AEG Great Basin Chapter Student Night

AEG Great Basin Chapter Student Night

Thursday, April 13th, 2023

Please join us in concluding the 2022-2023 meeting season and celebrating UNR’s undergraduate and graduate student research. This year we are introducing an expanded program featuring three oral presentations and four poster presentations. All poster presentations will be held in the hotel lounge from 5:15 pm to 6:00 pm. Oral presentations will take place in the meeting room promptly at 7:00 pm following our dinner service. The final judging and awards ceremony will follow shortly thereafter.

Thank you again for another successful AEG Great Basin Chapter season.
We will resume our monthly meetings in October 2023. 

All student presenters and presentation titles are provided below:

  Student Speakers

Mohsen Takhtravan, UNR PhD Geology Student
“Hydraulic Plucking of Fractured Rock”
For Abstract: Click Here


Wes Johns, UNR MS Geology Student
“Middle Miocene Exhmation of Avawatz Mountains, Southern California: A Termination Thrust Belt at the Eastern Tip of the Garlock Fault”
For Abstract: Click Here


Izabella Ogilvie, UNR MS Geology Student
“Lithium Source and Structural Development of Sediment-Hosted Lithium Deposits at Rhyolite Ridge, Silver Peak Range, Western Nevada: New Insights from Geologic Mapping”
For Abstract: Click Here


  Student Posters

Caleb Ring, UNR MS Geology Student
“The Relationship between Scoured Channel Width and Drainage Area for Runoff – and Landslide-Generated Debris Flows”

Dominik Vlaha, UNR MS Geophysics Student
“Testing Deep Burial of the Ruby Mountain-East Humboldt Range Metamorphic Core Complex, Northeast Nevada, via Structural and Thermal Reconstructions of the Adjacent Ranges”

Justin Toller , UNR PhD Geology Student
“Antarctic Ice Shelf and Ocean Temperatures From Distributed Temperature Sensing: Analysis and Annual Changes and Calibration Techniques”
 
LOCATION

Courtyard by Marriott — Reno Downtown/Riverfront
1 Ballpark Ln
Reno, Nevada, 89501
Link to Map

SOCIAL HOUR: 5:15 PM (Sponsored)
DINNER: 6:00 PM
PRESENTATION: 7:00 PM

Cost: Members: $25.00 ~ Non-Members: $30.00 ~ Students: $20.00

*Great Basin Chapter t-shirts and coffee mugs will be available for a nominal price at the meeting. 
 
Please register by following the link below. The registration deadline is 10:00 am on April 11th.

RSVP

*Payment for meeting attendance is required at registration. Cancellations made less than 72 hours of the meeting will not be eligible for a refund. 
 If you are not feeling well or have been in close contact with someone that has COVID-19, we ask that you please stay home and take care of yourself, and we’ll see you at next month’s meeting.
 
Thank you to this month’s Sponsor! 

          

We are currently seeking a sponsor for student dinners!
AEG can provide an itemized receipt for student dinner sponsorship. Email an AEG officer if you or your company is interested.
ADDITIONAL ANNOUNCEMENTS

The monthly chapter meetings are held on the 2nd or 3rd Thursdays of every month, unless notified otherwise.  Announcements may be forwarded to colleagues who wish to attend the meetings. If there are any questions about the meeting registration process you may contact any of the 2022-2023 AEG Great Basin Chapter officers listed below:

CHAIRPERSON: Merrily Graham
360-606-1838
mkgraham75@gmail.com

VICE CHAIRPERSON: Kathleen Rodrigues
krodrigues@nevada.unr.edu

TREASURER: Chris Betts
chris@earthtechnv.com 

SECRETARY: Ryan Berg
rberg@newfields.com

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