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TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2006 Graduate Student Instructor for Computational Methods in the Geological Sciences: University of Michigan; introduction to Unix, computer programming, numerical methods, data analysis, parallel computing, and 3D visualization. 2005 Graduate Student Instructor for Field Camp: University of Michigan Camp Davis, Jackson Hole, WY; field petrology, structural geology, and stratigraphy. 2004 Graduate Student Instructor for Economic Geology: University of Michigan; scientific writing instructor. 2004 Graduate Student Instructor for Earth Systems Science: University of Michigan; prepared laboratory exercises and gave weekly lectures. 2001-2002 Physical Geology Lab Instructor: University of Toledo; gave weekly lectures and prepared laboratory exercises on the following subjects: megascopic mineralogy and petrology, introductory structure, geologic and topographic map reading, and fossil identification. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 2007 ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company, Geology Intern: Developed numerical models of gas mixing processes in hydrocarbon gas reservoirs. 2003-2007 University of Michigan, Research Assistant: Developed 2D and 3D, highresolution finite element models of heat transfer and deformation processes associated with subduction zones. 2003 ConocoPhillips, Geology Intern: Basin assessment, Interpreted and correlated well log data, 3-D modeling of coalbed methane deposits. 2001 Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Geologic Survey, Geology Intern: Measured erosion of Lake Erie shoreline with GPS, Quantified rate of marina sedimentation in Northern Ohio using SONAR. COMPUTER SKILLS • Operating Systems: Windows, Unix/Linux, Mac OS • Programming Languages: FORTAN 77, FORTRAN 90, C, C++, Shell scripting, HTML, Excel • 2D/3D Finite Element Modeling with Sepran • Parallel Computing with MPI • Computer Algebra Systems: Maple, Mathematica, Matlab • 2D/3D Visualization Software: Paraview, GMT, Surfer, ArcGIS, Petrel • Word Processing and Illustration: Word, Latex, Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator FIELD AND LABORATORY EXPERIENCE • Presently involved in an on-going field project with Greg Hirth: fabric analysis of naturally deformed mantle rocks, Trinity Ophiolite, N. California. • Performed geologic mapping and structural analysis: Black Hills of South Dakota. • Measured lattice-preferred orientation in deformed mantle rocks using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). • Interpreted EBSD data using pole figure analysis software (HKL). • Field Geophysics: Collected and interpreted gravity and shallow seismic data from a possible meteor crater (Seneca County, Ohio). E. A. Kneller – CV 9/20/2007 2
JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS Kneller, E. A. and P. E. van Keken, The effect of three-dimensional slab geometry on deformation in the mantle wedge: Implications for shear wave anisotropy, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, in press. Kneller, E. A., P. E. van Keken, I. Katayama, and S. Karato, Stress, strain, and B-type olivine fabric in the fore-arc mantle: sensitivity tests using high-resolution steady-state subduction zone models, Journal of Geophysical Research, 112, B04406, doi:10.1029/2006JB004544. Abers, G. A., P. E. van Keken, E. A. Kneller, A. Ferris and J. C. Stachnik, 2006, The thermal structure of subduction zones constrained by seismic imaging: Implications for slab dehydration and wedge flow, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 241, p. 387-397. Kneller, E. A., P. E. van Keken, S. Karato and J. Park, 2005, B-type olivine fabric in the mantle wedge: Insights from high-resolution non-Newtonian subduction zone models, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 237, p. 781-797. PAPERS IN REVISION Kneller, E. A. and P. E. van Keken, Trench-parallel flow and seismic anisotropy in the Mariana and Andean subduction systems, Nature, in revision. Kneller, E. A., M. D. Long, and P. E. van Keken, Olivine fabric transitions and shear wave anisotropy in the Ryukyu subduction system, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in revision. ABSTRACTS Kneller, E. A. and P. E. van Keken, 2007, The effect of three-dimensional slab geometry on deformation in the Central American mantle wedge: Implications for shear wave anisotropy, MARGINS Workshop to Integrate Subduction Factory and Seismogenic Zone Studies in Central America, Heredia, Costa Rica. Kneller, E. A., and P. E. van Keken, 2007, The effects of 3D slab geometry on deformation in the mantle wedge, EGU General Assembly 2007. Kneller, E. A., and P. E. van Keken, 2006, The effects of 3D slab geometry on deformation in the mantle wedge, AGU Fall Meeting. Kneller, E. A., M. Long, P. E. van Keken, E. Syracuse, and G. Abers, 2006, Olivine fabric transitions and shear wave anisotropy in the Ryukyu subduction system, AGU Fall Meeting. Kneller, E. A., and P. E. van Keken, Slab geometry and 3D Flow in the mantle wedge, 2006, Penrose Conference on arc crustal genesis and evolution, Valdez, AK. E. A. Kneller – CV 9/20/2007 3
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