Max Garcia, “An Experimental Investigation of the Morphological Changes in Insect Damage on Leaves During Decay and Fossilization” Mentor: Victoria McCoy, Geosciences Poster #59 Insect damage on leaves is a key piece of understanding the significant role insects play in…… Read More
Adrian Ralser, “An Investigation of Magnetic Fabrics Using Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility on the Pulo do Lobo Metasedimentary Unit across the South Iberian Shear Zone” Mentor: Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences Poster #124 The Southern Iberian Shear Zone (SISZ), found in southwestern…… Read More
Anna Sniadach, “Assessing Methods for Analyzing Total Dissolved Solids: Looking into Water Samples from the Root River in Racine County, WI” Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences Poster #8 Total dissolved solids (TDS) is a measurement (mg/L) of the amount of organic…… Read More
Rebekah Morici, “Characterization and Classification of a Global Sand Collection to Develop an Educational Tool for Classroom and Public Use” Mentor: Robert Graziano, Geosciences Poster #11 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee maintains a global sand collection, collected by UWM researchers, educators, and…… Read More
J Schneider, “Effects of Variations in Mineralogy and Linear Mica Continuity on Ductile Deformation in Metapelitic Rocks” Mentor: Dyanna Czeck, Geosciences Poster #150 The Southern Iberian Shear Zone (SISZ) in Andalucía, Spain is a ductile shear zone—a deep-seated fault which…… Read More
Tara Johnson, “Estimating Flow Direction in Near Glacial Deposits in the Ansilta Formation, Argentina Using Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility” Mentor: Julie Bowles, Geosciences Poster #78 Deposited during the late Paleozoic ice age about 315 million years ago, the sedimentary depositional…… Read More
Jorge Acosta, “Extended, High-Temperature Cooling of Lava Tube Interiors: Analog for Venus” Mentor: Lindsay McHenry, Geosciences Poster #142 This project is analyzing lava samples from lava tubes from the Northeast rift Zone located within the 1843 lava flow off the…… Read More
Elyza Koppa, “Geochemical Proxies Using X-Ray Fluorescence and X-Ray Diffraction of Mudstones and Sandstones” Mentor: John Isbell, Geosciences Poster #87 Under the supervision of PhD Student Natalie McNall, I have been assisting her in her work to obtain a geochemical…… Read More
Madeline Woller, “Glaciovolcanic Deposits at North Sister Volcano, Oregon” Mentor: Barry Cameron, Geosciences Poster #2 During the Pleistocene, North America was covered by the Laurentide and Cordilleran ice sheets. In the Pacific Northwest, volcanoes still erupted under these conditions, creating…… Read More
Cole Schmidt, “Glaciovolcanic Deposits In NE Iceland” Mentor: Barry Cameron, Geosciences Poster #1 Glaciovolcanism includes any interactions between magma and glacial ice, but it also encompasses any reactions with water formed by melting ice. Glacio-volcanic deposits capture and preserve evidence…… Read More
Brandon Roberts, “Grain Size Analysis of Mars Analogue in Northern Tanzania” Mentor: Lindsay McHenry, Geosciences Poster #134 One of the four primary goals for the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is the characterization of Martian geology. Data being sent back by…… Read More
John Folena, “Phosphate Sorption and Removal From Dairy Effluent Using Zeolites and Pumice” Mentor: Martin Dangelmayr, Geosciences Poster #56 Phosphates are a very common and difficult to deal with source of water contamination that generally originate from agricultural runoff and…… Read More
Jena Choi, “Spatial Footprint of Uranium Above Water Table” Mentor: Charles Paradis, Geosciences Poster #35 In Riverton, Wyoming, traces of uranium are found in groundwater after being leached from the surface during flooding events near the Little Wind River. The…… Read More