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Active projects with
current project leaders as of January 2009:
Stephen
Brellenthin, Undergrad: Examining
the accuracy of depth-of-penetration estimates for GPR data using an EM-31
Kevin
Burns, MS: Developing Empirical
Relationships Between Ground Penetrating Radar Reflection Amplitudes and
Hydrologic Tracer Concentrations for Improving Characterization of
Channelized Fluid Under No-flow Conditions in Bedrock Fractures
Megan
Carr, PhD: Integrating acoustic
sub-bottom profiling data & ground penetrating radar data collected
from shallow lakes in Baffin Island, Eastern USA, and Costa Rica to image
stratigraphy associated with Quaternary climate fluctuations
David
Gaines, PhD: Time-Lapse Seismic
Refraction Tomography (TLSRT): Quantifying amplitude variation as a
function of geophone placement and time, degree of natural variation, and
theoretical limits of detection for an induced hydraulic plume
Laura
Gilcrist, PhD: Systematic
exploration of near surface soil dynamics: Determining resonant or
preferred frequencies in three soil types by isolating and changing
mechanical wave properties associated with frequency, amplitude, and load
time
Brooke
Perini, Undergrad: The impact
of daily and seasonal soil-moisture variability on GPR data
Phil
Stokes, MS: Geophysical imaging
of a fossiliferous Pleistocene basin In Western New York State
Kristin Sturtevant, MS: Integrating multiple geophysical
techniques to analyze geologic controls of riparian meadow complexes,
Central Great Basin, NV
Raymond
Vaughan, PhD: Methods and
programs for inverse modeling of underdetermined sets of gravity data
Prasanta
Yeluru, PhD: Assessing
determination of engineering properties of the shallow Lunar surface using
seismic surface wave analysis
Active Support
National Science Foundation
($81,609; PI; GEO-0704077), “OEDG Phase 1: Enhancing Diversity via Targeted Education and Outreach Through the
East Tennessee Geosciences Program (ETGP)” Total attributed to UT: $81,609; 90% to
GSBaker). Active
06/01/07-05/31/10.
U.S.
Department of Energy ($412,000; Sole Investigator; UT-B 4000059241),
“Multiscale investigations on the rates and mechanisms of targeted
immobilization and natural attenuation of metal, radionuclide, and
co-contaminants in the subsurface” Total attributed to UT: $412,000;
100% to GSBaker). Active 2/1/07-1/31/10.
U.S. Department
of Agriculture ($61,080; Sole Investigator; USDA-06-JV-11221682-040),
“Using Near Surface Geophysics to
Understand Alluvial Fans and Meadow Complexes in the Central Great
Basin” Total
attributed to UT: $61,080; 100% to GSBaker). Active 08/01/03-07/30/09.
Recent Support (2001
– present) in Reverse Chronological Order of End Date
National Science Foundation
($604,561; PI; GEO-0119871), “Enhancing Diversity in Buffalo, New
York, Area Geoscience Programs” Total attributed to UB: $604,561; 90%
to GSBaker). Active 1/1/02-12/31/06.
National Science
Foundation ($32,000; Sole Investigator; INT-0243524),
“Archaeological Geophysics in Humayma, Jordan” Total attributed
to UB: $32,000; 100% to GSBaker).
Active 6/1/03-6/1/06.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council of Canada ($230,752; Project Director), “Excavation and study
of the Roman fort, bath, and associated settlement at Hawara (modern
Humayma), Jordan” Total attributed to UB: $0 (Research expenses paid
by PI through the University of British Columbia); 0% to GSBaker. Active 5/1/02-9/1/06.
The Taggert Foundation (Private)
($10,332; Sole Investigator), “Excavation and study of the Roman
fort, bath, and associated settlement at Hawara (modern Humayma),
Jordan” Total attributed to UB: $10,332; 100% to GSBaker. Active 5/1/02-9/1/06. (Used to cover student salary not
covered through the SSHRC grant.)
University
of Tennessee College of Arts & Sciences Instructional Equipment Grant
($10,000, PI), “Acquisition of Ground Conductivity Equipment”
Total attributed to UT: $10,000; 100% to GSBaker). Active 1/1/06-6/1/06.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service ($20,080; Sole Investigator),
“Phase 2: Using Near Surface Geophysics to Understand Alluvial Fans
and Meadow Complexes in the Central Great Basin” Total attributed to
UT: $20,080; 100% to GSBaker).
Active 12/31/05-12/31/06.
U.S. Department of Defense
($233,833; Sole Investigator; DACA42-01-C-0051), “Using Near-Surface
Seismic Techniques for Improved Environmental Site Characterization”
Total attributed to UB: $233,833; 100% to GSBaker). Active 10/20/01-10/19/06.
National
Science Foundation ($118,443; Co-PI; GEO-0207720), “Integrating
Hydraulic, Tracer, and Geophysical Methods to Image Flow-Channeling
Behavior in Fractured Bedrock” Total attributed to UB: $118,443; 50%
to GSBaker). Active 8/1/02-7/31/05.
U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest Service ($61,170; Sole Investigator),
“Phase 1: Using High Resolution Seismic Data to Understand Alluvial
Fans and Meadow Complexes in the Central Great Basin” Total
attributed to UB: $61,170; 100% to GSBaker). Active 6/1/03-5/31/06.
National
Science Foundation ($38,529; Sole Investigator), “Acquisition of
Equipment for Investigating Coincident Seismic and GPR Imaging” Total
attributed to UB: $38,529; 100% to GSBaker. Active 8/1/00-7/31/02.
National
Science Foundation TEA Supplement ($10,100; Sole Investigator),
“Geophysical Investigations of Ice Flow Velocities on the Matanuska
Glacier” Total attributed to UB: $10,100; 100% to GSBaker). Active 6/1/02-7/31/03.
National
Science Foundation TEA Supplement ($10,100; Sole Investigator),
“Geophysical Investigations on the Matanuska Glacier” Total
attributed to UB: $10,100; 100% to GSBaker. Active 6/1/01-7/31/02.
Seismic
Mocro-Technology (SMT), Inc.
($495,161; Sole Investigator), Software grant for 16 licenses of KINGDOM
Suite+ including annual maintenance fee. Total attributed to UB: $495,161;
100% to GSBaker). Active 8/1/03-8/1/06.
Environment
and Society Institute (Univ. at Buffalo) Environmental Management
Alternatives Program ($19,900; Principal Investigator), “Integrated
geophysical, geochemical, and structural site characterization near the
West Valley Demonstration Project” Total attributed to UB: $19,900;
60% to GSBaker. Active 9/1/2000-10/30/01.
University at Buffalo
Environmental Management Alternatives Program (EMAP) ($21,793; Principal
Investigator), “Integrated Geophysical, Geochemical, and Structural
Site Characterization Near the West Valley Demonstration Project”
Total attributed to UB: $21,793; 50% to GSBaker. Active 10/1/00-12/30/01.
University at Buffalo Pilot
Program $21,793; Principal Investigator), “Direct detection of
nonaqueous-phase liquid contaminants using amplitude-variation-with-offset
analysis on ground penetrating radar data” Total attributed to UB:
$15,000; 60% to GSBaker. Active
8/1/2000-10/30/01.
University at Buffalo Faculty
Educational Technology Development Grant ($8,988, Co-PI),
“Hydrogeophyisical monitoring at the Duttweiller Property”
Total attributed to UB: $8,988; 50% to GSBaker). Active 6/1/02-9/30/03.
U.S. Coast Guard
Support Center, Elizabeth City, North Carolina ($2,756: co-PI), "Field
testing APVO analysis of GPR data across a site containing an extensive jet
propellant release" Active 6/1/02-12/31/02.
U.S. Department
of Defense, Mayport, Florida ($5,955: co-PI), "Field testing APVO
analysis of GPR data across a site containing an extensive diesel fuel
release" Active 6/1/02-12/31/02.
U.S. Department of Defense, Fort
Drum, New York ($450: Sole Investigator), "Examination of APVO
analysis of GPR data for delineation of an extensive gasoline release in
sandy soils, Fort Drum, New York" Total attributed to UB: $450; 100%
to GSBaker. Active 8/20/01-12/31/02.
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