Open to all juniors, seniors and grad students! Visitors to lectures are welcome!
UN 4000 Remote Sensing Seminar Series
1 credit class CRN# 84993 Fall Semester 2001
Every Monday 4 pm Dow Building room 642;
Purpose of the class:
This is a class built around an interdisciplinary seminar series on Remote Sensing topics. It is meant to give an introduction to this rapidly developing research field for our students. It is meant for students in the Minor program in Remote Sensing, which can be taken by majors in at least 9 departments. It is also of possible interest to graduate and undergraduate students interested in remote sensing and related topics.
The theme of this fall's class is: Transdisciplinary Environmental Research
Class Mechanics:
The class grade is determined by attendance and participation. There are no exams or written assignments. The class coordinator is Prof William Rose, Geological Engineering (307 Dow; 487-2367; raman@mtu.edu)
Schedule of Speakers (tentative!):
Sept 10--- Remote Sensing of Volcanic Clouds, an overview of hazard mitigation efforts through remote sensing
Dr William I Rose, Geological Engineering and Sciences
Sept 17---- seminar cancelled, visiting speaker could not travel by air as planned, rescheduled for Nov 26!
Sept 24---- Ground based SO2 remote sensing at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat
Jeremy Shannon, Ph D candidate, Geological Engineering & Sciences
Dr Richard Honrath, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Oct 8 --How lava flows --syn-emplacement cooling and crystallization of Hawaiian lava flows.
Dr Kathy Cashman, University of Oregon
Oct 15 --Satellite Remote Sensing of Volcanic Clouds Using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS).
Dr Matthew Watson, Geological Engineering and Sciences
Oct 22 ---MODIS and TOMS Retrievals of Volcanic Sulfur and Ash Emissions from Nyamuragira Volcano
Dr Gregg Bluth, Geological Engineering & Sciences
Oct 29 --Socioeconomic effects, physical volcanology, and climatic impact of the 1600 Huaynaputina (Peru) eruption
Dr Shanaka de Silva, University of North Dakota
Nov 5 ---Eruptive History and Hazards of Mount Rainier, Washington
Dr James Vallance, US Geological Survey/Cascade Volcano Observatory
Nov 12 --Seasonal Cycles of Nitrate Supply and Potential New Production in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank Regions
Dr Jim Bisagni UMass/Dartmouth
Dr Oscar Schofield, Rutgers University
Dec 3 ---Topographic influences on the spatial organization of thunderstorms in mountainous regions
Dr Deborah Nykanen, Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dec 7 (note this is a friday!) ---Periodic Behavior in Lava Dome Eruptions--non linear dynamic modeling of natural processes
Dr Oleg Melnik, Moscow State University
Refreshments and questions by attendees are part of each session.