Geodynamics Science Highlight
SCIENCE HIGHLIGHT
Geodynamics Branch, Code 921
SEPTEMBER 2003
Summer Students Double the Population of the Geodynamics Branch
High School, Undergraduates and Grad Students Pump up Research Productivity
Every summer the Geodynamics Branch is host to a large number of students who
join with our staff and engage in a wide range of research efforts. This year
the students, along with 3 of the year’s 6 faculty level visitors, doubled
the Branch population. The Table lists the 14 students, their schools, and
the mentor with whom each worked. Several of the 921 staff (Yates, Purucker,
Frey) mentored more than one of the visitors, but Susan Sakimoto alone had or
shared responsibility for 5 of the students. The 3 grad students (green
background), 4 undergraduates (orange background) and 7 High School students
(blue background) worked on a wide range of topics which included magnetic
petrology data base development, animation of a geomagnetic field reversal,
intraplate tectonics and earthquakes, and, of course, Mars (volcanoes, water).
Contact: Herb Frey, GSFC, Code 921 (Herbert.V.Frey@nasa.gov)
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