Session: Case Studies and Professional Projects—A Day in the Life of Practicing Geologists (GSA Connects 2022 meeting in Denver, Colorado)

Session No. 42

Sunday, 9 October 2022: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM

405 (Colorado Convention Center)

T60. Case Studies and Professional Projects—A Day in the Life of Practicing Geologists

GSA Geophysics and Geodynamics Division; GSA Karst Division; GSA Hydrogeology Division; GSA Energy Geology Division; GSA Quaternary Geology and Geomorphology Division; GSA Environmental and Engineering Geology Division; Society of Economic Geologists; GSA Karst Division; GSA Geology and Society Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Geobiology and Geomicrobiology Division; GSA Geochronology Division; GSA Continental Scientific Drilling Division; GSA Marine and Coastal Geoscience Division

Douglas Gouzie and Kevin Mickus, Advocates

Paper #

Start Time

1:30 PM

Introductory Remarks

42-1

1:35 PM

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC HEALTH – GEOLOGISTS WORK THERE?

GOUZIE, Douglas, Geography, Geology, and Planning, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO 65897

42-2

1:50 PM

CONSERVING THE SCENERY: NATIONAL PARK SERVICE GEOSCIENCE CAREERS AND OPPORTUNITIES

KENWORTHY, Jason, Geologic Resources Division, National Park Service, PO BOX 25287, Denver, CO 80225

42-3

2:05 PM

GEOLOGY IN THE FOREST SERVICE

BOMBULUM, Grace, USDA Forest Service, 7680 S Six Shooter Canyon Rd, Globe, AZ 85501

42-4

2:20 PM

ASSESSMENT OF MULTIPLE GEOLOGIC HAZARDS FOR RECREATIONAL CABINS ON NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LANDS IN CALIFORNIA, 2017-2021

GALLEGOS, Alan, USDA Forest Service - Retired, 28270 Burrough Valley Rd, Tollhouse, CA 93667

42-5

2:35 PM

MINERAL MATERIALS ACROSS ALASKA, OR HOW MUCH IS THIS ROCK WORTH?

RENTZ, Shannon, U.S. Department of the Interior, Division of Minerals Evaluation, AVSO, One Denver Federal Center, Bldg. 46, Ste. 102, P.O. Box 25247,, Denver, CO 80225

42-6

2:50 PM

AN ENGINEERING GEOPHYSICIST AT THE CORPS OF ENGINEERS

HEMPEN, Greg, EcoBlast, LC, 56 Montague Ct., St. Louis, MO 63123

3:05 PM

Break

42-7

3:20 PM

THE SCIENCE-SERVICE MISSION RE-EVALUATED: INTERSECTIONS OF BASIC AND APPLIED GEOSCIENCE IN THE ENERGY TRANSITION (Invited Presentation)

HAYMAN, Nicholas, Oklahoma Geological Survey, University of Oklahoma, Sarkeys Energy Center, 100 E. Boyd St., Suite N131, Norman, OK 73019

42-8

3:35 PM

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A STATE GEOLOGIST- UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER RESOURCES IN NEW MEXICO

DUNBAR, Nelia, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801-4681

42-9

3:50 PM

WORKING AS A GEOSCIENTIST AT A NATIONAL LAB: NATURAL HAZARD RISK ASSESSMENT AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY

SNELSON, Catherine¹, VAN WIJK, Jolante² and ROWE, Charlotte¹, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Earth and Environment Sciences Division, PO Box 1663, MS F665, Los Alamos, NM 87545, (2)Computational Earth Science Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545

42-10

4:05 PM

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING FROM AFAR: A CASE STUDY

KOEPKE, Bobbi, Environmental Works, Inc.

42-11

4:20 PM

A GEOHAZARD REMEDIATION FOR A HISTORIC RAILWAY LINE

CROTSLEY, David, BETANCUR, Nicolas and BRANDENBERGER, Will, HDR Engineering, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

42-12

4:35 PM

DATA DRIVEN MANAGEMENT OF A PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION—SHAPING THE FUTURE OF AIPG

JOHNSON, Aaron, American Institute of Professional Geologists, 1333 W 120th Ave, STE 211, Westminster, CO 80234