Graduate Students
2019
Andrii Murdza
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Fatigue of Ice
2017
Alden Adolph
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Albert
Thesis Topic: Snow and Climate
Amber Whelsky
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Albert
Thesis Topic: The Record of Climate Change in Firn
Kaitlin Keegan
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Albert
Thesis Topic: Studies of the NEEM: Greenland Firn Core
Ross Lieb-Lappan
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Obbard
Thesis Topic: Brine Networks in Sea Ice
2016
Kevin Hammonds
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Creep of Polycrystalline Doped Ice
2015
Scott Snyder
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Damaged Ice
Stephen Nodder
Degree: M.Sc. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Effect of Healing on the Strength of Fractured Ice
Xuan Wang
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Metamorphism of Dry Snow
2013
Stephanie Gregory
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Albert: Baker
Thesis Topic: Firn Physical Properties Impact on Gas Trapping at Wais Divide and Megadunes
2011
Narayana Golding
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson: Renshaw
Thesis Topic: Plastic Faulting in Ice
Si Chen
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Dry Snow Metamorphism
2009
Rachel Lomonaco
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Studies of Ice and Firn Cores
2008
Katherine E. Sieg
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Examination of the Fine-grained Region of the Siple Dome Ice Core
2006
Andrew Fortt
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Coulombic Sliding in Ice
Rachel Obbard
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Microstructural Determinants in Glacial Ice
2005
Bradley Smith
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Compressive Failure of Ice Via Along-Column Grain Boundary Sliding
Katy Taylor
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Renshaw: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Faulting Under High Confinement
Min Song
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Effects of Particles on Anelasticity: Creep and Microstructural Evolution of Granular Ice
2002
Daniel Cullen
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: The Microstructural Location of Impurities in Ice Cores
Erik Russell
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Frictional Sliding Across Coulombic Shear Faults
Xiang Li
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: The Effect of Sulfuric Acid on the Mechanical Properties of Ice Single Crystals
2001
Daniel Iliescu
Degree: Ph.D.
Thesis Topic: The Flow and Fracture of Cracked Ice
2000
Jeffrey Melton
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Deformation of Columnar Saline Ice Under Triaxial Compression
1999
Ying L. Trickett
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: The Mechanical Properties of Ice Single Crystals
1998
Xiaohong Hu
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: X-ray Topography of Freshwater Ice
1997
Eric Gratz
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Brittle Compressive Failure Surface of Ice
Suogen Qi
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Ductile-to-Brittle Transition in Ice: Effect of Temperature
Yuhong Wu
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: Shear Processing of Nanocrystals
1996
Michael E. Manley
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Deformation of S1 and S2 Ice
1995
K. Jia
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: X-ray Topography of Dislocation/Grain Boundary Interactions in Ice
1994
Oleg Y. Nickolayev
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Failure Envelopes and the Ductile to Brittle Transition in Columnar Saline Ice Under Biaxial Compression
Stephanie E. Buck
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Failure Envelopes and the Ductile to Brittle Transition in Fresh-Water S2 Columnar Ice Under Biaxial Compressive Loading
1993
F. Liu
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Baker
Thesis Topic: X-ray Topography of Polycrystalline Ice
Gary A. Kuehn
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Mechanical Properties of Saline Ice
1992
Rachel A. Batto
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: An Investigation of the Ductile-Brittle Transition in Columnar S2 Ice Under Compression
1991
Johan A. Grape
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effect of Confining Stress on the Brittle Compressive Indentation Fracture of Ice
Timothy R. Smith
Degree: Ph.D. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effect of Stress State on the Brittle Compressive L12 Fracture of Columnar Ice
1990
Douglas A. Fifolt
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: An Investigation into the Electromagnetic Emissions from Cracks In Ice: Development of a Signal Detection System and Preliminary Testing
Susan R. Shoemaker
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Freshwater Columnar Ice: Growth Structure and Mechanical Properties
1989
Douglas Jones
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Ice Friction: Effects of Temperature: Sliding Velocity and Ice Type
1988
Gregory J. Lasonde
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effects of End Constraint on the Strength and Fracture Mode of Polycrystalline Ice in Compression
Mark C. Gies
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Development of Brush-Type Platens for Loading Ice Specimens in Compression
1986
Rebecca N. Haerle
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effect of Stress State History on the Compressive Strength of Polycrystalline Ice
Steven G. Hoxie
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effect of Pre-Existing Cracks on the Tensile Strength of Polycrystalline Ice
1985
David Cole
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: Microstructuring on Ice Under Compression
James L. Laughlin
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effect of a Bimodal Grain Size Distribution on the Compressive Strength of Polycrystalline Ice
Neil P. Cannon
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Influence of Grain Size on Compressive Strength of Polycrystalline Ice
Russell W. Lee
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effect of Grain Size on the Tensile Strength of Ice at Two Strain-Rates
1983
Pooi N. Lim
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Effects of Temperature and Grain Size on the Tensile Strength of Ice
1981
John Currier
Degree: M.S. Advisor: Schulson
Thesis Topic: The Tensile Strength of Fresh-Water: Granular Ice: Grain Size Effect