| James K. K.
Look Laboratory
The James K. K. Look Laboratory of Oceanographic
Engineering, part of the Department of Ocean Engineering, conducts
research on ocean engineering problems related to structures in and
physical characteristics of the coastal zone and open ocean, and it
provides service to researchers on problems related to ocean resources
and the calibration of wind-measuring instruments. The Look Laboratory
is also the site of the Marine Mining Technology Center, which deals
with the subject of deep ocean minerals. Facilities at Look Laboratory
include two- and three-dimensional hydraulic scale model spaces, an
in-ocean test range, a wet chemistry and biology laboratory, and
supporting electronics and machine shops.
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research
The Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric
Research (JIMAR) was formed in 1977 under a memorandum of understanding
between the NOAA and the University of Hawai‘i. The principal research
interests of JIMAR are tsunamis, equatorial oceanography, climate,
fisheries oceanography, and tropical meteorology.
International Pacific Research Center
The International Pacific Research Center was
established in 1997 under the U.S.-Japan Common Agenda for Cooperation
in Global Perspective. Its mission is to provide an international,
state-of-the-art research environment to improve understanding of the
nature and predictability of climate variability and regional aspects of
global environmental change in the Asia-Pacific sector.
Sea Grant College Program
The Sea Grant College Program develops and administers
a multidisciplinary institutional research and extension program
dedicated to the wise use and management of the marine environment and
its resources. The research is conducted by UH faculty and staff in 26
departments in 10 colleges and institutes at the Manoa campus, the Hilo
campus, and the Community Colleges; graduate and undergraduate education
is supported through the research projects. Results of the research are
disseminated to marine agencies, the marine industry, and the general
public through the program’s extension service and communications
program. The program has strong linkages with the 29 Sea Grant programs
across the nation and with the United States flag territories and freely
associated states of the western Pacific.
Space Grant College Program
The Space Grant College Program is a wide-ranging
community educational program supported by the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration (NASA) that promotes studies in scientific fields
related to space. These fields include astronomy, geology, meteorology,
oceanography, mathematics, physics, engineering, computer science, and
life sciences. Affiliate campuses are Leeward, Windward, and Maui
Community Colleges, and new programs are being developed at the
University of Guam and at UH Hilo. Some of the programs supported by
Space Grant include an Undergraduate and Graduate Fellowship Program
(approximately 15 students per semester are supported); the Future
Flight Program for teachers, school students and their parents; an
annual two-week Teachers’ Workshop; undergraduate remote-sensing field
trip to California; an undergraduate telescope facility; maintenance of
several World Wide Web sites including the “Virtually Hawai‘i”
site; and outreach to state and federal agencies related to the use of
satellite and aircraft remote-sensing data. A significant goal of the
program is to encourage interdisciplinary studies and research and to
train future generations of space scientists in the physical sciences.
Students, teachers, and researchers in Hawai‘i are encouraged to
contact the Manoa Space Grant office at (808) 956-3138) to learn more
about the opportunities for financial support.
Geology and Geophysics
POST 701
1680 East-West Road
Honolulu, HI 96822
Tel: (808) 956-7640
Fax: (808) 956-5512
Web: soest.hawaii.edu/GG/
Faculty
*J. M. Sinton, PhD (Chair)—igneous petrology, marine geology
*R. Batiza, PhD—igneous petrology, marine geology
*J. M. Becker, PhD—geophysical fluid dynamics, nonlinear dynamics
*D. Bercovici, PhD—geodynamics
*P. Cooper, PhD—seismology
*F. K. Duennebier, PhD—seismology, marine geophysical instrumentation
*A. I. El-Kadi, PhD—groundwater hydrology
*P. F. Fan, PhD—sedimentary and geothermal mineralogy, geology of Asia
*C. H. Fletcher, PhD—coastal processes
*L. N. Frazer, PhD—theoretical seismology
*M. O. Garcia, PhD—igneous petrology, volcanology
*C. R. Glenn, PhD—paleoceanography, sedimentology
*C. E. Helsley, PhD—paleomagnetism, seismology, marine geophysics
*G. T. Ito, PhD—marine geophysics, geodynamics
*J. L. Karsten, PhD—petrology
P. D. Lee, MS—paleontology
*J. J. Mahoney, PhD—geochemistry
*S. J. Martel, PhD—engineering geology, geomechanics
*R. Moberly, PhD—marine geology, sedimentology
*G. F. Moore, PhD—exploration seismology, tectonics
*J. K. Morgan, PhD—sediment mechanics, convergent margin processes, numerical
modeling of granular materials
*B. N. Popp, PhD—isotopic biogeochemistry
*C. B. Raleigh, PhD—seismology, rock mechanics
*J. M. Resig, DrRerNat—micropaleontology
*K. H. Rubin, PhD—isotope geochemistry, age dating
*S. Self, PhD—volcanology, petrology
*K. J. Spencer, PhD—geochemistry, instrumentation
*B. Taylor, PhD—plate tectonics, geology of ocean margin basins
*C. S. Todd, PhD—metamorphic petrology
*P. Wessel, PhD—marine geophysics
Cooperating Graduate Faculty
J. Anderson, PhD—volcanology
T. B. Appelgate, PhD—marine geology and geophysics, seafloor mapping and plate
tectonics
J. Bell, PhD—planetary geosciences
M. G. Bevis, PhD—crustal motion geodesy, GPS, geodynamics
K. A. W. Crook, PhD—sedimentology, tectonics, geoscience policy
E. H. DeCarlo, PhD—marine geochemistry, marine resources
M. H. Edwards, PhD—marine geology and geophysics
F. P. Fanale, PhD—planetary surfaces
G. J. Fryer, PhD—seismology, computer modeling, marine geophysics
P. B. Fryer, PhD—marine geology, petrology, tectonics
M. D. Fuller, PhD—paleomagnetism, geomagnetism
B. R. Hawke, PhD—planetary geosciences
E. Herrero-Bervera, PhD—paleomagnetism, geomagnetism
R. N. Hey, PhD—marine geophysics and tectonics
B. H. Keating, PhD—paleomagnetism
K. Keil, Dr rer nat—meteorites, planetary geosciences
L. S. L. Kong, PhD—seismology
L. W. Kroenke, PhD—marine geology and geophysics
B. R. Lienert, PhD—geophysics
P. G. Lucey, PhD—planetary geosciences
F. Mackenzie, PhD—sedimentary geochemistry, sedimentology
M. H. Manghnani, PhD—high-pressure geophysics, mineral physics
F. Martinez, PhD—marine geophysics
T. B. McCord, PhD—planetary surfaces, remote sensing
F. W. McCoy, PhD—marine geology, sedimentology
L. C. Ming, PhD—high-pressure mineralogy
P. J. Mouginis-Mark, PhD—planetary science, remote sensing
E. R. D. Scott, PhD—planetary geosciences
S. K. Sharma, PhD—raman and IR spectroscopy in geochemistry
G. J. Taylor, PhD—planetary geosciences
D. M. Thomas, PhD—geothermal and volcanic geochemistry
J. S. Tribble, PhD—marine geology and geochemistry
R. Wilkens, PhD—rock and sediment properties, bore-hole research
S. Zisk, PhD—planetary geosciences
Affiliate Graduate Faculty
D. Clague, PhD—marine geology, volcanology
A. L. Clark, PhD—economic geology, resources
J. Gradie, PhD—planetary sciences
C. J. Johnson, PhD—resource systems
K. T. M. Johnson, PhD—marine geology and geophysics
J. P. Kauahikaua, PhD—volcanology
J. P. Lockwood, PhD—volcanology
P. G. Okubo, PhD—geophysics
G. H. Sutton, PhD—seismology, marine geophysics
C. R. Thornber, PhD—geochemistry, volcanology
G. W. Tribble, PhD—geochemistry, coral reef geology
D. A. Walker, PhD—seismology
C. G. Wheat, PhD—low-temperature geochemistry
*Graduate Faculty |