Matthew Pruis
5600 Seaview Ave NW * Seattle, WA 98107
(206) 789-2138 * mpruis@ocean.washington.edu
http://www.ocean.washington.edu/people/mpruis/
Education
University of Washington, MS in Oceanography (Marine Geophysics), expected in 03/98
Michigan Technological University, BS in Applied Geophysics (Summa Cum Laude), 1991-1995
Geophysics Background
Gravity:
Responsible for the data acquisition and processing of over 760 km of sea surface, 16 km of near-bottom surveys and 164 fixed ocean bottom gravity stations using the Bell Aerospace continuously recording gravimeter and the LaCoste and Romberg Land gravimeter
Magnetics:
Oversaw the data acquisition and processing of over 760 km of sea surface magnetic data collected using a fluxgate magnetometer; Managed the field deployment and processed the data obtained from five ocean bottom three axis fluxgate magnetometers
Seismic Reflection:
Member of a team which spent eight weeks on the Juneau Icefield, Alaska, collecting seismic reflection data to determine the thickness and character of the ice sheet; I was in charge of explosives detonation and care, as well as initial field processing
Seismic Refraction:
Member of a consulting team which advised Great Lakes Mining Company on potential location for placement of an entry mine shaft
Coastal Oceanography:
Working to develop new inversion technique which uses infragravity wave spectra to examine beach topography
Other:
Vertical gradient magnetics, electric resistivity, VLF electromagnetics, self potential, GPR
Computer Experience
- Managed and helped integrate network of scientific code which was used by a variety of researchers
- Developed data acquisition and retrieval software for five ocean bottom magnetometers
- Helped maintain network of 2 UNIX and 4 IBM computers
- 5 years experience with UNIX including vi, telnet, ftp, shell scripts, awk
- Application software: MS-Office97, WordPerfect, QuatroPro, Matlab, Fetch, Netscape, GMT
- Experienced with programming HTML, BASIC, Fortran90, awk, and shell scripts
Communication Skills
- Presented research findings orally and in poster format at 4 national conferences
- Published 4 abstracts and submitted two papers to peer-reviewed journals
- Designed and created an interactive web site which allowed 1 middle school and 2 high school classes to follow research efforts by scientists on board the R/V Thomas G. Thompson
- Taught complex scientific principles to sophomore-level university students in lectures and demonstrations
- Peer-tutored entry to advanced level college mathematics courses for 3 years
- Developed intranet software documentation for large ONR funded program
Employment
NorthWest Research Associates, Bellevue, WA - Support Scientist - 1997-Present
University of Washington, Seattle, WA - Research/Teaching Assistant - 1995-Present
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI - Teaching Assistant - 1994-1995
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI - Mathematics Tutor - 1992-1995
United States Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ - NASA (Undergraduate) Fellow - Summer, 1994