Ken Hurst
SCIGN Scientist
Ken Hurst has been a member of the technical
staff in the Satellite Geodesy and Geodynamics Systems Group since 1990.
He received a BA in Geology and one in Physics from Earlham College in
Indiana and then went on to earn a MA and PhD in Geology from Columbia
University.
Ken is involved in many GPS-related projects,
including the Parkfield Rapid Static GPS experiment (which is measuring
the crustal deformation around Parkfield with great spatial detail), work
with the GIPSY-OASIS II analysis software, including teaching classes
in the theory and use of the software, as well as modeling GPS data collected
following the 1992 Landers and 1994 Northridge earthquakes.
He has also worked on a team which designed
and implemented an automated processing system for the analysis of data
from the network of 800-1000 GPS stations installed for the Geographical
Survey Institute of Japan and is also involved in the design and implementation
of an automated processing system for analysis of data from SCIGN.
Ken is a member of the Geological Society
of America, the American Geophysical Union, the Seismological Society
of America, and the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. He has
received numerous awards including a NASA Group Achievement Award for
Global Positioning System Geodesy Development and another for development
of the GIPSY-OASIS GPS analysis software, as well as being a co-recipient
of a runner-up award in the 1995 NASA software of the year competition
for his work with the GIPSY-OASIS software.
Ken is actively involved in teaching
and volunteers once a week at a local high school. He is assisting with
the physics class by designing and running the lab portion of the class.
In his spare time, Ken is an American Youth Soccer Organization coach
and a Cub Scout Webelos den leader. He is also a member and Training Officer
for the Santa Clarita Search and Rescue Team and has been an Emergency
Medical Technician since 1986.
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Andrea
Donnellan || Maggi
Glasscoe || Michael
Heflin || Ken Hurst
|| David Jefferson
|| Greg Lyzenga ||
Anne Mikolajcik ||
Jay Parker || Mark
Smith || Michael Watkins
|| Frank Webb || Jim
Zumberge
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Last modified on 8/13/98 by Maggi
Glasscoe (scignedu@jpl.nasa.gov)
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