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Newsletter
Summer 2002
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July 16, 2002 -- Grad student Laura Wilcox and undergrad Christian Krueger are NMT's "two-person triathlon team" as they compete in triathlons across the country.

June 30th, Lubbock, Texas: Buffalo Springs Lake Half Ironman (1.2 mile swim, 56 mile bike, and 13.1 mile run)
Laura placed 3rd in her age division with time of 5:36:04.

July 6th, Farmington, New Mexico: Freedom Days Olympic Triathlon (1500 meter swim, 6.1 mile trail run, and 26 mile bike) Laura and Chris both won their age divisions, and Chris placed 2nd overall...behind former mountain bike and Xterra duathlon world champion Ned Overend!

Next on schedule:
July 28: Las Vegas, New Mexico
August 10: Chile Harvest Triathlon in Socorro, New Mexico http://www.sdc.org/ssr/chile/ )
September: Wisconsin Ironman
(From article by Laura Wilcox)

June 26, 2002 -- The first recipient of the Allan Gutjahr Memorial Fellowship is Mr. Justin Jayne. Mr. Jayne is a first-year Hydrology graduate student who received his BS in Physics from NM Tech in 2001. Justin is working with Dr. John Wilson on techniques to relate point measurements of hydraulic properties to large-scale behavior of water in aquifers. Drs. Gutjahr and Wilson were working together on this problem at the time of Allan's death; thus, it is most appropriate that Justin receive this award to continue the work of Dr. Gutjahr.

The Allan Gutjahr Memorial Fellowship will be awarded to a mathematics or hydrology graduate student who is doing mathematical research involving a hydrology problem or hydrology research using mathematical methods. An undergraduate doing the same type of research who plans to enroll in either the hydrology or mathematics graduate program at New Mexico Tech will also be considered. (Article courtesy Pat Mills)

Hydrology Prof Named SSSA Fellow

June 25, 2002 -- Jan Hendrickx, Professor of Hydrology at New Mexico Tech, was recently named a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (SSSA) for 2002. Fellow is the highest honor bestowed on members of SSSA. Fellows are active Society members who have been nominated because of their superior achievement in research; education; public service; personal achievement, recognition, and service; and a minimum of 10 active years of Society membership. Hendrickx has been a member of SSSA since 1982 and served as Associate Editor for the Soil Science Society of America Journal for Div. S-1.

Hendrickx's research focuses on preferential flow mechanism in the vadose zone, the application of non-invasive geophysical methods for soil hydrology, ground water recharge in arid regions, and the soil physical aspects of landmine detection. For details, please click here.

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