‘geology and geophysics’
Locmelis named Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists
Dr. Marek Locmelis, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, has been named Fellow of the Society of Economic Geologists.
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CAREER Award funds research on earthquake history
Dr. Jonathan Obrist-Farner, assistant professor of geology and geophysics, received the National Science Foundation’s Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award for his investigation of ancient earthquake history along the North American-Caribbean Tectonic Plate Boundary.
Read More »Two named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professors
Dr. Stephen S. Gao and Dr. Kelvin T. Erickson each received the Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professorship designation during commencement ceremonies Dec. 15.
Read More »In the news: ASM.org, Engineering.com, Globe and Mail, IEEE Spectrum, Kansas City Star, Missouri Business, New York Post, People Behind the Science, Washington Post
- Dr. Dave Westenberg, associate professor of biological sciences, wrote an article, “What It’s Like to Volunteer at a Science Festival,” posted May 16 on the American Society for Microbiology’s website, asm.org.
- Dr. Frank Liou, the Michael and Joyce Bytnar Product Innovation and Creativity Professor, was interviewed for an article, “Bridging the Skills Gap in the Manufacturing Industry,” by Meghan Brown of engineering.com. The article was posted on the engineering.com website on May 15. Read More »
Geophysicist wins teaching excellence award
Dr. Stephen Gao, professor of geology and geophysics, has won the 2018 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Read More »Geologist named AAAS fellow
Dr. Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, professor of geology and geophysics, has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She receives the recognition for her contributions to the advancement of palynology — the study of organic-walled microfossils such as pollen and spores — and her outstanding efforts in educating the next generation of Earth scientists.
Read More »Paper on ant tracking ranked among top geophysics papers
Tianze Zhang, a Ph.D. student in geology and geophysics, presented a paper at the 2017 Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) meeting in Houston in September. More than 7,200 geophysicists worldwide attended the SEG meeting.
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Geologist leads $2.1 million NSF project
Dr. Wan Yang, associate professor of geology and geophysics, has devoted his academic career to unlocking the mysteries of the Permian mass extinction more than 250 million years ago. That geological odyssey now finds him leading an 11-institution consortium that has been collectively awarded a $2.1 million National Science Foundation research grant.
Read More »CEC names 10 students as Dean’s Ph.D. Scholars
Ten doctoral students in the College of Engineering and Computing have been named Dean’s Ph.D. Scholars in recognition of their scholarly excellence and research productivity. The award winners were nominated by professors in their home departments and honored at an end-of-semester campus reception in May. The recognition follows the launch of similar CEC awards in the 2016-17 academic year for top faculty researchers and those who excel in the classroom. The award winners, their hometowns and a brief description of their research are as follows:
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