Jennifer S. Yu

EDUCATION

Cornell University Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY
Advisor: Bryan L. Isacks
Ph.D. Geological Sciences, August 2007 conferral

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Pasadena, CA
B.S. Engineering and Applied Science, 6/93

PROFESSIONAL AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Web Content Specialist: Unavco, Boulder, Colorado 80301-5554
Manage all web content (science and otherwise) for Unavco Headquarters, Facilities, Education and Outreach. Plan and implement archiving of critical documents. Support for 2007 NSF proposal. Member of Education and Outreach staff. (9/05-9/06)

GIS and Remote Sensing Team Leader: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
Manage operations of the Tectonics Observatory GIS and Remote Sensing Group, software development, GIS planning, data processing and management, web development. (3/04-present)

GIS and Remote Sensing Specialist: Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, Caltech, Pasadena, CA 91125
Software development, GIS planning, data acquisition and management, methodologies, and processing for the Tectonics Observatory. (9/02-2/04)

Thesis Research: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Neogene tectonic deformation and scarp degradation in the Northern Chilean forearc based on investigation of interferometrically derived topography, Landsat Thematic Mapper imagery, geological, and geophysical information over the region. (8/98-present)

Other Research: Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853
Study of Chilean tectonics and seismogenesis using differential SAR interferometry. Derived coseismic and postseismic displacement of the July 30, 1995 Mw=8.0 Antofagasta earthquake utilizing ERS-1 and ERS-2 SAR data. (8/96-8/98)

Planetary Research: NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA 91109
Earth and Space Sciences Division, Section 323. Analyzed spectral admittance of Venusian coronae and large volcanic swells from Magellan SAR data to study compensation mechanism and effective elastic thickness of Venusian lithosphere. (11/95-7/96)

Member Technical Staff: NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA 91109
Advanced Multimission Software Technology Group, Section 395. Software development for: Deep Space Network Fault Detection, Isolation and Recovery system; Multimission Spacecraft Analysis System for Cassini mission; and neural net data mining project on sea surface temperatures for El Nino studies. (1/94-7/96)

Member Technical Staff: NASA JPL, Pasadena, CA 91109
Artificial Intelligence Group, Section 395. Software development of JARtool - data mining tool for Brown University geologists to identify small volcanoes on Venus from Magellan SAR imagery. (6/93-1/94)

FELLOWSHIPS and AWARDS

NASA Space Grant Graduate Fellowship (8/01-5/02)
Awarded by Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

McMullen Fellowship (9/00-1/01)
Awarded by Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences.

NASA Graduate Student Research Program Fellowship (9/97-9/00)
Awarded by Mission to Planet Earth, NASA Headquarters, Washington D.C. for "SAR interferometric studies of interseismic and seismic strain along the Arica seismic gap of the Peru-Chile convergent plate boundary." 3-year fellowship.

Estwing Award (5/99)
Awarded by Cornell University Department of Geological Sciences for "most outstanding graduate student".

Hsien Wu and Daisy Yen Wu Scholarship (5/99)
Awarded by Cornell University Graduate School for Cornell doctoral students of Chinese descent based on academic ability, performance and character.

Meyer Bender '29 Memorial Scholarship (5/98)
Awarded by Cornell University Department of Geological Sciences faculty for high dedication to academia and human aspects of life.

Eleanor Tatum Long Fellowship (8/96-5/97)
Awarded by the Department of Geological Sciences at Cornell University.

NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholar (6/90-8/90)
Awarded by NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Automation Technology Branch. Solved for inverse kinematic solution of the PUMA robotic arm and studied other robotic arm designs.

NASA Langley Aerospace Research Summer Scholar (6/89-8/89)
Awarded by NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Virginia. Vehicle Operations Research Branch. Artificial intelligence programming in LISP for automated aircraft sensor fault detection, diagnosis and correction.

PUBLICATIONS

Trench-parallel shortening in the Northern Chilean Forearc.
Allmendinger, R.W., G. Gonzalez, J. Yu, G. Hoke, B. Isacks. 2005, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v117, 89-104.

Groundwater-sapping origin for the giant quebradas of northern Chile.
Hoke, G.D., B.L. Isacks, T.E. Jordan, and J.S. Yu. 2004, Geology, v32, no.7, 605-608.

Active faulting and folding without topographic expression in an evaporate basin, Chile.
Jordan, T.E., N. Munoz, M. Hein, T. Lowenstein, L. Godfrey and J. Yu. 2002, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v114, 1406-1421.

Fault Scarp Degradation in the North Chilean Forearc.
Yu, J.S., B.L. Isacks, G.D. Hoke. 2001, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union.

The Optical/Infrared Astronomical Quality of High Atacama Sites. I. Preliminary Results of Optical Seeing.
Giovanelli, R., J. Darling, M. Sarazin, J. Yu, P. Harvey, C. Henderson, W. Hoffman, J. Cordes, S. Eikenberry, G. Gull, J. Harrington, G. Stacey and M. Swain. 2001, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 113, 789.

Examination of the Surface Expression of the Atacama Fault System in Northern Chile from Interferometrically Derived (INSAR) Topography.
Yu, J.S., and B.L. Isacks. 1999, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 80, 46, T52A-11, F1060.

Optical/Infrared Site Survey in the High Atacama Desert.
Giovanelli, R., J. Darling, M. Sarazin, S. Eikenberry, B. Hoffman, M. Swain, J. Yu, P.M. Harvey, A. Otarola, and G. Valladares. 1999, AAS Meeting, 193, #11.02.

Neogene Deformation of the Western Flank and Forearc of the Central Andes.
Isacks, B.L., J.S. Yu, D.E. Alsdorf, K.E. Frey. 1998, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 79, 45, H41A-13, F365.

Wavelet Transform Filtering of Interferometric SAR Images to Improve Signal to Noise Ratio.
Alsdorf, D., M. Deinert, B. Isacks, J. Yu. 1997, EOS Transactions, American Geophysical Union, 78, 46, G12A-4 1415h.

Admittance Spectra and Elastic Thickness Estimates for Venusian Coronae
Smrekar, S.E. and J.S. Yu. 1996, 27th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference Proceedings, Lunar and Planetary Institute.