Spring 2019 Professional Workshops

January 26

Kingdom software in subsurface exploration. Energy Resources career track.

February 9

Streamflow gauging at the USGS. Water Resources career track.

March 3

Ground penetrating radar. Geo-Environmental Assessment career track.

Spring 2019 End-of-Semester Symposium

May 4

Students shared their research internship and career externship experience during the program symposium. Research internship topics included:

  • Development of a Rudist Patch Reef in Central Texas during the Early Albian (supervisor: Dr. Alexis Godet)
  • Contribution of Bank Erosion to Suspended Load Sediment of the San Antonio River (supervisor: Dr. Judy Haschenburger)
  • Applying Google Earth Engine Towards the Analysis and Visualization of Geospatial Data (supervisor: Dr. Hongjie Xie)
  • Wildfire Impact on Soil Erosion in Valles Caldera, NM (supervisor: Dr. Judy Haschenburger)
  • Assessing the Porosity of the Lower Austin Chalk Formation in West Texas (supervisor: Dr. Alexis Godet)
  • Petrography of the Marschall Creek Dike Complex (supervisor: Dr. Walter Gray)
  • SMOS Detects Effects of Hurricane Harvey Coastal Freshening in Gulf of Mexico (supervisor: Dr. Alberto Mestas-Nuñez)
  • Mineralogy of Igneous Dikes in the Llano Uplift (supervisor: Dr. Walter Gray)

Externships were performed at the following companies:

  • Energy Resources: BlackBrush Oil & Gas L.P., Windridge LLP, Welder Exploration & Production, Inc.
  • Water Resources: Edwards Aquifer Authority, U.S. Geological Survey
  • Geo-Environmental Assessment: Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio Testing Lab

Fall 2019 Professional Workshops

October 5

Modules offered during the annual Texas Hydro-Geo Workshop. Water Resources and Geo-Environmental Assessment career tracks.

November 2

Petra software in subsurface exploration. Energy Resources career track.

Fall 2019 End-of-Semester Symposium

November 23

Students shared their research internship experience during the program symposium. Externships were performed at the following companies:

  • Energy Resources: EOG Resources
  • Water Resources: Edwards Aquifer Authority, Southwest Research Institute
  • Geo-Environmental Assessment: Terracon Consultants Inc., Raba-Kistner Inc.
Student participants (cohort 3) and project team members at the end-of semester program symposium.
Student participants (cohort 3) and project team members at the end-of semester program symposium, Fall 2019

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