Barbara J. Souter

The Flat, Foxtownsend Farmhouse
Heyford Rd., Kirtlington
OX5 3HS
ENGLAND
phone:(01869) 35 10 42
email: souter@bouguer.mit.edu

Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Ph.D. in Geophysics, February, 1998. Course work in general geophysics, continuum mechanics, applied mathematics, numerical methods, and computational methods.
University of California, Davis, California
M.S. in Geology, September, 1992, Course work in geology, geophysics, physics, and numerical methods.

B.S. in Geology with highest honors, June 1990. Course work in geology, physics and mathematics. Undergraduate geological field thesis.

Academic
Achievements
  • National Science Foundation Fellow, 1990-95>
  • Association of Women Geoscientists Outstanding Woman Student, 1989-90
  • National Association of Geology Teachers Summer Field Geology Scholarship, 1989
  • UCD Geology Department Citation, 1989-90
Research
Experience		 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

Research fellowship and assistantship: Numerical and analytical modeling of time evolution of earthquake deformation. Collecting and processing of Global Positioning System (GPS) data. Field work in former Soviet Union. 1992-present

University of California, Davis, California

Research fellowship: Incorporating heterogenerous fault zone strucutre into a theoretical kinematic model of coseismic deformation. Teaching assistantship: Structural geology, field geology. 1990-92

Undergraduate research assistantship: Creating and maintaining field sample database. Cataloguing field samples. 1989-90

Undergraduate peer tutor: Tutoring undergraduates in chemistry and Calculus. 1988-89

Leadership
Experience
  • President, MIT Graduate Student Council, 1995-96
  • President, Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (EAPS) Graduate Student Advisory Committee, 1994-95
  • Department Representative, MIT Graduate Student Council, 1993-95
  • Department Representative, UCD Graduate Student Association, 1991-92
  • President, UCD Geology Club, 1989-90
Computer
Skills		 C, Perl, HTML, FORTRAN, Pascal, Unix, CGI. Unix and Macintosh programming environments.
Background and Interests US citizen. Originally from California. Interests include squash, biking, hiking, and various winter sports. I may legally work in the UK.

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