Dean's Newsletter

Message from the Dean CST by the Numbers Program Highlights Faculty & Student Highlights Research Spotlight on Alumni A Brief History of CST Recent Faculty Retirements

Message from the Dean

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CST by the Numbers

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Program Highlight

2024 Marks 10th Anniversary of UHD's Geosciences Field Camp in Colorado

This summer, 22 geoscience students completed their field mapping course (GEOL 4304, Field Geology, aka “Field Camp”) in central Colorado, marking the 10th anniversary of offering this Capstone course. After a hot, and unusually humid, stop at Caprock and Palo Duro Canyons in west Texas, the students, three instructors, and a camp manager then spent nearly three weeks in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of Colorado. There, they learned the basics of geologic mapping, measuring stratigraphic columns, and constructing cross sections of the subsurface geologic structures. These skills are essential in the geologic education of undergraduate students, preparing them for exciting careers in one of many geosciences industries or for further study in graduate school.

For the past several years, the Field Camp in Colorado has benefitted greatly from the generous financial support of Leslie and Earl Wahrmund.

Faculty & Student Highlights

UHD Geosciences Students Participate in EDMAP Program in South-Central Oregon

The search for new mineral resources (for example, lithium in EVs) and identification of potential geologic hazards has prompted the US Geological Survey to partner with state and university entities to revise the existing geologic maps of the United States. This summer three UHD geoscience students, Andrew Bierbower, Emily Bruchmiller, and Devin Taylor, conducted field mapping in the mountains near Paisley, Oregon as part of an EDMAP grant awarded to Dr. Kenneth Johnson (UHD) and Dr. Gary Gray (Rice University). For three weeks in July, the students each mapped portions of three topographic quadrangles at a scale of 1:24,000, each taking turns as lead mapper and field assistant. The finished geologic maps, combined with petrographic descriptions, geochemical analyses, and U-Pb ages, will allow the students to interpret the complex geologic history of the region, thus providing valuable information to the USGS.

Research

Spotlight on Alumni

Leslie Young

Maritza Montoya-Sorola

Geosciences Alumnae Now at NASA

Recent UHD geoscience alumnae, Maritza Montoya-Sorola and Leslie Young, are working in what many would consider their dream career, as scientists at NASA. Maritza is the Hayabusa 2 Lab Lead and subject matter expert in Small Particles Processing, and is a member of the OSIRIS-Rex team that opened the capsule containing over 120 g of rock and dust collected from the surface of the asteroid 101955 Bennu. Leslie, who recently completed her M.S. degree at Boise State University and is now enrolled in the Planetary Science graduate program at Rice University, works across the hall from Maritza as subject matter expert and processor for the Antarctica Meteorite Collection. She is also an adjunct instructor in geology at UHD.

A Brief History of Scholars Academy

Recent Faculty Retirements