In the News:

Maria Zuber is one of the first faculty profiled on the new MIT web site.
She's been interested in what goes on far beyond the sky for as long as she can remember. But the turning point came in 1979 while she was a student at the University of Pennsylvania and saw images beamed back from the Voyager spacecraft as it hurtled past the planet Jupiter. She was quickly entranced, and hooked.     see details

Taylor Perron and colleagues uncovered the mechanism that generates widespread patterns in landscapes.
Computer model developed by Taylor Perron and colleagues shows how evenly-spaced ridges and valleys form over time as a result of erosion and the slumping of soil.     see details

Important Dates and Events:

Department Lecture Series

November 11, 2009
NO DLS TALK – Veteran's Day Holiday

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The Ar/Kr Mixed Ion laser is part of a new technique for studying mineral structure at high temperatures and pressures. more information