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by Susan Delap Heath


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Fall 2001

Old news items prior to Fall 2001 newsletter:


August 21, 2001

Rick Aster in Discover magazine
In the Sept. 2001 issue of Discover magazine, Geophysics Professor Rick Aster's Carlsbad gas explosion detection is mentioned in a sidebar to an article on Terry Wallace, a Tech alum and seismologist at the University of Arizona. The article is on how seismologists can detect man-made events that governments often want kept secret, specifically the loss of the Russian submarine Kursk.

July 21, 2001

Johnson Voted Favorite Professor in El Defensor Chieftain
Dave Johnson, Associate Professor of Geology, was voted Favorite Professor by the readers of Socorro's newspaper, El Defensor Chieftain. He shares the honor with Scott Zeman, Assistant Professor of History. Local readers also chose NMT as their favorite place to walk, run, ride a bike, take kids (duck pond), walk dogs, lift weights, attend class, and see live entertainment (Macey Center).


July 7, 2001

Aster Blasts Oklahoma Bombing Conspiracy Theory
Rick Aster, Professor of Geophysics, was quick to point out the fallacy in a local reader's recent Viewpoint published in the Socorro newspaper, El Defensor Chieftain. (Unfortunately, the link to this letter is no longer working, so I will summarize from memory.) Basically, Luther Broaddus of Magdalena earlier wrote to the paper claiming that the seismic record of the Oklahoma City Murrah building explosion had two peaks, therefore he concluded that there were two blasts. This was the basis of Broaddus' fantastic theory of government sabotage and other sorts of paranoia. Aster's letter explained the science of P and S waves and pointed out Broaddus's interpretation error, totally disproving Broaddus' sabotage theory. Broaddus soon wrote in another letter saying that scientists were all bought by the government and Aster was part of the coverup. Sigh. (NOTE: this is my best recollection of these letters, two years after the fact. My interpretations of these letters are my own beliefs and do not necessarily reflect New Mexico Tech's position on the matter. Although NMT does believe in P and S waves.--S. Delap)


Tobin et al. speak at conference in Scotland
Click here to read all about it.


June 15, 2001

Fred Phillips was just named the 2001 recipient of the O.E. Meinzer Award by the Hydrogeology Division of  GSA. The award is in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of hydrogeology. He joins a list of previous winners that have been the leaders in the field of hydrogeology over the past several decades. There will be a gathering at the brew pub this Friday, June 15 at 6 to help Fred celebrate his accomplishment. Stop by and congratulate him!


May 11, 2001

Goodwin and Mozley Win Outstanding Teaching Award
We are happy to anounce the winners of this year's E&ES outstanding teaching award, Dr. Laurel Goodwin and Dr. Peter Mozley. Please join us at the fall picnic for the presentation of this award. Thank you to all of you who turned in your ballots! Congratulations Laurel and Peter! --SGE


April 17, 2001

Congratulations to Geochemistry grad student Vladimir Ispolatov, who placed 567 out of about 15,000 in the Boston Marathon. He finished in 2:55:37 and his pace was 6:42 minutes/mile.


March 7, 2001

Prospective Hydrology Program students tour New Mexico Tech
Prospective Hydrology Students

Drs. Eric Small and John Wilson are on the right.


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