With the generous support of alumni EES has recently awarded the first round of the Alumni Undergraduate Research Fellowships.

Sean Bemis put his hands together side by side to demonstrate two plates of the earth’s crust with a smooth boundary running between them. But that boundary is not always smooth and those plates do not always sit together neatly, which makes the earth’s crust a dynamic and complex surface.

Thanks to the growth of women in STEM fields over the past few years, this dream career is possible for a growing number of women.