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geosciences advisor receives presidents award for academic advisingjun 12 2014emily dykes 08 program coordinator for environmental programs in geosciences was selected as one of four campus-wide recipients of the 2014 presidents award for academic advisingdykes was honored by texas a&m interim president mark a hussey as part of the annual university advisors and counselors spring awards breakfast in may getting to be a part of students journeys and supporting them through their successes and struggles is a very rewarding and humbling process dykes said recipients receive $2 000 and a plaque and are selected by a committee composed of three students the president-elect of university advisors and counselors executive board and a representative appointed by texas a&ms office of the dean of undergraduate programs and associate provost for academic services selection is based on nomination packets that include letters from fellow advisors students and faculty dykes has been an advisor in the environmental programs since fall of 2008 she also received the college of geosciences robert c runnels excellence in advising award in 2011 this summer she will be honored as a 2014 texas a&m fish camp namesake camp emily i am honored to receive this award because it hopefully means somewhere along the way i have made a positive impact on a students life dykes says by eliana mijangos 14 emily dykes 08 program coordinator for environmental programs in the geosciences
geosciences student wins astronaut scholarship for second year in a rowjun 9 2014amélie berger junior environmental geosciences student from paris france is one of 30 students nationwide to be awarded a prestigious scholarship from the astronaut scholarship foundationthis is the second year in a row that a student in the college of geosciences has received the award berger will receive a $10 000 scholarship in recognition of her unique aptitude for research and ingenuity in science and technology according to the award letter "i am so honored to have received such a prestigious award it really motivates me to continue in my field of study and also gives me a strong sense of responsibility towards the foundation who is showing faith in me and my abilities i hope my research will help societies understand and adapt to a changing planetberger said" the astronaut scholarship foundation (asf) was established in 1984 by the six surviving members of americas original mercury seven astronauts asf makes these scholarships available nationwide to college students who exhibit leadership imagination and exceptional performance in science technology engineering and math (stem) these scholarships are the highest monetary awards given to undergraduate stem students based solely on merit in the united states astronauts from the foundation make personal visits in the fall to each recipients university to present the scholarship check amélie shows the greatest promise of the undergraduates with whom i have worked in terms of becoming a leader in the interdisciplinary field of environmental sciences said dr oliver frauenfeld assistant professor of geography and bergers mentor she has amassed an impressive breadth and depth of knowledge and research experience in her time at texas a&m berger is involved in the honors fellows program and the undergraduate research scholars program at texas a&m she also participates in the colleges recruitment programs and serves as a peer mentor this summer she is researching natural resources in fiji and australia through texas a&ms study abroad program berger has also contributed to a submitted peer-reviewed publication to the journal biotropica she plans to continue her studies in climate science and sustainability in graduate school with the goal of teaching at the university level berger said she takes honor in helping america stay at the forefront of science and technology "i would like to thank the professors i have had at a&m as well as dr sumana datta for her support during the application process i would especially like to thank dr debbie thomas for getting me started in research as a freshman and dr oliver frauenfeld for his tremendous support and guidance over the past year and a half i would not have come this far without the dedication of such amazing mentors" berger says amelie berger junior environmental geosciences student at the college of geosciences
texas sea grant director honored as 2014 ‘hartes herojun 6 2014college station texas dr pamela plotkin director of the texas sea grant college program at texas a&m university was recognized thursday (june 5 2014) by the harte research institute for gulf of mexico studies (hri) for her work with endangered sea turtles on the texas coastplotkin was named one of hartes heroes an honor bestowed annually by hri to commemorate world oceans day this years recipients were commended for their efforts to further the recovery of the critically endangered kemps ridley sea turtle read more
aggie geoscientists place second in gulf coast aapg iba competitionapr 22 2014a team from texas a&m won second place in the gulf coast section of the imperial barrel award (iba) competition held march 19-20 at bp headquarters in houstonteam members were graduate students akhil amara daniel elizondo david lewis ivan maulana and john reed from the department of geology and geophysics texas a&m competed against 12 other schools in the gulf coast region for the award the team previously won first place in 2009 and 2013 during the event the team presented a detailed petroleum systems analysis of the taranaki basin new zealand to the judges before being selected as one of four finalists for friday mornings round along with university of houston university of new orleans and university of louisiana-lafayette for the second round each team presented to a different panel of judges and the team earned second place behind university of louisiana-lafayette sponsored by the american association of petroleum geologists (aapg) the annual iba competition is for geoscience students from around the world teams from six us and six international regions comprising a total of 35 countries represented compete for the award according to the iba program student teams prepare for the contest by studying a dataset of geological and geophysical information land production infrastructure and other relevant materials to solve a problem they would face in the energy industry each team delivers their results to a panel of industry experts the judges select the winning team on the basis of the technical quality clarity and originality of presentation "we would like to thank kellam colquitt for presenting two short courses at texas a&m on using rose and associate software to risk plays " said mike pope professor of geology and this years advisor and coach "it was very informative and used a great deal in their analysis "the competition also requires a dedicated coaching team of a faculty member and industry partners who provide the direction and guidance to mold the students into a polished team " said dr rick giardino professor and head of geology and geophysics the team was ably assisted by industry representatives william (dusty) marshall and matt hammer giardino says that the competition is not about winning "the important lesson is the educational opportunity these students have to use their education intellect and skills operating in a team problem-solving environment" students winning imperial barrel award competitions are considered highly employable in the energy industry when they graduate dr mike pope and texas a&m imperial barrel awards team members david lewis akhil amara john reed ivan maulana and daniel elizondo earned second place in the gulf coast regional competition
dr mike pope and texas a&m imperial barrel awards team members david lewis akhil amara john reed ivan maulana and daniel elizondo earned second place in the gulf coast regional competition
former white house advisor assesses challenges for us science and technologymar 31 2014neal lane former director of the white house office of science and technology policy will present giving science advice to the president and why its getting harder at 4 pm thursday april 10 in room 215 of the animal industries buildingthe lecture is sponsored by the texas center for climate studies and the college of geosciences and is free and open to the public lanes lecture will focus on the role of science adviser to the president and how that role is affected by societal forces he will also discuss current challenges to the united states science and technology enterprise lane is currently the malcolm gillis university professor of physics and astronomy and senior fellow in the baker institute for public policy at rice university he was appointed assistant to the president for science and technology and director of the white house office of science and technology policy where he served under president bill clinton from 1998 to 2001 he previously served as director of the national science foundation from 1993 to 1998 lane became an assistant professor of physics at rice university in 1966 he left rice in 1984 to become chancellor of the university of colorado at colorado springs but returned to texas in 1986 to serve as provost of rice until 1992 dr neal lane former presidential advisor
geosciences' programs respond to spillmar 26 2014a group of texas a&m-galveston marine biology researchers was on standby monday waiting for clearance to head into galveston bay to begin sampling areas affected by saturday's oil spillwith the reopening of ferry services in galveston late monday antonietta quigg a texas a&m-galveston marine biology professor said she was hopeful she and other scientists with the university would be able to board research vessels tuesday morning to begin their sampling work the team of researchers -- which was asked by the coast guard to conduct sampling -- will test samples to determine how up to 168 000 gallons of oil released when a barge collided into a ship in the houston ship channel is likely to impact the marine life quigg said her focus will be on the water quality and plankton while other researchers will turn their attention to various parts of the underwater ecosystem"in terms of plankton i want to see how [the oil] impacts their ability to grow and reproduce " quigg said "given that they're an important food source we want to see how they're affected if they're impacted then we can speculate about how the fish may be impacted as well" in terms of what to expect quigg said she couldn't be sure without knowing more about how the spill clean-up was progressing "in some ways it should be similar to previous studies that are out there " she said "and in other ways it should be unique because it is an estuary there will be a lot more freshwater that will affect oil and how oil behaves" in college station aggie researchers were receiving near real-time information on currents waves and winds from a buoy deployed near the spill site as part of the texas automated buoy system a program sponsored by the texas general land office and managed by the texas a&m geochemical and environmental research group john walpert a senior research associate and technical lead with the research group said the buoy transmits information being monitored by a&m researchers the texas general land office and a hazmat modeling company in seattle the data was being analyzed to create oil models to determine where the oil is likely to spread which could help crews contain it terry wade deputy director of the geochemical and environmental research group which is part of the texas a&m college of geosciences said that as a chemist he was interested in seeing toxicity levels from samples collected near the oil spill and comparing those numbers to data from prior to the accident keeping the oil from reaching the marshes in galveston bay will be crucial to protecting marine and wildlife wade said "while we don't want to have it in the open ocean it's better than in our marshes " he said "the marshes are the last place you want it if it does go out into the open ocean there are some microbes that can use oil as a food source" wade said he has had a good working relationship with quigg and her texas a&m-galveston colleagues and expected the two aggie groups would be sharing and comparing some of the data collected (left to right) willie flemings andrew dancer crew member of the "erin-t" work boat (credit: gerg tamu)
(left to right) willie flemings andrew dancer crew member of the "erin-t" work boat (credit: gerg tamu)
members of msc freshman leadership international an aggie service organization spend spring break at the center volunteering with local students "we hope our presence there gives local students a leg up because they have experiences with higher education they may not otherwise have " says chris houser the center's global faculty ambassador
the student geosciences council tackles its first student-run career fairmar 26 2014the student geosciences council (sgc) hosted their first geosciences career fair on feb 10 in the bethancourt ballroom of the memorial student centermore than 275 students from different departments around the university and as far as texas a&m – corpus christi attended the fair to learn about career opportunities from organizations ranging from schlumberger halliburton and chevron to the national weather service and the peace corps a total of 14 companies and 37 recruiters participated representing every major in the college it was an exciting opportunity to be able to speak with industry leaders in geosciences said junior environmental studies student kelci miller it was a chance for me to discuss my research and learn how i can apply that to a job setting sgc is led by president wilmer menjivar and comprises 36 members and officers representing every major and both graduate and undergraduate students in the college elora arana david lewis akhil amara ejaz hafeji and the entire sgc advancement division were in charge of the planning and execution of the fair sgc plans to continue this fair in future years and we hope to grow both student and industry participation menjivar said the student geosciences council is generously sponsored by bp halliburton and schlumberger scg officers from left: akhil amara kaitlyn simpson ejaz hafeji elora arana david lewis and wilmer menjivar
aggie geoscientists place second in gulf coast aapg iba competitionmar 19 2014a team from texas a&m won second place in the gulf coast section of the imperial barrel award (iba) competition held march 19-20 at bp headquarters in houston team members were graduate students akhil amara daniel elizondo david lewis ivan maulana and john reed from the department of geology and geophysics texas a&m competed against 12 other schools in the gulf coast region for the award the team previously won first place in 2009 and 2013 during the event the team presented a detailed petroleum systems analysis of the taranaki basin new zealand to the judges before being selected as one of four finalists for friday mornings round along with university of houston university of new orleans and university of louisiana-lafayette for the second round each team presented to a different panel of judges and the team earned second place behind university of louisiana-lafayette sponsored by the american association of petroleum geologists (aapg) the annual iba competition is for geoscience students from around the world teams from six us and six international regions comprising a total of 35 countries represented compete for the award according to the iba program student teams prepare for the contest by studying a dataset of geological and geophysical information land production infrastructure and other relevant materials to solve a problem they would face in the energy industry each team delivers their results to a panel of industry experts the judges select the winning team on the basis of the technical quality clarity and originality of presentation "we would like to thank kellam colquitt for presenting two short courses at texas a&m on using rose and associate software to risk plays " said mike pope professor of geology and this years advisor and coach "it was very informative and used a great deal in their analysis "the competition also requires a dedicated coaching team of a faculty member and industry partners who provide the direction and guidance to mold the students into a polished team " said dr rick giardino professor and head of geology and geophysics the team was ably assisted by industry representatives william (dusty) marshall and matt hammer giardino says that the competition is not about winning "the important lesson is the educational opportunity these students have to use their education intellect and skills operating in a team problem-solving environment" students winning imperial barrel award competitions are considered highly employable in the energy industry when they graduate dr mike pope and texas a&m imperial barrel awards team members david lewis akhil amara john reed ivan maulana and daniel elizondo earned second place in the gulf coast regional competition
workshop held to share current science and future effects of climate changemar 10 2014texas a&m faculty from the college of geosciences will present two sessions on the current state of climate science march 10 and 17 a lot of misconceptions and myths still remain even among scientists said gunnar schade associate professor of atmospheric sciences and coordinator of the workshop we want to help the university community better understand the issues surrounding this critical topic the workshops are free and geared toward faculty researchers and lecturers across campus the workshops are offered in conjunction with the recently published intergovernmental panel on climate changes fifth assessment report from working group i which addresses the physical evidence and just before the working group ii report due march 31 which discusses impacts and vulnerability faculty participants include atmospheric science professors andrew dessler gerald north john nielsen-gammon r saravanan and gunnar schade addressing a&m administrators and staff on march 21 schade and north will present its real its us and its going to be bad at the coffee conversations sponsored by the employee and organizational development office employees can learn what climate their children and grandchildren will inherit and how the college of geosciences is contributing to climate research and public education climate change workshops 9 am–1 pm march 10 and 17 2014 room tbd eller o&m building 9–9:15 introduction and collection of audience questions 9:15–11 15-min short presentations by atmospheric sciences faculty with 10-min q&a sessions focus is on ipcc consensus science 11–11:30 interactive: the most common climate myths and how to address them 11:30–12:30 box lunch with open discussion 12:30 –13:00 wrap-up: latest developments discussions and impacts please send reservations for box lunches by the friday before the workshop to gunnar schade at gws@tamuedu dr gunnar w schade
workshop held to share current science and future effects of climate changefeb 28 2014texas a&m faculty from the college of geosciences will present two sessions on the current state of climate science march 10 and 17 the first-of-its-kind workshop is being offered to help the university community better understand the science of climate change and how the earths climate will develop over the rest of this century a lot of misconceptions and myths still remain even among scientists said gunnar schade associate professor of atmospheric sciences and coordinator of the workshop we want to help the university community better understand the issues surrounding this critical topic the workshops are free and geared toward faculty researchers and lecturers across campus the workshops are offered in conjunction with the recently published intergovernmental panel on climate changes fifth assessment report from working group i which addresses the physical evidence and just before the working group ii report due march 31 which discusses impacts and vulnerability faculty participants include atmospheric science professors andrew dessler gerald north john nielsen-gammon r saravanan and gunnar schade addressing a&m administrators and staff on march 21 schade and north will present its real its us and its going to be bad at the coffee conversations sponsored by the employee and organizational development office employees can learn what climate their children and grandchildren will inherit and how the college of geosciences is contributing to climate research and public education climate change workshops 9 am–1 pm march 10 and 17 2014 room tbd eller o&m building 9–9:15 introduction and collection of audience questions 9:15–11 15-min short presentations by atmospheric sciences faculty with 10-min q&a sessions focus is on ipcc consensus science 11–11:30 interactive: the most common climate myths and how to address them 11:30–12:30 box lunch with open discussion 12:30 –13:00 wrap-up: latest developments discussions and impacts please send reservations for box lunches by the friday before the workshop to gunnar schade at gws@tamuedu dr gunnar w schade
geoscientists discuss global ocean and society issuesfeb 23 2014honolulu hawaii texas a&m geoscientists are attending the 17th biennial ocean sciences meeting the largest international assembly of ocean scientists engineers students educators policy makers and other stake holders students professors and researchers from the college of geosciences' departments of atmospheric sciences and oceanography and the geochemical and environmental research group (gerg) are presenting poster sessions panel discussions and invited remarks on the past present and future of the world's oceans the conferences is sponsored by the association for the sciences of limnology and oceanography the oceanography society and the american geophysical union daily coverage of this conference can be found on the blog (osm-aggiesweeblycom) the 2014 ocean sciences meeting takes place at the hawaii convention center in honolulu
the 2014 ocean sciences meeting takes place at the hawaii convention center in honolulu