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His dissertation research involves development of improved numerical models for the deformation behavior of mantle, combined with an exploration of how that deformation behavior influences the earth mantle’s dynamics. The goal of his work is to model the plate tectonics and mantle convection during the Genesis Flood in a more realistic manner than ever before and to gain deeper insight into the physical processes that occurred during this cataclysm. John Baumgardner has a Ph.D. in geophysics and space physics from UCLA and worked at Los Alamos National Laboratory in computational physics research during most of his scientific career. Since the early 1980’s he has undertaken most of the primary research undergirding the concept of catastrophic plate tectonics in connection with Noah’s Flood.  Beginning in 1997 he served on the Radioisotopes and the Age of the Earth (RATE) team that documented multiple independent lines of radioisotope evidence that the earth is thousands, not billions, of years old.  Since 2005 he has been part of a small team that has developed Mendel’s Accountant, a computer model for exploring key topics population genetics relating to the origin and history of life.  John currently is a senior research associate with Logos Research Associates based in Santa Ana, California, and teaches science apologetics courses at Southern California Seminary in the San Diego area.  Jesse Sherburn has a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Mississippi State University and is currently a research mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. He has published over 30 journal articles, technical reports, and conference proceedings in the area of modeling weapon effects on defensive structures relevant to the Department of Defense. His dissertation topic was implementing an internal state variable model into the 2D version of TERRA. The work was used to investigate olivine weakening mechanism in a 2013 ICC paper. He is also an adjunct online professor at Maranatha Baptist University where he frequently teaches a course covering recent creationary research. Mark Horstemeyer is a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at Mississippi State University (MSU) where he holds a Chair position for the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems in Computational Solid Mechanics. He is also the chief technical officer over the manufacturing and design aspects of CAVS. He has published over 500 journal articles, conference papers, books, and technical reports with a citation H-factor of 52. He has won many awards including the R&D 100 Award, AFS Best Paper Award, Sandia Award for Excellence, the SAE Teetor Award and was a consultant for the Columbia Accident Investigation Board. Cho et al. ◀ Strength-reducing mechanisms in mantle rock during the Flood ▶ 2018 ICC 730