All seminars will be held at 4pm in 1118 Rood Hall unless otherwise noted.
| Date |
Speaker |
Title |
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| January 7 |
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| January 14 |
Dan Cassidy
Department of Geosciences
Western Michigan University
Title & Abstract
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In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO) of contaminated soil and groundwater |
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January 16
Wednesday, 4 pm
1118 Rood Hall
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Beth McCarthy
Great Lakes Recruiting Representative
Student Conservation Association
Charlestown, NH
Title & Abstract |
Internship opportunities with the SCA
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| January 21 |
No Seminar - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day |
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January 25
Friday, 4 pm
1118 Rood Hall
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Yildirim Dilek
Miami University
Publication 1 & 2
Title and Abstract |
Ophiolite Tectonics |
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| 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 |
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| February 4 |
John Wahr
University of Colorado at Boulder
Cooperative Inst.for Research in Environmental Sciences
Publication
Title & Abstract
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The GRACE Satellite Mission: Using Time-Variable Gravity to Study the Earth |
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February 11
4:00 pm
1104 Rood Hall
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Ray Arvidson
Earth & Planetary Sciences
Washington Univ in St. Louis
Title & Abstract |
The Mars Exploration Rover Mission |
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| February 18 |
Panel Discussion
by students of GEOS 4600, Communication
Moderator: RV Krishnamurthy
*All faculty and students must attend
Announcement |
Is Global Warming Real? |
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| 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 |
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| March 3 |
No Seminar - Spring Break Week |
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| 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 |
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| 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
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March 18
Tuesday, 2pm
1122 Rood Hall
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MS Thesis Defense
Alan LeFever
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Morphological Analysis of the Charlevoix-Antrim and Northport Drumlin Fields, Michigan Using Digital Elevation Models |
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| 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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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March 31
Monday, 4pm
1104 Rood Hall
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Co-sponsored with Environmental Studies & the Arts & Sciences Women's Caucus
Jean Bahr, Chair
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Midwest Water Follies? Some current challenges in managing water resources of the Great Lakes Basin |
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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 |
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| April 7 |
Lynn Walter
University of Michigan
Title & Abstract
Publication
Announcement
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Carbonate vs. silicate mineral weathering rates: significance of dolomite for riverine Mg fluxes and the global carbon cycle |
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| 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 |
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| April 21 |
No Seminar - Final Exams Week |
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