CURRICULUM VITAE
RICHARD C. HUGO
November 1, 2011
Research Associate
Department of Geology
Portland State University
Ph.D., Materials Science, December 1998 -- Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
M.S., Materials Engineering, August 1993 -- Washington
State University, Pullman, WA
B.S., Metallurgical and Materials Engineering,
December 1989 -- Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO.
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7/01 - present |
Research Associate, Department of
Geology, Portland State University. |
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7/02 - 8/02 |
Research consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory,
Los Alamos, NM. |
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1/99 - 6/01 |
Post-doctoral Associate, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM. |
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8/95 - 12/98 |
Research Assistant, Washington State University,
Pullman WA. |
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8/91 - 5/93 |
Teaching Assistant, Washington State University,
Pullman WA. |
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01/90 - 6/91 |
Graduate Research Assistant, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, Los Alamos NM. |
The Influence of Grain Boundary Structure on the
Penetration of Gallium into Aluminum Grain Boundaries, December, 1998.
Advisor: Professor Richard G.
Hoagland.
The role of extracellular polymeric substances in the
silicification of Calothrix: evidence from microbial mat communities in
Hot Springs at Yellowstone National Park, USA. Richard C. Hugo, Sherry L. Cady, and Wendy Smythe. Geomicrobiology
Journal 28(8), pp 667-675
(2011).
Structural
characterization of the clay mineral illite-1M, Alessandro F.
Gualtieri, Simone Ferrari, Matteo Leoni, Georg Grathoff, Richard Hugo, Mouath Shatnawi, Gianluca Paglia and Simon Billinge. J.
Appl. Cryst. 41, pp. 402-415
(2008).
Mixed
Valent Fe-films (Schwimmeisen) on the Surface of Reduced Ephemeral Pools, Georg H. Grathof, John Baham, Heather R. Easterly,
Paul Gassman, and Richard C. Hugo. Clays and Clay Minerals 55(6), pp 635-643 (2007).
In Situ TEM Deformation
of DC Magnetron Sputtered and Pulsed Laser Deposited Nanocrystalline Ni Thin
Films, R.C. Hugo, H.H. Kung, R. Mitra, J.R. Weertman, J. Knapp, and D.
Folstaedt, Acta Materialia 51 , pp. 1937-1943 (2003).
Deformation Behavior in
Nanocrystalline Copper, C.J.
Youngdahl, J.R. Weertman, R.C. Hugo
and H.H. Kung, Scripta Materialia 44
(2001), pp. 1475-1478.
TEM Observation of
Nanocrystalline Copper During Deformation, C.J. Youngdahl, R.C. Hugo,
H. Kung, J.R. Weertman, in Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings,
vol. 634, "Structure and Mechanical Properties of Nanophase Materials -
Theory and Computer Simulation vs. Experiment," p. B1.2.1 (2000).
The Kinetics of Gallium
Penetration into Aluminum Grain Boundaries - In Situ TEM Observations and
Atomistic Models, R.C. Hugo and R.G. Hoagland, Acta Materialia
48, pp. 1949-1957 (2000).
Gallium Penetration of
Aluminum: In-Situ TEM Observations at the Penetration Front, R.C. Hugo
and R.G. Hoagland, Scripta Materialia 41,
pp. 1341-1346 (1999).
In-Situ TEM Observation
of Aluminum Embrittlement by Liquid Gallium, R.C. Hugo and R.G. Hoagland,
Scripta Met. 38 , pp. 523-529
(1998).
The Influence of
Aluminum Grain Boundary Misorientation on Embrittlement by Liquid Gallium, R.C. Hugo
and R.G. Hoagland, in Proceedings of the Materials Research Society,
Atomic-Level Simulation of Materials: New Methods & Novel Applications,
December 1997.
A
Shocking Tale: TEM Observations of Deformed Olivine in Ordinary Chondrites, A. Ruzicka and R. Hugo. Submitted to 74th Annual Meteoritical Society
Meeting (2011).
Olivine microstructures in the
Miller Range 99301 (LL6) Ordinary Chondrite, M.L. Hutson, R. Hugo, A. Ruzicka, and
A. E. Rubin (2009)., 40th Lunar
and Planetary Science Conference
abstract #1081 (2009).
Annealing after shock:
Evidence from olivine microstructures in Portales Valley, M. Hutson, R.
Hugo, A. Ruzicka, and M.
Killgore. Meteorit. Planet. Sci. 42, Abstract #5072 (2007).
Ballistic impact studies of a thermophilic
bacterium - the importance of growth phase in survival,
Carrine
E. Blank, Thomas J. Ahrens, Michael Long, L. Elizabeth Bertani, Mikhail Rashev,
Sherry L. Cady, Richard C. Hugo, and
Victoria Orphan. 38th Lunar
and Planetary Science Conference,Contribution
No. 1338, p.2206 (2007).
Analytical TEM evidence
of microfossils in the 1.8 Bya Sudbury Impact Crater, R.C. Hugo
and S.L. Cady, in Proceedings of the
Oregon Academy of Science, vol. XLI (2005), p.35.
Preparation of Geological
and Biological TEM Specimens by Embedding in Sulfur. Richard C.
Hugo and Sherry L. Cady, Microscopy
Today 12 (5), pp. 28-30 (2005)
Defects, Microstructure
and Dislocation Activity in Nanocrystalline Metals, R.C. Hugo,
H. Kung, and J.R. Weertman, in Ultrafine
Grained Materials II, ed. Y.T. Zhu et al., The Minerals, Metals and
Materials Society, pp. 307-312 (2002).
Orientation Analysis by
Computer-Aided Diffraction Pattern Matching in the TEM, L.E. Thomas, R.C. Hugo,
and J.T. Stanley, Proceedings, Microscopy and Microanalysis '97, pg. 1017, Aug.
1997, Cleveland, OH. (1997)
Fundamentals of Analytical SEM imaging, Richard Hugo. Presented at the 2010
Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication (CEMN) Microanalytical
Workshop, Portland State University.
"Geoscience Education Research: Enganing Native Alaskan Students and their Community," Smythe, W.F., Hugo, R., Walsh, S., Young, B., Betcher, M., Haygood, M. and Cady, S. L. (2010) Poster presented at the 2010 annual Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS) National Conference, Anaheim, CA.
"Variables Affecting Shipworm Colonization,"
Marquette Patterson, Katherine Kadake, Meghan Betcher, Stephen Walsh, Benjamin
Young, Richard Hugo, Wendy F.
Smythe, Margo Haygood, Antonio Baptista, & Sherry Cady
(2010). Poster
presented at the 2010 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
National Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
"Bioassessment Of Rivers: Are They Healthy," Marina
Jones, Joshua Peele, Marquette Patterson, Katherine Kadake, Stephen Walsh,
Benjamin Young, Richard Hugo, Wendy F. Smythe, Antonio Baptista, & Sherry
Cady (2010). Poster presented at the 2010 American Indian Science and
Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Student
construction of virtual field environments as project based learning and a
venue for geocognitive research,
Granshaw, Frank D., Cady, Sherry L., and Hugo,
Richard C. 2009 annual meeting of the Geological Society of America (18-21
October 2009), Paper No. 144-10,
abstract available at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_163129.htm
The role of EPS in the silicification of Calothrix spp. Dominated microbial mats
in hot spring ecosystems, Hugo, Richard C., Smythe, Wendy, and
Cady, Sherry. 2009 annual meeting of the
Geological Society of America (18-21 October 2009), Paper No. 25-15, abstract
available at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_166625.htm.
Place- and Project-based learning in the John Day
country of Oregon, Hugo, Richard C., Cummings, Michael L.,
and Brennan, Rhonda. 2009 annual meeting
of the Geological Society of America (18-21 October 2009), Paper No. 187-4,
abstract available at http://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2009AM/finalprogram/abstract_167311.htm
Analytical
HRSEM, HRTEM and FIB Characterization of Carbonaceous Remains Associated with
Hydrothermal Deposits, Cady, S.L., Hugo, R.C., Smythe, W.F., Parenteau,
M.N., Goin, J.C., Oakes-Miller, H., Hode, T., Pogula, S., Huster, J. and B.
Cavalazzi - Invited talk given at
Goldschmidt Meeting, Vancouver, British Columbia, July 15, 2008.Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta,
Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts Suppl., A127.
"A New Look at the Nanoscale Characteristics of
Microbial Signatures in 3.4 Billion- year-old Earth Rocks" S.L. Cady,
M.M. Walsh, J. Huster, R.C. Hugo,
poster presented at the 2008 Astrobiology Science Conference, April 2008, Santa
Clara, CA.
"Structural variations in primary hydrothermal opal-A
sinter precipitates measured with energy filtered electron diffraction", Richard C. Hugo, Jessica C. Goin, Suvarchala
D. Pogula, Wendy F. Smythe, and Sherry L. Cady, poster presented at the 2008
Astrobiology Science Conference, April 2008, Santa Clara, CA.
"Analytical TEM
evidence of microfossils in the 1.8 Bya Sudbury Impact Crater", R.C. Hugo and S.L. Cady, presented at
the annual meeting of the Oregon Academy of Science, 2005, Portland Oregon.
Mechanical
Properties and deformation of fine grained Ni by dislocation and grain boundary
processes. D.M. Follstaedt, J.A. Knapp, S.X. Mao, J.M.K.
Wiezorek, R.C.Hugo, and E.A. Stach, "Size Effects in Plasticity", Fall Materials Research Society Meeting (2004).
A new non-destructive micro-analytical method for
stable carbon isotope analysis of biological and geological TEM-samples, T. Hode, P.
Kristiansson, R.C. Hugo, and S.L.
Cady, presented at the 2004 Astrobiology Science Conference, (2004).
A Procedure
for Sulfur Embedding Geomicrobiological Specimens for Analytical TEM
Examination, R.C. Hugo and S.L. Cady, in Proceedings of the Oregon Academy of
Science, vol. XL, p. 35 (2004).
"Preparation of Geological and Geomicrobiological TEM
Specimens by Sulfur Embedding," R.C.
Hugo and S.L. Cady, poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Geological Society of America, Nov. 2003, Seattle, WA (2003).
"In Situ TEM of a Martensitic Transformation in
NiAl," R.C. Hugo, poster
presented at the Los Alamos Martensite Workshop, Sept. 2000, Los Alamos, NM
(2000)
TEM
observation of Nanocrystalline Copper during Deformation, R.C. Hugo,
H. Kung, C.J. Youngdahl, J.R. Weertman, presented by C.J. Youngdahl at the Fall
2000 MRS Meeting, Dec. 2000, Boston, MA (2000).
In-Situ TEM
Observation of Nanocrystalline Copper During Straining, R.C. Hugo,
H. Kung, C.J. Youngdahl, J.R. Weertman, presented at the Rio Grande Regional
Symposium on Advanced Materials, Oct. 2000, Albuquerque, NM (2000)
Temperature
Coefficients of the Elastic Moduli and Dissipation in B2 Martensites, T. Darling, A. Migliori, D. Thoma, R. Hugo, D. Louca, presented at the
Meeting of The American Physical Society, Mar. 2000, Minneapolis, MN (2000)
Grain
boundaries and Interfaces in Nanostructured Materials, H. Kung, A. Misra, R. Hugo, J.P. Hirth, R.G. Hoagland and T.E. Mitchell, presented at
The Julia R. Weertman Symposium, 1999 TMS Meeting, Cincinnati, OH (1999)
Influence of
Grain Boundary Misorientation on the Gallium Penetration of Aluminum, R.C. Hugo
and R.G. Hoagland, presented at the Spring Meeting of The Minerals, Metals and
Materials Society, Feb. 1998, San Antonio, TX (1999)
Influence of
Aluminum Grain Boundary Misorientation on Embrittlement by Liquid Gallium, R.C. Hugo
and R.G. Hoagland, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Materials Research
Society, Boston MA, December 1997.
In-Situ TEM
Observation of Gallium Penetration into Aluminum Grain Boundaries, R.C. Hugo
and R.G. Hoagland, presented at the Spring Meeting of The Minerals, Metals and
Materials Society, Feb. 1993, Denver CO.
NSF Award #EAR-0318506, Co-PI:
"Facilities Upgrades to the Geomicrobiology and Electron Microscopy
Laboratory at Portland State University," Sherry L. Cady, Richard Hugo. 1/1/2004-12/31/2004,
$80,990
NSF Award #EAR-0423902, Co-PI: "Technician Support:
Geomicrobiology and Electron Microscopy Laboratory," Sherry L.
Cady, Martin J. Streck, Michael L. Cummings, and Richard Hugo. 03/01/2005 – 02/29/2007, $195,960
PSU Faculty Enhancement Award #001818, PI: "Developing
K-12 Science Outreach in the GEM Laboratory," Richard Hugo.
7/1/2007-6/29/09, $6505
Teaching Research Institute Award, NCLB University/School
Partnership, Senior Personnel: "Portland State University - K-12 district partnerships in Eastern Oregon,"
Michael L. Cummings, Richard Hugo,
Thomas Lindsay, and Barbara Shaw.
07/01/08 - 06/30/10, $86,815
PSU Faculty Enhancement Award, Co-PI: "Schock
and Awe: Collisions and Heating in the Early Solar System," Alex Ruzicka, Richard Hugo, and Melinda Hutson. 07/01/09-06/29/11, $11,311
PSU Faculty Enhancement Award, coPI: "Integrating Submicroscopic Investigations
into High School Classrooms," Sherry Cady, Richard
C. Hugo, and Erik Sanchez.
07/01/09-06/29/11, $12,500
NSF Award #MRI-093450, PI: "MRI: Acquisition of an Analytical,
Variable-pressure Scanning Electron Microscope for Geoscience Research and
Education at Portland State University," Richard
Hugo, Kenneth Stedman, Martin J. Streck, and Sherry L. Cady, 08/01/2009 - 7/31/2011 , $238,943
NSF Award #GEO-0808211, Co-PI: "Engaging Native Alaskan Students and
their Community in Local Hot Springs Research," Sherry L. Cady, Richard Hugo, Tom Lindsay, Wendy
Smythe. 09/01/2008-8/31/2010, $143,596
NASA Award #NNX10AH336, Co-PI: "Shock histories of chondrites as revealed by
combined microstructural (TEM), petrographic, and X-ray microtomographic
(microCT) analysis," Alex Ruzicka and Richard
Hugo. 03/01/2010-02/28/2013, $125,000
Teaching Research Institute Award, NCLB
University/School Partnership, Senior
Personnel: "Portland State University - K-12 district partnerships in Eastern
Oregon", Michael L. Cummings, Richard
Hugo and Barbara Shaw. 07/01/10 - 06/30/12 $86,815
NSF Award #GEO-1034611, Consortium PI: "Incorporating Traditional Ecological Knowledge into
Geoscience Education," Antonio Baptista, Wendy Smythe, Karen Wegner,and Richard Hugo. 09/01/2010 - 08/31/2012, $149,989 (PSU
subcontract $23,757).
NASA proposal #10-COS10-0057, Senior
Personnel: "Primary Amines and the Magnetite-associated Delta 17O from
Primitive Chondrites," Radu Popa and Alex Ruzicka; Collaborators Vily Marius
Cimpoiasu, Nancy Hess, Richard Hugo, and Andrew Rice. 0/01/2011
– 12/31/2013, $352,850.
G438/538, Scanning Electron Microscopy. An inquiry-based course focusing on Scanning
Electron Microscope techniques for the Geo and Biosciences. Topics include secondary and backscattered
electron imaging, Energy and Wavelength Dispersive X-ray (EDX and WDX)
Spectroscopy and mapping, and sample preparation. Students work independently on individual
projects, either in the student's thesis topic or from the ongoing research
program of a PSU faculty advisor.
Students present their work in a final colloquium and in a paper in the
style of a professional journal article.
UNST 421, Science Inquiry in the Outdoor Classroom. A service-learning course in partnership with
Wolftree, Inc., an award-winning non-profit science education organization
based in Portland. PSU seniors majoring
in either science or education volunteer as Science Mentors for Wolftree's
field-based science inquiry programs for 4th - 12th
graders. Course topics include inquiry,
Socratic pedagogy, philosophy of science, small group management, teaching to
diverse learners, ethics, motivational strategies, and other areas selected by
course participants.
G410/510 Astrobiology in Yellowstone National Park. An inquiry-based science course for K-12
teachers, co-taught with Prof. Sherry Cady.
Participants travel to Yellowstone National Park and study the formation
of microfossils in silica-depositing hot springs. Topics introduced include the formation of
the Yellowstone caldera, the history of life on earth, microbiology and
bacterial ecology of hot springs, and field methods. Students also perform original research
projects related to the ongoing research program in the Geomicrobiology and
Electron Microscopy Laboratory.
G410/510 Astrobiology Techniques. An inquiry-based science course for K-12
teachers, co-taught with Prof. Sherry Cady and offered as a complement to
“Astrobiology in Yellowstone National Park”.
Students learn fundamentals of Optical and Electron Microscopy and
employ these techniques to examine samples gathered in Yellowstone. Other
topics addressed include microbiology and bacterial ecology of hot springs,
fossilization processes and scientific image processing.
UNST 232, Global Environmental Change. A Sophomore Inquiry course covering both the
science of climate change from a geological perspective and the social impacts
of climate change. This
writing-intensive course focuses on the fundamentals of climate change over
geologic time and the critical inquiry of
society’s view of the topic.
Member, PSU X-ray
safety committee
Member, PSU
Center for Electron Microscopy Steering Committee
Chair, Education
Advisory Board, Wolftree Inc.
Vice Chair, Board of
Directors, Wolftree Inc.
Member, Pacific Northwest
Microscopy Society
Member, Oregon
Academy of Science
Member,
Geological Society of America