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MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography

I primarly involved in education through the MIT/WHOI Joint Program and co-teach the courses listed below.

CompGeoModelclass

Computational Geophysical Modeling (12.521)

Course is co-taught with M. Behn and J. Lin

Introduces theory, design, and practical methods of computational modeling in geodynamics and geophysical fluid dynamics. Covers the most effective and widely used numerical modeling approaches (e.g., boundary element, finite difference, finite element) and emphasizes problem-solving skills through illustrative examples of heat and mass transfer in the mantle and the ocean. Students acquire experience with various numerical methods through regularly assigned computational exercises and a term-long modeling project of each student's choice.

 

Topics in Paleoceanography (12.708)

Course is co-taught with D. Oppo

We designed this seminar class to supplement the more formal classes offered in the Joint Program. Each year, we read and discuss classic and new papers from an important topic in Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology. Because the typical graduate student is in the JP for approximately 5 years, we return to some key topics every 5 or so years. Some topics are covered more frequently, often with a change in focus from a previous year.

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Geological Oceanography (12.710)

Course is co-taught with L. Giosan, D. Lizzarralde and A. Soule

This course provides a high level survey of a broad range of active science topics in Geological Oceanography. The course presents background material that graduate students are expected to know in the disciplines of solid-earth geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology and stratigraphy, coastal processes, and climate, including a representative set of canonical science papers, and builds on this material to give a sense of the current state of the science in these fields. Broad topics include the formation of the earth, petrogenesis, volcanism, plate tectonics, geodynamics, sedimentation in the oceans, coastal morphodynamics, paleo-oceanography, and climate. The interconnectedness of and feedbacks between processes discussed under these various topics is emphasized throughout the course.

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