GEO news
News from faculty, students and alumni in the GEO department.
GEO Seminar Series: "Unraveling Earth's Largest Earthquakes Using Space Techniques"
Speaker: Dr. Tim Dixon, Professor of Marine Geology and Geophysics, University of Miami
Join us in North Hall 078 at 3:30pm, Refreshments Provided
Tuesday March 30, 2010
GEO's Janel Curry receives a Fulbright Scholarship
Read about Janel Curry receiving a presitigious Fulbright fellowship to teach in Hong Kong. More »
Geologist Michael Vanden Berg '00 joins AAPG leadership
Michael Vanden Berg is in line to become the president of the Rocky Mountain Section of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists! He is Secretary/Treasurer-Elect until 2011 when he becomes Secretary/Treasurer. In 2012 he will be President-Elect. In 2013 he will be President.
After Calvin, Michael got his masters degree in geology from the University of Utah in 2002. As part of his thesis research, he sailed on Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Leg 199 as a physical properties specialist. During this two month cruise, his team collected deep sea cores from the Equatorial Pacific as a means to study Cenozoic paleoclimate.
He currently works in the Energy and Minerals section of the Utah Geological Survey on a variety of economic geology projects from studying Utah's oil shale resources to studying potential reservoirs for carbon sequestration.
Congratulations Michael!
Brian Ferwerda works on Dune Features Inventory
Brian Ferwerda has an Integrated Science Research Institute (ISRI) academic-year fellowship to continue research on the Dune Features Inventory project begun by Jenna Beauchamp in summer 2008. Brian is currently on the field work phase of the project as he uses the DFI method to collect data on enough dunes to provide a statistically-significant sample for analyszing the results.
GEO students complete 9,000-piece puzzle of 1611 Dutch map
Read about the large map that now hangs in the GEO department hallway in North Hall.
