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Stephen Hernández    


Stephen Hernandez


EDUCATION:

Currently, Junior at UT El Paso.

MAJOR: Math & Physics
WORK
EXPERIENCE:












UTEP Upward Bound - Sept. 2004-Present

Volunteer as a teaching assistant in a high school level mathematics classes Saturday mornings at UTEP.


Mervyns Department Store - Nov. 2004-Jan. 2005

Worked directly with department head in streamlining the store’s back stocks and provided customer service.

 
UT El Paso, Department of Geological Sciencesn - April 2004-Aug. 2004

Worked as an office assistant.

RESEARCH
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UNAVCO Inc. - Intern, Summer 2006 - Present

Investigating the kinematics of the East African Rift (EAR) at Tanzanian latitudes using campaign GPS data collected in August 2006.


Dep’t. of Geological Sciences - Research Assistant, Fall 2005-Present

Investigating the possible mechanisms of dynamic and static triggering of earthquakes with the large Landers, Denali, and Sumatra events as case histories. 

    

Dep’t. of Geological Sciences - Research Assistant, Fall 2004-2005

Ongoing research into the physics of wave propagation of shallow natural disturbances in the earths crust by natural earthquakes or chemical explosions.

 

UNAVCO Inc. - Intern, Summer 2005

Researched the cause of skewed position measurements by GPS satellites compromising the utility of GPS technology to geophysical applications.

RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE:


UNIX and LINUX - Competence in manipulating UNIX and LINUX operating systems in addition to knowledge of C-programming

 

MATLAB, SAC, & GAMIT/GLOBK - Proficiency with the Matlab programming language, and knowledge of   Seismic Analysis Code (SAC), and the GAMIT/GLOBK GPS processing suite.