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February 2016 Newsletter Ohio Section American Institute of Professional Geologists Chartered 1965 February 2016 Newsletter AIPG Ohio Section 2016 Winter Meeting 2016 Executive Committee Officers and Dinner Presentation President Curtis J. Coe, CPG-06240 (614) 265-6733 Boulders, Bedrock, and Brewing Water: How [email protected] Geology Has Influenced the History of Dayton President-Elect, Treasurer Brent Smith, CPG-11130 (614) 459-2050 Presenter: Dr. David Schmidt, Wright State University [email protected] Past President Date: Thursday, February 18, 2016 Tom Jenkins, CPG-07892 614-888-5760 [email protected] Location: The Berry Room at the Nutter Center, 3640 Colonel Secretary Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio Colin Flaherty, CPG-11465 (614) 863-3113 Schedule: Social Hour at 5:30 pm; Dinner at 6:00 pm [email protected] Presentation at 7:00 pm Members-at-Large Chris Everett, CPG-10839 [email protected] Event Registration and Payment: Karen Royce, MEM-0330 https://www.aipg-ohio.org/payment.php (614) 889-1429 [email protected] Event Sponsored By: ALS Environmental and In-Situ Tom Swinehart, CPG-03637 (740) 653-7018 [email protected] See Page 6 for event details Chairmen Membership Chair Tom Jenkins, CPG-07892 Also In This Issue: PAGE Historian Brent Huntsman, CPG-04620 (937) 320-3601 Message from the President, Curt Coe, CPG-06240 2 [email protected] Government Affairs Chair Calendar of Upcoming Events 2 Tom Berg, CPG-08208 (614) 431-2480 [email protected] Farewell Address from the Past President, Screening Chair Tom Jenkins, CPG-07892 4 Craig Cox, CPG-07612 (614) 526- 2040 2015 Annual Meeting and Dinner Presentation Revisited, [email protected] Tim Brown, CPG-11637 10 Website Brent Smith, CPG-11130 News from Wright State University Student Chapter of AIPG 19 Awards Chair Curt Coe, CPG-06240 Student Chapters Chair News from The Ohio State University Student Chapter of AIPG 20 Robin Roth, CPG-09264 (614) 946-3945 [email protected] AIPG Ohio Section Membership Breakdown, Tom Swinehart, CPG-03637 22 Newsletter Editor Tim Brown, CPG-11637 Letters to the Editor and Editorial Submittal Guidelines 23 (614) 619-6160 [email protected] American Institute of Professional Geologists Ohio Section February 2016 Newsletter Message from the President Curtis J. Coe, CPG-06240 Fellow Members, Over the past couple of years, the Executive Committee has worked to revitalize and reshape the Ohio Section of AIPG. It has been the Committee’s objective to set up one-year and five year goals. One of the chief goals has been to continue to upgrade and use the Ohio Section website as a way to effectively communicate Section activities to the membership. The Section’s 2016 meeting schedule has been posted on the website for everyone’s reference. As always, all members are encouraged to attend section and Executive Committee meetings. An active blog has been set up on the website so that members can share important geological information with the membership and the public. We want to make the website a source of reliable geological information that the membership and the public at large can rely on. Therefore, we would encourage all members to contribute to the Ohio Section blog. I am pleased that both Wright State and the Ohio State student sections are also contributing articles to the blog. Blog posts should be e-mailed to Brent Smith ([email protected]) or Carol Swinehart ([email protected]). The next goal of the executive committee is to raise money and reach out to the membership. Members of the Business Development and Membership Committee have been very active in raising money and contacting members around the State of Ohio. We want to use the money to support the section activities in every way possible. Over the past couple of years, the money has been used to support student sections and field trip activities. We would like to use the money to support section activities in an area near you. So please speak up and let us hear for the membership on activities you would like us to support. A more long-term goal is to provide continuing education to the membership. We would like to sponsor short course activities that can be used to supply CEUs to the membership. In the past, we have done this through sponsorship of the Utica Shale Conference. In addition, it has been a continuing goal to have stronger ties with all Ohio based geological societies. Over the past years, the Ohio Section has continued to work closely with the Ohio Geological Society. We cosponsored and advertised many of the OGS, meetings, field trips, and workshops. Mentorship of student members is another goal of the executive committee. Over the past, few years we have sponsored student field trips and invited students to visit various consulting companies. Over the next couple of years, we would like to sponsor speakers that would be willing to travel to student section meetings to speak on various topics and to share work experience with the student chapter members. If you are interested in being a mentor and speaking at a student chapter meetings, please let the executive committee know of your interest. Our first meeting of 2016 will be held at Wright State University (WSU). The WSU student chapter has set up and organized the meeting. Dr. Alan Schmidt will be talking on Boulders, Bedrock, 2 American Institute of Professional Geologists Ohio Section February 2016 Newsletter and Brewing Water: How Geology has influenced the History of the Dayton Area. We would encourage all members in the Dayton Area to attend the meeting. The executive committee will be carpooling from Columbus over to Dayton. Let us know if your need a ride from Columbus. For details on future meetings and field trips, please follow the adventures of the Ohio Section on the website. Curtis J. Coe, CPG 6240 2016 AIPG Ohio Section President Calendar of Upcoming Events Ohio Geological Society Lunch Meeting at the Holiday Inn-Worthington – FEBRUARY 18 Air FTG – Full Tensor Gravity Gradiometry: What it is and how it is being used to advance exploration programs, by Colm Murphy, Bell GeoSpace, Inc; www.ohgeosoc.org AIPG Ohio Section Winter Meeting and Dinner Presentation at The Nutter Center, Dayton – Boulders, Bedrock, and Brewing Water: How Geology FEBRUARY 18 has Influenced the History of Dayton, by Dr. David Alan Schmidt, Wright State University; www.aipg-ohio.org (see Newsletter page 6). Ohio Geological Society Workshop at the Holiday Inn-Worthington – MARCH 3 Fundamentals of Gravity and Magnetics, led by Joseph P. Fagan, Jr. of Centennial Geoscience, Inc.; www.ohgeosoc.org 2016 OOGA Winter Meeting – at the Hilton Columbus at Easton, MARCH 16-18 Columbus, Ohio. www.ooga.org Ohio Geological Society Meeting in conjunction with OOGA Winter Meeting at the Hilton Columbus at Easton, Columbus, Ohio – MARCH 16 Determination of Wellbore Orientation in the Utica Shale of Southeast Ohio by Moe Smith, PDC Energy, Inc.; www.ohgeosoc.org AIPG Ohio Section Spring 2016 Meeting and Dinner Presentation, location APRIL 12 to be announced – presenter will be Dr. Ty Ferre, University of Arizona and 2016 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer, www.aipg-ohio.org. AIPG 2016 National Conference at Drury Plaza Hotel, Santa Fe, New SEPTEMBER 10 – 13 Mexico Ohio Section AIPG Annual Meeting and Dinner Presentation - location and NOVEMBER 17 details to be announced. www.aipg-ohio.org 3 American Institute of Professional Geologists Ohio Section February 2016 Newsletter Farewell Address from the Past President Tom Jenkins, CPG-07892 Ohio Section AIPG had a very productive year in 2015, thanks to the coordinated efforts of a group of dedicated committee members. I want to thank all the executive committee members for their hard work. It is very encouraging seeing the organization grow and succeed. We had a great year that included an excellent conference on shale hydrocarbons in the spring, several great dinner presentations and well attended field trip at Shale Hollow Park. It has been an honor to assemble with dedicated, goal-oriented professionals working to achieve a common outcome. I encourage other AIPG members to attend the Executive Committee meetings and get involved. Although participation in the Ohio Section committees does require some time and effort, the benefits certainly make it all worthwhile. I will continue to be involved with the Ohio Section and look to continue to expand Ohio Section activities in the future. As in the past, my message to the membership is to get involved with AIPG, come to an executive committee meeting, and join in the process. I am confident that you will benefit from your participation, most likely in ways that cannot be foreseen. Thomas Jenkins, CPG 7892 2015 President 4 American Institute of Professional Geologists Ohio Section February 2016 Newsletter 5 Ohio Section Winter Meeting and Dinner Presentation Feature Topic: Boulders, Bedrock, and Brewing Water: How Geology Has Influenced the History of Dayton Presented by: Dr. David Schmidt, Wright State University You are cordially invited to the AIPG Ohio Section’s Winter Meeting and Dinner presentation, which will take place on Thursday, February 17, 2016 in Dayton on the campus of Wright State University (WSU) in the Berry Room at the Nutter Center (3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435). The Section is pleased to host Dr. David Schmidt, who will be presenting: Boulders, Bedrock, and Brewing Water: How Geology Has Influenced the History of Dayton. The event begins at 5:30 pm with social hour, followed by dinner at 6:00, and the feature presentation at 7:00. Dinner will be buffet-style with a cash bar. The cost will be $23 for members/guests and $10 for students.
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