Resume

• 2016

  Architecture and Implemention Plan

  Tiger Team Member

  Science Committee Representative

  Charge of the Architecture and Implemention Plan Tiger Team \nThe goal of the Architecture Implementation Plan - Tiger Team (AIP-TT) is to provide guidance to and review of the EarthCube Science Support Office (ESSO) activity: Development of an Architectural Implementation Plan (ESSO-DAIP). The ESSO-DAIP is an ESSO project directly contracted by NSF to develop a detailed EarthCube architecture

  based on the results of the Architectural Framework Workshop (May

  2016)

  and to provide a corresponding implementation plan. This activity is to be completed by October 31

  with a draft due to the NSF program office by Oct 13

  2016.\nThe AIP-TT guidance to the ESSO-DAIP will be based upon the established goals

  vision statements and roadmaps of the EarthCube Leadership Council

  Council of Data Facilities

  Science Committee

  and Technical Architecture Committee. As part of the review process

  the representative members of the AIP-TT will meet with leaders of the ESSO-DAIP team on a regular basis throughout the project and update members of their respective governance bodies. Within 5 days

  summaries of discussions relating to the ESSO-DAIP that occur at each committee meeting will be forwarded to the ESSO-DAIP team by each representative member of the AIP-TT. \n\nAIP-TT Functions\nThe overarching function of the AIP-TT is to advise the ESSO-DAIP. As such

  the AIP-TT has a mandate to provide input on behalf of the community both during the initiation of ESSO-DAIP and as a review of draft products. All input to the ESSO-DAIP shall be submitted as suggestions from the AIP-TT adopted through a consensus approach or a simple-majority vote as opposed to individual representative input. \n\nAs the Science Committee representative I advocated for architecture development that aligns with geoscientist's needs.

  EarthCube (NSF)

  Science

  Research

  Sedimentology

  Geology

  Geological Mapping

  Earth Science

  Global Positioning System (GPS)

  GPS

  Modeling

  Seismology

  ASPECT

  Physics

  Numerical Analysis

  Field Work

  Scientific Computing

  Matlab

  Data Analysis

  Geophysics

  Structural Geology

  Fortran

  Kinematic constraints on the Lwandle-Somalia plate boundary across Madagascar from GPS geodesy

  * 2010: install the first country-wide high-precision geodetic network of benchmarks\n* 2012: remeasure the Malagasy Geodetic Network and conduct week-long training course GPS geodesy\n* 2012-2013: advise Mr. Tahiry Rajaonarison for his Masters II physics degree on \"Determining Correction Parameters for High Precision GPS Observations in Madgascar\"\n* 2014: Remeasure Malagasy Geodetic Network

  compute velocity field

  conduct GPS short course supported by UNAVCO (www.unavco.org)

• 2015

  D. Sarah

  Stamps

  Virginia Tech

  Blacksburg

  VA

  Assistant Professor

  Virginia Tech

• 2014

  UCLA

  Los Angeles

  CA

  * Teach Introduction to Geological Mapping\n* Prepare course materials\n* Advise students in coursework\n* Lead and instruct student field mapping exercises in Rainbow Basin

  CA

  Assistant Adjunct Professor of Geology

  UCLA

  Memphis

  TN

  * Research GPS geodesy and learn GPS processing skills\n* Provide maintenance support for the central US New Madrid Seismic Zone GPS network\n* Develop teaching materials for high school science teachers\n* Build an analog earthquake locator \n* Collect and produce geodetic data from islands in the northern Caribbean\n* Write and publish scientific papers (Stamps and Smalley

  2006; Smalley et al.

  2007)

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  Center for Earthquake Research and Information

• 2013

  MIT and UCLA

  Cambridge

  MA and Los Angeles

  CA

  As a postdoctoral fellow at MIT (joint with UCLA) my aim is to investigate continental rift-parallel deformation detected with GPS observations along the Western Branch of the East African Rift System. This project aims to confirm and elucidate the physical processes driving rift-parallel surface deformation detected within the East African Rift System (EARS)

  an archetype continental rift system. Classic models of continental rifting invariably predict rift-perpendicular motion

  however GPS observations within the Main Ethiopian Rift

  the Western Branch

  and the Rukwa Rift suggest a component of rift-parallel motion. Verifying the existence of rift-parallel deformation within the EAR and determining the responsible mechanism would provide a more complete understanding of rifting processes.\n\nThis work involves two main tasks: (1) occupying GPS benchmarks at previously measured sites along the Western Branch and Rukwa Rift where rift-parallel deformation is indicated

  but current\nuncertainties are high due to short-time series

  and (2) testing the potential role of viscous coupling\nto along-rift asthenospheric flow as a mechanism for rift-parallel surface deformation. \n\nhttp://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1249295

  NSF Earth Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  MIT and UCLA

• 2009

  West Lafayette

  IN

  As a doctoral candidate my project focused on elucidating the large-scale forces driving the East African. Continental rifting is fundamental to the theory of plate tectonics

  yet the force balance driving Earth’s largest continental rift system

  the East African Rift (EAR)

  remains debated. The EAR actively diverges the Nubian and Somalian plates spanning 5000 km N-S from the Red Sea to the Southwest Indian Ridge and 3000 km NW-SE from eastern Congo to eastern Madagascar. Previous studies suggest either lithospheric buoyancy forces or horizontal tractions dominate the force balance acting to rupture East Africa. In this work

  we investigate the large-scale dynamics of Nubia-Somalia divergence along the EAR driving present-day kinematics. Because Africa is largely surrounded by spreading ridges

  we assume plate-plate interactions are minimal and that the major driving forces are gradients in gravitational potential energy (GPE)

  which includes the effect of vertical mantle tractions

  and horizontal basal tractions arising from viscous coupling to horizontal mantle flow. We quantify a continuous strain rate and velocity field based on kinematic models

  an updated GPS velocity solution

  and the style of earthquake focal mechanisms

  which we use as an observational constraint on surface deformation. We solve the 3D force balance equations and calculate vertically averaged deviatoric stress for a 100 km thick lithosphere constrained by the CRUST2.0 crustal density and thickness model. By comparing vertically integrated deviatoric stress with integrated lithospheric strength we demonstrate forces arising from gradients in gravitational potential energy are insufficient to rupture strong lithosphere

  hence weakening mechanisms are required to initiate continental rupture.

  NSF Graduate Research Fellow

  Purdue University

• 2008

  Purdue University

  Center for Earthquake Research and Information

  West Lafayette

  IN

  * Research East African tectonics and GPS geodesy \n* Collect GPS observations in Tanzania in response to a diking event\n* Prepare conference presentations\n* Publish Stamps et al.

  Graduate Research Assistant

  Purdue University

  PhD

  * Published the first complete kinematic model of the East African Rift\n* Determined present-day Nubia-Somalia divergence is driven by lithospheric buoyancy\n* Led Women in Science Program \n* Obtained grants from National Geographic

  NSF

  and internal Purdue University programs

  Geophysics

  American Geophysical Union\nSigma Xi\nPhi Kappa Alpha\nSeismological Society of America

  Purdue University

• 2004

  Malagasy

  Swahili

  Bachelor of Science (BSc)

  * Graduated magna cum laude with honors thesis in Earth Sciences (geology major

  mathematics minor) \n* Researched Scotia-Arc kinematics with GPS geodesy and DEFNODE block modeling (advisor Prof. Bob Smalley)\n* Constructed analog earthquake locator for teaching seismology (advisor Prof. Bob Smalley)\n* Constrained boundaries of northern Puerto Rico microplate with GPS collected in the Caribbean (advisors Profs. Pamela Jansma and Glen Mattioli)\n* Maintained New Madrid Seismic Zone GPS network (advisor Prof. Bob Smalley)\n* Conducted extensive geologic mapping \n* Led Geology Student Association\n* Instructed Environmental Geology Laboratory

  Earth Science - Geology

  minor-mathematics

  The University of Memphis

• 2003

  Mainthia Technologies

  Inc at NASA

  Huntsville

  AL

  * Coordinate technical activities across NASA directorates

  departments and groups\n* Summarize all responses from NASA TD60 for the Action Item Tracking System (CAITS)\n* Coordinate TD60's various technical proposals including: \n - Center Director Discretionary Funding (CDDF)\n - Internal Research and Development (IR&D) proposals\n - University Grants \n - NASA Research Announcements (NRA)\n* Expedited NASA TD60 procurements working with the Center Procurement Office\n* Served as delegate for TD60 Safety Supervisor's Webpage

  Technical Coordinator

  Mainthia Technologies

  Inc at NASA

• * Translate technical vocabulary of computational scientists and architects for non-technical geoscientists. \n* Advocate for geoscientists to have equal contributions and vision for the EarthCube cyberinfrastructure.

  EarthCube (NSF) Science Committee