Eos, Vol. 90, No. 20, 19 May 2009

ABOUT AGU
Outstanding Student Paper Awards
The following members received Outstanding Student Paper Awards at the 2008 AGU Fall
Meeting in San Francisco, Calif. See also Outstanding Student Paper Awards publishedpreviously (Eos, 90(18), 159–160, and 90(19), 170).
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Seismology (S)Carola Di Alessandro, Istituto Nazionale diGeofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy, Influence ofsite classification on computing empirical ground­motion prediction equations in Italy.
Annemarie Baltay, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., Estimation of scaled seismic energy,apparent stress and acceleration.
Moritz Bernauer, Ludwig-­Maximilians­Universität, Munich, Germany, Inferring near­receiver structure from combined measurements ofrotational and translational ground motions.
Eric G. Daub, University of California, Santa
Barbara, Accounting for gouge-­scale strain localization in dynamic earthquake ruptures.
Garrett G. Euler, Washington University,St. Louis, Mo., Shear velocity structure of the Cameroon volcanic line region from Rayleigh wave
phase velocities.
Yong Keun Hwang, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor, Global teleseismic P wave attenuation.
Morgan P. Moschetti, University of Colorado,Boulder, Results from ambient noise tomography
in the western USA using the USArray Transportable Array.
Natalia Poiata, Earthquake Research Institute,
University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Source processof the 2003 Bam, Iran, earthquake: Subsurface rupture that generated extreme ground motion.
Ryan C. Porter, University of Arizona, Tucson, Crustal anisotropy in southern California: Evidence for a fossilized detachment?
Jana Stankova-­P ursley, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, Apparent
stress variation in response to seamount subduction at Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica.
Robert C. Viesca, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., Determining pore pressures alonga slip surface within a saturated elastic-­plastic porous medium.
Zhongwen Zhan, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, High-­resolution source parameters using calibration from ambient seismic noise.

Space Physics and Aeronomy (SPA)
Patrick Alken, University of Colorado, Boulder, Modeling the eastward equatorial electricfield using CHAMP magnetometer data.
Katherine L. Baldwin, U.S. Naval ResearchLaboratory, Washington, D. C., Calibration results for the COR2 instrument aboard the ­STEREO
satellite.
Megan Lee Cartwright, University of California, Los Angeles, Heliospheric evolution of small­scale magnetic structures.
Amal Chandran, University of Colorado,
Boulder, Longitudinal variability in PMC structures
observed from the CIPS experiment on the AIM
spacecraft: Impact on PMC occurrence frequency
and brightness.
Robin C. Colaninno, George Mason University, Fairfax, Va., Mass measurements ofcoronal mass ejections using the SECCHI-­COR2
coronagraphs.
Tzu-­Wei Fang, National Central University,
Jhongli City, Taiwan, and High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research,Boulder, Colo., Spatial variation of the pre­reversal enhancement: Model results.
Lucas D. Hurd, Clemson University, Clemson,S. C., Enhanced eddy diffusion and large eddies
above the nominal turbopause height.
Scott Knappmiller, University of Colorado,Boulder, Mass analysis of charged aerosol particles during the MASS/­E COMA campaign.
Eric E. Lawrence, University of California,
Los Angeles, Reconnection between magnetic flux
ropes in a laboratory plasma.
Wen Li, University of California, Los Angeles,
Evaluation of whistler-­mode chorus intensification on the nightside during an injection event observed on the ­T HEMIS spacecraft.
Nicholas M. Pedatella, University of Colorado, Boulder, Variability in the longitudinal structure of the low-­latitude ionosphere.
Denys Piddyachiy, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., Characterization of the ionosphereabove the ­H AARP HF heater using ­DEMETER satellite data.
Arto Sandroos, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland, Injection of heavy ions into diffusive shock acceleration.
Yuka Sato, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan,Ground-­b ased observation of MF auroral radio
emissions in the polar cap and cusp regions.
Xudong Sun, Stanford University, Stanford,Calif., Polar magnetic fields observed during thelast four solar minima.
Torbjorn Sundberg, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, On the properties ofthe ionospheric convection drivers.
Yuji Tsuji, Solar-­Terrestrial Environment Laboratory, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan, Storm­t ime electric fields in the mid-­latitude ionosphereobserved by ground magnetometers and the Akebono satellite.
Nicholeen M. Viall, Boston University, Boston, Mass., On the source of periodic solar wind
number density structures using the alpha to proton abundance ratio.
Marissa F. Vogt, University of California,
Los Angeles, Reconnection and flows in the Jovian magnetotail as inferred from magnetometer
observations.
Linghua Wang, University of California,
Berkeley, STEREO/­STE observations of X-­rays andENAs.

Study of the Earth’s Deep Interior (SEDI)
Manuele Faccenda, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Subduction zone anisotropic patterns produced by faulting and hydration of the slab.
Daniel M. Reaman, Ohio State University, Columbus, Windows into the solid-­s tate viscosity andseismic anisotropy of Earth’s inner core inferredfrom experiments on micro-­fabricated, controlled­geometry samples.
Jenny Suckale, Massachusetts Institute ofTechnology, Cambridge, How to make the mostout of level sets for geodynamical modeling.
Matthew L. Whitaker, State University of New
York at Stony Brook, Acoustic velocities and thermoelastic properties of FeSi at high P and T.
Chunpeng Zhao, Arizona State University,Tempe, Investigating the edges of the large low
shear velocity province in the lowermost mantle
beneath the Pacific Ocean.

Tectonophysics (T)Nicolas Brantut, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Ecole Normale Supérieure,Paris, France, Thermo-­chemical pressurization offault gouges during coseismic slip.
Alicia Cruz-­Uribe, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Ages of Sevier thrusting fromdating of metamorphic garnet using the Lu-­H fmethod.
Maria H. Gudmundsdottir, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., Mechanisms of tectonic uplift
in the Santa Cruz Mountains, CA.
Janelle Homburg, Lamont-­Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University, Palisades, N. Y.,
The jelly sandwich bites back: A case study of theviscosity contrast between the lower crust and upper mantle from the Oman ophiolite.
Christina Plattner, Ludwig-­Maximilians­Universität, Munich, Germany, Baja transfer bypartial coupling with the Pacific plate.
Margaret Popek, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Effects of heterogeneous permeability on surface heat flow near Parkfield, CA.
Steven A. F. Smith, University of Durham,Durham, UK, The nature and evolution of fluid­related weakening mechanisms along a continental low-­angle normal fault: The Zuccale Fault, Elba
Island, Italy.
Daniel R. Viete, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, Thermal durations and heating behavior for
the Barrovian metamorphism, Scotland.
David E. Wolf, Cornell University, Ithaca,
N. Y., Lu-­H f dating of garnet constrains timing ofmetamorphism and deformation, Prince Rupertarea, British Columbia.

Volcanology, Geochemistry, and Petrology(VGP)
Emma R. Humphreys, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK, Mantle xenoliths from the Calatrava Volcanic Province, Spain: Evidence forcarbonatite-­s ilicate interaction in the uppermantle.
Leif Karlstrom, University of California,
Berkeley, The stability and spacing of crustal
magma chambers.
Catherine Macris, University of California,
Los Angeles, Inter-­mineral iron isotope fractionation in San Carlos xenoliths.
Mónica de Mier, Universitat Politècnica deCatalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Numerical simulation of two-­fluid mingling using the Particle Finite
Element Method with applications to magmaticand volcanic processes.
Nicholas J. Pester, University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis, Phase equilibria controls on fluid
chemistry at the Lucky Strike hydrothermal field,Mid-­Atlantic Ridge.
Shellie Rose, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., The eruptive behavior of ­K lyuchevskoy
volcano, Kamchatka.
Arron R. Steiner, California State University,
Fullerton, Mafic inputs to the Augustine magmasystem over the past 2,200 years.