IRES: U. S.-New Zealand Collaboration on Applied Geothermal Exploration and Assessment

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。这个学生国际研究经验项目（IRES）是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。该奖项授予圣地亚哥州立大学地质科学系的乔治·吉拉切克教授。参与的美国研究生和本科生将与位于新西兰阿瓦隆的地质与核科学研究所（GNS）的研究人员合作。致力于可持续管理可再生地热能的美国主要组织。他们在研究所的外国合作者是T. Grant Caldwell博士和Stephen Bannister博士。学生将通过协助实地实验、数据简化和解释，专注于地热发电、工业过程和建筑的开发。具体研究项目包括：1)回注和生产钻井地球物理监测；2)深部地热资源表征；3)裂缝系统表征；4) MT（建模技术），地震和热液三维建模。任何这些研究项目的结果都将为全世界的地热学界提供重要的发现，并为专业会议和科学期刊上的论文提供极好的原始材料。学生们还将访问新西兰。为世界陶波火山区的地质概况之一？随后，他们将参观一个正在运行的地热发电厂，在那里他们将进行实际的地球物理测量。该项目的一个主要重点是让美国学生与国际学生和教师一起参与有意义的项目。学生将与具有不同科学背景的研究人员密切合作，并将学习现场和实验室技术，以提高他们的研究技能。总之，这些经历将增加学生参与者的网络和国际竞争力。通过有意为第一代、少数民族和女学生创造机会，该研究项目将对地质教育和研究产生广泛的影响。

0932433JiracekThis award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).Title: IRES: U.S.-New Zealand Collaboration on Applied Geothermal Exploration and AssessmentThis International Research Experiences for Students (IRES) project is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5). The award is made to Professor George Jiracek in the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University. The participating U.S. graduate and undergraduate students will collaborate with researchers at the Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS) in Avalon, New Zealand, which is one of the world?s premier organizations committed to sustainable management of renewable geothermal energy. Their foreign collaborators at the Institute are Dr. T. Grant Caldwell and Dr. Stephen Bannister. The students will focus on enhanced exploration aimed at the development of geothermal energy for electricity generation, industrial processes, and buildings by assisting in field experiments, data reduction, and interpretation. Specific research projects will include: 1) Geophysical monitoring of re-injection and production drilling; 2) Characterization of deep geothermal resources; 3) Characterization of Fracture Systems; and 4) MT (modeling techniques), Seismic, and Hydrothermal 3-D Modeling. Results from any of these research projects will provide important findings for the world-wide geothermal community and provide excellent source material for papers at professional meetings and in scientific journals. The students will also visit New Zealand?s Taupo Volcanic Zone for a geologic overview in one of the world?s most famous geothermal setting followed by a visit to an operating geothermal power plant where they will be taking hands-on geophysical measurements.A major emphasis of the project is to engage U.S. students in meaningful projects with international students and faculty. Students will work closely with researchers with different scientific backgrounds and will learn field and laboratory techniques that will enhance their research skills. Altogether, these experiences will increase the networking and international competitiveness of the student participants. By intentionally creating opportunities for first-generation, minority, and female students, the research program will have broad impacts on geological education and research.