Winners Announced for Poster Session at Annual Sheriff Lecture
Fifty Students Participated in Poster Session
Fifty EAS graduate and undergraduate students competed in a judged poster session held prior to the 2014 Annual Robert Sheriff lecture. A group of 10 faculty members judged the posters and announced these winners in three categories:
Senior Ph.D. Student Award:
Dustin Villarreal ($1,000 prize)
Ph.D. Geology
Advisor: Robinson
“Detrital Zircon Study of the Pamir Mountains, Central Asia”
First-Year Ph.D. Student Award:
Jingjing Zong ($750 prize)
Ph.D. Geophysics
Advisor: Stewart
“Elastic Properties of Salt: Ultrasonic Lab Experiments, Numerical Modeling, Well Log Analysis, and Seismic Survey”
Undergraduate and First-Year M.S. Award:
Shenelle Gomez ($500 prize)
Will Begin Ph.D. in January 2015
“Tectonic Evolution and Hydrocarbon Prospectivity of the Tobago Forearc Basin, Barbados Ridge, and Barbados Accretionary Prism”