In 2016, IRIS intern Liam Toney and his mentor Rob Abbott of Sandia National Labs focused on developing velocity models and tomographic images for Yucca Flat, Nevada to aid in the physical modeling of Source Physics Experiment data (a series of chemical detonations of varying yields...

Since 1998 the IRIS Undergraduate Internship Program has provided research experiences for 216 undergraduates interested in exploring the fields of seismology/geophysics. Prior to participating, a majority of students indicate an intention to go to graduate school. However, few are...

On May 26 the 2019 cohort of IRIS interns gathered in Socorro, NM for the program's annual orientation week. Through the week's agenda, our 14 undergraduates, developed a strong sense of community, were introduced to some of the most exciting aspects of modern seismology, and...

2018 IRIS intern Sydney Dybing an undergraduate at Washington University in St. Louis, published the results of her summer's research in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. Her project, based in Albuquerque, NM, was focused on defining the characteristics of and...

We invite applications from graduate students, postdocs and early-career scientists to participate in an NSF-funded seismic research experiment aboard the R/V Marcus G. Langseth focused on the Emperor seamount chain. This project will involve the collection of 2D multi-channel...