EAS Graduate Student Symposium

2007 Graduate Student Symposium Program and Abstract Booklet

The program for the 2007 EAS Graduate Student Symposium is available for download as a pdf

2007 Graduate Student Symposium Schedule

8:45AM Coffee Available in Atrium
Posters should be installed by 9:00AM on the first floor of ES&T

9:00AM Michelle Oakes Welcome and Introduction [ppt]

9:15AM Intan Suci Nurhati Coral Records of 20th Century Warming and Freshening in the Central Tropical Pacific [ppt][abstract]

9:30AM Chun Zhao Modeling the impacts of convective transport and lightning NO_x production over North America: Dependence on cumulus parameterizations [ppt][abstract]

9:45AM Kevin Chao Temporal Changes of Shear Wave Velocity and Anisotropy in the Shallow Crust Induced by the 10/22/1999 M6.4, and M6.0, Chia-Yi, Taiwan Earthquake [ppt][abstract]

10:00AM Richard Moore The Impact of Surface Ocean Organics on Surface Tension, CCN Activity and Droplet Growth Kinetics of Marine Aerosol [ppt][abstract]

10:15AM COFFEE BREAK

10:30AM Bryan Karpowicz In Search of Water Vapor on Jupiter: Simulated Microwave Radiometer Sensitivity to Water Vapor Abundance and a New High Pressure System for Laboratory Measurements under Jovian Conditions [abstract]

10:45AM Jaime Andres Convers The Global Seismic Energy to Moment Ratio: A Tool for Basic Research and Real-Time Identification of ``Tsunami Earthquakes" [ppt][abstract]

11:00AM Wei-chun Hsieh Towards Parameterization of Cloud Drop Size Distribution For Large-Scale Models [ppt ][abstract]

11:15AM Kathleen Craft Boundary layer models of Martian hydrothermal systems[ppt ][abstract]

11:30AM
LUNCH BREAK

1:00PM Manuel Zuluaga Spatio-temporal Distribution of Latent Heating in the Southeast Asian Monsoon Region [ppt][abstract]

1:15PM Chunquan Wu Rapid Temporal Changes of Fault Zone Site Response Associated With Strong Ground Motion [ppt][abstract]

1:30PM Deidre Meiggs Examining the Effects of Seasonal and Salinity Variations on Satilla River Sediments (Georgia, U.S.A.) Using In Situ Voltammetric Depth Profile Measurements [ppt][abstract]

1:45PM Chris Hennigan Comparing the Volatility of Newly Formed Organic Aerosol to Secondary Nitrate in Mexico City [ppt][abstract]

2:00PM
COFFEE BREAK

2:15PM Hui Lin Study of the bio-reduction of Mn oxides by Shewanella putrefaciens[abstract]

2:30PM Peng Zhao Variations of velocity contrast along the rupture zone of the 2004 M6 Parkfield earthquake on the San Andreas Fault [ppt][abstract]

2:45PM Jason Furtado Reconstructing Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Precipitation Proxy Records: Methods and Uncertainties [ppt][abstract]

3:00PM POSTER SESSION

Erica Alston Using Remotely Sensed Data to Characterize the Okefenokee Swamp Wildfires Effects upon Air Quality in Atlanta, GA [abstract]

Hyung-Jin Choi Using CALIPSO Space Lidar Data in Conjunction with Passive Remote Sensing for Characterization of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Asian Dust Outbreaks [abstract]

Julia Diaz Marine Polyphosphate: A Key Player in Geologic Phosphorus Sequestration[abstract]

Grant Farmer Characterization of Santorini Caldera and the Socoro Magma Body [abstract]

Lujia Feng Geodetic and Modeling Constraints From Ongoing Uplift at Long Valley Caldera: Continued Episodic Dome Growth Observed in 2002-2003 [abstract]

Wei Liao 1-D Air-snowpack Modeling of Atmospheric Nitrous Acid (HONO) during ANTCI 2003 [abstract]

Lei Liu Hydrothermal Heat Output from a Convecting, Crystallizing, Replenished Sub-Axial Magma Chamber [abstract]

Michelle Oakes Development of an Online System to Measure Water-Soluble Trace Metals in Aerosols [abstract]

Drex Waggoner Relating Remote Sensing Data Products to Soil Texture and Dust Emission Modeling [abstract]

Bo Yan Temporal and Spatial Variations of Primary Organic Carbon Sources and SOA Impacts [abstract]

Qing Yang The study of tropospheric ozone column enhancements over North America using a regional model and satellite data [abstract]

4:00PM Dr. Judith Curry Closing remarks; Recognition of Award winners

4:15PM Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alan Betts
Global Climate Change: The Choices We Face

5:15PM All Participants Dinner reception in lower atrium, ES&T Building

8:45AM		Coffee Available in Atrium Posters should be installed by 9:00AM on the first floor of ES&T
9:00AM	Michelle Oakes	Welcome and Introduction [ppt]
9:15AM	Intan Suci Nurhati	Coral Records of 20th Century Warming and Freshening in the Central Tropical Pacific [ppt][abstract]
9:30AM	Chun Zhao	Modeling the impacts of convective transport and lightning NO_x production over North America: Dependence on cumulus parameterizations [ppt][abstract]
9:45AM	Kevin Chao	Temporal Changes of Shear Wave Velocity and Anisotropy in the Shallow Crust Induced by the 10/22/1999 M6.4, and M6.0, Chia-Yi, Taiwan Earthquake [ppt][abstract]
10:00AM	Richard Moore	The Impact of Surface Ocean Organics on Surface Tension, CCN Activity and Droplet Growth Kinetics of Marine Aerosol [ppt][abstract]
10:15AM		COFFEE BREAK
10:30AM	Bryan Karpowicz	In Search of Water Vapor on Jupiter: Simulated Microwave Radiometer Sensitivity to Water Vapor Abundance and a New High Pressure System for Laboratory Measurements under Jovian Conditions [abstract]
10:45AM	Jaime Andres Convers	The Global Seismic Energy to Moment Ratio: A Tool for Basic Research and Real-Time Identification of ``Tsunami Earthquakes" [ppt][abstract]
11:00AM	Wei-chun Hsieh	Towards Parameterization of Cloud Drop Size Distribution For Large-Scale Models [ppt ][abstract]
11:15AM	Kathleen Craft	Boundary layer models of Martian hydrothermal systems[ppt ][abstract]
11:30AM		LUNCH BREAK
1:00PM	Manuel Zuluaga	Spatio-temporal Distribution of Latent Heating in the Southeast Asian Monsoon Region [ppt][abstract]
1:15PM	Chunquan Wu	Rapid Temporal Changes of Fault Zone Site Response Associated With Strong Ground Motion [ppt][abstract]
1:30PM	Deidre Meiggs	Examining the Effects of Seasonal and Salinity Variations on Satilla River Sediments (Georgia, U.S.A.) Using In Situ Voltammetric Depth Profile Measurements [ppt][abstract]
1:45PM	Chris Hennigan	Comparing the Volatility of Newly Formed Organic Aerosol to Secondary Nitrate in Mexico City [ppt][abstract]
2:00PM		COFFEE BREAK
2:15PM	Hui Lin	Study of the bio-reduction of Mn oxides by Shewanella putrefaciens[abstract]
2:30PM	Peng Zhao	Variations of velocity contrast along the rupture zone of the 2004 M6 Parkfield earthquake on the San Andreas Fault [ppt][abstract]
2:45PM	Jason Furtado	Reconstructing Tropical Sea Surface Temperatures Using Precipitation Proxy Records: Methods and Uncertainties [ppt][abstract]
3:00PM		POSTER SESSION
	Erica Alston	Using Remotely Sensed Data to Characterize the Okefenokee Swamp Wildfires Effects upon Air Quality in Atlanta, GA [abstract]
	Hyung-Jin Choi	Using CALIPSO Space Lidar Data in Conjunction with Passive Remote Sensing for Characterization of Spatiotemporal Distribution of Asian Dust Outbreaks [abstract]
	Julia Diaz	Marine Polyphosphate: A Key Player in Geologic Phosphorus Sequestration[abstract]
	Grant Farmer	Characterization of Santorini Caldera and the Socoro Magma Body [abstract]
	Lujia Feng	Geodetic and Modeling Constraints From Ongoing Uplift at Long Valley Caldera: Continued Episodic Dome Growth Observed in 2002-2003 [abstract]
	Wei Liao	1-D Air-snowpack Modeling of Atmospheric Nitrous Acid (HONO) during ANTCI 2003 [abstract]
	Lei Liu	Hydrothermal Heat Output from a Convecting, Crystallizing, Replenished Sub-Axial Magma Chamber [abstract]
	Michelle Oakes	Development of an Online System to Measure Water-Soluble Trace Metals in Aerosols [abstract]
	Drex Waggoner	Relating Remote Sensing Data Products to Soil Texture and Dust Emission Modeling [abstract]
	Bo Yan	Temporal and Spatial Variations of Primary Organic Carbon Sources and SOA Impacts [abstract]
	Qing Yang	The study of tropospheric ozone column enhancements over North America using a regional model and satellite data [abstract]
4:00PM	Dr. Judith Curry	Closing remarks; Recognition of Award winners
4:15PM	Keynote Speaker: Dr. Alan Betts	Global Climate Change: The Choices We Face
5:15PM	All Participants	Dinner reception in lower atrium, ES&T Building