T29 In Our Own Backyards: Undergraduate Research in a Local Context (Posters)

Presentations

• 8:00 AM
  WATERSHED RESEARCH: ENGAGING STUDENTS LOCALLY
  Jill M. Whitman, Pacific Lutheran Univ, Tacoma, WA and Rose A. McKenney, Pacific Lutheran Univ, Tacoma, WA
  58395 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CAMPUS RAVINES AS A FOCUS FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH PROJECTS: GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, ALLENDALE, MICHIGAN
  Patricia E. Videtich, Grand Valley State Univ, Allendale, MI and J. Weber and G. Wilson and M. Weiss and J. Buchin and Z. Faull and C. Robinson and E. Sams and S. Voss
  58532 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  RESEARCH OFFSPRING IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD: THE CAMPUS GROUND WATER PROJECT
  Lesleigh Anderson and Jonathan W. Peterson, Hope College, Holland, MI and Benjamin Laabs and William J. Weiss, Hope College, Holland, MI and Colin Chupik and Michelle Y. Knapman, Hope College, Holland, MI and Jonathan Obrist-Farner and Erin N. Ingersoll, N/A
  59573 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A SIMPLIFIED APPROACH TO COASTAL MICROPALEONTOLOGICAL INTERPRETATION FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
  Scott P. Hippensteel, Univ of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
  60282 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LOCAL STRATIGRAPHY: A RESOURCE FOR A PROBLEM-BASED UNDERGRADUATE SEDIMENTOLOGY/STRATIGRAPHY LABORATORY
  Robert L. Eves, Southern Utah Univ, Cedar City, UT and C. Frederick Lohrengel, Southern Utah Univ, Cedar City, UT
  60917 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LESSONS LEARNED FROM ASSESSING SPREADSHEET MODULES IN GEOLOGY CLASSES
  Laura Reiser Wetzel, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg, FL and H.L. Vacher, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL and J.A. Harden, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  61484 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE FLOATING LITHOSPHERE -- A SET OF SPREADSHEET MODULES TO PROMOTE GEOLOGICAL NUMERACY
  J.A. Harden, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL and H.L. Vacher, Univ of South Florida, Tampa, FL
  62071 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  USING PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING IN AN UPPER LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY COURSE: A TEAM APPROACH
  Kaye Savage, Vanderbilt Univ, Nashville, TN
  62816 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  APPLIED PROBLEM-SOLVING OF GEOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS: COMBINING CLASSROOM AND FIELD WORK IN SOUTHWESTERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
  Craig W. Oyen, Shippensburg Univ, Shippensburg, PA and Kurtis G. Fuellhart, Shippensburg Univ, Shippensburg, PA
  62843 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  MIDDLE JURASSIC DINOSAURS AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH: OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE YELLOW BRICK ROAD DINOSAUR TRACKSITE
  Thomas L. Adams, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Brent H. Breithaupt, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  62857 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  SOME LIKE IT HOT-RADIOACTIVITY ON CAMPUS AND BEYOND
  Katrina E. Pekar, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH and Dori J. Farthing, Univ of Dayton, Dayton, OH
  63052 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION: EXPERIENCES WITH LOCAL-BASED HYDROGEOLOGIC RESEARCH
  Terry D. Lahm, Capital University, Columbus, OH
  63304 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  CITY IN THE COUNTRY: QUANTIFYING THE EFFECTS OF LAND USE CHANGE ON THE HYDROLOGY OF A WATER SUPPLY WATERSHED, SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK
  Robin H. Wiles-Skeels, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY and Kyle K. Nichols, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
  63866 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN OUR COMMUNITY: DEVELOPMENT OF A SUCCESSFUL LOW COST PROGRAM TO MEASURE RADON CONCENTRATIONS IN THE PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, PALOS VERDES ESTATES, CALIFORNIA
  Lauren E. Fukumoto, Palos Verdes High School, Palos Verdes Estates, CA and Joseph S. Duval, U. S. Geol Survey, Reston, VA and Joseph M. Fukumoto, Consultant, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA
  64020 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UNDERGRADUATES PARTICIPATE IN EXCAVATING A WOOLLY MAMMOTH ON CAMPUS!
  Janis D. Treworgy, Principia College, Elsah, IL and Jeffrey J. Saunders, Illinois State Museum Rsch and Collection Ctr, Springfield, IL and David A. Grimley, Champaign, IL and Christine Wakeling, Principia College, Elsah, IL
  64579 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  GEOLOGIC EVIDENCE FOR NEOGLACIAL ICE TERMINUS ADVANCE, MARINE INCURSION AND GLACIER FLOODING DESCRIBED IN TLINGIT ORAL NARRATIVES IN GLACIER BAY NATIONAL PARK: A MULTIDISCIPLINARY, GEO-ETHNOLOGY RESEARCH PROJECT WITH UNDERGRADUATES
  Cathy L. Connor, Univ Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK and Daniel Monteith, Univ Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK and Wayne Howell, Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, Gustavus, AK and Daniel Lesh, Univ Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK and Mathew Brock, Univ Alaska Southeast, Juneau, AK
  64757 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH GROUP PROJECTS
  Mary E. Savina, Carleton College, Northfield, MN and Bereket Haileab, Carleton College, Northfield, MN
  65265 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE ADVANTAGES OF CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN OUR BACK YARD:
  Jennifer Shosa, Colby College, Waterville, ME and Robert A. Gastaldo, Colby College, Waterville, ME and D. Whitney King, Colby College, Waterville, ME
  65291 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A JURASSIC BEACH: THE STUDY OF A BATHONIAN LIMESTONE OUTCROP IN NORTHERN WYOMING
  Jerome P. Shinn, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY and Brent H. Breithaupt, Univ of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
  65382 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN SURFACE PROCESSES AT SENECAVILLE LAKE, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO
  Jennifer L. Creasy, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH and Stephen R. Van Horn, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH and Betsy A. Zunk, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH
  65545 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AT A RECLAIMED SURFACE MINE, THE WILDS, SOUTHEASTERN OHIO: PROBLEMS AND POTENTIAL
  Stephen R. Van Horn, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH and Joseph H. Laughery, University of Akron, Akron, OH and Vaughn A. Kushner, Muskingum College, New Concord, OH
  65612 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL GEOPHYSICS AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK IN MANHATTAN
  Patricia M. Kenyon, City College of New York, New York, NY
  65656 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  NEAREST-NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS AND KARST GEOMORPHOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION TO SPATIAL STATISTICS
  Richard L. Ford, Weber State Univ, Ogden, UT
  66191 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  IT'S HAPPENING IN BUFFALO BACKYARDS: UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
  Jill Singer, Buffalo State College, Buffalo, NY
  66515 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  STRATEGIES FOR INDIVIDUAL STUDENT RESEARCH AS INTEGRAL COMPONENTS OF A THREE-YEAR COASTAL STUDY: PART OF THE ATLANTA CONSORTIUM FOR RESEARCH IN THE EARTH SCIENCES (ACRES) NSF-REU
  Deborah Freile, Berry College, Mt. Berry, GA and Beth A. Christensen, Georgia State Univ, Atlanta, GA
  66933 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  PROBLEM-BASED MINI-EXERCISES FOR GEOSCIENCE FIELD TRIPS
  Jan M. Vermilye, Whittier College, Whittier, CA
  67005 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  ADVANTAGES OF LOCALLY BASED UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH
  Andrew P. de Wet, Franklin & Marshall College, Lancaster, PA
  67724 (Technical Sessions)
• 8:00 AM
  THE URBAN FLOODPLAIN: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY LABORATORY IN MEMPHIS TN
  Carol L. Ekstrom, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN and Katherine D. Burgess, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN and Nicholas D. Van Sant, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN and Richard Redfearn, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
  67736 (Technical Sessions)