SURFSURF
Caltech's Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships program introduces students to research under the guidance of seasoned research mentors at Caltech and JPL. Students experience the process of research as a creative intellectual activity.
Every summer I mentor one or two SURFers - usually researching geologic formations on Mars. Here is some information regarding recent SURFers and their work as well as what I'm expecting to study this summer.
AGU : American Geophysical Union
LPSC : Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
SURF 2006
Martian Polar Straitigraphy: Insights Into the History of Volatile Transfer on Mars
SURF 2005
Ali Abbas
SURF 2004
Colin Davies
Co-Author AGU 2004 Poster - Basal Topography of the Martian South Polar Layered Deposits pdf jpg
Peter Marsden
Co-Author AGU 2004 Poster - Anomalous Cratering Record of the Polar Layered Deposits ai pdf jpg
SURF 2003
Mariya Nomanbhoy
Co-Author LPSC Poster - Morphological Evidence for the Large-Scale Evolution of Martian Polar Troughs? ai pdf jpg
Co-Author LPSC Poster - Stratigraphy of Uppermost Units Within the Martian South Polar Layered Deposits ai pdf jpg
Julia Rasmussen
Co-Author AGU Poster - Secondary Crater Fields on the Martian South Polar Layered Deposits ai pdf jpg
Colin Dundas
Co-Author AGU 2004 Poster - Anomalous Cratering Record of the Polar Layered Deposits ai pdf jpg
SURF 2000
Michelle Koutnik
Paper based on SURF research:
Murray, B., M. Koutnik, S. Byrne, L. Soderblom, K. Herkenhoff, and K.
Tanaka, 2002. Preliminary Geological Assessment of the Northern Edge of
Ultimi Lobe, Martian South Polar Layered Deposits. Icarus, 154, 80-97.Related:
Koutnik, M., S. Byrne, and B. Murray, 2002. The South Polar Layered
Deposits of Mars: The Cratering Record. Journal of Geophysical
Research, 107 (E11), 5100-5112.
Currently a PhD student at Univ. of Washington. Frequent collaborator with Bruce Murray.
