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Using on-line volcano monitoring data in college and university courses: The Volcano Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o (VEPP)

Pu`u `O`o spattering at night

July 2010

Kilauea Volcano, Hawaii

Workshop Description

The Pu`u `O`o eruptive vent on the east rift zone of Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i, has been active almost continuously since 1983 and offers an excellent opportunity to demonstrate the dynamic nature of Earth Science. With support and funding from the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO), National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the University of Hawaii at Manoa, the eruptive vent has been instrumented with a variety of sensors, including GPS, tiltmeters, seismometers, cameras, and even a continuously operating gravimeter. Data from these sensors, as well as GPS campaigns conducted every few months, are available on-line for use in college and university courses via the Volcanoes Exploration Project: Pu`u `O`o (VEPP) website.

We invite applications from college and university Earth Science instructors to attend a week-long workshop to be held at the summit of Kilauea Volcano. The goal of the workshop is to develop curriculum for a variety of course types (from large lecture courses for non-majors to graduate-level seminars) that utilizes the resources provided via the VEPP website. The workshop will be held on the Big Island of Hawaii in July 2010 and will include field excursions, a tour of HVO (founded in 1912), and interactions with HVO volcanologists.

The workshop dates will be announced in November 2009. Additional information, including application materials, deadlines, and an agenda, will be posted to this website as it becomes available.

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July 2010 - VEPP Workshop