Chris McCaslin

Chris was a Ph.D. student in Geophysics under advisors Dr. Dylan Mikesell and HP Marshall. For his dissertation, McCaslin used a laser ultrasound system to study snow with varying properties and its interaction with wave propagation through snow. His research covered both artificially made snow in the lab and natural snow in the field. McCaslin was awarded the Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship by the National Science Foundation, which supported his first two years. He was then supported by the Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship, a part of the National Defense Education Program through the Department of Defense. Upon graduation, McCaslin started working for the Department of Defense’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL).