EAS Facts

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Degrees Offered
People
Facilities

Degrees Offered

EAS Undergraduate Programs

Bachelor of Science

Atmospheric Science

Earth/Space Science Teaching

Environmental Geosciences

Geology & Geophysics

Minor

Earth and Atmospheric Science

EAS Graduate Program

Master of Science
Doctor of Philosphy

Areas of Research

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People - Fall 2004

Professors - 19

Vistiting Professors - 2

Associate Professors - 5

Visiting Scholars - 1

Assistant Professors - 5

Post Docs - 2

Professor Emeriti - 4

Graduate Students - 55

Courtesy Appointments- 5

Undergraduate Students - 114

Research Scientists - 2

  

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Facilitites

Our research and teaching facilities occupy over 4400 square meters (41,000 sq. ft.) on four floors of the 1988 addition to the Civil Engineering building. The EAS library contains 30,000 volumes, 200,000 maps, and an aerial photograph collection.

EAS Research Facilities:

  • State-of-the-art automated electron microprobe

  • Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, ion chromatograph, gamma ray spectrometer, equipment for high-temperature experimental petrology, X-ray crystallography, and microscopy

  • Stable-isotope laboratory, gas-source isotope ratio mass spectrometer

  • Magnetometers, gravimeters, and seismographs

  • Fluid inclusion facility

  • Complete wet-chemical lab for analysis

  • A network of surface water monitors/samplers

  • UNIX based Computing Laboratory (WXP Lab)

  • MAC based Computing Laboratory (CLUE Lab)

  • Low-level scintillation counter for age-dating ground-water recharge by tritium analysis

  • Acoustic and seismic imaging systems

  • Molecular biogeochemistry laboratory

  • Dual frequency Global Positioning System receivers

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