News from the College of Sciences
ExxonMobil recruiting
San Diego State UniversityDepartment of Geological Sciences September 5-7, 2017Recruiter: Doug MillerExxonMobil Geoscience Applicants are required to fill out an online application and post a copy of their resume on www.exxonmobil.com/apply one week prior to...
Thesis Defense – Qian Yao (PhD)
Dynamic Modeling of Earthquake Sources on Rough Faults Qian Yao PhD Candidate, Geophysics Advisor: Dr. Steve Day Tuesday, August 29th, 2017 CSL 422 – noon Abstract Surface roughness is a universal characteristic of natural faults. Roughness can be...
Student featured in AAPG Explorer
Ariella Goldstein (undergraduate) was awarded the 2017 L. Austin Weeks scholarship grant and featured in the August 2017 issue of AAPG Explorer. Congratulations Ariella! We are proud to have her representing SDSU for this Prestigious international award.
Mentoring: Answering a Call to Action
Once an Aztec, always an Aztec! Aztec for Life!® We hear these words spoken in graduation ceremonies, in promotional videos, and on the scoreboard at Aztec games. But what do these words mean? Some say they mean that in our hearts, we will always have a love...
SDSU astronomy professor Doug Leonard presents invited plenary lecture at the 230th meeting of the American Astronomical Society
American Astronomical Society photograph © 2017 by Corporate Event Images/Phil McCarten. On June 7, 2017, Professor Doug Leonard delivered an invited plenary talk on the explosion geometry of core-collapse supernovae at the 230th meeting of the American...
Commencement 2017
Thesis Defense – Liz White MS
Determining Radiocarbon Reservoir-corrections for Freshwater Mollusks from Ancient Lake Cahuilla, Imperial County, California Liz White MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Tom Rockwell June 14th, 2017 – CSL 422, 9 am Abstract To better understand the timing of Lake...
Thesis Defense – Craig Hall MS
Clues to the nature of late Pleistocene regolith, Peninsular Ranges, SE California, USA: A case study of a precariously balanced rock, its partially exhumed corestone platform, and encasing saprock Craig Hall MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Gary H. Girty June 14th,...
JDP Current and Past Student Success
Yongfei Wang Seismological Society of America Student Presentation Award 2017 Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics Paul G. Silver Research Enhancement Award 2016 Kyle Withers PhD – August 2017: Ground Motion and Variability from 3-D...
Thesis Defense – Sean Daniels MS
The Provenance, Sedimentology, and Stratigrphy of the Table Mountain Formation Sean Daniels MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough June 14th, 2017 – CSL 422, 12:30 pm Abstract The topography of the Peninsular Ranges in southern California and...
Graduating Class of 2017
Congratulations to our 2017 graduates in the Department of Mathematics & Statistics. Awards have been presented to our Outstanding Graduates and Faculty. The following graduating candidates have been nominated by department faculty to recognize their outstanding...
Class of 2017 Outstanding Graduate
Congratulations to Caleb Dechant for being named the 2017 Outstanding Graduate for Computer Science! Each outstanding graduate chooses his most influential professor and Caleb chose Dr. John Carroll. I asked him to tell us about his experiences here at SDSU, why...
AAPG Houston Expo and Alumni Event – 2017
2017 Department Alumni Banquet Pictures
Thesis Defense – Caleb Adkins BS
Use of Smectite as a Geothermometer to Understand Emplacement Temperatures of Mount Calavera Dome, Carlsbad, California Caleb Adkins BS Candidate Advisor: Heather Webb and Dr. Jillian Maloney May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 9 am Abstract Clay minerals have been used as...
MS Spring 2017 Thesis Defense
Theses Defenses of 2016-2017 Spring 2017 MS Candidates Diane Cheung-Harris Geology of the Cahuilla Gold-Silver Deposit and Modoc fault of the western Salton Trough, southern California MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough, Dr. Vic Camp, and Dr. Trent Biggs...
Thesis Defense – Kristen Dennis MS
Asymmetrical Fault Zone Architecture: The case for a different response of lithology to similar transient loading conditions along the San Jacinto fault, SE California, USA Kristen Dennis MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Gary H. Girty May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 1:15...
Thesis Defense – Diane Cheung-Harris MS
Geology of the Cahuilla Gold-Silver Deposit and Modoc fault of the western Salton Trough, southern California Diane Cheung-Harris MS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 11 am Abstract The Cahuilla gold-silver deposit is a...