T50 Undergraduate Research Talks: The Next Step in Student Research Projects

Sunday, 25 September 2016
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Room 406

Presentations

• 1:35 PM
  TRACE FOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR THE PRESENCE OF SOCIAL INSECTS IN THE LATE JURASSIC MORRISON FORMATION OF EASTERN UTAH
  Elliott Smith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Elliott Smith, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and Mark Loewen, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT and James I. Kirkland, Utah Geological Survey, Salt Lake City, UT
  278863 (Technical Sessions)
• 1:50 PM
  MOSASAUR STOMACH CONTENTS: DIET COMPOSITION OF DIFFERENT MOSASAURS
  James Gordon Mishoulam, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD
  284148 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:05 PM
  A CASE STUDY OF MEDICAL GEOLOGY: INVESTIGATION OF THE OCCURRENCE OF ERIONITE AND POTENTIAL ENRICHMENT ZONES AT REVA GAP IN HARDING COUNTY, SD
  Tait E. Earney, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD and Zeynep Baran, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD
  282115 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:20 PM
  A CASE STUDY IN MEDICAL GEOLOGY: INVESTIGATION OF THE GEOLOGIC CONTROLS ON BLACK HILLS RADON RATES
  Laura Rochlitz, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Rapid City, SD and Zeynep Baran, South Dakota School of Mines & Technology, Rapid City, SD
  282134 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:35 PM
  GEOMORPHOLOGY OF TERRACES AND MORAINES IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE BASIN, SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS, COLORADO, USA
  Clifton Simmons, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO and Cory Ott, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO and Jared M. Beeton, Adams State University, Alamosa, CO and Bradley Johnson, Davidson College, Davidson, NC and Jacqueline A. Smith, The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY
  282998 (Technical Sessions)
• 2:50 PM
  FOOTPRINTS IN THE SAND: THE USE OF LOW ALTITUDE AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS TO DETERMINE THE PATTERN OF HUMAN TRAFFIC IN A LAKE MICHIGAN COASTAL DUNE COMPLEX
  Dane C. Peterson, Hope College, Holland, MI and Benjamin C.T. Van Gorp, Hope College, Holland, MI and Elijah M. Riggen, Hope College, Holland, MI and Brian Bodenbender, Hope College, Holland, MI and Edward Hansen, Hope College, Holland, MI
  283729 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:05 PM
  UTILIZING LANDSLIDES IN LAKE CHAMPLAIN AS PALEOSEISMIC AND PALEOHAZARD INDICATORS
  Perri H. Silverhart, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Patricia Manley, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT and Thomas O. Manley, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
  280471 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:35 PM
  LOCATING THE VOLCANIC SOURCE ROCK OF PREHISTORIC COGSTONES FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
  Sierra F. Patterson, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Ryan P. McKay, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA and Valbone Memeti, California State University Fullerton, Fullerton, CA
  284208 (Technical Sessions)
• 3:50 PM
  FINDING AOTEAROA: THE ROLE OF THE KAHAROA ERUPTION IN EARLY POLYNESIAN NAVIGATION AND PERCEPTION OF NEW ZEALAND AS “THE LAND OF THE LONG WHITE CLOUD”
  Isabella Bennett, Frontiers Abroad, Christchurch and Isabella Bennett, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY and Isabella Bennett, University of Canterbury, Christchurch and Samuel Hampton, Frontiers Abroad, Christchurch and Samuel Hampton, University of Canterbury, Christchurch and Daniel Hikuroa, University of Auckland, Auckland and Daniel Hikuroa, University of Canterbury, Christchurch and Daniel Hikuroa, Frontiers Abroad, Christchurch
  284698 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:05 PM
  FAULT ZONE ARCHITECTURE AND IMPLICATIONS OF 2-D OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE BLUE NILE CANYON, ETHIOPIAN PLATEAU, EAST AFRICAN RIFT SYSTEM
  Helen D. Flynn, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY and Nahid Gani, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  285438 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:20 PM
  ENGINEERING PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI AS A BIOGEOCHEMICAL BIOSENSOR
  Lin Boynton, Rice University, Houston, TX and Lin Boynton, Rice University, Houston, TX and Ilenne Del Valle, Rice University, Houston, TX and Hsiao-Ying Cheng, Rice University, Houston, TX and Carrie A. Masiello, Rice University, Houston, TX and Joff Silberg, Rice University, Houston, TX
  286788 (Technical Sessions)
• 4:35 PM
  MONITORING PLANT GROWTH IN MARTIAN REGOLITH: DESIGNING A BETTER GROWTH CHAMBER
  Matthew Dobson, Lakewood, CO and Barbra Maher Sobhani, Red Rocks Community College, Littleton, CO
  286717 (Technical Sessions)