Tag Archive for ‘Geology’
Space Scientist Helps NASA Probe Solar System History
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) presented the new analysis of the giant asteroid Vesta using data from the agency’s Dawn spacecraft. The May 10 news conference panel comprised scientists involved in the Dawn project, including UND Space Studies faculty member Vishnu Reddy, well-known for his research on asteroids and his discovery of an [...]
Geology Team Completes Antarctic Expedition
After two months in a remote valley of the world’s coldest and driest continent, geomorphologist Jaakko Putkonen and his student team are back in Grand Forks. They successfully finished their second trip to Antarctica as part of a research project to discover how the wind shapes the barren landscape there. It’s a big challenge just [...]
Antarctica Research Presentation Set for April 8, 2011
Research update and travelogue from the recent expedition to Antarctica is scheduled for Noon to 1 p.m. Friday, April 8, in 101 Leonard Hall. A short talk — “Earth, Wind and Wire in Antarctica: Geomorphology in the Southern Transantarctic Mountains” – with great pictures will be presented by Ted Bibby, Collin Giusti and Holly Westad — Theodore Bibby, 313-312-4229, [...]
Research team heads to Antarctica
A research team headed by University of North Dakota geomorphologist Dr. Jaakko Putkonen heads to the Ong Valley in a desolate, little-known region near the South Pole later this month on a National Science Foundation-funded expedition. The group includes Theodore Bibby, Tallahassee, Fla., a doctoral student in geology; Collin Giusti, Chanhassen, Minn., a junior majoring [...]
UND Department of Geology and Geological Engineering (GGE) Activities as of October 27, 2010
American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) North Midwest Sectional Conference, October 20, 2010 GGE faculty Lance Yarbrough, Scott Korom, and Zheng Zeng, presented a talk on “Surviving ABET assessment and still having time to grow your engineering program: Keeping the focus on the students,” which appeared in the Proceedings of the 2010 American Society for [...]
UND Department of Geology and Geological Engineering (GGE) Activities as of October 18, 2010
“Night at the Museum” (GGE) at Leonard Hall, 81 Cornell Drive The announcement: October 16, 2010, a free family friendly event open to the greater Grand Forks community hosted by Sigma Gamma Epsilon, a national Earth Science honor society. Night at the Museum will include numerous hands-on activities, as well as guided tours of [...]
UND Department of Geology and Geological Engineering (GGE) Activities as of October 15, 2010
Presentations at the Neutrino Geoscience 2010, Gran Sasso National Laboratory, Italy, October 6–8. UND GGE faculty Will Gosnold (invited and paid for). Gosnold, W., 2010, The global heat flow database and the relationship between heat flow and Earth’s radioactive heat content. UND GGE Homecoming, October 8, 2010 A.G. Leonard Award Banquet honoring Milton Lindvig (B.S., [...]
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