He has been a member of the faculty since 1992. He serves as Associate Department Chair from July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. Prior to coming to Hawaii he worked at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and the Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin. Steve worked with Martin Jackson and Steve Laubach on fault and fracture research during his time at BEG. Visit his web page: http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/martel/Stevem.html. E-mail address: smartel@hawaii.edu