Tag: undergraduate research
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Traipsing across the Piedmont: A Day Trip thru Geology and History
The W&M Geology Departmental Spring field trip left the Atlantic Coastal Plain last Sunday morning for a quick dash westward into the Piedmont: a day trip with equal measures of geology and history in the mix. As is our tradition, W&M undergraduates conducting research in a particular area lead the trip which is open to…
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Summer Research: It’s About Time
Mid-summer is here, and it’s been a busy few weeks for my undergraduate research students. The 2018-19 William & Mary Structural Geology & Tectonics Research Group is focused on an array of projects with study sites from Europa (the satellite) to Oman and Virginia. This year we’re working to better understand when significant tectonic events…
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Geology’s Senior Research Saturday 2018: Standing Room Only
The 3rd Saturday in April is a big day in the William & Mary Geology department as it is Senior Research Saturday, a day in which the Geology seniors present the results of their thesis research to our departmental community and the public. The day-long symposium includes oral presentations, some lively question-and-answer exchanges, a catered…
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Why William & Mary? People & Places
Why choose to attend William & Mary? I’ll offer up two reasons to attend William & Mary: people & places. The W&M Geology Department provides a prime example of just why William & Mary is special. At William & Mary, the Geology department takes a broad view on the Earth, offering courses that focus on…
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4th Rock from the Sun: Human Exploration of Mars – the Planetary Geology Research Projects 2016
Forty years ago, in the summer of 1976, NASA placed two spacecraft in orbit around Mars and then safely got the Viking 1 and 2 landers to the surface. I was all of 8 years old, but have a distant memory of those the first images from the Martian surface being broadcast over the evening…
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Senior Research Saturday 2014
The year-long senior research project is an important piece in the William & Mary Geology major. All W&M Geology majors complete an intensive independent project and in the process create new knowledge about the earth and the environment. The project culminates in a thesis and a professional-style presentation. For the past three years we’ve turned…
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Summer Research: The Gravity of the Situation
I’ve just returned to Williamsburg after a month of field research in Utah at Fish Lake and the High Plateaus. I journeyed to Utah with a team of four W&M undergraduates, nicknamed the Wayne WonderMonkeys (more on their name later). June brought copious rain to Williamsburg (more than 25 cm (10”) fell on campus), all…