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Education:
| 2008: | Ph.D., Geology, University of Colorado at Boulder (anticipated) |
| 2007: | M.S., Geology, University of Colorado at Boulder (read my research proposal) |
| 1998: | B.S., Engineering and Applied Science, Caltech |
Publications & Abstracts:
| 2008: |
"Modeling Stresses on Satellites due to Non-Synchronous Rotation and Orbital Eccentricity Using Gravitational Potential Theory"; J. Wahr, Z.A. Selvans, M.E. Mullen, A.C. Barr, G.C. Collins, M.M. Selvans, R.T. Pappalardo; Icarus (submitted). |
| 2007: |
"Implications of Viscous Relaxation in Europa's Icy Shell for Interpreting Global Tectonic Features"; Z.A. Selvans, R.T. Pappalardo; Eos Trans. AGU 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract P53B-1244. |
| 2006: |
"Viscoelastic Relaxation of Tidally Induced Stresses in the Ice Shells of Outer Solar System Satellites"; Z.A. Crawford, M.E. Mullen, J. Wahr, R.T. Pappalardo, M.M. Stempel, A.C. Barr, G. Collins; Eos Trans. AGU, 87(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract P23E-0097, 2006. "Computer Assisted Stratigraphic Sorting of Geologic Features on Europa and Other Planetary Surfaces"; Z.A. Crawford, D. Gleeson, R.T. Pappalardo, G. Collins, M. Weller; 38th DPS Meeting of the American Astronomical Society Abstract 30.08, 2006. "Visco-Elastic Surface Stress on Europa", M.E. Mullen, Z.A. Crawford, R.T. Pappalardo, J. Wahr; 37th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract 2350, 2006. |
| 2005: | "Eolian Controlled Modification of the Martian South Polar Layered Deposits"; M.R. Koutnik, S. Byrne, B.C. Murray, A.D. Toigo, Z.A. Crawford, Icarus, 174(2), pp490-501, 2005. "Wavy Lineaments on Europa: Fracture Propagation into Combined Nonsynchronous and Diurnal Stress Fields"; Z.A. Crawford, R.T. Pappalardo, A.C. Barr, D. Gleeson, M.E. Mullen, F. Nimmo, M.M. Stempel, J. Wahr; 36th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Abstract 2042, 2005. |
| 2004: |
"Quantitative Modeling of Lineament History and Stresses on Europa"; Z.A. Crawford, M.M. Stempel, A.C. Barr, D. Gleeson, R. Guryn, R.T. Pappalardo, J. Wahr, G. Collins, P. Figueredo; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 36(5), p. 139, 2004. |
| 2003: | "Enigmatic Surface Features of the South Polar Layered Deposits"; M.R. Koutnik, B.C. Murray, S. Byrne, Z.A. Crawford; Sixth International Conference on Mars, Abstract 3134, 2003. |
| 2002: | "Grooved Terrain Near the South Pole of Mars; Clue to an Unmodeled Amazonian Climate Episode" Z.A. Crawford, B.C. Murray, S. Byrne, M.R. Koutnik, Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract P52A-0364, 2002. |
Work Experience:
| 8/2002 - Present: | Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Geological Sciences and Dept. of Astrophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO. |
| 6/2001 - 6/2002: | Web developer, videographer for the PBS series Closer to Truth |
| 1/2001 - 6/2002: | Technical Staff, Division of Geology and Planetary Science, Caltech, Pasadena, CA. |
| 9/1998 - 3/2000: | Software Engineer, SCO, Santa Cruz, CA. |
Selected Skills:
| Computation: | I do most of my programming in Python, with experience using the SciPy, Matplotlib, NetworkX, and pyGraphviz packages for analysis and visualization. I also have experience in C, Perl, and Unix shells. See the SatStress project for an example of my code and documentation. |
| Foreign Languages: | Spanish, Japanese (spoken). |
Awards, Fellowships, Volunteering, etc.:
| 2006: | Selected for NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory Planetary Science Summer School. One week intensive session to do a rapid prototype of a Mars rover mission. |
| 2003 - 2004: | Served on the board of directors of the Boulder Housing Coalition, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community housing development organizaiton. |
| 2001: | Helped organize the first global Yuri's Night celebration of human spaceflight. |
| 1997: | NSEP/Boren Undergraduate Fellowship to study Russian in St. Petersburg, Russia. |