SOEST Bulletin

Vol. 20, No. 45, November 5, 2009

Calendar of Events

Monday, November 9

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics thesis defense: Owen K. Neill, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Influencing of Pre-Eruptive Degassing and Crystallization on the Deposits of Laterally Directed Volcanic Explosions, POST 723, 1:30 p.m.

Tuesday, November 10

Dept. of Ocean and Resources Engineering and UH Depts. of Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering special joint seminar: Justin Manley, Director of Scientific and Commercial Business, Liquid Robotics, The Wave Glider, an Energy Harvesting Unmanned Surface Vessel, MSB 114, 4:30-5:30 p.m. To see a PDF version of this announcement, including an abstract, please visit the department website.

Special seminar: Margo Edwards, Researcher, UH Hawaii Institute for Geophysics and Planetology, Finding Undersea Munitions Lecture, POST 127, 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, November 11

Veteran's Day holiday.

Thursday, November 12

Hawaii Natural Energy Institute seminar: Lew P. Christopher, Professor and Director of the Ctr. for Bioprocessing Research and Development, South Dakota Sch. of Mines and Technology, Towards Sustainable Bioenergy in South Dakota, MSB 723, 3:00 p.m.

Ocean 780 seminar: John Bullister, School of Oceanography, Univ. of Washington, Dissolved Chlorofluorocarbons and Sulfur Hexafluoride as Transient Tracer in the Ocean, MSB 100, 3:00 p.m.

Hanauma Bay Thursday Evenings: Educational Presentations. Jacque Kelly, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, A Cool Way To See Cold Water: Thermal Remote Sensing of Submarine Groundwater Discharge, Chip Young, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Oceanography, Nutrient Availability to Coastal Hawaiian Waters: An Ongoing Study at Heeia Fishpond, and Gregory Roshlow, Graduate Student, UH Dept. of Physical Oceanography, Wave Wind and Tidal Forcing of Hanauma Bay, Hanauma Bay Education Center Theater, 6:30 p.m. Event is free and open to the public, with no charge for parking after 5:30 p.m. For more information on UH Sea Grant Hanauma Bay Education Program events and activities, navigate to the "Calendar of Events" located at the Sea Grant website.

Friday, November 13

Dept. of Geology and Geophysics TGIF seminar: Henrieta Dulaiova, Assistant Professor, UH Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Hydrological Processes and their Role in Solute Transport in Wetlands, POST 723, 3:30 p.m.

Announcements

Call for Pre-Proposals: The Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory (HURL), the NOAA Undersea Research Center for Hawaii and the Western Pacific in the Office of Ocean Exploration and Research (OER) invites pre-proposals for research in late 2010 and 2011. HURL provides access to the deep sea (²2000 m) via submersible vehicles. The areas of operations will include the main and Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (2010), the U.S. Line and Phoenix Islands, Johnston Atoll, and American Samoa (2011). A major objective of the program is better understanding of the new marine national monuments. Thematic research areas and guidelines are presented in the RFP, available from the HURL home page. Pre-proposals are due by Wednesday, December 09, 2009.

Senior Research Topics for Global Environmental Science (GES) Program: The GES program will be holding a student meeting on Thursday, Nov. 12, 4:30 p.m., in MSB 100. The major agenda item will be for faculty to "advertise" possible senior research topics to the students. Please let Jane Schoonmaker, GES Undergraduate Chair, know if you would like to make a presentation (limited to 5 minutes max, 1-2 Powerpoint slides). Contact her at jane@soest.hawaii.edu. If you have a project, but can't attend the meeting, Dr. Schoonmaker will be happy to make the presentation for you. Just send her your slides and a short description of the project. As always, thank you to the SOEST faculty and staff for their willingness to mentor the GES undergrads. GES has a large group of new students this fall (>25), many of whom are transfer students and are already looking for projects.

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