CO-I CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COMPLETION OF ALL PROPOSED WORK WITH PROTIONS OF THE WORK BEING CARRIED OUT BY A GRADUATE STUDENT. THE CURRENTLY UNNAMED PHD SEEKING GRADUATE STUDENT WILL BE HIRED IN YEAR 1 OF THIS PROPOSAL GAINING VALUABLE FUNDAMENTAL EXPERIENCE WHILE ON A TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIP. THE SKILLSET LEARNED IN THE YEAR PRIOR TO PROJECT YEAR TWO INCLUDES CRISM AND THEMIS DATA PROCESSING AND COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS AS WELL AS WORK PLAN. YEAR 3: EDWARDS AND GRADUATE STUDENT UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF EDWARDS WILL CONTINUE THE COMPOSITIONAL AND THERMOPHYSICAL CATALOG OF THE SELECTED SITES. DETAILED CRISM ANALYSIS OVER SITES WHERE DATA ARE AVAILABLE WILL BE CONDUCTED DURING THIS YEAR. THESE DATA IN CONJUNCTION WITH SITES SELECTED FOR THEMIS ANALYSIS WILL BE ADDED TO THE AFOREMENTIONED SHAPE FILE. INITIAL RESULTS WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE WHERE THE GRADUATE PROPERTIES OF PALEO-BEDFORMS WILL BE SUBMITTED AT THE END OF THIS YEAR. YEAR 4: EDWARDS WILL FINALIZE THE DATA PRODUCED AS A PART OF THIS EFFORT AND CONTINUE SHEPHERDING THE PAPER THROUGH REVIEW. FURTHERMORE EDWARDS WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PI CHOJNACKI THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT ASSISTING WITH ADDITIONAL COMPOSITIONAL AND THERMOPHYSICAL ANALYSES AS NECESSARY. EDWARDS WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT PI CJOHNJACKI S PUBLICATION EFFORTS AND PRESENT FINAL RESULTS AT THE LUNAR AND PLANETARY SCIENCE CONFERENCE.
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Planetary Science Institute, Tucson AZ