Richard C. Aster, New Mexico Tech Earth & Environmental Science

Richard C. Aster
Professor of Geophysics
Chair of Earth & Environmental Science
Dept of Earth & Environmental Science
New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM 87801

MSEC 356, (575)835-5924, (575)835-6436 fax
aster@ees.nmt.edu

BS, Electrical Engineering; BS, Physics; MS, Geophysics
University of Wisconsin-Madison

PhD, Earth Sciences
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego

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NMT Press Releases:
- PASSCAL Instrument Center Deploying Greenland Network (17 Sept. 2009)
- KRQE Reports on Socorro Seismic Activity (9 September 2009)
- Small Earthquake Shakes Socorro (21 August 2009)
- Ecuador Volcano Presents Perfect Natural Lab (20 July 2009)
- Aster Delivers Earth Day Lecture at NMMNHS (22 April 2009)
- Aster Elected President of SSA (13 April 2009)
- Aster Holds Science Cafe (16 August 2008)
- Aster Presents Research at Capitol Hill (25 July 2008)
- Construction of New IRIS-PASSCAL Innovative Test Facility (14 July 2008)
- Newly Published Books (14 February 2005)
- Rio Grande Rift stretches like taffy (23 January 2005)
- NMT/IRIS Proposals Approved for USArray/Earthscope (10 June 2003)
- Seismological Upgrades and USArray/Earthscope (25 March 2003)
- Geophysics Professor Named Chair of IRIS Committee (10 January 2002)
- Aster in National Geographic (26 November 2001)
- Two New Mexico Tech Faculty Members Seeking Offices For AGU (25 October 2001)

To learn more about Geophysics at New Mexico Tech, see the EES Geophysics Program Homepage.

Last Updated: December 10, 2009
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