ANDREA L. LLENOS
allenos@mit.edu
ADDRESS
32 Essex St., Apt. 1
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 945-0954
(617) 894-3219 (cell)
EDUCATION
BUSINESS ADDRESS
MIT
77 Massachusetts Ave., 54-511
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 324-0254
Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Joint Program in Oceanography, Ph.D. Marine Geology & Geophysics, expected 2009
Brown University
Providence, RI
Sc.B. Mechanical Engineering (Engineering Mechanics),
Sc.B. Geology-Physics/Mathematics (with honors), magna cum laude, May 2004
AWARDS
Outstanding Student Award in Mechanical Engineering, Division of Engineering, Brown
University (2004); Undergraduate Research and Academics Award, Dept. of Geological
Sciences, Brown University (2004); elected to Sigma Xi (2004); Hollister Fellowship,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (2004-2005); National Defense Science and
Engineering Graduate Fellowship (2005-present)
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE
MIT/WHOI Joint Program, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Woods Hole, MA
Advisor: Jeff McGuire
- Examining control of forearc structure on rupture of subduction zone earthquakes
Advisor: Greg Hirth
- Investigating evolution of mechanical and transport properties during the
dehydration of serpentinites (2004-present)
Brown University, Dept. of Geological Sciences
Providence, RI
Advisor: Don Forsyth
- Relative location of earthquake sequence on an oceanic transform fault. (2004)
- Located microseismicity recorded on Matua seamount in the GLIMPSE study area
during 2002-2003 OBS deployment. (2003)
Advisor: Peter Schultz
- Constructed set of maps of lunar surface using Clementine mission photos. (Summer
2001)
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute
Fairbanks, AK
Advisor: Douglas Christensen
- Analyzed receiver functions from broadband seismometers in Alaska to determine
crustal thickness during a summer NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates.
(June-August 2003)
University of Illinois in Chicago, Dept. of Engineering
Chicago, IL
Advisor: Ishwar Puri
- Investigated structure of flames produced with various fuels (1998-1999)
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
Brown University, Dept. of Geological Sciences
Providence, RI
Curricular Advising Program Fellow for GE 5: Mars, Moon and Earth
- Assisted students with homework and questions on material. Assisted with laboratory
sessions.
University of Illinois in Chicago, Dept. of Engineering
Chicago, IL
Advisor: David Naylor
- Developed web-based laboratory manual for remote laboratory used in introductory
circuits course at Triton College. (1999-2000)
FIELD
EXPERIENCE
MIT, FloodSafe Honduras
Tocoa, Honduras
- Assisted in tower construction, mobile sensor deployment, PV frame design (August
2005)
- Sensor deployment and retrieval, sensor box construction, instrument
calibration, qualitative post-hurricane river modification assessment (January 2006)
Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences
- Participated in 35-day geophysics research cruise studying enigmatic
volcanic ridges with Chief Scientist Don Forsyth (November 2002)
South Pacific
PRESENTATIONS
Llenos, A. L. and J. J. McGuire, Examining structural control on rupture directivity in
subduction zone earthquakes, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San
Francisco, CA. December 2005.
ABSTRACTS
Llenos, A. L. and J. J. McGuire, 2005, Examining structural control on earthquake
rupture directivity in subduction zones, Eos Trans. AGU, 86(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,
Abstract S12A-04.
Llenos, A. L., D. W. Forsyth and S. C. Webb, 2003, Microearthquakes near Matua
seamount, GLIMPSE study area, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract
V12B-0583.
Llenos, A. L. and D. H. Christensen, 2003, Determination of crustal thickness in Alaska
using receiver functions, Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract ED41B1163.
Harmon, N., D. Forsyth, D. Scheirer, A. Llenos, D. Weeraratne, S. Webb and R. Duncan,
2003, The GLIMPSE experiment: Recent intraplate volcanism at the eastern ends of
gravity lineations in the South Pacific, Geophys. Res. Abstr., v. 5, EGS 28th General
Assembly, 03905.
ACTIVITIES
Member, executive council, FloodSafe Honduras (2005-present). Choir member, MIT
Tech Catholic Community (2005-present). Other interests include music (piano and
voice), reading, hiking, traveling.