Griffith's Structural Geology and Geomechanics Lab

About:

I am a research assistant collaborating with Dr. Ashley Griffith and working towards my PhD in Earth and Environmental Sciences.  I am currently working on characterizing the inelastic response of rocks under high strain rates.  The development of fractures depending on strain rate, peak stress and loading time are the focus of my work using the Split Hopkinson Pressure Bar in conjunction with studying fracture development using a multitude of different rock mineralogy such as:  Arkansas Novaculite, Westerly Granite and an Arenite Sandstone.   Other projects looking at the energy consumption of high strain rate rock fracturing and application of these findings in nature are forthcoming.  Before Graduate school, I spent 5 years teaching physics and astronomy at the secondary level at Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth.