Kaitlin
Keegan
Assistant Professor
kkeegan@unr.edu
(775) 682-6049
Paul Laxalt Mineral Engineering
<p><span>This $11 million building, completed in 1983, was a giant step forward for the University and the School of Mines. The 60,000-square-foot building, styled to conform with the historic buildings around it, houses classrooms and laboratories for mining engineering, chemical and materials engineering, and geological sciences. It also includes the Nevada Seismology Laboratory, the Keck Mine Ventilation Lab, the Newmont Rock Mechanics Lab and a supercomputer laboratory.</span></p>
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<p>I study the material properties of ice, and how these properties influence the preservation of paleoclimate records in ice cores. My research focuses on the processes impacting the metamorphism of snow, firn, and glacial ice within polar ice sheets and utilizes fieldwork, microstructure analyses, and modeling to answer questions surrounding the interpretation of ice core paleoclimate records.</p>
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<li>Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Dartmouth College, 2014</li>
<li>B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 2009</li>
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