PRESENTATIONS
In my communication intensive courses, I've had multiple opportunities to present my work as a PowerPoint presentation to the class. Below is a list of a few presentations that I found the most enjoyable to present during these courses.
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Micropaleontology
2017
When analyzing microfossils in a rock sample that has been altered during diagenesis, it is sometimes difficult to determine specific microfossils present in your sample. However, when the sample is viewed under the cathodoluminescence microscope, subtle textures are revealed and microfossils are more easily identifiable.
Petroleum Geology
2017
Areas of Texas are abundant in limestone and shale, making them ideal oil and gas reservoirs. The Val Verde Basin is an unconventional reservoir which is a member of the larger Permian Basin. Today, the Val Verde Basin is a gas producing reservoir that is predicted to produce over 15 trillion cubic feet of gas by the year 2020.
Seismology
2017
The coast of Papua New Guinea frequently experiences earthquakes caused by active tectonic movement in the region. In 2017, a magnitude 7.9 earthquake struck 40 km west off the coast of Panguna. Although the event could have had disastrous side effects due to its high magnitude, the slip surface of the earthquake was significantly deep. Because of this, the ground did not shake as much as it would have if the earthquake occurred at a shallower depth.
Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology
2016
The Hellroaring Plateau (HP) region of The Beartooth Mountains, Wyoming is characterized by metamorphosed supracrustal rocks. To understand more about the metamorphic evolution of the HP, my partner and I analyzed a migmatite using electron microprobe analysis, cathodoluminescenct microscopy, and petrographic analyses.
Basin Analysis
2016
For the past ~100 million years, the Alaskan terrain has been heavily shaped by tectonic activity in the region. This is partially due to the subduction of the Yakutat plate beneath the North American plate. This activity has created crustal folding and faulting which has led to the formation of the Cook Inlet Basin. Please visit my wikipedia page for more information on the formation history and structural features of this basin.