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EHaz
University Exchange Program in Earth Hazards
A North
American Mobility Project
Members:
Michigan Technological University
, Houghton, Michigan
University at Buffalo
, Buffalo, NY
Universidad Nacional Autonoma
de Mexico
, Mexico
DF
Universidad de Colima,
Colima
McGill University,
Montreal, Quebec
Simon Fraser University,
Burnaby, BC
This program is a
consortium of six research-based universities in the US, Canada, and Mexico (Michigan Tech, Buffalo, McGill, Simon Fraser, UNAM and
Colima). The program is funded by the Department of Education in the US and
equivalent organizations in Canada and Mexico as part of the NAFTA
agreement.
The focus area for the
mobility program is mitigation of natural geological hazards in
North America. The consortium universities exchange students
and faculty in several engineering and science disciplines (e.g.
environmental engineering, civil engineering, geological
engineering, social sciences and geology) involved in the study of
natural geological hazards.
Students in the social
sciences also have the opportunity to be exchanged, recognizing that the solution of
natural hazards problems involves critical social, political, and
economic aspects. Students are mobilized among the participating
universities through one- to two-semester visits and up to 60 more
students will be mobilized via short-term, intensive courses.
Student activities consist of three stages: intensive language
training, natural hazards coursework, and professional or research
internships with local industries, agencies, or the host
university. In each of the next three years there will be a joint
advanced volcanology class run via videoconferencing and a three
week field trip to areas of volcanological interest in Canada, US
and Mexico.
The course and field trip
foci for the next three years are:
2006:
Megaeruptions/ LongValley and Yellowstone;
2007: Volcanic
edifice failure/ Cascades and Western Canada
2008: Convergent plate
Boundary Volcanism/ Mexican Volcanic Belt
Although the six
universities will have first access to the exchange we are
constructing ways for other volcanology programs to share the
teleconference courses and field trips.
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CONTACTS:
William Rose,
raman@mtu.edu
Project Director
U.S. Lead
 Michigan
Technological University
Geological Engineering & Sciences
630 Dow ESE Bldg
1400 Townsend Drive
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Tel: 906-487-2367
Fax: 906-487-3371
John Stix,
stix@eps.mcgill.ca
Canadian Lead
 McGill
University
Earth & Planetary Sciences
3450 University Street
Montreal, Québec H3A 2A7 Canada
Tel: 514-398-5391
Fax: 514-398-4680
Hugo Delgado Granados,
hugo@geofisica.unam.mx
Mexican Lead
 Universidad
Nacional Autónoma de Mexico
Departamento de Vulcanología, Instituto
de Geofísica
Ciudad Universitaria, 04510
Mexico, DF 04510
Tel: 525-622-4145
Fax: 525-550-2486
Michael Sheridan,
mfs@geology.buffalo.edu
U.S. Partner
 University
at Buffalo
Geology Department
826 Natural Science
Complex North Campus Office: NSC 717
Buffalo, NY 14260
Tel: 716-645-6800
Fax: 716-645-3999
Glyn Williams-Jones,
glynwj@sfu.ca
Canadian Partner
 Simon
Fraser University
Earth Sciences Department
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Canada
Tel: 604-291-3306
Fax: 604-291-4198
Tonatiuh Dominguez,
tonatiuh@cgic.ucol.mx
Mexican Partner
 Universidad
de Colima
Observatorio
Vulcanológico de Colima
Av. Gonzalo de Sandoval 444
Colima, Colima CP. 28045 México
Tel: 52-312-316-1134 x47208
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