The senior geoscience majors will present their research at the 43rd annual Geoscience Day.
Where: IUP, Weyandt Hall Planetarium
When: April 28, 2017
Geoscience Day 2017 Program (PDF)
Presentation Schedule
- 8:00 a.m. - Welcome and Introduction
- Session 1: Sedimentology and Environmental Geology
- 8:15 - Kyle Potts: A Characterization of the Foreknobs Formation
- 8:30 - Travis Anderson: Testing and Comparing Methane Flow Measuring Instruments
- 8:45 - Molly Rudolchick: Quantifying Methane Emissions from Abandoned Legacy Gas Wells in Indiana County, PA
- 9:00 - Rachel Krueger: The Effectiveness of Scrubbers on the Homer City Generating Station
- 9:15 - Phil Meli: Modeling Macroporous Dissolution Features of the Upper Portion of the Biscayne Aquifer Using Ground Penetrating Radar, Everglades National Park
- Session 2: Astronomy, Tectonics and Volcanology
- 9:45 - Cara Mehalek: Water on Mars and the Potential for Briny Aquifers
- 10:00 - Danielle Guttman: Drainage Patterns in the Warrego Valles, Mars
- 10:15 - Allie Berry: The Longitudinal and Vertical Distribution of Brittle Deformation in the South Central Range of Taiwan: Constraints from Earthquakes and Mesoscale Faults
- 10:30 - Cate Bressers: Deformation Patterns from Strain Inversions Along the Eastern Margin of the Orogenic Suture in Eastern Taiwan
- 10:45 - Dan Golus: Recrystallization of Basaltic Tephra through Reheating Experiments
- 11:00 - Cyrielle Humbert: Experimental Crystallization of Basaltic Tephra Under the Influence of NaCl: An Analog for Recycling in the Submarine Environment
- Session 3: Hydrology
- 12:45 - Matt Spegal: Removing Atmospheric Pressure Influences on Stream Water Level Data; Indiana County, PA
- 1:00 - Mason Luster: The Impact of Environmental Factors on Stream and Pond Temperatures
- 1:15- Ian Dickie and Tyler Lloyd: Measuring the Retention Pond Effect on Storm Water Discharge for Marsh Run’s East Branch
- Alumni Presentation
- 1:45 p.m.: David Curry ‘91: PAESTA and My Favorite Earth/Space STEM Activities