HR: 1340h
AN: ED33A-1238    [Abstracts]
TI: Six University Canada/US/Mexico exchange program in Earth Hazards (EHaz)
AU: * Stix, J
EM: stix@eps.mcgill.ca
AF: McGill University, Earth & Planetary Sciences, Montreal, Que H3A 2T5 Canada
AU: Rose, W I
EM: raman@mtu.edu
AF: Michigan Technological University, Geological Eng & Sciences, Houghton, MI 49931 United States
AB: This program is a consortium of six research-based universities in Canada, Mexico, and the U.S (Michigan Tech, Buffalo, McGill, Waterloo, UNAM and Colima) 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 geological natural hazards in North America. The consortium universities will 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 will be exchanged, recognizing that the solution of natural hazards problems involves critical political, social, and economic aspects. Students will be 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 will consist of three stages: intensive language training, natural hazards coursework, and professional or research internships with local industries, agencies or at 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.
DE: 0810 Post-secondary education
DE: 0850 Geoscience education research
DE: 8488 Volcanic hazards and risks
DE: 8499 General or miscellaneous
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005