Department News Archives
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
Drs. Eric Small and John Wilson are on the right.