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monica barbery a graduate student in the department of geology and geophysics at texas a&m university recently received an outstanding student presentation award from the american geophysical union (agu) barbery presented her research at the 2019 agu fall meeting in san francisco from dec 9 - 13 2019 the outstanding student presentation awards (ospa) are awarded to promote recognize and reward undergraduate masters and doctoral students for quality research in earth and space science and the ability to effectively communicate it barbery is a geology and geophysics doctoral student who works in the center for tectonophysics her research simulated earthquakes in the centers lab using a high-speed biaxial apparatus and measured surface temperatures during experiments by using a high-speed infrared camera temperature distributions were combined with 1-d thermal models to characterize the distribution and evolution of normal stress during sliding and to understand how changing sliding surface conditions impact the frictional behavior of rocks during earthquakes at the agu meeting she gave an oral presentation titled temperature and stress distribution on flash heated contacts in granite at seismic slip rates im honored to receive such a prestigious award and im grateful for the opportunity to be a part of texas a&ms innovative research in geoscience barbery said id like to recognize the ospa volunteer judges liaisons and coordinators for their dedication and im thankful for their constructive feedback im grateful for the feedback and support i received from my advisors when preparing and rehearsing my talk and for the collective support from my fellow graduate students faculty and staff in the geology and geophysics department barberys faculty advisors are dr judith chester and dr frederick chester both professors in the department of geology and geophysics by ali snell
texas sea grant awards $14 million in research funding to support the texas coastthe grants support research in natural physical social behavioral and economic sciences and engineering that can positively impact texas and its citizens feb 24 2020the texas sea grant college program at texas a&m university has awarded five new research grants totaling $14 million for two-year research projects the grants will fund researchers at universities around the state to support coastal and marine ecosystems communities and economies through partnerships with the state of texas and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration texas sea grant conducts a competitive research grant program every two years that draws on the expertise of the states top scientists funded projects are selected using a competitive and rigorous peer-review process that considers the projects potential to produce substantial and beneficial impacts to society and its ability to integrate research and extension efforts projects must also align with texas sea grants strategic plan and four focus areas: resilient communities and economies sustainable fisheries and aquaculture healthy coastal ecosystems and stem (science technology engineering and math) education and workforce development awards for the 2020 - 2022 period are: a hybrid decision support system for driving resiliency in texas coastal communities dr amir behzadan texas a&m university and texas a&m engineering experiment station guaranteeing coastal wetland survival under sea level rise through nature-based beneficial-use dredged sediment placement: a galveston bay living laboratory dr jens figlus texas a&m university – galveston oyster aquaculture suitability index and production potential model for the eastern oyster (crassostrea virginica) in copano bay tx usa dr joe fox texas a&m university ­– corpus christi (tamucc) long-term benthic data informs adaptive management of freshwater inflow to the texas coastal bend dr paul montagna tamucc safety of slab home elevations in harvey-affected communities: research extension training and outreach dr nur yazdani university of texas at arlington according to texas sea grant director dr pamela t plotkin these new research grants will support outcome-oriented research that span the natural physical social behavioral and economic sciences and engineering while generating substantial positive impacts for the people economy and ecosystems of texas
the texas sea grant college program at texas a&m university has awarded five new research grants totaling $14 million for two-year research projects the grants will fund researchers at universities around the state to support coastal and marine ecosystems communities and economies through partnerships with the state of texas and the national oceanic and atmospheric administration texas sea grant conducts a competitive research grant program every two years that draws on the expertise of the states top scientists funded projects are selected using a competitive and rigorous peer-review process that considers the projects potential to produce substantial and beneficial impacts to society and its ability to integrate research and extension efforts projects must also align with texas sea grants strategic plan and four focus areas: resilient communities and economies sustainable fisheries and aquaculture healthy coastal ecosystems and stem (science technology engineering and math) education and workforce development awards for the 2020 - 2022 period are: a hybrid decision support system for driving resiliency in texas coastal communities dr amir behzadan texas a&m university and texas a&m engineering experiment station guaranteeing coastal wetland survival under sea level rise through nature-based beneficial-use dredged sediment placement: a galveston bay living laboratory dr jens figlus texas a&m university – galveston oyster aquaculture suitability index and production potential model for the eastern oyster (crassostrea virginica) in copano bay tx usa dr joe fox texas a&m university ­– corpus christi (tamucc) long-term benthic data informs adaptive management of freshwater inflow to the texas coastal bend dr paul montagna tamucc safety of slab home elevations in harvey-affected communities: research extension training and outreach dr nur yazdani university of texas at arlington according to texas sea grant director dr pamela t plotkin these new research grants will support outcome-oriented research that span the natural physical social behavioral and economic sciences and engineering while generating substantial positive impacts for the people economy and ecosystems of texas
ocean circulation plays a central role in regulating the earths climate system transferring heat from warm low latitudes to cold high latitude regions and cycling various elements including carbon nutrients and trace elements modern oceanographic observations and geochemical evidences have revealed that the southern ocean and north atlantic ocean are the largest and most important engines of todays deep ocean circulation however our knowledge of earths past ocean circulation is less clear for example aspects of ocean circulation during the last glacial maximum (lgm) the time during the most recent glacial period when ice sheets at both poles were at their greatest extent are not fully understood unfortunately our knowledge of the end-member characteristics of lgm water masses particularly those originating from the southern ocean is very limited said dr niall slowey professor in the department of oceanography at texas a&m university
dr niall slowey professor in the department of oceanography at texas a&m universitythe argentine margin and the track of the r/v thomas g thompson the ship embarked and arrived back to the port in montevideo uruguay with most work being done in a large area located north of the falkland/malvinas islands (image courtesy of ruby schaufler)
from sept 11 to oct 31 2019 slowey led an expedition in the southern argentine margin aboard the ship r/v thomas g thompson to investigate the characteristics of the water masses originating from the southern ocean and their role in climate/ocean circulation during recent geological past including the lgm this collaborative research co-led by dr james wright professor at rutgers university was funded by the national science foundation (nsf) the argentine margin is like an intersection slowey said this oceanographic region is a unique place where all of the major water masses in the atlantic ocean converge to reconstruct the history of ocean water masses and better understand their variations in conjunction with past climate the answer lies in the marine sediment beneath the seafloor according to slowey the histories of climatic and oceanographic conditions are reflected by the geochemical composition and deposition of the sediments that accumulate along continental margins over time moreover changes in climate sea-level and ocean circulation greatly influence the sediment supply and eventually the architecture of the margin therefore by studying the sequences of continental margin sediments scientists have a special opportunity to reconstruct comprehensive histories of ocean circulation and to better understand its fundamental connection to both changes in global climate and the evolution of continental margins over time
image of an air-gun that acted as the sound source (photo courtesy of ruby schaufler)higher-resolution images of the upper few tens of meters of the seabed were obtained using a chirp subbottom profiler which relies upon higher frequency sound pulses than those made by the air-guns layers are clearly shown by black lines on this subbottom profile image which represents a cross section of the seabed (photo courtesy of niall slowey)
to investigate the southern argentine margin and its sedimentary records of past ocean circulation scientists aboard the expedition used integrated research techniques including: acoustic imaging (multichannel seismic surveying subbottom profiling and multibeam-mapping) seafloor sediment sampling using gravity cores piston cores and multi-corers and seawater property measurements to obtain high-resolution images of seabed features that may be hundreds of meters thick a pair of air-guns and 900-meter-long hydrophone streamer were towed in the seawater behind the ship the guns released air bubbles to generate pulses of sound that traveled down to the seafloor and then penetrated the sediments that make up the seabed sound that reflected off sediment layers was measured by the hydrophones in the streamer and then used to generate images of the seabed features
texas a&m graduate student richard rosas (right) and tim shamus from rutgers university (left) standing next to the multi-corer which has clear plastic tubes attached to it (photo courtesy of james wright)the tubes collect seawater and sediment samples when the multi-corer is lowered to the seafloor (photo courtesy of james wright)
three current texas a&m oceanography graduate students advised by slowey were also part of the cruise: josé córdova richard rosas and ruby schaufler additionally texas a&m student researcher tanner eischen and former graduate student dr theodore them now an assistant professor at college of charleston were also aboard while at sea the students participated in hands-on research collecting sediment cores and oceanographic data their major responsibility was to log various sediment cores using a multi-sensor core logger (mscl) to obtain the physical properties of the core such as core length thickness bulk density etc in addition seawater samples were collected at each core site overall the expedition surveyed more than 9000 km and collected over 370 meters of sediment samples slowey said once the crew brought the sediment cores on to the deck we as a team had to cut clean and label all the cores which took several hours to accomplish the task after much experience and organizing ourselves as a pit team we learned to manage the tasks córdova said we got to know each other and the coring operation became the fun moment of the day rather becoming a routine job during the cruise to us the cruise was not only a scientific experience but also a life and leadership experience
ruby schaufler sitting on top of all cores collected during the expedition (photo courtesy of ruby schaufler)day watch researchers jose córdova tanner eischen and ruby schaufler from texas a&m university along aaron watters and mark yu from rutgers universtiy and gregorio diaz torres from argentina cutting a sediment core on the deck after recovery (photo courtesy of james wright)
not only was the argentine expedition essential for our nsf project it is very important for our next step slowey said slowey and wright are leading an effort to plan an international ocean discovery program (iodp) scientific drilling expedition to re-visit the argentine margin and collect much longer records of sediment cores using the iodp drilling ship joides resolution the proposed plan is now being considered by the iodp science evaluation panel despite its importance as sedimentary record scientific ocean drilling has yet to be conducted along the argentine margin slowey said the seismic data and other results from this study will be used to refine drilling targets and identify specific sites for the proposed drilling leg which would enable better understanding of the evolution of the southern oceans water mass structure over the cenozoic (the past 65 million years) by bumsoo kim
judith chester named agu section awardeethe geology and geophysics professor was honored at the 2019 agu fall meetingfeb 12 2020dr judith chester professor in the department of geology and geophysics at texas a&m university was named a 2019 american geophysical union (agu) section awardee at the the 2019 agu fall meeting in san francisco from dec 9 – 13 2019 she received the paul g silver award for outstanding scientific service a joint award for geodesy seismology and tectonophysics sections of agu dr chesters long-term leadership activities with the southern california earthquake center have been instrumental to this community and invaluable to our departments research endeavors said dr julie newman geology and geophysics department head we have long known dr chester as an individual who has given so much in service to her community and we are so proud that her contributions have been recognized by the broader geoscience community the american geophysical union is the worlds largest earth and space science society among the 25 sections of agu there are 65 awards 21 for early-career scientists 6 for midcareer and 27 awards are named lectureships that offer unique opportunities to highlight the meritorious accomplishments of the awardees named lectures offered by agu sections recognize distinguished scientists with proven leadership in their fields of science by ali snell
dr judith chester professor in the department of geology and geophysics at texas a&m university was named a 2019 american geophysical union (agu) section awardee at the the 2019 agu fall meeting in san francisco from dec 9 – 13 2019 she received the paul g silver award for outstanding scientific service a joint award for geodesy seismology and tectonophysics sections of agu dr chesters long-term leadership activities with the southern california earthquake center have been instrumental to this community and invaluable to our departments research endeavors said dr julie newman geology and geophysics department head we have long known dr chester as an individual who has given so much in service to her community and we are so proud that her contributions have been recognized by the broader geoscience community the american geophysical union is the worlds largest earth and space science society among the 25 sections of agu there are 65 awards 21 for early-career scientists 6 for midcareer and 27 awards are named lectureships that offer unique opportunities to highlight the meritorious accomplishments of the awardees named lectures offered by agu sections recognize distinguished scientists with proven leadership in their fields of science by ali snell
vehicles drive along a road beijing china in heavy smog on jan 3 2017 (getty images)
daianne höfig (left) and her faculty advisor dr yige zhang (right) (photo courtesy of daianne höfig)tyler winkler (photo courtesy of tyler winkler)
geosciences interim associate dean for research dr ping yang led the ceremony dean dr debbie thomas addressed the ceremony live from the joides resolution
the college of geosciences at texas a&m university honored several outstanding faculty and staff at its annual holiday luncheon and awards ceremony jan 10 at the annenberg presidential conference center geosciences interim associate dean for research dr ping yang led the ceremony as dean dr debbie thomas was aboard the joides resolution in the southeast pacific ocean serving as co-chief scientist of international ocean discovery program expedition 378 i believe that we are more than an extraordinary faculty and staff at a world-class institution we are truly part of boldly providing solutions to challenges that face the world today and tomorrow not only by educating the future leaders but also in our cutting-edge research inspired teaching and impactful service missions the college gathered to celebrate the end of an amazing year of accomplishments in 2019 as well as the following 2019 award winners association of former students college level teaching awards dr chrissy wiederwohl instructional associate professor of oceanography was honored with a 2019 association of former students college level teaching award dr inci guneralp associate professor of geography was also honored with a 2019 association of former students college level teaching award deans distinguished achievement awards judy nunez director of college recruitment received the deans distinguished achievement award for exemplary service in the staff category theresa morrison business administrator in the department of atmospheric sciences was awarded the deans distinguished award for exemplary service also in the staff category dr david sparks professor of geology received the deans distinguished award for faculty excellence in teaching dr ryan ewing associate professor of geology was honored with the deans distinguished award for faculty excellence in research dr jessica fitzsimmons assistant professor of oceanography received the deans distinguished award for faculty excellence in service dr william lamb professor of geology and geophysics was honored with the deans distinguished achievement award for selfless service in the faculty category
endowed chairs and professorships holders of endowed chairs and professorships that were awarded or re-awarded in 2019 were also honored at the event: fred chester the david bullock harris chair in geology ping chang the louis elizabeth scherck chair in oceanography ethan grossman the michel t halbouty chair in geology ping yang the david bullock harris chair in geosciences renyi zhang the harold j haynes chair in geosciences service milestones faculty and staff members who had reached significant milestones in their service to texas a&m were also recognized for 20 years of service: theresa morrison kenneth sherar matthew nobles for 25 years of service: martin bohn achim stoessel benjamin giese for 30 years of service: jonathan smith for 35 years of service: william mills bradley julson donald sims rick giardino terry wade jack baldauf photos from the awards ceremony can be viewed at txag/geosawardsjanuary2020 by leslie lee ‘09
texas oyster mariculture stakeholder meeting slated for jan 25a meeting for stakeholders in the lower laguna madre will facilitate discussion on oyster mariculture in the areajan 21 2020following the passage of texas hb 1300 which allows for oyster mariculture in texas questions remain about the implications of this legislation stakeholders in the lower laguna madre are invited to attend a meeting to discuss the potential effects of the new oyster mariculture industry the texas oyster mariculture stakeholder meeting will be held on jan 25 at 10 am at the university of texas rio grande valley (utrgv) coastal studies laboratory located at 100 marine lab dr in isla blanca park on south padre island those who use the lower laguna madre or own property in the area are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion the meeting will feature utrgv professor jo rampersad and texas sea grant and texas a&m agrilife extension agent tony reisinger who are both experienced in oyster mariculture to rsvp to attend the texas oyster mariculture stakeholder meeting in person email coastal@utrgvedu the meeting will also be available online at utrgvzoomus/j/160677994 for more information see the event flyer by sara carney '13 texas sea grant communications manager
following the passage of texas hb 1300 which allows for oyster mariculture in texas questions remain about the implications of this legislation stakeholders in the lower laguna madre are invited to attend a meeting to discuss the potential effects of the new oyster mariculture industry the texas oyster mariculture stakeholder meeting will be held on jan 25 at 10 am at the university of texas rio grande valley (utrgv) coastal studies laboratory located at 100 marine lab dr in isla blanca park on south padre island those who use the lower laguna madre or own property in the area are encouraged to attend and participate in the discussion the meeting will feature utrgv professor jo rampersad and texas sea grant and texas a&m agrilife extension agent tony reisinger who are both experienced in oyster mariculture to rsvp to attend the texas oyster mariculture stakeholder meeting in person email coastal@utrgvedu the meeting will also be available online at utrgvzoomus/j/160677994 for more information see the event flyer by sara carney '13 texas sea grant communications manager
ursula röhl co-chief scientist; laurel childress expedition project manager/staff scientist; and debbie thomas co-chief (photo courtesy of iodp jrso and dr debbie thomas)the texas a&m flag flies on the joides resolution (photo courtesy of dr debbie thomas)
the old saying of your ship has come in has a special meaning for texas a&m university college of geosciences dean dr debbie thomas in her case that ship is the joides resolution the 429-foot long research drillship that is the mainstay of the international ocean discovery program (iodp) on jan 3 she embarked on an epic five-week expedition aboard the joides resolution in the southwestern pacific ocean serving as co-chief scientist of iodp expedition 378 thomas is leading an elite science team in unearthing ancient climate and oceanography data scientists use the joides resolution to collect core samples from the ocean floor that are used by scientists to understand climate change geology and earths history it is capable of drilling to depths over 18 000 feet texas a&m is the iodp science operator of the joides resolution and iodp is funded by the national science foundation on her current cruise thomas is in the southwestern pacific ocean near the south of new zealand and the team will investigate the record of climate and oceanography over the past 67 million years video content courtesy of phil christie siem industries scientists will target sediments deposited during the warm late cretaceous through late oligocene periods (approximately 67 to 23 million years ago) recovering sediments at a location previously drilled in 1973 the recovered sediments will be used to study how the entire earth system responds to the evolution of climate from a very warm nearly ice-free state to a climate that supported the growth of major ice sheets on antarctica superimposed on this long-term evolution were several prominent global warming events that are primary targets of the expedition the sediments we recover will provide critical constraints on the history of ocean temperatures and the carbon cycle for the vast south pacific thomas said the data will lead to big leaps in our understanding of climate dynamics during intervals of global warmth it is an immense privilege to sail with this team of world-class scholars marine technicians the ships crew
sunset over the pacific ocean during transit aboard the joides resolution (photo by dr ulla roehl)