Annual Homecoming Alumni Reception
Bevill Room 1000Guest Speaker: Dr. Prabhakar Clement – 1st seminar
Bevill Bldg Room 1000Groome Endowed Professor Department of Civil Engineering Auburn University Title: Impacts of the BP Oil Spill – An Analysis of Past, Present and Future State of Alabama’s Sandy Beaches Abstract: On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) drilling platform exploring for oil on the Macondo Prospect (MC252) in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) exploded,
Guest Speaker: Dr. Prabhakar Clement – 2nd seminar
111 AIME BuildingGroome Endowed Professor Department of Civil Engineering Auburn University Title: Worthiness of complex groundwater models for decision making— How to balance complexity with simplicity? Abstract: Complex mathematical models are routinely used by groundwater hydrologists to predict contaminant concentration levels in polluted aquifers. These predictions are then used in risk-assessment and epidemiological studies, which are often
Seminar Speakers: Hannah Reed and Gourab Bhattacharya
110 AIME BuildingHannah Reed Title: "Crystallographic Characterization of Calcite Microstructures in Fossil Brachiopod Shells in Relation to Lifestyle" Gourab Bhattacharya Title: "Miocene exhumation of the Indus-Yarlung Suture Zone in NW India: An insight into the controls of tectonics and climate"
Seminar Speakers: Ben Ginter and Alex Owen
110 AIME BuildingBen Ginter Title: Using LiDAR Images for Quantitative Analysis of Natural Fractures in Woodford Shale Outcrops along I-35 in Southern Oklahoma Alex Owen Title: "Origins of Upper Jurassic Smackover Microbial Carbonate Reservoirs and Associated Reservoir Facies at Fishpond Field, Northeastern Gulf of Mexico”
Seminar Speakers: Liz Olree and Daniel Montiel
110 AIME BuildingLiz Olree Title: "Kinematic Modeling of Central Nepal: Thermochronometer Cooling Ages as a Constraint for Balanced Cross Sections" Daniel Montiel Title: "Examining the importance of submarine groundwater discharge in a river dominated estuary: example of Mobile Bay, AL"
Seminar Speakers: Berg Nazlim, Beril Alkan and Efkan Kabaca
110 AIME BuildingBerg Nazlim Title: "A comparison of extension estimates across the margins of the Woodlark Basin, Papua New Guinea" Beril Alkan Title: "Petroleum System Analysis of Kirkkavak Formation in the Haymana Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey" Efkan Kabaca Title: "Seismic Facies Analysis in Netherlands Offshore F3 Block, North Sea"
Seminar Speaker: Dr. Aubreya Adams
110 AIME BuildingAssistant Professor Department of Geology Colgate University Title: "Illuminating the African Lithosphere with Surface Wave Tomography" Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa hosts tremendous diversity in lithosphere structures and dynamic processes. The backbone of the continent consists of a conglomeration of Archean and Proterozoic cratons separated by Proterozoic mobile belts. These pre-Cambrian features are intact and relatively unaltered
Seminar Speakers: Dusty Hawkins, Evan Back and Erik Rheams
110 AIME BuildingDusty Hawkins Title: "Temporal and Spatial Variations in Stream Water Chemistry in a Watershed Impacted by Acid Mine Drainage" Evan Back Title: "Effects of disaggregation on water leaching of volcanic deposits" Erik Rheams Title: "Variation in Reservoir Fluid Chemistry During and Following CO2 Injection at Citronelle Oil Field, Alabama"
Seminar Speaker: Dr. Peter Knappett
110 AIME BuildingAssistant Professor Dept. Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M University Title: "Formation of Natural Reactive Barriers at the interface between reduced aquifers and tidally fluctuating, gaining rivers" Abstract: Recent studies have documented concentrated metal deposits within nearshore (<10m) sediments of riverbank aquifers. These Natural Reactive Barriers (NRBs) often form at the interface between anoxic aquifers and