Senior geoscience majors will present their research at the 45th annual Geoscience Day on Friday, April 26, 2019, in the HUB Monongahela Room.
Geoscience Day 2019
- 8:55 — Dr. Steve Hovan: Opening Remarks
Session I: Oceanography, Hydrology, and Environmental Geology
- 9:00 — Sara Trio: Analyzing Carbonate Content Present in Sediment Core KN223 10LC2: Building a Time Scale
- 9:15 — Kayla Kroczynski: Researching Stormwater Runoff at the White Township Recreation Complex in Indiana County, Pennsylvania
- 9:30 — Tyler Sharretts: Characterizing the Sedimentary Fluxes and Geomorphological Alterations of Presque Isle Peninsula using Ground Penetrating Radar
- 9:45 — Manuel Aviles-Torregrosa: Finding and Mapping Natural Gas Gathering Lines using Electromagnetic Induction and Ground Penetrating Radar
Coffee Break and Poster Session
Session 2: Paleontology and Volcanology
- 10:15 — Heather Furlong: Fragilariopsis kerguelensis: A Quantitative Interpretation of Diatom Growth and Nutrient Recycling
- 10:30 — Rock Brenner: Nutrient Availability and Recycling Rates Over Marine Isotope Stage 31 in the Ross Sea, Antarctica
- 10:45 — Nicole Camarda: Body Mass Estimation of the Protoceratops and Triceratops
- 11:00 — Copeland Cromwell: Grainsize and Componentry Analysis of Multiple Vents in 2010 from Submarine Volcano NW-Rota 1, Mariana Arc
Session 3: Featured Alumni Presentation
- 11:15 — Patrick Imbrogno ’78