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Newsletter
Spring 2006
by Susan Delap

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TECHtonics Alumni Newsletter

Current Issue

Commencement 2006 Awards

Hydrology alumnus Huade Guan received NMT's Langmuir Award for excellence in research at Commencement 2006. Tara Mayeau won the Brown Award for top undergraduate student at NMT. She received a BS in geophysics with highest honors. Jayme Margolin, MS student in geochemistry, and Lisa Majkowski-Taylor, MS student in geology, won student appreciation awards. Hydrology professor and EES Chair Rob Bowman received the Distinguished Research Award. Phil Turner, who received his BS in Earth & Environmental Science-Geology, received the Jeremiah Wright Memorial Trophy for Player of the Year 2005-2006 in the Rugby Club. Congratulations to everyone!

Kyle Featured in Local Magazine

Philip Kyle and his Antarctic exploits were featured in the April 30th issue of Santa Fe New Mexican (1.87 MB PDF).

Rinehart Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

March 31, 2006 -- Congratulations to MS Hydrology student Alex Rinehart for being awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship award for 2006. This prestigious fellowship includes a stipend and research funds for the next three years.

Christina Lochman Balk Dies

March 8, 2006 -- We're sad to report the passing of Dr. Christina Lochman Balk, Professor Emerita of Geology, on March 8, 2006. Obituary. NMT article.

EES Grad Students win NMT-GSA Awards

February 17, 2006 -- Congratulations to grad students Shasta McGhee and Jayme Margolin for winning awards for Best Presentation-Earth Science and Best Poster-Earth Science, respectively, at the NMT Graduate Student Association's Spring Conference.

Wilson Elected President

February 15, 2006 -- Congratulations to John Wilson on being elected president of the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union in 2006 (President-Elect 2006-2008 and President 2008-2010). The Hydrology Section is the largest division of AGU, with over 6,000 members. It is this membership that chose John for their next president. NMT news release.

Vivoni Teaches Short Course

January 14, 2006 -- Enrique Vivoni was featured in El Defensor Chieftain regarding the short course he recently taught with Italian professor Salvatore Grimaldi from January 9-13, 2006. The course was titled "H2CU-NMT Winter School on Time Series Analysis for Hydrological Applications." Fourteen people participated including nine NMT graduate students.

Boston Roughs It in Mars Simulator

January 1, 2006 -- Penny Boston spent January 1-14, 2006, at the Mars Desert Research Station (MDRS) in Utah. At left is the official uniform patch for Crew 41, or the Double-X crew--a group of five (six counting Pooky Bear Boston) scientists and engineers who explore all facets of human exploration in a simulated Mars environment. Boston, the geologist and science lead for the group, investigated the short photoperiod growth of greenhouse plants and co-investigated the following Science Mission Objectives: mineral-rich and evaporite geomicrobiological desert habitats, desert varnish studies, saline environments and possible halophile habitats, and observed seep communities of cyanobacteria, lichens, and possibly other bacteria. She also co-investigated Individual Mobile Agents Systems (iMAS).

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