Spring 2017 End-of-Semester Symposium
April 29
Students shared their research experience during the program symposium. Research topics included:
- Orientation, Petrology and Shape of Mafic Enclaves of the Enchanted Rock Batholith (supervisor: Dr. Walter Gray)
- Downstream Fining of Sediments in the San Antonio River (supervisor: Dr. Judy Haschenburger)
- Preparing of Ammonoid Samples for Suture Examination and Microscope Analysis (supervisor: Dr. Lance Lambert)
- Climate Change and the Mayan Collapse: High Resolution Paleoclimate Reconstruction from Speleothem Records in Belize (supervisor: Dr. Jessica Kelley)
- Precision Drawing of Ammonoid Sutures to Demonstrate a Hypothesis (supervisor: Dr. Lance Lambert)
- Methods Utilized in Carbon Isotope Chemostratigraphy of Cretaceous Strata in Northwest China (supervisor: Dr. Marina Suarez)
- Geochemical Assessment of Albian Environmental Conditions in Big Bend National Park: the Glen Rose Formation (supervisor: Dr. Godet)
- Paleoclimate: Analytical Methods of the Xinminpu Group, Hensel, and Yucca Formations (supervisor: Dr. Marina Suarez)
- Observing the Change in Characteristics between the Waters of the Gulf of Mexico and the Loop Current in Real Time (supervisor: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez)
- Analysis of Petroleum Institute of Petroleum Institute Wadi Naqab Samples from Triassic-Jurassic (T-J) boundary (supervisor: Dr. Marina Suarez)
- Tracer Test to Determine the Groundwater Boundaries between the Nueces, Llano, and West Nueces Rivers, Edwards County, Texas (supervisor: Dr. Yongli Gao)
- Assessment of Size Selective Transport in a Matrix Bed Material (supervisor: Dr. Judy Haschenburger)
- Coding Sea Glider Drone Senor Data with MATLAB (supervisor: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez)
Fall 2017 Professional Workshops
September 15-17
Modules offered during the annual Texas Hydro-Geo Workshop. Water Resources and Geo-Environmental Assessment career tracks.
November 4-5
Introduction to seismic interpretation, short course offered during the annual convention of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies. Energy Resources career track.
Fall 2017 End-of-Semester Symposium
December 2
Students shared their internship experience during the program symposium. Externships were performed at the following companies:
- Energy Resources: Abraxas Petroleum Corporation, BlackBrush Oil & Gas L.P., Lilis Energy
- Water Resources: Edwards Aquifer Authority, U.S. Geological Survey, San Antonio River Authority
- Geo-Environmental Assessment: Terracon, Raba Kistner, San Antonio Testing Lab