Professor Marvin Speece has been involved in a global effort to study climate changes in Antarctica. The collaborative group is called The Offshore New Harbor Project. They now have a website: http://qcpages.qc.cuny.edu/offshore_new_harbor/index.htm. This provides current information on the participants, science and outreach projects.
(This has been an amazing opportunity for some of our graduate students!)

The study of Geophysical Engineering embodies the exploration and appraisal of the earth's interior by collecting and analyzing physical measurements, which are collected at the earth's surface, in boreholes, and from aircraft and satellites. A combination of mathematics, physics, geology, chemistry, hydrology, and computer science trains the student as a geophysicist.

Upon completion of this discipline, the graduate can successfully analyze accumulated measurements to infer properties and processes within the earth’s interior. Because the earth literally supplies mankind’s material needs and is the repository of its by-products, the scope and importance of this field cannot be overly stated. 

Both the oil and mining industries employ geophysicists for their exploratory skills and ability to locate deeply-hidden resources beneath the surface. Geophysical engineers are employed worldwide. They analyze the earth’s varied stress force fields, vibrations, and disturbances within the earth’s interior down to its central core to make much needed predictions and assessments. Scholarships are available from a variety of sources, and undergraduates are often involved in funded research projects. 

The Geophysical Engineering program provides an interdisciplinary course of study in physics, geology, math, computer science, and engineering.

This program provides hands on training with the equipment in the field. Between your Junior and Senior year there is a six week field camp course team taught by faculty in both the Geophysical Engineering and Geological Engineering. The value of this training can take you places all over the globe!! The photos surrounding this page include field training both above and below ground in Montana. The other photos include some of the more recent places our students have gone to do research - Antarctica and Australia!