June, 2020: New Research and Student Success

It has been an eventful academic year, here is a quick recap of highlights:

  1. Funding: Dr. Sawyer was awarded a 2-year early career fellowship from the National Academies of Science, Technology, and Engineering. He has also been awarded a 5-year NSF CAREER Grant to study the impacts of earthquake shaking on seafloor landslide activity.
  2. Students: Trevor Browning successfully defended his PhD degree in May, 2020. Brandi Lenz successfully passed candidacy in spring, 2019. 3 new graduate students have joined the group within the last year. In Fall, 2019, we welcomed Jacob Fillingham and Gabriel Martinez to the team, and this summer, 2020, we are welcoming Bailey Fitzgerald!