UROP Funding Recipient Brings Volcanic Research to Hawai‘i

Casey Wandasan (Earth Sciences major), a UROP Project funding recipient, worked alongside his mentor, Dr. Helen Janiszewski in the UH Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science Technology, to help understand magma storage depths and seismic characteristics at two volcanoes in the Aleutian islands of Alaska. This research was supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation, and conducted to help analyze seismic information for better understanding of the structures and layers beneath the subsurface of the volcanoes. As impactful as this research is for the geophysical field, the project has also been transformative for Casey as it has allowed him to be exposed to marine geophysics and better appreciate the unity of science and community. Casey’s ongoing research on the inner workings of two volcanoes in Alaska and an open ocean research cruise solidified his plans to further pursue this topic in graduate school. Read more about Casey and his research here.