Geoff Rawling, PhD Geology 2002 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: Field Geologist, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources

Thesis: Structural geology and hydrogeologic characterization of poorly lithified sediments

Glenn Gettemy, MS Geophysics 2001, PhD Geophysics 2005 (advisor-Harold Tobin)

MS Thesis: Elastodynamic Properties of Marine Sediments, Costa Rica Convergent Margin
PhD Dissertation: Petrophysical properties of marine sediments and sedimentary rocks in plate boundaries: Investigation at multiple scales

Matt Herrin, MS Geology 2001 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)

Thesis: Characteristics of deformation bands in poorly lithified sand: Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico

Erwin Melis, MS Geology 2001 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)

Thesis: Tectonic history of the Proterozoic basement of the Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains, New Mexico

Scott Cooper, MS Geology 2000 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: Sandia National Labs

Thesis: Deformation within a basement-cored anticline: Teapot Dome Wyoming

Tony Lupo, MS-2000 (advisor-Harold Tobin)
Current Position: Phillips Petroleum, 3-D Seismic Data Processing Group

Thesis: Physical Properties and Ultrasonic Velocity in High-Strain Laboratory Shear Zones in Sediments

Rose-Anna Behr, MS Geology 1999 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)

Thesis: Structural and thermochronological constraints on the movement history of the Montosa fault, central New Mexico

Michiel Heynekamp, MS Geology 1998 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: Pilot and part owner of Socorro Springs Brew Pub

Thesis: Controls on Fault-Zone Architecture in Poorly Lithified Sediments,Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico: Implications for Fault-Zone Permeability and Fluid Flow

John Sigda, MS Hydrology 1997, PhD Hydrology 2004 (advisor-John Wilson)

MS Thesis: Effects of Small-Displacement Faults on the Permeability Distribution of Poorly Consolidated Santa Fe Group Sands, Rio Grande Rift, New Mexico
Dissertation: Conduits to catchments: Deformation band faults in the vadose zone

Joe Marcoline, MS Geology 1997 (advisors-Steven Ralser and Laurel Goodwin)

Thesis: Field, Petrographic, and 40Ar/39Ar Constraints on the Tectonic History of the Central Manzano Mountains, Central New Mexico

Kurt Vollbrecht, MS Geology 1997 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: New Mexico State Department of the Environment

Thesis: Constraints on the Timing and Character of Deformation and Metamorphism in the San Andres Mountains of South-Central New Mexico

John Abbott, MS-1995 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: SAIC (consulting firm), Georgia

Thesis: Constraints on the Deformational History of the Tijeras Cañoncito Fault System, North-Central New Mexico

Lia Walker, MS-1995 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: Phelps-Dodge, Morenci, Arizona

Thesis: Structural Interpretation of the Morenci Mining District, Greenlee County, Arizona

Terry Pollock, MS-1994 (advisor-Laurel Goodwin)
Current Position: Geological Engineering Firm, Colorado

Thesis: Evidence for the Relative Timing and Character of Proterozoic Deformation and Metamorphism in the Ladron Mountains, New Mexico