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Remote Sensing for Hazard Mitigation and Resource Protection in Pacific Latin America
Sponsor |
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION |
Award Amount P1 |
$1,342,879 |
Duration |
10/01/2005 - 09/30/2008 |
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MTU students and Guatemalan colleagues measuring sulfur dioxide gas fluxes from Santiaguito volcano, Guatemala. From left to right: John Lyons (MTU Peace Corps Master's International); Oto Matias (INSIVUMEH - B.S. Geology MTU, 2002); Gustavo Chigna (INSIVUMEH); Lizzette Rodriguez (Ph.D. candidate, MTU Geology)
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Abstract
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| This is a 5-year, $2.3 million project supported by NSF, which focuses on developing remote sensing tools and validation methods for hazard mitigation and resource protection in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua and Ecuador. We are working towards two important goals: (1) to develop formal linkages among MTU and geoscience agencies in Pacific Latin America, focusing on the collaborative development of remote sensing tools for hazard mitigation and water resource development; and (2) to build a new educational system of applied research and engineering, building from two existing educational programs at MTU: the Peace Corp/Master’s International program in Natural Hazards which features a 2-year field assignment, and an undergraduate “Enterprise” program, which gives teams of civil, environmental, and geological engineering students the opportunity to work on real-world problems over multiple years in a business-like setting.
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Keywords
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| Geology and Geological Engineering
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Remote sensing, hazard mitigation, hydrologeology, resource protection
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