Fall 2017 Thesis Defense

Theses Defenses of 2017-2018

Fall 2017 BS Candidates

3D evidence for the biotite to vermiculite conversion controlling spheroidal weathering at Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve, Peninsular Ranges, southern California, U.S.A.

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Gary Girty and Heather Webb

Defense: December 15th, 2017 8am
CSL 422

Assessment of 20 Liter Nalgene HDPE Carboys for The Use of USGS Oil Well Produced Water Sampling

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: December 15th, 2017 8:30am
CSL 422

 A GPR Survey of the Banning Strand, Palm Springs, CA

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Allen Gontz

Defense: December 15th, 2017 9am
CSL 422

Assessing the Rose Canyon Fault Zone through the Little Italy and Old Town Areas of San Diego, California: Geotechnical Data Synthesis

BS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: December 15th, 2017 9:30am
CSL 422

Fall 2017 MS Candidates

Paleoseismic investigation of the Rose Canyon fault zone: the San Diego Bay stepover

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney

Defense: December 15th, 2017 10am
CSL 422

Evidence of Na- and Mg-rich Hydrothermal Brine Circulation Driving Elemental Mass Redistribution in an Active Fault Zone: A Case Study of the Borrego Fault Zone, northern Baja California, Mexico

MS Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Tom Rockwell

Defense: September 15th, 2017 10:30am
CSL 422

Fall 2017 PhD Candidates

Developing Stochastic Models as Inputs for High-Frequency Ground Motion Simulations

PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Kim Olsen

Defense: December 6th, 2017, 10am
CSL 422

Dynamic Modeling of Earthquake Sources on Rough Faults 

PhD Candidate
Advisor: Dr. Steve Day

Defense: August 29th, 2017, noon
CSL 422