Year in Review 2015–2016 Depa rtment of Geology University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign School of Earth, Society, and Environment Spring Field Course Returns to World-Class Sedimentary Sequences in Western Ireland

Group sketching superb cliff exposures of a he 2016 Geology 415/515 Field Class The class examined the sedimentology Carboniferous mud diapir, Kilkee, County Clare Ttook place in County Clare, Western and evolution of the Carboniferous Shan - Ireland May 16-29th and was led by non sedimentary basin and focused on the Several locations also permitted the Professor Jim Best, accompanied by Dr. world-class coastal exposures of sediments group to examine the deposits of Quater - Drew Phillips and Nathan Webb from along the County Clare coastline. These nary glaciations in the area. This year, the the Illinois State Geological Survey. outcrops display a range of sedimentary depositional processes and deposits of Twenty-seven students from Illinois environments from carbonate platform to these sediments were examined, allowing teamed up on a joint trip with 16 students deep basinal black shales, and from deep the group to build a story concerning the and two Faculty from the University of sea turbidites to fluvio-deltaic successions, evolution of this sedimentary basin and Nebraska-Lincoln, and visited a wide as well as a wide array of synsedimentary both the large and small scale controls on range of significant sites. and tectonic deformation features. (continued on page 3)

Spotlight on Faculty: Lijun Liu

rof. Lijun Liu’s research and work ground breaking Phas put him at the leading edge of study that will his discipline this year and has earned possibly change the him both recognition and numerous way scientists think accolades, including the Jason Morgan about Yellowstone’s Early Career award from the American volcanic formation Geophysical Union and a CAREER and activities. grant from the National Science The main goal Foundation. of the study was to examine whether at the National Center for Supercom - One of his most significant contri- the initiation and subsequent develop - puting Applications at the U. of I., butions to the field recently is his re- ment of the Yellowstone volcanic Liu’s team created a computer model search on the origin of the Yellowstone system was driven by a mantle plume. that replicated both the plate tectonic magmatic system, which yielded a Using the Blue Waters supercomputer history of the surface and the geophysi - (continued on page 3) Letter from the Head

Dear Alumni and Friends,

everal exciting developments in the More broadly, we are trying to infuse and using what they have just learned. SDepartment of Geology have been on More broadly, we are trying to infuse our my mind recently. Foremost among these our courses with more active learning, courses with more active learning, includ - is the immense success of the new faculty including a renewed emphasis on field ing a renewed emphasis on field geology, who have joined the department over the more group-based problem solving, more past four years. I have bragged before in geology, more group-based problem project-based learning, and more critical these pages about the talents of our new solving, more project-based learning, thinking. faculty; now we are beginning to see that The Natural History Building renova - talent bloom. At the forefront of this cadre and more critical thinking. tion is progressing rapidly, and by the of new assistant professors is Lijun Liu, time you read this, the project will be who arrived in 2012. As we explain else - undergraduate research projects, doing nearly complete. We include an update where in this newsletter, Lijun’s research outreach to the local community, work - elsewhere in this newsletter. We are has really taken off in the last few years, ing to maintain our fossil collections, and beginning to plan our return move into with several NSF grants, a number of other tasks. All of our new faculty are en - our home on the quad, and a few of us highly cited publications, the Jason ergetic and charismatic in the classroom, will be making regular inspection tours Morgan award from the American bring fresh ideas to the curriculum, and this summer to ensure that everything Geophysical Union, and a prestigious are helping to revamp and revitalize gets done according to plan. Many of CAREER grant from the National Science courses. These are merely the major you have given generously to the Natural Foundation (NSF). Jessica Conroy, who highlights that come to mind as I write— History Building Renovation fund; we are has been with us three years, scored a you can meet these fantastic professors very grateful for the gifts that comprise a hat trick this spring: Three NSF grants and learn more on your next visit to substantial, and essential, part of the awarded in one semester! Trish Gregg, campus. I should also mention that our array of funding sources that make the currently at the end of year two, will be staff transition, after Marilyn Whalen’s project possible. I encourage everyone serving in the prestigious and demanding retirement in December, has gone very else to consider a gift to the NHB fund; role of Chief Scientist on a month-long well thanks to the tireless efforts and this is our greatest need at present. To deep-sea research cruise on the R/V unfailingly positive attitude of Ms. Lana make an online gift to the Natural History Atlantis to study the 8 20’N Seamount Holben. Overall, the atmosphere in the Building Renovation Fund, you may do so Chain west of the East Pacific Rise. She, department is very lively these days and by visiting the department web page too, has succeeded in getting a major NSF the injection of new ideas and energy is (www.geology.illinois.edu) and clicking grant funded. Jenny Druhan and Willy invigorating. on the “GIVE” link in the upper right cor - Guenthner, having completed one year The department has been working ner. If you need help with any method of as assistant professors, already have some to revise teaching methods and take ad - donation, feel free to call the department research funding in place and are develop - vantage of new pedagogical approaches. at (217) 333-3540. ing an impressive array of new research One of the big challenges of teaching As I complete the end of my five-year projects, several of them leveraging in the Big Ten is that large classes are term as head of the department, I am synergies with senior faculty. Our new unavoidable, at least at the introductory happy to say that the LAS Dean asked me lecturer, Jackie Wittmer Malinowski, has level. These large classes tend to be to stay on as head, and I have channeled her boundless energy toward lecture-dominated and therefore may be accepted. I look forward to serving the reviving our Paleontology course, teaching less interesting and less effective than is students, faculty, alumni, and staff of the several other key courses, advising several ideal. Our Geology 107 course serves department, and the State of Illinois, in about 100 students, from new Geology the future. Please do stop by to visit, join majors to civil engineering students, our LinkedIn group, and/or send me an each semester. As part of an NSF-funded update periodically. Year in Review is published once a year by the project that aims to upgrade the large Department of Geology, University of Illinois All the best to you and yours, Urbana-Champaign, to highlight the activities and class experience, GEOL 107 has incorpo - accomplishments within our department and feature rated more “active learning” methods, news from our alumni and friends. and uses technology that allows quiz Department Head: Tom Johnson questions and opinion polls to be Tom Johnson ([email protected]) Tom Johnson Editor: Kate Quealy-Gainer ([email protected]) displayed, and student responses tallied, www.geology.illinois.edu in seconds. This keeps students thinking,

2 Spring Field Course Returns to World-Class Sedimentary Sequences in Western Ireland (continued from page 1) basin evolution. The scale of the outcrops also enabled the sediments to be viewed and examined as subsurface reservoirs and allowed discussions on modeling the heterogeneity of such deposits in the Logging and examining sediments of an ancient submarine fan, near Ross, County Clare subsurface. The group also spent one day examining the archaeology of the Burren, between the two university groups, and supported financially by generous a unique limestone terrain in the north culminated in 3-day individual mapping donations from Shell and Chevron, and of County Clare that bears witness to and research projects. The group was provided an unforgettable geological, the human settlement of the region from able to enjoy superb Irish spring weather archeological and cultural experience for Neolithic to modern times. this year (only one day of rain in the all. At the end of the trip, it was evident The field class included group field whole trip) whilst much of the rest of that many will return to Ireland to visit and evening seminars from all partici - northwestern Europe was receiving once again in the future! pants, in teams that fostered collaboration records levels of rainfall! The trip was

Spotlight on Faculty: Lijun Liu (continued from page 1)

cal image of the Earth’s interior. Liu’s evolution of the Andes Mountain; the team yield appropriate deformations from the computer model accounted for the last has already obtained several important scales of mineral grains to tectonic plates. 40 million years, beginning prior to results. In a third project, Liu attempts to Yet the real pioneering aspect of this even the earliest signs of Yellowstone’s quantitatively couple the temporally effort is that the models can evolve volcanism. The simulations showed that varying mantle dynamics with surface either forward from a time in history a mantle plume would have been blocked landscape evolution, which represents a or backward from the present day.” from traveling upward toward the surface new frontier in geophysical research. Liu has also received an NSF by subducted tectonic plates, meaning Liu’s research has garnered recogni - CAREER Award, a highly prestigious that a plume could not have played a tion nationally and internationally, and five-year grant “to support the early significant role in forming Yellowstone, his willingness and ability to think career-development activities of those a significant contrast to what previous outside the box and approach his re - teacher-scholars who most effectively studies have proposed. search in a way that incorporates multiple integrate research and education within “Our model covered the entire history disciplines has earned him the praise of the context of their organization”. This of Yellowstone volcanic activity,” said colleagues. He was named the recipient supports Liu to investigate the causes and Liu, “This study is the first to use a high- of the Jason Morgan Early Career Award consequences of flat-slab subduction, an performance supercomputer to interpret in 2015, an award for significant early- unusual tectonic process that affects con - the layers of complicated geophysical career contributions in tectonophysics. tinental geology in many prominent ways. data underlying Yellowstone. Our physical “In his career thus far, he has Department head Tom Johnson was model is more sophisticated and realistic produced an impressive array of scientific thrilled to hear of both of these honors: than previous studies, because we simul - contributions based upon his holistic “Lijun has quickly developed a very taneously consider many more relevant approach of integrating diverse suites of strong research and teaching career here dynamic processes.” These findings geological and geophysical observations at Illinois. I find his work on geodynamic were published in the journal Geophysical with advanced numerical methods that models of subduction-affected regions Research Letters. model the dynamics of the deep Earth,” both fascinating and compelling. His Several lines of research are currently says Dave Stegman from the Scripps work ties together geophysical, tectonic, under way in Liu’s group. One of these is Institution of Oceanography, “Lijun has magmatic, and even geomorphic observa - to continue looking for a final solution for pushed forward to generate geographi - tions in regional, integrative models. He is the origin of Yellowstone. Another major cally referenced, three-dimensional also a thoughtful and charismatic instruc - project is to understand the subduction spherical dynamic models that evolve tor, helping to improve geoscience teach - history in South America and the tectonic through tens of millions of years and ing methods. We are excited to have him on the Geology faculty at Illinois!” 3 Department names recipients of 2014, 2015 Alumni Achievement Awards

The department has awarded the 2014 and 2015 Alumni Achievement Awards, respectively, to Dr. John Shelton (M.S. ’51, Ph.D. ’53) and Dr. John A. Cherry (Ph.D. ’66). Each was selected for outstanding contributions to his field and for embodying the Department’s success in preparing students for careers in industry and academia.

from the original Department head Tom Johnson says, company re - “We always enjoy seeing John and grouped to form Doris at our AAPG receptions, but it Masera, a Tulsa- was wonderful to welcome them back based company to Champaign-Urbana for the presentation that specialized in of the award. Doris brought two loaves in-depth regional of homemade zucchini bread—the best geological studies. I have ever had, all the way from Tulsa! As the sheer John’s contributions to energy companies, volume of data academia, and AAPG are varied, utilized in both visionary, and highly valuable.” his and others’ research under - John Cherry scored the need for digitization Doris and John Shelton with Tom Johnson at the November 2014 award presentation. herry’s path toward hydrology began across the indus - Cwith his pursuit of his undergraduate John Shelton try, Shelton, as degree in geological engineering at the project manager, began work on develop - University of Saskatchewan. His interest ing a digital repository for the American he son of an elementary school teacher specifically in groundwater and groundwa - Association of Petroleum Geologists and a school superintendent, Shelton ter contamination was sparked by several T (AAPG). He was the driving force behind was born in Bellmead, Texas in 1928. experiences throughout his educational the creation of Datapages, AAPG’s digital He graduated from Baylor in 1949 with a career. In the summer after his sophomore library, and Search and Discovery, its pe - bachelor’s degree in math and a minor year, Cherry worked with Dr. Earl troleum geoscience website, professional in geology, and then went on to the Christiansen on a research program on achievements that earned him AAPG’s University of Illinois to begin work on a groundwater geology at the Saskatchewan prestigious Sidney Powers award in 2011. master’s degree in geology. He continued Research Council in Saskatoon, located on Distinguished Department alumnus his education at Illinois, pursuing a the University of Saskatchewan campus. Jack Threet (John’s contemporary in the Ph.D., with his wife Doris as his summer Upon graduation, Cherry went to the Department and later Exploration Vice field assistant. In 1952 he received the University of California, Berkeley, for a President of Shell) remarks, “Shelton’s Shell Fellowship and accepted a position Masters degree and then in 1964 arrived at single-handedly leading AAPG into the with Shell in 1953. Upon leaving Shell the University of Illinois to pursue his digital world of products and services is in 1963 he moved to Oklahoma State Ph.D. He met Dr. Robert Farvolden, who probably his best-known achievement, University where he was a professor of was on the Illinois faculty at the time and but his achievements at Shell in both geology for 17 years, researching and was instrumental in forming Cherry’s operations and research were many, as educating in the fields of sedimentology, overall philosophy towards hydrogeology. were those later-on throughout his career stratigraphy, structural geology, and basin Farvolden later hired Cherry at the Univer - in academia and professional societies. analysis. sity of Waterloo in 1971 to lead the efforts Besides that, he is a heck of a nice guy, In 1974, he began working part time directed at groundwater contamination. always a modest team player who never on research projects during summers for “When I began my focus on groundwa - once “tooted his own horn”! ERICO, a company newly formed by ter contamination there was almost no in - Shelton visited the Illinois campus to Oklahoma State alumnus Paul McDaniel. terest in this field in the broader scientific receive the Alumni Achievement award on ERICO eventually was bought out by Pe - community. The literature was sparse and November 6th, 2014, with his wife, Doris troleum Information and became ERICO most of the groundwater contamination —married now for over sixty years. P.I., but Shelton, McDaniel and others problems that we recognize as important

4 Donor Profile: on the notoriously Michael difficult dense, non-aqueous Bourque phase liquids by Environment UK. The scientific ichael Bourque (M.S. ’77), a 30 year framework retiree of Shell Oil, will have a faculty for clean-up M office named in recognition of his generous efforts and moni - donation to renovate the Natural History toring approaches Building. “My enthusiasm to be part of the recommended interior makeover was amplified after walk - by Professor ing through the construction site in 2015. Cherry has been While I fondly remember the character and implemented in John Cherry receives the 2015 Alumni Acheivement award from Tom Johnson. history of the old office layout, the new de - many areas with sign offers many exciting opportunities for groundwater the Geology Department.” today were not known at that time,” contamination worldwide. Michael earned a B.S in Geology from Cherry says. “One of my most important “The Department of Geology has the University of Kentucky in 1974. He accomplishments was the co-authorship of been a leader in hydrogeology for many worked for 8 months for Amoco Oil in New the textbook ‘GROUNDWATER’ published decades, and our campus, including the Orleans as a geophysical technician before in 1979, which quickly became widely Department of Civil and Environmental beginning graduate studies at the Univer - used for teaching and professional practice. Engineering, the Illinois State Water sity of Illinois in the fall of 1975. He worked I was most fortunate to team up on this Survey, and the Illinois State Geological the summer of 1976 for Exxon in Baytown, project with my co-author, Dr. Allan Freeze, Survey, is major center for hydrology re - TX. He earned his M.S. in Geology Decem - whom I had met at the University of search,” says Tom Johnson, Department ber, 1977. California, Berkeley.” head, “Having used the Freeze and Michael began full-time work at Shell Oil Cherry revolutionized groundwater Cherry textbook as both a student and a in 1978 in New Orleans as an exploration research by developing, through strongly professor, I know that the hydrogeology geologist. He developed several successful collaborative efforts, innovative field community has been very fortunate to oil and gas prospects in the deep water of measurement approaches and methods have such a clear and rigorous resource. the Gulf of Mexico, a play in which Shell has that integrate drilling and subsurface in - The community has greatly benefitted consistently led the industry. New Orleans strumentation with conceptual modeling. from John’s many contributions, includ - is also where he met Marsha, also an oil In the 1980s, he established the Borden ing recent work to provide a scientific geologist and now a consultant for Groundwater Field Research Facility and basis for accurately assessing the impacts ARAMCO. They married in 1980 and have his research was influential in convincing of high-volume hydrofracturing opera - one daughter, Veronica. Transferring to policy makers to adopt new conceptualiza - tions on groundwater resources.” Houston in 1989, Mike continued deep tions for groundwater management and Cherry is currently a distinguished water exploration on a global scale, defin - remediation of industrial contamination. professor emeritus in the Department of ing new opportunities in The Philippines, In 1993, Prof. Cherry was invited to present Earth and Environmental Sciences at the India, China, Malaysia, Nigeria, Brazil, and and answer questions on the effectiveness University of Waterloo in Ontario, Angola. His last position was leading a of pump-and-treat remediation of ground - Canada, Cherry continues to conduct re - Russia New Ventures team while posted in water to a committee of the U.S. Senate search and provide research leadership as The Hague, The Netherlands. Mike retired and U.S. House of Representatives. This the director of the University Consortium from Shell in 2008. Most recently, he has was part of a process that resulted in new for Field-Focused Groundwater Contami - consulted for Pemex, the Mexican national groundwater remediation guidelines and nation Research that he established in oil company. Mike and Marsha reside in approaches in the United States and other 1988. He is also an adjunct professor at Houston and have a summer home in Santa countries, e.g., United States Environmen - the University of Guelph, and an associ - Fe, NM. They enjoy travelling, especially tal Protection Agency (USEPA) Technical ate director of the G360 Centre for to places with wonderful geologic stories Impracticability waivers and a Handbook Groundwater Research. to see and learn. His favorite hobbies are creating stained glass art and star-gazing from his observatory in Santa Fe. 5 NHB renovation nears completion!!!

he Natural History Building project central auditorium were filled in, one Tis nearly complete. Department of story high, to house laboratories and Geology faculty, staff, and students offices, and parts of hallways were eagerly await the department’s return to filled in to make additional teaching its traditional home on the main quad, and office space. Up until the 1980s, a and look forward to working in a model portion of the first floor housed the “cata - bottom, with SESE taking the remainder to of 21st century learning and research. combs”, a warren of tiny, windowless the south. The main objective of the new The original building was dedicated on graduate student offices. plans was to create a building that lends it - November 16th, 1892. The four story After over one hundred years of heavy self to the needs of a 21st century teaching Victorian Gothic structure was designed use, add-ons, miscellaneous renovation, and research institution while improving by the renowned Nathan Ricker—an repurposing, and trauma (fires in 1897 the appearance of the historic exterior (via Illinois alumnus who received the first and 1990 and termite infestations), the removal of the old window air conditioners architecture degree granted in the United venerable building was still functioning and a fire escape) and retaining the general States, and who went on to found the reasonably well in 2010, but was due for a feel of the historic interior. The renovation Architecture Department at the University major renovation and upgrades to its old of the 148,000 square-foot Natural History of Illinois. Major additions were added in infrastructure. Building will create a dynamic learning en - 1908 and 1921. The building was consid - In 2010, serious structural deficiencies vironment that supports the latest methods ered a hallmark of elegance in architec - related to errors in construction of the in teaching and research while also reflect - ture on the Illinois campus and served 1908 addition were discovered. Geology ing the long, distinguished history of the students and faculty well for over one Department head Tom Johnson recalls, University of Illinois. hundred years. Initially, the building held “One weekend, we were informed that a And so a complex demolition process the State Natural History Survey, the State crew would be x-raying the floors. That began in spring of 2014 to “gut” the inte - Entomologist, and the American Culture seemed rather odd! We soon learned that rior and make way for the new and im - Museum. It evolved over the years into a the x-ray images showed the “re-bar” in proved version of the building. This phase mostly academic building, housing the the floors was too widely spaced. Safety included careful removal of historic doors, Department of Geology on floors 1 and 2 concerns led to closure of roughly 40% of much of the hardwood floors, and other and Biology teaching facilities on floors 3 the building, displacing faculty offices, re - woodwork to be placed back into the and 4. The Natural History Museum occu - search labs and classrooms. A renovation building later. For months, a steady stream pied large areas on floors 3 and 4 until it had been proposed for an indefinite time of debris poured out of the building into closed over ten years ago. in the future, but the closure led to the dumpsters, as walls, flooring, and other During the building’s long history, vari - need to do a complete renovation of the components were demolished. This ous additions were inserted into the origi - building as quickly as possible. process uncovered some 107 year-old nal structure to accommodate the needs A new vision for NHB was developed. footprints in the concrete in various places. of a vigorously growing university. Some Repairs to the 1908 floors required re - Some of you have already read, in the of you will recall the somewhat odd of - moval of most interior walls, which in Winter 2015 LAS Newsletter, that we be - fices that were built into a space originally turn allowed major design changes, with came aware that NHB contained a time occupied by a staircase. The creaky stairs some freedom to change wall locations capsule from 1892. Demolition also uncov - with the beautifully carved wooden and room usage, and the ability to incor - ered some unwelcome surprises. Damage handrail in the 1892 (north) wing once porate completely new, efficient building from the 1990 fire was more extensive than had a mirror image staircase, about ten systems from the ground up. It was de - expected; this led to delays, as repairs were feet to the east. This was removed long cided that all three departments of the designed and huge new beams were fabri - ago to make space for offices. In order to School of Earth, Society, and Environment cated and installed. Overall, though, there maximize utilization of the space, one of - (SESE) should have their main office areas were only a few major surprises, and the fice was placed between floors 2 and 3 together in the building. The School of In - construction delays and budget increases and was accessible only by a door from a tegrative Biology (SIB) teaching complex were not severe. stairway landing. The office above it had would continue to occupy the same As of Summer, 2016, work to construct a raised floor about two feet above the square footage it occupied before 2010. the new spaces is nearing completion. Most hallway level; one had to climb a small After considering several possible configu - of you will remember the “courtyard” areas set of three stairs to reach the doorway! rations, it was decided that SIB would oc - north and south of the central lecture hall. Courtyard spaces on both sides of the cupy the 1892 (north) wing from top to These spaces, formerly occupied by single-

6 story laboratories, are now filled all the in NHB are intensifying their fund raising pledges can be paid over a five year pe - way to the fourth floor, and will house efforts in support of the project. Donations riod. Several Geology spaces, including the several state-of-the-art laboratories for from alumni and friends of the university petrographic microscopes lab, the mass specialized research in areas including play an increasingly critical role in what spectrometry lab, and some offices, have geophysics, geochemistry, sedimentology, happens on campus, including renovation been named. Other rooms such as the earth materials, geomicrobiology, and re - of our venerable, iconic buildings. The sedimentology lab, the student commons, mote sensing. The central auditorium area main quadrangle boasts a collection of and other prominent spaces are still avail - will continue to be a lecture hall, but other historic buildings that have served Illinois able. Please consider how you might sup - classrooms have been designed to facilitate students for generations, but are reaching port future research, teaching and project-based learning and collaborative the age where major renovations are due. outreach activities in our department and group work, and will be outfitted with Lincoln Hall underwent renovation a few this landmark building. Is there a former technology that allows each group to dis - years ago, and the building is now stun - or current faculty member you would like play its work to all students in the entire ningly beautiful. That project was com - to honor? Would you like to expand your classroom. Specialized teaching facilities pleted with strong donor support, and personal legacy? The NHB renovation will include a room dedicated to petro - likewise the NHB campaign is now in full fund welcomes gifts at all levels and the graphic microscopes, a computer-based swing. A significant portion of the project Department of Geology appreciates the classroom for weather and geographic is reliant on gifts from alumni and friends gifts of alumni who have already invested information systems (GIS) classes, a like you. Support from the State of Illinois in this project. For more information, sediment flume, and a data visualization provides 12% of the University of Illinois please visit www.geology.illinois.edu and facility. The large vaulted chamber that budget and the rest comes from tuition, clink on the “Make a Gift” link. If you once served as the Natural History private support, and grants/contracts from have questions or comments, please con - Museum will become the new student outside agencies. tact Tom Johnson, Department Head, or commons. At this point, walls are finished, As with Lincoln Hall, the College of Lib - Jean Driscoll, Senior Director of Develop - the new electrical, plumbing, and HVAC eral Arts and Sciences is offering a unique ment in the College of Liberal Arts & Sci - components are mostly in place, and we opportunity for alumni and others to in - ences. Thank you for your partnership in can begin to visualize the final appearance vest in the future of the Natural History this endeavor! of all the spaces. Building and also leave a legacy for future Dr. Tom Johnson Jean Driscoll The estimated completion date is cur - generations. Major gifts ($25,000 and [email protected] [email protected] rently January 15th, 2017. As construction more, including corporate matches) are (217) 244-2002 (217) 333-7108 wraps up, all the academic units involved eligible for naming opportunities, and

Faculty and Students Earn Teaching Awards

t was another outstanding year for the The rankings are released every department were Derek Lichtner, Melinda I faculty and teaching assistants in the semester and are based on student evalua - Higley, Vlad Iordache, Jing Jin, Joel Department of Geology, as they continue tions maintained by the Center for Teaching Mackinney, Nicholas Martin, Rachel Oien, to be recognized for excellence in their Excellence on the Illinois Campus. Faculty and Erin Murphy. teaching endeavors. appearing on this list includes Stephen Six instructors received the highest Sixteen Department of Geology instruc - Altaner, Jessica Conroy, Patricia Gregg, Ann ranking of “outstanding,” including Steve tors were named to the University’s List of Long, Craig Lundstrom, Jackie Malinowski, Altaner, Patricia Gregg, Melinda Higley, Teachers Ranked as Excellent for the spring Steve Marshak, and Michael Stewart. Vlad Iordache, Joel Mackinney, Rachel Oein. and fall 2015 semesters. Graduate students named to the list Jessica Conroy, Derek Lichtner, and Erin for their work as teaching assistants in the Murphy. 7 Hayden Murray (Ph.D. 1951) to be inducted into the National Mining Hall of Fame

he National Mining Hall of Fame announced Dr. Hayden Murray, esteemed alumnus Tof the Department, has been selected for induction posthumously into the National Mining Hall of Fame. Dr. Murray was an internationally recognized expert on applied clay mineralogy. Born in Kewanee, Illinois, Haydn earned BS, MS, and PhD degrees in the Department. After completing his doctorate in 1951, he joined the Indiana University faculty in a joint position with the Indiana Geological Survey. From 1957 to 1973, he worked for Georgia Kaolin Company, eventually becoming Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. He returned to Indiana University in 1973 as Geology Department Head, where he created the first academic program in applied clay science in the US. He published more than 200 peer-reviewed papers over his career. His 96 PhD and MS students have gone on to hold critical positions in industry, government, and academia. Haydn was elected into the National Academy of Engineering, and served as President of the Clay Minerals Society, the Society for Min - Lana Holben with Dean Brian Ross at the LAS ing, Metallurgy and Exploration, and the American Institute of Professional Geologists. awards ceremony

Holben Staff Award Department Acquires New Electron Microscope ana Holben, the Office Manager for Lboth SESE and Department of Geology, received the 2015-2016 LAS Staff Award at the LAS Awards cere - mony on March 2nd, 2016. The LAS Staff Award was established in 1993 by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences to identify and honor selected staff members for their outstanding contributions to the college. Lana was hired in March 2012, and has served both SESE and Geology in several key roles, including coordinating course scheduling and leading the staff team that makes the annual new scanning electron microscope (SEM) was acquired in December. The purchase SESE Convocation ceremony run so A was funded in part by funds from the Ralph E. Grim endowment. smoothly. She has also passed her The electron microscope with X-ray analysis system allows researchers to image 5th Anniversary as UIUC employee. geological samples and create elemental composition maps of them. An electron beam is She was lauded by multiple nomina - focused at the sample, causing electrons and X-rays from the individual atoms to emanate tors for her extreme work ethic and up - and be detected. beat and welcoming presence no matter “It’s great for seeing the element distributions among different minerals as well as the the work load. This spring, the work - compositional zoning within an individual grain,” said Prof. Craig Lundstrom, “We can load was especially heavy following the then use the map to determine a quantitative mineral composition, rivaling the much retirement of Marilyn Whalen at the more complicated and expensive electron microprobe often used in geology.” end of 2015. We are extremely lucky The new instrument replaces the previous SEM, which was nearly thirty years old and to have Lana in the Department of required special high voltage power and chilled water to operate. The new SEM, which Geology!!! only needs a standard electrical outlet for power, makes for simple use and has become a regular part of undergraduate lab classes. The SEM was used in Lundstrom’s Intro to Petrology class in the Spring semester by students for their lab project. “It’s a very easy instrument to use because the students can do an X-ray map showing the chemical compositions of all the phases in a rock thin section,” said Lundstrom. 8 Geology student to attend Oxford as a Marshall Scholar High schoolers observe fluvial processes and study glacial materials and bedrock in their canoe trip in the Middle Fork of the Vermillion River eology student Leah Matchett has Gbeen named a Marshall Scholar and Exposing high school students to Illinois Geology: is one of more than 30 students from the United States selected for postgraduate Middle Fork canoe trips! study at a university in the United Kingdom. ach semester Prof. Michael Stewart silty sandstones and mudstones of the A senior pursuing a double major in E runs a field trip for Earth Sciences Modesto Formation while learning about Global Studies and Geology, Matchett is classes from the local high schools. With cyclothem deposition during cyclical sea an accomplished student and researcher the help of graduate students and under - level changes. in both of her chosen fields. In her geol - graduates in the Department of Geology, This stretch of the Middle Fork also ogy capacity, she has worked the past Prof. Stewart leads the classes on a passes a decommissioned coal power two years with the U.S. Geological Sur - canoeing excursion down a 6-mile stretch plant, with coal ash impoundments vey, serving as lead author for a journal of the Middle Fork of the Vermillion looming over the banks of the river. submission that quantifies how stream River, Illinois’ first State Scenic River and Students observe firsthand the potential restorations lower nitrate loads. She has a designated National Wild and Scenic hazard offered by these ponds—ground - also served as an environmental science River. water seepage along the banks has an intern for the U.S. Consulate in China, Along the river corridor, the students observable sheen, and the deterioration where she published a brochure observe glacial till exposed in the bluffs of bank stabilization efforts where the analyzing air quality in China. She also towering tens of meters over cut banks, ash impoundments sit close to the cut presented her award-winning research and then walk on gravel bars composed banks spark discussions of potential on statistical climate change modeling of glacial boulders derived from these impacts to both the Vermillion River to Illinois legislators. As part of her major same bluffs. They hunt out a variety of ecosystem and economic benefits to east in global studies she has worked with glacially derived boulders leading to dis - central Illinois. the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of cussions about erosion of the cut banks At the end of the trip, students and International Security and Nonprolifera - and the glacial history of central Illinois. staff are often wet from the river and tired tion, where she was a co-author of an As the trip continues downstream, the from the day’s paddling. But all come article for State magazine on securing stream cuts deeper through the tills away with a greater appreciation for this chemical weapons in Libya. exposing portions of a Pennsylvanian very important stream, and geologic Matchett sees her two fields as inter - cyclothem. Although no coal is exposed history it records here in East Central connected, particularly when it comes to along this stretch of river, the students do Illinois. The trip is generously funded by bringing hard science to policy making. have opportunity to hunt for fossils in the Royal Dutch Shell Oil Com pany. “I believe that we desperately need a firm commitment to science based pol - icy in both the national and international Best receives AGU Fellowship arenas,” Matchett says. “My majors started out as different fields, but over hreet Professor Jim Best received his American Geophysical Union Fellowship from time they grew more and more related. TAGU President and Director of the Scripps Institute of Oceanography Professor So often I meet policy makers who do Margaret Leinen (BS ’69) at the Annual Meeting of the AGU, San Francisco, December not have a clear understanding of scien - 16th 2015. AGU Fellowships are bestowed on 0.1% of the AGU membership each year, tific fact, or scientists who are not doing and are awarded for exceptional contributions to Earth and space sciences as valued by a good enough job communicating the their peers and vetted by section and focus group committees. Best has held the Jack C. political implications of their research.” Threet and Richard L. Threet Endowed Professorship in Sedimentary Geology since Her future goals include returning to 2006. He was recognized by AGU ‘for pioneering the investigation of fluid flow and the U.S. to continue her work on nuclear bedforms, and field quantification of large rivers, their morphology and flow structure’. security issues, either within the federal Leinen is a graduate of Illinois, fellow of the AAAS, a past assistant director of government or with a nonproliferation- geosciences and coordinator of environmental research at NSF, and has recently been related think tank. appointed as a US Science Envoy by the US Department of State with a focus on ocean science in Latin America, East Asia and the Pacific. 9 Alumni News

A note to all: Department alumni have established a 2015 GSA annual meeting in Baltimore and has the environmental consulting world. Karen is “UIUC Geology Alumni” group on LinkedIn, a popular been exploring common research interests and a Director of Training for Siemens Building Technolo - professional networking site (www.linkedin.com). There potential sabbatical at U of I. He continues to pub - gies. They have two kids, including a daughter are currently 115 members, covering a wide range of lish articles related to clay mineralogy and some studying electrical engineering here at U of I. employment, geographical area, and age. LinkedIn is a unique, world-famous mineral associations related good way to keep track of your professional network. to combustion-related metamorphism in Jordan. Paul Potter (MS ’59) has been awarded AAPG’s highest honor, the Sidney Powers Memorial Rebecca Alberts (BS ’13) will complete her MS at Joe Jakupcak (BS ’72) retired after 39 years in the Award. Although Paul’s U of I degree was in statis - the University of Ohio investigating the gabbroic classroom teaching high school geology and ecol - tics, he is a geologist and award-winning professor section of the Oman Ophiolite this May and then ogy. He is in his 4th year as the guided hike leader emeritus at the University of Cincinnati. After Paul move to the University of Victoria, British Columbia at Starved Rock Lodge where he leads 5-mile hikes received his Ph.D. from the Univ. of Chicago, his to pursue a PhD. every weekend through Starved Rock State Park, first position was at the Illinois State Geological Utica, IL. Survey, where he focused on sedimentary deposits Elizabeth Armstrong Meister (BS ’07, MS ’14 ) in the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Pleistocene. Paul has a faculty appointment at Danville Area Douglas Mose (BS ’65) just retired after a distin - returned to campus in November 2013 to present Community College teaching Chemistry. She guished career in geology and chemistry that a colloquium talk, “Precambrian Paleotopography hopes she’ll be able to teach Earth Science as well, spanned over forty years. After receiving his Ph.D. in the Eastern Midwest and Ontario—-Possible in the future. in 1971 from University of Kansas, advised by Illi - Analogs for Canada, Brazil, and Africa” nois Geology Alum Pat Bickford (Ph.D. 1960), he Anirban Basu (PhD ’13 ) is taking a faculty position, pursued an academic career, including 15 years as Jay Scheevel (BS ’79) is Chief Geologist for Matrix Lecturer in Earth Sciences, at Royal Holloway, Uni - Geology Department Chair at George Mason Uni - Oil in western Colorado. versity of London. Royal Holloway is ranked 19th in versity, followed by 25 years in the Chemistry De - the UK by the Times Higher Education World Uni - partment as Professor of Environmental Chemistry. Carl Steffenson (BS ’80) retired from BP recently versity Rankings for 2015–16, and is particularly He is now, with wife Josephine and son Edward, in - and is now doing consulting work with Viking high in the Earth Sciences research rankings. volved in an environmental services firm in north - GeoSolutions LLC, offering Mexico and ern VA (www.MoseServices.com). Over the past 10 Carbonate/Siliciclastic expertise. Dave Beedy (BS ’00, MS ’02) is currently STEM years, they time-share travel, rehabilitate homes Coordinator at the Elmhurst School district in the into rentals, operate their country farm on week - Cameron Stewart (BS ’15) went off to Indiana greater Chicago area. Dave has been teaching ends, and entertain old and new friends that visit University for graduate study and is currently science and/or coordinating science education in the Washington DC/Northern Virginia area. “If doing a summer internship in Denver with Whiting since 2002. you remember my time at UI (1963-1965), please Petroleum. Dylan Canavan (BS ’98, MS ’00) is teaching come and visit.” Anna Sutton (BS ’01, MS ’03) works as a Project science at Hinsdale High School west of Chicago. Conor Neal (MS ’14) is currently working for the Geologist for Stantec in Lombard, Illinois. Anna Dylan was at a recent GSA meeting and is enjoying EPA in the Chicago area. He serves as a Resources was on campus recently for the North-Central GSA teaching earth science. Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective meeting, where she represented the American Doug Cowin (BS ’84) is currently with ARCADIS, a Action Project Manager responsible for planning, Institute of Professional Geologists. coordinating, managing and/or overseeing RCRA well-known environmental consulting firm in the Send us your personal and professional updates by corrective action work at hazardous waste facili - Chicago area. Doug has been on campus, recruiting e-mailing us at [email protected] or by regular mail to: geologists and engineers in the past year. ties. Department of Geology Stacey Durley (BS ’89) is currently Project Man - Andrew Ostendorf (BS ’10) was hired in 2010 out University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ager at Tetra Tech, an environmental consulting of the Wasatch-Uinta Field Camp by Newmont as a 156 Computing Applications Building, MC-235 firm in Chicago. underground mine geologist. He did ore control, 605 E. 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10 in Memorium Faculty Stephen Altaner (Associate Professor) Alison Anders (Associate Professor) Jay Bass (Ralph E. Grim Professor of Geology) Richard Allen Laidley (BS, ’57) died tired in 2008 as the Dean of the College of Jim Best (Threet Professor) December 21st, 2015 at the age of 86. He Liberal Arts, Education and Sciences. Joe Jessica Conroy (Assistant Professor) was a pilot in the Arizona Air National loved traveling as much as his work and Jennifer Druhan (Assistant Professor) Guard from 1957 to 1966, when he moved enjoyed the opportunities to teach and do Bruce Fouke (Professor) to Houston, Texas to work for NASA. Later in research in the Czech Republic, Yellowstone, Patricia Gregg (Assistant Professor) his career with NASA he was the Chief Bermuda, and Honduras, among other William Guenthner (Assistant Professor) Flight Instructor for the Johnson Spacecraft places. Feng Sheng Hu (Ralph E. Grim Professor of Center pilots and astronauts, and Chief Test Geology and Associate Dean, LAS) Tom Johnson (Professor and Head) Pilot at JSC NASA Houston. He was also the Rudolf B. “Rudy” Siegert (BS, ’56) died on Lijun Liu (Assistant Professor) initial Chief of the Shuttle Chase Program at Wednesday, October 14, 2015 at the age of Craig Lundstrom (Professor) The NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, 81. After earning his BS at Illinois, he served Steve Marshak (Professor & Director of the Edwards Air Force Base, California. as 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army and then School of Earth, Society & Environment) attended graduate school at Texas A&M Gary Parker (W. Hilton Johnson Professor) H. Rich Lane (BS ’64) died on October 16, University, where he received his Master’s Xiaodong Song (Professor) 2015. After his time at Illinois, Rich earned Degree in Petroleum Geology in 1961. Wendy Yang (Assistant Professor) his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in the Geology Rudy worked in the oil and gas industry for from the University of Iowa. Rich worked at more than 54 years. While his early career Specialized Faculty Amoco Production Company for 28 years, began with Texaco, he was an independent Eileen Herrstrom (Lecturer, Curator) becoming Manager of Technical Services. In geologist for 45 years. Stephen Hurst (Research Programmer) 1997, he took a position with the National Ann Long (Teaching Lab Specialist) Science Foundation, and over 18 years he Charles Winthrop Spencer II (MS, ’55) , Jacalyn Wittmer Malinowksi (Lecturer) served as program director for the Sedi - known by friends as Chuck and by his family J. Cory Pettijohn (Research Assistant Professor) mentary Geology and Paleobiology (SGP) as Bud, died on January 10, 2016, at the age Rob Sanford (Research Associate Professor) Program, as well as helping lead the Ad - of 85. Chuck’s career in geology spanned Michael Stewart (Clinical Assistant Professor) vancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collec - over forty years and brought him around the Jonathan Tomkin (Research Scientist & tions Program, Coastal SEES Program, and world, from the southern Appalachians to Associate Director, School of Earth, Society, Genealogy of Life Program. the Grand Canyon to Brazil, Hungary, Russia and Environment) and back again. Throughout his lifetime, he Robert A. Linka (BS, ’73) died April 10, worked for both the USGS and Texaco and Affiliate Faculty 2016. He graduated in 1973 from the often said he had the perfect job because he Stanley Ambrose (Professor, Anthropology) University of Illinois, where he served in the got paid to do something he loved doing Marcelo Garcia (Yeh Endowed Chair in Civil Navy ROTC. He joined the United States anyway. Engineering) Navy and was on active duty for 8 years and Scott Olsen (Associate Professor, Civil and with the Reserves for over 20 years. Bob Eugene Griffin Williams (MS, ’52) died on Environmental Engineering) worked as an engineer for Lockheed Martin March 28, 2016 at the age of 90. Eugene Surangi Punyasena (Assistant Professor, Plant for 30 years. started at Penn State in 1952 as an Instructor Biology) of Geology and rose through the ranks to Bruce Rhoads (Professor, Geography) Michael Thomas Lukert (BS, ’60) died on Professor of Geology in 1966. His areas of re - January 1, 2016 at the age of 78. After re - search were physical stratigraphy, tectono- Adjunct Faculty ceiving his BS from U of I in 1960 and an MS stratigraphy (specifically the sedimentary Ercan Alp Dennis Kolata from Northern Illinois University in 1962, he rocks of the Allegheny Plateau), and the his - Kurtis Burmeister Hannes E. Leetaru earned his Ph.D. from Case Western Reserve tory and philosophy of the geological sci - Todd Cole Andrew Phillips in 1973. He began teaching Geology in ences. His research contributed to the Brandon Curry George Roadcap 1967 at what was then Edinboro State Col - understanding of the origin and nature of Robert Finley William Shilts lege in Pennsylvania. He retired from the the coal and clay deposits of the region and Leon Follmer Wolfgang Sturhahn Geoscience department of Edinboro Uni - the causes of acidity in mine waters. He re - David Grimley Scott Wilkerson versity after 32 years of teaching in 1999. tired in 1982 as Professor Emeritus. Sam Heads

Joseph E. Nadeau (BS, ’65) died on June No further information: Emeritus Faculty 26, 2015 at the age of 72. After earning his Howard Vactor (BS, ’48) Thomas F. Anderson Ralph Langenheim PhD from Washington State, he became a Phillip H. Gerbert (BS, ’53) Craig Bethke Albert Nieto professor at Rider University in New Jersey, Ronald P. Willis (PhD, ’53) Daniel B. Blake Sue Kieffer where he worked for 35 years until he re - Chu-Yung Chen Tommy Phillips Wang-Ping Chen George Klein Donald L. Graf

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Around the Department Patricia Gregg will be serving as Chief Scientist on AAPG’s online journal, Search and Discovery a month-long deep-sea research cruise on the R/V (http://www.searchanddiscovery.com/pdfz/docu - Alison Anders has earned tenure and a promotion to Atlantis to study the 8° 20’N Seamount Chain west ments/2016/70217klein/ndx_klein.pdf.html). Associate Professor! “I’m looking forward to a long ca - of the East Pacific Rise. The cruise will occur in No - Steve Marshak was honored by the Department reer at the University of Illinois and a sabbatical at the vember and December, 2016, and aims to improve of Geosciences at the University of Arizona as its University of Alaska at Fairbanks in the short term,” understanding of mid-ocean ridge magmatism- Alumni Achievement Award recipient. He traveled she said. As part of a major NSF-sponsored project, specifically, how melts are generated and migrate to Tucson in September, 2015 to receive the award. the Intensively Managed Landscapes Critical Zone across hundreds of kilometers through the upper Steve and his wife Kathy took the opportunity to Observatory, Alison’s group has been making great mantle to reach the narrow ridge axis. The study in- visit former Illinois Geology Department head Fred progress in understanding the evolution of the land - volves 8 days of underway Geophysics (multibeam Donath and his wife Mavis, who live in Tucson. Fred scapes of central Illinois from the end of the most re - sonar, gravity, and magnetometer) and 17 days of spoke to Steve and Kathy about the many changes cent glaciation through the profound changes in on-station sampling (Alvin Dives, AUV Sentry Dives, in the Geology Department at UIUC that took place land-use brought about by European settlement. She Dredge hauls, and 3-5 TowCam Dives). when Fred was Head; during his tenure at Illinois, plans to build on this work by considering landscape William Guenthner co-chaired a thermochronol - more than a dozen new faculty joined the depart - evolution in the Midwest US in the more distant past ogy session at GSA and gave invited talks at AGU ment, and the research programs and courses avail - and in modeling glacial erosion and deposition and and Utah State University. In the Spring, he taught able in the department broadened significantly. GIS analysis of landscapes shaped by glaciers. a new course, Geochronology, submitted a couple Gary Parker has been awarded the 2016 Hunter Jay Bass has returned to normal faculty duties after of manuscripts on new research, and received Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award by the Ameri - several years as director of the COMPRES consortium funding from NSF for a new collaborative research can Society of Civil Engineers; the award, given by (http://compres.us/). COMPRES is a community-based project with Dr. Elizabeth Holley at Colorado School the American Society of Civil Engineers, recognizes consortium that supports high-pressure earth materi - of Mines. The project will look at the formation outstanding contributions to hydraulics and water - als research and enables the next generation of high- ages of jasperoid bodies associated with gold ores ways. In selecting Gary for this award, the commit - pressure science on world-class equipment and in Nevada using (U-Th)/He dates from Fe-oxide tee particularly noted his contributions to the facilities. It facilitates the operation of synchrotron x- phases. He and his wife Jessica Conroy, also refinement of the foundation of fluvial hydraulics ray beam lines, the development of new technologies Assistant Professor in the Department, welcomed and river engineering. His oral presentation “Tur - for high-pressure research, and advocates for science their first child, Rex, in September. “He’s certainly bidity Currents That Co-Evolve With Channels Over and educational programs. Jay became director in keeping us on our toes!” he said. Lengths as Much as 1000 km: How Can They Do it?” 2010 and successfully secured a 5-year renewal of Eileen Herrstrom spent Fall 2015 developing an was named the Outstanding Oral Presentation of NSF funding for COMPRES, totaling over $20 million, online version of our course GEOL 104 Geology of the SEPM Symposium at the 2015 AAPG annual that will take the consortium through 2017. the National Parks. This had been a successful tradi - convention and expo in Denver. Gary has also been Craig Bethke (Prof. Emeritus) reports he has returned tional course for us, but it has not been offered for selected to receive a Moore visiting professorship at to Champaign after a four-year stint at Stanford Uni - several years. More and more students are looking the California Institute of Technology for part of versity, in Palo Alto, California. Craig now heads Aque - for online classes, especially ones during the sec - next academic year. ous Solutions LLC, a company that develops and ond eight weeks of the semester, so GEOL 104 will Rob Sanford served as the Microbial Ecology Divi - markets The Geochemist’s Workbench® and the be offered in the second half of Spring 2016. Eileen sion head for the American Society of Microbiology ChemPlugin.ORG software packages. Aqueous’ of - edited an electronic textbook to accompany the this past year. He also served on the EPA-STAR grad - fices are in the center of resurgent downtown Cham - course, using material available online, mostly from uate fellowship review panel. “This provided me paign, which has undergone an economic rebirth in the National Park Service and USGS websites. with quite a bit of insight into what strategies may the past five years and is now bursting at the seams Jim Kirkpatrick (Prof. Emeritus) was elected as a work best when applying for this award. I encour - with restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. Fellow of the American Association for the Ad - age all interested graduate students to come talk to Jessica Conroy received two NSF grants to investi - vancement of Science (AAAS). AAAS fellows are me,” Rob said. He’s also been involved with many gate tropical Pacific climate and paleoclimate, and elected in recognition of their contributions to in - different projects; from evaluating microbial evolu - one to study loess deposits of Illinois. Conroy lab stu - novation, education, and scientific leadership. The tion in a microfluidic device (with Bruce Fouke’s dents are continuing to do great work, launching the tradition of electing AAAS Fellows began in 1874 to group) to examining the impact of surface temper - lab in new directions with investigations of the paleo - recognize members for their scientifically or socially ature fluctuation on nitrogen-cycle processes in climate record, limnology, and microbiology of hyper - distinguished efforts to advance science or its ap - agricultural soil (with Wendy Yang, Joanne Chee- saline lakes of Kiritimati, development of new plications. Sanford and collaborators at University of Ten - chronologies for last glacial loess deposits of Illinois, nessee and Georgia Tech). Rob also worked closely George Devries Klein (Prof. Emeritus) retired to and deeply probing the climatic controls on the sta - with Al Valocchi and Charlie Werth (UT-Austin) on Guam two year ago fully expecting to watch the ble isotopic composition of Galápagos rainfall. Jessica the dynamics of metal reduction and chlorinated sea turtles, coconut crabs, and conches wiz by him and her husband William Guenthner, also Assistant solvent degradation in porous media. sitting on the beach or snorkeling in a tropical la - Professor in the Department, welcomed their son, goon. Instead, a local hydrogeologist got Klein in - Jonathan Tompkin devoted much of his time last Rex, into the world on September 4, 2015. terested in the issue of climate change. After a lot of year to the Illinois WIDER project, an NSF sponsored Jennifer Druhan has had a busy year with the start of reading and discussions with local experts, Klein program to improve STEM education on campus. two major field projects- one in Colorado as part of a was invited to present a talk, “Some Geological As - “We should teach like we do research— in teams, DOE funded study on soil carbon stability, and one in pects of Long- and Short-term Climate Change” at using the established (learning) science, and em - the Eel River Critical Zone Observatory using the the 2016 University of Guam Island Sustainability ploying appropriate technology,” he says. Eleven newly installed vadose zone monitoring system. Conference this past April. That led to two more departments and schools are involved, and the Jenny has been on an impromptu seminar circuit, giv - presentations, one at the Western Pacific Water and program aims to improve the learning experience ing talks at five US and two international universities Environmental Research Institute, and the other at of every science and engineering undergraduate. since arriving at UIUC. the University of Guam Marine Sciences Laboratory. A paper on the science aspects was published in 12 Colloquium Speakers for Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 Student Awards

On April 28th, the department gathered November 5 March 3 Fall 2015 for its annual awards celebration. Richard Hay Lecture Ralph E. Grim Lecture Students honored were: September 3 “Density, topography and erosion: “Cleaning up the muddy Minnesota the physics of links between man - River: Incorporating geomorphic his - “Teaching like a scientist: Tiffany Vlahopoulos received the Out - tle flow, surface processes, climate tory into watershed management” Instructional change in Geology” standing Geology Senior Student Award, and density variations in the Earth’s Karen Gran, University of Minnesota Alison Anders and Jonathan Tomkin, presented to an undergraduate student crust” at Duluth UIUC who has shown both academic excellence Jean Braun, University Joseph March 10 as well as department participation. September 10 Fourier - Grenoble Ralph E. Grim Lecture Richard L. Hay Lecture “What do calcium carbonate and November 12 “Non-Traditional Seismology: from Jia Wang won the Estwing Pick Award, gypsum tell us about the lives of 2nd Annual Phillips Lecture in Sediment Transport to Earthquake presented annually in the Spring to an fishes and jellyfishes?” Paleoscience Hazards” undergraduate who will attend field Mike Kingsford, James Cook Univ., “A haystack from a needle: Past Victor Tsai, Cal Tech (Seismology) camp that summer. The principal criterion is academic achievement in geology Australia ecosystem structure from isotopes March 17 courses and in cognate science and math - and biomarkers” “Glaciers and Their Hummocks” September 17 ematics courses. Consideration is also Kate Freeman, Penn State Peter Moore, Iowa State University “Mammoths and mastodons in the given to involvement in undergraduate Great Lakes: New data on the November 19 March 31 research and to participation in depart - chronology and paleoecology of “The core inside the Earth’s inner Ralph E. Grim Lecture mental activities. The award is an Estwing extinction.” core: signals from seismic noise “Missed connection: Ignimbrite Pick given by the Estwing Corporation. Chris Widga, Illinois State Museum interferometry” seeking plutonic relationship” Xiaodong Song, UIUC Geology September 24 Drew Coleman, University of North Rachel Oien received the Harriet Wallace Richard Hay Lecture December 3 Carolina Award, presented to an Outstanding Woman Graduate based on academic “Intracontinental earthquakes: Glenn and Susan Buckley Lecture April 7 performance and research performance spatiotemporal patterns and hazard 2015 Dept. of Geology Alumni Mineralogical Society of America in the memory of Harriet Wallace, past assessment” Achievement Award Presentation Distinguished Lecturer librarian in the Department of Geology. Mian Liu, University of Missouri “Environmental issues for shale gas “Just how stable are you? Relation - development: A hydrogeological ships between cratonic surface October 1 Eric Prokocki received James R. perspective “ histories, kimberlites, and mantle R. James Kirkpatrick Lecture Kirkpatrick Award, a college award for John A. Cherry, Univ. of Guelph and dynamics” “The assembly and eruption of Univ. of Waterloo a graduate student for their research explosive volcanic centers: A high Rebecca Flowers, University of efforts, established to honor past energy end-member of multiphase Colorado at Boulder Spring 2016 Department Head, James R. Kirkpatrick. flow” April 14 Joe Dufek, Georgia Tech Vlad Iordache and Mike DeLucia were January 28 “Slab Rollback and the tectonics recognized as Outstanding TAs, based October 8 “Meandering Rivers in Bedrock” of the western Mediterranean” on ICES results and faculty supervisors’ Ralph E. Grim Lecture Gary Parker, UIUC Max Bezada, University of “Very long-wavelength mantle Minnesota comments. convection, supercontinent cycles, February 4 April 21 Kalin Howell received the Shell Oil and mantle structure evolution for “The Illinois Episode Glaciation in “A River of Giants - Fossil vertebrates Sedimentology/Stratigraphy Award, and the last 500 Ma” Illinois: Recent Findings” from the Cretaceous Kem Kem Jing Jin earned the Shell Oil Geophysics Shijie Zhong, University of Colorado David Grimley, ISGS region of Morocco” Award. October 15 February 11 Nizar Ibrahim, University of Chicago Glenn and Susan Buckley Lecture R. James Kirkpatrick Lecture Grants “Deformation of Kilauea Volcano: April 26 “Evaluating water sustainability “The Impact of Climate Change on Michael DeLucia, Joel MacKinney, across the High Plains Aquifer using Slow slip events and periodic dike Naomi Wasserman, Nick Martin, Yan intrusions” the Glaciers of Patagonia and Tierra process-based hydrology models” Del Fuego Zhan, Jiashun Hu , Quan Zhou , Eric Dave Hyndman, Michigan State Emily Montgomery-Brown, USGS Prokocki, Haley Cabaniss, and Julia Menlo Park Dr. Jorge Rabassa, Universidad Univ. Nacional de Tierra del Fuego Cisneros received the Morris Leighton Research Grant. October 22 February 18 “Paleotopography of the precam - The Darcy Lecture (National Ground Stephanie Mager, Nick Martin, Rachel brian surface of Illinois” Water Association) Oien, Michael DeLucia, Matt Bizjack, Hannes Leetaru, Illinois State “Seeing things differently: Rethink - Haley Cabaniss, Julia Cisneros, and Geological Survey ing the relationship between data and models” Yan Zhan received Jackson Geology October 29 Ty Ferré, Univ. of Arizona Graduate Student Research Awards. “Tambora 1815: Geology, history, and climate change” Noah Jemison and Yuchen Liu received Gillen D’Arcy Wood, UIUC Winslow Research Grants.

Melinda Higley received the Sohl Award for Reasearch.

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