PREVIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS

(last updated November 2009)

2006 to 2009 Principal Investigator "Geologic Mapping of Tooting Crater, Mars". NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $90,000.

2005 to 2008 Principal Investigator "Vents, Flows, and Fluvial features on Martian Volcanoes". NASA Mars Data Analysis Program. $180,000.

2005 to 2008 Principal Investigator "Geologic Mapping of the Caldera of Olympus Mons Caldera, Mars". NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $102,146.

2003 Principal Investigator "Remote Sensing Data Products for Disaster Managers in the Western Pacific". The Raytheon Corporation. $175,000.

2003 to 2006 Principal Investigator. "Analysis and Validation of SRTM Data Over Volcanoes". NASA Solid Earth & Natural Hazards Program. $231,000.

2003 to 2005 Principal Investigator. "Studies of Martian Impact Craters Using MGS and Odyssey Data". NASA Mars Data Analysis Program. $137,784.

2003 to 2004 Principal Investigator. "The Diversity of Martian Volcanic Features as Seen in the MOC, THEMIS and MOLA data sets". NASA Mars Data Analysis Program. $79,420.

2003 to 2004 Principal Investigator "Remote Sensing Data Products for Disaster Managers in the Western Pacific". The Raytheon Corporation. $409,000.

2003 Co-Investigator (Scott Rowland, PI) "7th NASA Planetary Volcanology Field Workshop". NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $48,000.

2003 Principal Investigator "Pacific Disaster Center Chief Scientist". ACS Corporation (DoD funded). $51,221.

2000 to 2003 Principal Investigator. "The Changing Face of a Volcanic Landscape System". Advisor for Mr. John Bailey's NASA Global Change Fellowship. $66,000.

2000 to 2003 Principal Investigator "The Diversity of Martian Volcanic Features as Seen in MOC Images and MOLA Topographic Data". NASA Mars Data Analysis Program. $182,700.

2001 to 2004 Principal Investigator "Effects of Volcanoes on the Natural Environment". NASA EOS Interdisciplinary Science Program. $1,095,000.

2000 to 2003 Principal Investigator "Validation and Analysis of SRTM and VCL Data Over Tropical Volcanoes". NASA Solid Earth & Natural Hazards Program. $179,000.

1999 to 2000 Principal Investigator "Acting Program Scientist at the Pacific Disaster Center". U.S. Army Corps. Engineers. $63,750.

1998 to 2003 Principal Investigator "Post-Eruption Hazards at Mt. Pinatubo, the Philippines". NASA Office of Earth Science. $717,500.

1995 to 1999 Principal Investigator "Mapping Hazardous Volcanoes with RADARSAT and Other Orbital Radars". NASA Office of Mission to Planet Earth. $78,000.

1995 to 1998 Principal Investigator "Analysis of Digital Topography of Volcanoes". NASA Office of Mission to Planet Earth. $330,000.

1994 to 1997 Principal Investigator "Geomorphology of Volcanoes on Mars and Io". NASA Planetary Geology Program. $150,000.

1994 to 1997 Principal Investigator "NASA Digital Image Data Distribution for Education, Public Access and Tourism in Hawaii: A Model System". NASA Cooperative Agreement Notice, NASA Code R. $900,000.

1994 Principal Investigator "A Position Plan for the Hawaii International Center for Imaging and Information Management". Dept. Business and Economic Development, Office of Space Industry, State of Hawaii. $15,000.

1993 to 1996 Principal Investigator "Remote Monitoring of Volcanoes in Hawaii Using Satellite, Airborne, and Field Data". NASA Geology and Geophysics Branch. $195,000.

1993 to 1995 Principal Investigator "Evolution of Volcanoes and their Summit Calderas on Venus". NASA Venus Data Analysis Program. $25,000.

1993 to 1994 Principal Investigator "The application of remote sensing data to GIS studies of land use, land cover, and vegetation mapping in the State of Hawaii". NASA Applications Program via UH Office of Technology Transfer and Economic Development. $25,000.

1991 to 1994 Principal Investigator "Planetary Geosciences Facility Support". NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $270,000.

1991 to 1994 Principal Investigator "Quantitative Analysis of Small Volcanoes on Mars and Venus". NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $126,000.

1991 to 1994 Principal Investigator "Temporal change on volcanoes, and the interaction between volcanoes and the Earth System". NASA Global Change Fellowship Program. $66,000.

1991 to 1994 Principal Investigator "Volcanism in Alaska and Aleutians from ERS-1". NASA Office of Earth Science Division. $90,000.

1990 to 1997 Principal Investigator "Hawaii Space Grant College". NASA Education Division. $2,640,000.

1990 to 1994 Principal Investigator "Monitoring of Volcanoes in Hawaii and Alaska using AVHRR and ERS-1 Satellite Data". NASA Geology and Geophysics Branch. $195,000.

1989 to 2000 Principal Investigator "A Global Assessment of Active Volcanism, Volcanic Hazards, and Volcanic Inputs to the Atmosphere from the Earth Observing System". NASA Office of Earth Sciences and Applications. $5,775,000.

1989 to 1997 Principal Investigator "Eruptive Styles of basaltic Shield Volcanoes from the SIR-C/X-SAR Radar". NASA Office of Earth Sciences and Applications. $770,000.

1989 to 1991 Principal Investigator "Planetary Geosciences Facility Support". NASA Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program. $170,000.

1989 to 1991 Principal Investigator "Geomorphic Analysis of High Resolution Images of Mars and the Moon". NASA Planetary Geology Program. $120,000.

1988 to 1990 Principal Investigator "Geologic Mapping in N.W. Elysium Planitia, Mars". NASA Planetary Geology & Geophysics MGM Program. $43,000.

1988 Principal Investigator "Radar, Sonar and Numerical Analysis of Volcanic and other Landforms on the Moon and Earth (with analogs for Venus)". NASA Planetary Geology Program. $42,000.

1987 to 1990 Principal Investigator "Structure and Style of Emplacement of volcanic Materials: Testing a Model for the Morphologic Evolution of Volcanoes in the Galapagos". NASA Land Processes Geology Program. $277,000.

1987 to 1989 Principal Investigator "Structural and Volcanic Evolution of Martian and Terrestrial Shield Volcanoes". NASA Planetary Geology Program; Mars Evolution of Volcanism, Tectonism and Volatiles Project. $135,000.

1986 to 1987 Principal Investigator "A Theoretical and Morphological Analysis of Explosive Volcanism on Mars, with Implications for Climatic Change". NASA Planetary Geology Program. $32,000.

1984 to 1986 Co-Investigator (George Walker, PI) "A Study of Long Lava Flows on Mauna Loa". (PI: G. P. L. Walker). NASA Planetary Geology Program. $35,000.

1984 to 1986 Principal Investigator "An analysis of Volcanic Terrains on Mars, the Earth and Io". NASA Planetary Geology Program. $96,000.

1984 to 1985 Principal Investigator "A Quantitative Analysis of Ocean-Bottom Features". Office of Naval Research, Marine Geology Program. $35,000.

1984 to 1986 Principal Investigator "Space Shuttle Radar (SIR-B)studies of volcanic and deltaic environments". NASA Office of Space Science and Applications. $165,000.

1983 to 1986 Principal Investigator "Terrain Analysis of Pioneer Venus Altimetry Data". NASA Pioneer Venus Program. $49,000.

1983 to 1984 Principal Investigator "Analysis of Martian Surface Materials Using Radar, Thermal and Color Data". NASA Planetary Geology Program. $50,000.

1983 to 1984 Principal Investigator "Characterization of Seamount Geology by Image Processing of SeaMARC II data". Office of Naval Research, Marine Geology Program. $20,000.

1982 to 1983 Principal Investigator "Analysis of Constructional Coastal Environments Using Space Imaging Radars". NASA Non-Renewable Resources Program. $15,000.