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kaytan kelkar wins 2016 agu data visualization storytelling competitionnov 21 2016congratulations to geology graduate student kaytan kelkar grand prize winner at the 2016 agu data visualization storytelling competition the 2016 agu data visualization storytelling competition is a partnership between nasa and agu the competition focuses on innovation and creativity in presenting data and must address one of the three themes for the contest the three themes for the contest were the: 2015/2016 el nino innovative use of new and emerging technologies and extreme events and natural hazards from cause to effect and beyond the competition was judged on the creativity of the presentation and the applicants ability to present the data and complex problems the perceived level of impact and engagement the planned presentation incites in audience and the organization and conceivability of proposed presentation of data the grand prize winner receives the following: $2500 travel grant to attend the 2016 agu fall meeting $2500 travel grant to attend an earth and space science meeting in 2017 $1000 travel stipend to visit a nasa center to collaborate with nasa scientists in 2017 one complimentary registration to 2016 agu fall meeting opportunity to tell their story via nasa hyperwall at the 2016 agu fall meeting and other agu affiliated meetings kaytan kelkars research interests are in geomorphology focusing on mass movement for his thesis kaytan has developed a gis-based 3d model for landslide susceptibility in the western san juan mountains of colorado his model integrates six parameters where each parameter is assigned a weighted percentage based on relative influence to cause slope failure kaytan has presented his work at multiple conferences more information about the competition and winners can be found here kaytan kelkar is a graduate student in the department of geology and geophysics
kaytan kelkar is a graduate student in the department of geology and geophysics
g&g fall 2016 picnic/open housenov 18 2016october 7th the geology & geophysics department held its fall picnic/open house where faculty staff current and former students were invited to join in seminars as well as an evening of food and fun! open house 2016 talks october 7th 4-5 pm in halbouty 101: bobby reece investigating earth process through multi-scale seismology ryan ewing wind-blown bedform dynamics on earth and other worlds hiroko kitajima rock deformation in the nankai subduction zone patrick fulton 25 000 feet under the sea: taking the temperature inside japan's magnitude 9 earthquake fault masako tominaga deciphering geological processes using deep submergence geophysics peter knappett geogenic contaminants in groundwater julia reece multi-scale investigation of geomechanical processes in mudstones thanks to our speakers and all that joined us! check out pictures from the event here: https://googl/photos/w7afw9fyldqlyvxc6 by cristina figueroa '15 faculty staff current and former students enjoying the picnic
dr renyi zhang university distinguished professor and the harold j haynes chair of atmospheric sciences and professor of chemistry
gis day aggie accessibility contest this week ipad mini first prizenov 15 2016come and take a group "selfie from space" in the field across from the o&m building at 11am on wednesday november 16gis day an educational event designed to promote geographic information science & technology will be on wednesday (nov 16) and texas a&m is participating with the aggie accessibility mapping challenge today through wednesday texas a&m students are invited to locate and photograph features of the campus that make the university either accessible or inaccessible to people with disabilities dan goldberg assistant professor of geography and computer science & engineering is one of the organizers of the event and says the goal is to help texas a&m disabilities services texas a&m facilities coordination and texas a&m transportation services ensure the campus is as accessible as possible for disabled individuals texas a&m university libraries is also sponsoring the event we wanted to find a way to participate in gis day that would improve campus in some way goldberg notes so we came up with the idea to collect data about areas and features on campus that are either helpful or hurtful to people trying to navigate with disabilities although campus is quite accessible there is no way currently to measure where there needs to be improvement to play download the texas a&m gis day app on your iphone or android phone; the app will display your location then walk around and find and photograph a location or feature that is accessible or inaccessible and submit the data the person who collects the most data will win the first prize of an ipad mini 4; the second place winner will receive in-ear headphones goldberg says everyone on and off campus is encouraged to participate but only currently enrolled students are eligible to win the prizes for more information including contest rules visit here ##### media contact: lesley henton 979-845-5591 lshenton@tamuedu come and take a group "selfie from space" in the field across from the o&m building at 11am on wednesday november 16
come and take a group "selfie from space" in the field across from the o&m building at 11am on wednesday november 16
geoffrey roest awarded science policy fellowshipnov 15 2016congratulations to atmospheric sciences phd student geoffrey roest on receiving the science policy fellow of the gulf research programoriginally from upstate new york mr roest has a bs in meteorology from plymouth state university and an ms in geosciences from san francisco state university his research focuses on measuring and quantifying emissions from unconventional oil and gas operations in the eagle ford shale in southern texas – in addition to climate and air quality impacts with those emissions he has presented work at multiple conferences and co-authored two peer-reviewed publications mr roest has also served as an officer on the atmospheric sciences graduate student council and directed a seminar series exclusively for graduate students focused on leadership development science policy fellowships are awarded to graduate or professional students who have completed their studies within the past five years and demonstrate a strong scientific or technical background leadership qualities and academic achievement the gulf research program was established in 2013 as a result of the deepwater horizon oil spill it funds studies projects and other activities though research and development education and training and environmental monitoring congratulations to atmospheric sciences phd student geoffrey roest on receiving the science policy fellow of the gulf research program
congratulations to atmospheric sciences phd student geoffrey roest on receiving the science policy fellow of the gulf research program
students measure methane leaks from pipelines in bryan/college stationnov 9 2016fifteen students in the college of geosciences participated in projects on atmospheric methane the second most important emitted greenhouse gas after carbon dioxidethe project was part of geos 405 a capstone course for environmental programs the class split self-selected into three groups with four students and one with three students the larger three groups made measurements using a gas chromatograph in my laboratory: one group measured methane atop the currently active old municipal waste dump on hwy 30 one group measured methane around local oil and gas well sites and the third measured methane uptake on soils in lick creek park said dr gunnar w schade who teaches the course one group of students analyzed possible leaks for three neighborhoods in the bryan/college station area through mobile measurements using a high precision methane analyzer the students were able to gather data for the three different locations each area was evaluated three times and the neighborhoods were chosen based on age and land use any methane spikes exceeding 25 ppm were classified as leaks according to their study the age of a pipeline was a significant factor in determining current and future leaks they discovered the largest methane leaks around the oldest neighborhood and the texas a&m natural gas plant fewer leaks were found in the neighborhood that was slightly newer no leaks were found in the youngest neighborhood which was less than 20 years old overall the group discovered one leak per mile of urban road dr schade was pleased with the results and considered all of the projects a success i also took a subset of students to dallas for a legislative hearing on epa methane regulations so they got to see what was said and how such public hearings work he added go here to read more on this project through mobile measurements using a high precision methane analyzer the students were able to gather data for the three different locations
through mobile measurements using a high precision methane analyzer the students were able to gather data for the three different locations
carbonate rocks field tripnov 7 2016this past october dr mike pope led a carbonate rocks class (geol 623) composed of graduate students on a trip to southeastern new mexico and west texasthe students spent most of the 8-day trip hiking in the guadalupe mountains national park studying the different facies of the permian reef platform measuring stratigraphic columns and collecting rock samples carbonate rocks focuses on the principles of carbonate sedimentology and carbonate depositional sequences utilized to interpret the rock record through time check out the pictures from their trip here by cristina figueroa '15 graduate students in front of el capitan in the guadalupe mountains national park
graduate students in front of el capitan in the guadalupe mountains national park
iodp drilling project studies fault behind devastating japanese earthquakenov 4 2016research from dr patrick fulton of geology & geophysics along with emily brodsky of the university of california santa cruz reveals that earthquakes redistribute fluid pressures within fault zones – possibly leading to triggering other earthquakesin march of 2011 a catastrophic 90 magnitude earthquake struck off the pacific coast of tōhoku japan the earthquake was the most powerful ever recorded to have hit japan and the fourth most powerful in the world since modern records began in 1900 inside the fault that created the devastating earthquake a study was conducted measuring the temperature continuously for nearly a year – revealing the thermal signature of pulses of water squirting out of fractures in response to other earthquakes on neighboring faults the tōhoku-oki earthquake resulted in the largest amount of slip ever observed the overriding plate and seafloor jumped more than 50 meters to the east over the down-going pacific plate this large slip contributed to a much greater size earthquake and tsunami that had been expected for this region said dr fulton the international ocean discovery programs (iodp) japan trench fast drilling project (jfast) temperature observatory was installed inside the japan trench plate boundary fault zone more than 45 miles beneath the ocean stretching nearly a half mile the jfast observatory data captured temperature measurements within the damage zone above the japan trench plate boundary fault according to the study pressure from fluid can reduce the strength of a fault water pressure within fault zones (which impacts the risk of faults to slip) can then become disturbed by earthquakes on other faults the findings from the study also suggest that fluid pressures could be involved in triggering other earthquakes to earthquake physicists like myself this is extremely interesting we have long known that changes in fluid pressures within rocks can make them break or cause faults to slip here we see earthquakes on distant faults causing fluids to move around in ways that would change the stress conditions within a plate boundary fault zone and perhaps trigger other earthquakes explained dr fulton as a result scientists can gain a better understanding of the processes that control earthquakes through observing the interactions between faults in the aftermath of a major earthquake this extremely challenging project was only feasible due to the unique drilling capabilities engineering expertise and scientific community framework associated with iodp added dr fulton we hope that our results will contribute to a better understanding of how hydrogeology within faults can both change in response to earthquakes and also influence the occurrence of other earthquakes the research paper can be downloaded in its entirety here the international ocean discovery programs (iodp) japan trench fast drilling project (jfast) temperature observatory was installed inside the japan trench plate boundary fault zone more than 45 miles beneath the ocean stretching nearly a half mile (photo credit: jamstec/iodp)
the international ocean discovery programs (iodp) japan trench fast drilling project (jfast) temperature observatory was installed inside the japan trench plate boundary fault zone more than 45 miles beneath the ocean stretching nearly a half mile (photo credit: jamstec/iodp)
october goes down as 4th warmest ever says texas a&m state climatologist nov 2 2016warm temperatures in texas dominated the month of october so much so that the month will go down as the fourth warmest october in the states history according to figures from the state climatologist at texas a&m universityjohn nielsen-gammon regents professor of atmospheric sciences at texas a&m who also serves as state climatologist says the month also tied for the sixth driest since official record keeping began in 1895 so far we know that 215 records were set all across the state from alpine to amarillo to brownsville and beaumont nielsen-gammon says about 70 percent of those records were set during the period oct 16-20 every single station reported above-normal temperatures for the month the warmest areas relative to normal were the northern panhandle the midland-odessa area and the area northeast of dallas numerous national records have also been set in much of the southwest midwest and northeast with many stations recording october temperatures 20 degrees above normal also many northern cities have yet to record their first freeze and areas such as denver had no measureable snowfall in october does it mean another warm winter is in store octobers weather doesnt mean much going forward but the combination of a long-term warming trend and a likely la niña (cooler than normal waters in the central pacific ocean that tend to influence weather patterns) event does mean that winter is likely to be warm across texas he added were seeing drought spreading across much of the state with core drought areas in east texas and south texas at this point november is looking quite a bit wetter than october but the overall outlook for the winter favors drier than normal conditions ### this story is on texas a&m today http://todaytamuedu/2016/11/02/october-goes-down-as-4th-warmest-ever-says-texas-am-state-climatologistmedia contact: john nielsen-gammon at (979) 862-2248 or n-g@tamuedu or keith randall news & information services at (979) 845-4644 or keith-randall@tamuedu more news about texas a&m university todaytamuedu texas state climatologist dr john nielsen-gammon
texas a&m launches new zika-fighting appoct 31 2016how texas a&m is adding a tool to the mosquito control arsenal encouraging communities to clean up their yards to prevent standing wateras the zika virus spreads locally in the continental united states communities across the country have started thinking about mosquito control measures theaedes mosquito that transmits the virus can breed in containers of standing water as small as a bottle cap and the eggs can survive even without water for months still the egg and larval stage is the best time to control the insect because the adult mosquito tends to be very resistant to traditional pesticides jennifer a horney phd mph cph associate professor in the texas a&m school of public health and daniel w goldberg phd assistant professor of geography in the texas a&m college of geosciences and of computer science and engineering in the college of engineering have created a type of mobile health technology to fight the mosquitos at their source: standing water with our new app community memberscitizen scientists so to speakcan do surveys and note the prevalence and locations of potential mosquito breeding grounds horney said this data will then all be mapped online and health departments can use that information to prioritize areas for mosquito control measures people can record the number of different types of containersold tires buckets bird baths clogged guttersthat could harbor zika-carrying mosquito eggs along with the address of the property the app then automatically adds the location to a website for local health officials to review the app is available to download for ios and android devices we work with a number of people involved in community engagement including many students the green ambassadors in houston for example who were going to train how to use the app horney said the health departments get some free data without having to use their own very limited staff resources and its a great learning experience for the students as well the students will learn about sampling data collection data analysis and more effectively combating the spread of zika will require contributions from many stakeholder groups goldberg said with the release of this app members of the community will be empowered to help monitor and control the risk of zika in their own neighborhoods by: christina sumners daniel w goldberg phd assistant professor of geography
texas a&m chooses faculty and administrators for sec leadership program oct 26 2016texas a&m university has selected four faculty and administrators to participate in the 2016-17 southeastern conference academic leadership development program (sec aldp) a professional growth initiative that seeks to identify prepare and advance academic leaders for roles within sec institutions and beyondthose chosen from texas a&m are: david cairns department head and professor geography college of geosciences; cecilia giusti associate professor and associate dean for outreach and diversity college of architecture; mark houston department head marketing mays business school; and antonietta quigg associate vice president for research and graduate studies texas a&m-galveston it is our strong belief that helping to prepare administrators for the next phase of their careers has the potential to impact all of higher education both now and in the future says sec commissioner greg sankey our universities make a significant investment in these individuals and we are proud to work with them through this program texas a&m university is delighted to have this opportunity to participate again in this years sec academic leadership development program notes john august texas a&m dean of faculties and associate provost as a result of their experiences over the coming year we are confident that our four participants will develop important administrative skills and a richer understanding of the shared academic aspirations of our fellow institutions in the sec this years first sec aldp workshops are being held this week at the university of alabama and a second one will be held feb 22-24 2017 at mississippi state university the sec academic leadership development program is part of secu the academic initiative of the southeastern conference the sec supports and promotes the endeavors and achievements of the students and faculty at its 14 member universities about secu using its secu academic initiative the southeastern conference sponsors supports and promotes collaborative higher education programs and activities involving administrators faculty and students at its fourteen member universities the goals of the secu initiative include highlighting the endeavors and achievements of sec faculty and universities; advancing the merit and reputation of sec universities outside of the traditional sec region; identifying and preparing future leaders for high-level service in academia; increasing the amount and type of education abroad opportunities available to sec students; and providing opportunities for collaboration among sec university personnel to connect with secu visit the academic initiative online – wwwthesecucom; on facebook – thesecu; on twitter – @thesecu; on instagram – @thesecuniversity; and on you tube – secuniversity ##### this story is on texas a&m today http://todaytamuedu/2016/10/19/faculty-and-administrators-chosen-for-sec-leadership-program media contact: lesley henton 979-845-5591 lshenton@tamuedu more news about texas a&m university http://todaytamuedu david cairns department head and professor geography
funded by a national science foundation grant of $350 000 the three-year program will support 10 selected students each year from colleges across the united states
13 geosciences cadets awarded stars for academic excellenceoct 21 2016every semester the office of the commandant of the corps of cadets at texas a&m recognizes current cadets who achieve academic excellenceone of the most recognizable ways the corps of cadets awards such an achievement is through a gold or silver star worn above the right pocket of a cadets uniform gold stars are awarded to those who post a 40 gpr with a minimum of 12 hours from the previous semester silver stars are awarded to cadets earning a 35 gpr the star is presented after semester grades post each cadet is authorized wear their star for only the following semester unless it is earned again the following cadets from the college of geosciences were awarded stars for the fall semester based on their spring ‘16 grades: gold stars:nicholas alexanderjordan andersonkaewan gardijackson miltonjordan smithemily yoder silver stars:robert bakermatthew ballardalessandro lioneshawn mcarthurbrett minorpaul sayerscecille sorio congratulations to our students for their hard work! bg(r) joe e ramirez jr commandant of cadets had the following remarks about the achievement: we are proud of our cadets who earned their academic stars through hard work and academic success in your college as members of the corps of cadets in addition to the many academic resources available to cadets we recently completed construction of 2 additional leadership learning centers on the quad these 4 buildings allow our cadets to study work with groups use computer labs attend academic support sessions and pursue academic endeavors in the midst of their living and training environment the llc's serve as a constant reminder to the corps commitment to academic excellence thank you for all you do to help our cadets achieve academic success! we hope you are as proud of these students as we are!
seventh annual berg-hughes research symposium takes place at annenbergoct 13 2016the seventh annual berg-hughes research symposium took place at the annenberg presidential conference center on october 11 2016 with great successhere are the winners for the student posters: 1st place – $1 000maddie pike volcanism anoxia and planktonic community turnover in the cenomanian-turonian western interior seaway advisor: mike tice 2nd place – $750philipp tesch quantification of architectural variability and controls in an eocene – mid miocene carbonate ramp browse basin australiaadvisors: mike pope/bobby reece 3rd place – $500sudiptya banerjee field use of tubing-deployed flow control devices to improve the economics and environmental costs of albertan sagd operations advisor: berna hascakir congratulations to our winners!
carria collins diana mills and jessica radnitzer awarded eod certificatesoct 13 2016congratulations to carria collins diana mills and jessica radnitzer on completing employee & organizational development certificate programs!carria collins – professional development program diana mills – microsoft office essentials certificate & professional development program jessica radnitzer – microsoft office essentials certificate thank you for your hard work! eod certificate awards