The senior geoscience majors will present their research at the 41st annual Geoscience Day.
Where: IUP, Weyandt Hall Planetarium
When: April 24, 2015
Geoscience Day 2015 Program (PDF)
Presentation Schedule
- 8:20 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction by Dr. Steve Hovan
- Session 1: Astronomy, Paleontology and Oceanography
- 8:30 - Tim Kennelly: Exploring Acheron Fosse
- 8:45 - Luke Tatarko: Observing Jovian Radio Emissions and the Effects of Solar Wind
- 9:00 - Tyler Allen: Upper Cambrian and Lower Ordovician Conodonts from the Jones Ridge Limestone, East-Central Alaska
- 9:15 - Jeremiah Thomas: Paleontology and Geology of the Ore Hill Member of the Upper Cambrian Gatesburg Formation in Centre County Pennsylvania
- 9:30 - Sierra Davis: Record of the Earliest West Antarctic Ice Sheet Beneath Ross Sea?
- 9:45 - Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
- Session 2: Volcanology and Structure
- 10:00 - Megan Barlow: Crystal Size Distributions on Submarine Lava Flows at NW Rota-1, Mariana Arc
- 10:15 - Troy Berkey: Lava Flow Mapping in the Oregon Cascades: A Morphometric and Compositional Investigation
- 10:30 - Alisha Johnson: Determining Changes in Eruption Dynamics and Composition at NW-Rota 1
- 10:45 - Eric Peroli: Volume Change in the Bellefonte Formation by Examination of Stylolites and Veins
- 11:00 - Matt Magill: Volcanic Pressurization and Related Structural Fabrics at the Heart Mountain Detachment
- 11:15 - Katie Snyder: Where Do Forearc Slivers Form in Subduction Zones: Preliminary Study of Tectonics in Costa Rica
- 11:30-1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
- Session 3: Energy and the Environment
- 1:00 - Jon Greenawalt: Are Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Sufficiently Accurate for Effective Use in Real Estate Decisions?
- 1:15 - Jim Burt: Locating and Mapping Abandoned Gas Wells, Part 1 - Establishing Baseline Electromagnetic Profiles for a Former Gas Well on the IUP Campus
- 1:30- Jody Rotto: Locating and Mapping Abandoned Gas Wells, Part 2 - Testing Baseline Electromagnetic Profiles on a Former Gas Well Near Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania
- 1:45 - Matt Wimer: The Impact of Price Changes on Oil & Gas Exploration and Development
- 2:00- Melissa Jones: Modeling Overburden in New York State
- 2:15- Leslie McConnell: A Compartative Study of Brine-Injection Induced Earthquakes
- Alumni Presentation
- 2:30-3:30 p.m: Rich Parrish ('75) "A Life in the Oil Patch: My Experiences Since Graduating from IUP"