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All seminars will be held at 4pm in 1118 Rood Hall unless otherwise noted.

Date Speaker Title

January 7    

January 14

Dan Cassidy
Department of Geosciences
Western Michigan University

Title & Abstract

In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) of contaminated soil and groundwater

January 16

Wednesday, 4 pm
1118 Rood Hall

Beth McCarthy
Great Lakes Recruiting Representative
Student Conservation Association
Charlestown, NH

Title & Abstract
Internship opportunities with the SCA


January 21 No Seminar - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

January 25

Friday, 4 pm
1118 Rood Hall

Yildirim Dilek
Miami University
Publication 1 & 2
Title and Abstract
Ophiolite Tectonics

January 28 Dr. Pablo Llerandi-Roman
Geology Department
Grand Valley State University
Announcement
Abstract
Implementing a geoenvironmental and sociocultural conceptual model for constructivist field-based in-service science teacher education

February 4 John Wahr
University of Colorado at Boulder
Cooperative Inst.for Research in Environmental Sciences
Publication
Title & Abstract
The GRACE Satellite Mission: Using Time-Variable Gravity to Study the Earth

February 11
4:00 pm
1104 Rood Hall
Ray Arvidson
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Washington Univ in St. Louis
Title & Abstract
The Mars Exploration Rover Mission

February 18

Panel Discussion

by students of GEOS 4600, Communication

Moderator: RV Krishnamurthy

*All faculty and students must attend

Announcement

Is Global Warming Real?

February 25

Andrey Kalinichev
Department of Chemistry
Michigan State University

Publication 1, 2, 3

Announcement

Nanoscale structure and dynamics of geologically and environmentally important aqueous interfaces: Computational molecular modeling approach

March 3 No Seminar - Spring Break Week

March 10

Kathy Nagy
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago

Publication

Title & Abstract

Strong Binding of Mercury to Peat in Aquatic Environments

March 17 Graduate Students

Tamara DeFrain



Abdou Aly El-Magd



Amanda Walega



Announcement



Laboratory Tests of Schumasoil® Well Screen for Free Product Recovery

Paleoclimate of North Africa: Constraints from Remote Sensing, modeling and isotopic data

A Sedimentary Petrophysical Approach to High Resolution Groundwater Modeling of the Saginaw Aquifer in Mason, Michigan


March 18

Tuesday, 2pm
1122 Rood Hall

MS Thesis Defense

Alan LeFever
Morphological Analysis of the Charlevoix-Antrim and Northport Drumlin Fields, Michigan Using Digital Elevation Models

March 24 Graduate Students

Melanie Haveman



Audrey Ritter


Trevor Whitlock


Announcement


Variations in Pore Water Chemistry: a seasonal geochemical study at Kleinstuck Marsh

Reservoir Quality of Paleocene Turbidites, Deepwater Gulf of Mexico

Trace Metal Contamination in a Sand and Gravel Aquifer (Cascade, Michigan)

March 25

Tuesday, 1pm
1122 Rood Hall

Graduate Student

MS Thesis Defense

Travis Hayden

Announcement

Backstripping the Chesapeake Bay Impact Structure: Differentiating Regional Tectonics from Impact Effects

March 28

Friday, 1 pm
1122 Rood Hall
Graduate Student
Proposal Defense

Joshua Kirschner

Announcement
Quantifying Continental Extension of Passive Margins: Implications for Sea Level Fluctuations

March 31

Monday, 4pm
1104 Rood Hall

Co-sponsored with Environmental Studies & the Arts & Sciences Women's Caucus

Jean Bahr, Chair
University of Wisconsin - Madison

Midwest Water Follies? Some current challenges in managing water resources of the Great Lakes Basin

April 4

Friday, 4pm
Room: 1118 Rood Hall
Graduate Students

Zhanay Sagintayev / Abstract



Jessica Wold


Caleb Woolever


Announcement


An Integrated Approach for the Assessment and Development of Renewable Groundwater Resources in the Quetta Valley, Pakistan

3-D Rock-based Reservoir Model of the Ray Reef Complex, Macomb County, Michigan

Origin of Esker and Tunnel Valley Assemblages, Barry County, MI

April 7

Lynn Walter
University of Michigan


Title & Abstract
Publication

Announcement

Carbonate vs. silicate mineral weathering rates: significance of dolomite for riverine Mg fluxes and the global carbon cycle

April 14

Dr. David McConnell &
Dr. David Steer
University of Akron

Co-sponsored with NAGT and the Mallinson Institute for Science Education

Abstract
Announcement

The Tourist, the Gunslinger, and the Gardener: Rethinking Metaphors of Teaching and Learning to Enhance Student Reasoning

April 21 No Seminar - Final Exams Week

   
   
   

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