A team of graduate students in the MU Department of Geological Sciences field tested the lava suits created by Abby Romine, a graduate student in Textile and Apparel Management, during a recent research trip to Colorado.
Alan Whittington, chair of the Department of Geological Sciences at the MU College of Arts and Science, tries on the jacket of the lava suits created by Abby Romine.
Abby Romine, pictured here with Stuart Kenderes, far left, Alan Whittington, second from left, and Emily Cunningham, far right, created prototype lava suits for Alan Whittington and his team of graduate students for their work as volcanologists.