News from the College of Sciences
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...
Thesis Defense – Peter Hopper BS
Examining Fault Scarps in the Yuha Desert, to Determine if They Were Caused by the 1892 Laguna Salada Earthquake Peter Hopper BS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Tom Rockwell May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 2:30 pm Abstract The most recent large Laguna Salada fault rupture...
Thesis Defense – Emma Vierra BS
Spheroidal Weathering of a 108 Ma Cretaceous Gabbro Emma Vierra BS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Gary H. Girty May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 2 pm Abstract Within the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER), southern California, a gabbroic pluton has weathered...
Thesis Defense – Tyler Henderson BS
A Test of Provenance Linkage Between Volcanic Clasts of the Upper Miocene Punchbowl Formation and the Jurassic Sidewinder Volcanics Tyler Henderson BS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Dave Kimbrough May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 12:45 am Abstract The Punchbowl Formation...
Thesis Defense – Faith Moore BS
Background Levels for Specific Metals in San Diego Bay: A Geochemical Approach Faith Moore BS Candidate Advisor: Dr. Jillian Maloney May 4th, 2017 – CSL 422, 8 am Abstract Once pollution has been discovered in San...
Partnering for Success The California Department of Education has recently awarded San Diego State University and the Sweetwater Union High School District one of five $1.28 million California Mathematics Readiness Challenge Initiative (CMRCI) grants. The goal...
Seminar – Josh Kelly
Validating the use of landsat Imagery to Automatically Map Shorelines and an Applied Case Study for Sergipe, Brazil Josh KellySDSU Ph.D. CandidateHost: Allen Gontz Wednesday, April 19, 2017CSL 422 – 1 pm AbstractSatellite remote sensing has been used...