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LONG-TERM GOALS are specific
areas of activity that have been singled out for
attention over the next 5-10 years. They utilize
our strengths, address our weaknesses and take
into account the opportunities and threats posed
by our environment.
The Systemwide LONG-TERM GOAL is:
To promote basic research involved in
understanding the structure, origin, and evolution
of the solar system and its planets.
The Cecil and Ida Green IGPP goals are to:
- foster basic and fundamental research of
the highest standard.
- educate PhD-level students in the conduct
of research through classes, experimentation and
the analysis of geophysical data and to provide
an apprenticeship in research and education
which includes experience in practical aspects
of a career in science.
- develop new activities that interface the
geophysical sciences with other appropriate
disciplines and interdisciplinary efforts and
with engineers, scientists and others seeking
to solve specific problems.
- maintain modern infrastructure for
conducting research including buildings,
computer networks, computing, mass storage,
seagoing instrumentation, communications, and
global observatories. Much of this work will
involve the conduct of applied research.
- develop strong relationships with federal
agencies, Congress, civic leaders, and industry
in support of scientific research and education
in general and geophysics in particular.
- provide information and services to assist
students and PostDocs in making informed
education and career decisions.
- enhance inter-campus and campus-laboratory
cooperation through the development and support
of Systemwide IGPP initiatives.
- maintain and enhance IGPP’s endowment
through the Cecil and Ida Green Foundation
for Earth Sciences.
- ensure that support of research at IGPP
continues to grow to support modernization
and shifts in research and teaching emphases
with time.
- ensure a renewal in the academic staff
which will promote new ideas and directions
in geophysical research.
- improve the tools for business management
and university administration to build a staff
that can accommodate the expected growth in
needed services over the next two decades.
- improve training for technical and computer
programming staff to ensure that competitiveness
is maintained over the next two decades.
Strengths
Listed in decreasing order of importance for
meeting the long-term goals and objectives.
- The Cecil and Ida Green IGPP is recognized
internationally as an outstanding research
and teaching institution in geophysics. The
scientific and service reputation of the
faculty is outstanding, This quality is an
essential resource for IGPP.
- IGPP has substantial financial support
from a broad range of government agencies.
- IGPP faculty and staff are open to new
ideas and novel approaches. Generally, it has
a flexible, can-do approach and can respond
to new opportunities.
- The engineering and computing personnel at
IGPP are well trained and highly experienced and
capable of meeting tomorrow’s challenges
in instrumentation and field work.
- The management personnel at IGPP are
well-trained in modern management techniques
and are technically competent to accomplish the
new and challenging tasks which lie ahead.
- IGPP’s infrastructure (buildings, labs,
computer network, computing, and mass store)
are modern and can be readily upgraded.
- IGPP faculty and staff are tightly-knit
and generally make extraordinary efforts to
plan and coordinate research and teaching with
their fellows.
- IGPP has a growing endowment which is used
to support visitors, meet some matching funds
requirements, support global network expansion,
enhance outreach, and occasionally build or
refurbish facilities. The Cecil H. and Ida
M. Green Foundation for Earth Sciences ensures
an involvement of San Diego business and civic
leaders in IGPP affairs.
- In an era when collaborative proposals
are more and more common, IGPP is well placed
to both initiate and participate in such
collaborations. This is increasingly common
at IGPP and the Green Scholar program is very
helpful in fostering necessary contacts. The
collegial relationships, which have been
fostered over years, are also important for this purpose.
- The great range of expertise of the IGPP
faculty allows an interdisciplinary approach
to research in Earth and space sciences.
- The academic staff at IGPP is intimately
involved in the creation of new national
and international programs in geophysics
including USArray, DEOS, IOOS, PBO, InSAR,
and others.
- An extensive and well-supported lecture and
visitor program affords students and faculty
opportunities for contacts with geophysics
outside of IGPP.
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