocean included a number of graduate students, including Astrid Makowitz, Alejandro Escalona, Armando Sena and David Gorney.

2000
Canterbury Basin, New Zealand
Principal Investigators from JSG: Craig Fulthorpe, Paul Mann.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
UT Austin graduate students, Hongbo Lu, Donna Cathro, and Robert Burger, participated in this Ewing cruise off the southeast coast of New Zealand.

1999
Gulf of Mexico - BBOBS testing
Principal Investigators: Y. Nakamura and J. Pulliam
Funding agency: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
In the summer of 1999, UTIG had two cruises out into the Gulf of Mexico. The dual purposes of the cruises were: (1) to test a prototype BBOBS (broadband ocean-bottom seismograph) we are developing at UTIG and (2) to give students an opportunity to have shipboard experience in marine geophysical research. The Chief Scientist's reports for R/V Longhorn Cruise No. 736 (July 14-16) and Cruise No. 741 (Aug. 11-13) are on-line. Several of the students who went on the cruises also wrote up short reports of their experiences.

Nankai Cruise
Principal Investigators from UTIG: Nathan Bangs and Tom Shipley.
Funding agency: National Science Foundation
For an additional student's perspective, check out Amanda McCutcheon's cruise reports from the Nankai Cruise.