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The KeckCAVES provides an intellectual and computational framework for the visual exploration, manipulation, and creation of data and models. We develop and use visualization tools to gain insights into problems that are difficult to address using other techniques.

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  + [:research:crustamars] {:research:crustamarsgale.jpg} Prof. Dawn Sumner helped evaluate landing sites for NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission using Crusta.  Future software development will include integration of orbital and rover data into a single 3D model of the landing site and field area.
  + [:research:microbialites] {:research:ljmicrobialites.jpg} KeckCAVES researchers are exploring ways to compare the morphology of modern and ancient microbialites to understand how microbial processes affect morphology. 
  + [http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=9938] {:geothermal.jpg} UCD Geology students won 1st place at a national DOE geothermal energy competition with a 3DVisualizer project integrating diverse data types.