Table of Contents Appendix A. Curricula Vitae .......................................................................................................... 1 Current Faculty ........................................................................................................................... 1 Joint Faculty .............................................................................................................................. 73 Adjunct Faculty ......................................................................................................................... 87 Appendix B1. Undergraduate Courses ......................................................................................... 98 Appendix B2. Undergraduate Students Engaged in Research .................................................... 106 Appendix B3. Undergraduate Program Assessment Plan........................................................... 114 Appendix C1. Graduate Courses................................................................................................. 137 Appendix C2. Current Graduate Students .................................................................................. 145 Appendix C3. External Examiners at Other Institutions ............................................................ 155 Appendix C4. Theses and Dissertations ..................................................................................... 160 Appendix C5. PDFs of Student Papers & Articles ..................................................................... 180 Appendix C6. Graduate Program Assessment Plan .................................................................... 295 Appendix D1. Publications (Refereed Journal Articles)............................................................. 317 Appendix D2. Electronic and Non-Refereed Articles ................................................................ 350 Appendix D3. Published Books & Book Chapters ..................................................................... 362 Appendix D4. Patents ................................................................................................................. 369 Appendix D5. Abstracts .............................................................................................................. 371 Appendix E1. Research Grants and Contracts ............................................................................ 394 Appendix E2. Unfunded Research .............................................................................................. 409 Appendix F. Awards and Honors ................................................................................................ 415 Appendix G. Keynote and Invited Talks .................................................................................... 421 Appendix H. Professional Activities........................................................................................... 434 Editorships .............................................................................................................................. 434 Proposal Review Panels .......................................................................................................... 439 Memberships on National and International Committees ...................................................... 443 Workshop Participation .......................................................................................................... 449 Conferences and Special Sessions .......................................................................................... 459 Consultantices ......................................................................................................................... 465 Appendix I. External Ph.D Program Review .............................................................................. 469 Appendix J. Strategic Plan 2005 ................................................................................................. 479 i ii Appendix A. Curricula Vitae Current Faculty 1 CURRICULUM VITAE Wayne M. Ahr, Professor Education B.S. (Geology) University of Texas El Paso 1960 M.S. (Oceanography) Texas A&M University 1965 PhD (Geology) Rice University 1967 Professional Experience 2002-present Joint Appointment as Professor of Petroleum Engineering and Professor of Geology & Geophysics, Texas A&M 1995-2002 Mollie B. and Richard A. Williford Professor of Petroleum Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M 1983-1995 Professor of Geology, Texas A&M 1976-1983 Associate Professor of Geology, Texas A&M 1970-1976 Assistant Professor of Geology, Texas A&M 1967-1970 Exploration Geologist, Shell Oil Co., Houston Honors and Awards 2010 American Association of Petroleum Geologists Grover E. Murray Memorial Distinguished Educator Award (April meeting, 2010) 2008 Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies Outstanding Educator Award 2005 Association of Former Students (Texas A&M) Distinguished Achievement Award for Teaching (College Level) 2003 Best Paper Award (with student J. Layman), W. Texas Geol. Society 2002 Best Paper Award – 2nd Place (with student T. Hopkins), AAPG National Meeting Courses Taught (Five Years) Geol 400 Integrated Reservoir Description [Cross Geol 619 Petroleum Geology Listed with Petroleum Engineering] Geol 624 Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs Geol 404 Petroleum Geology Geol 623 Carbonate Rocks Geol 689 Integrated Reservoir Analysis Students Advised – Four Years 2005-2006 2006-2007 2008 – 2009 Adams, Aaron Poole, Katherine Lafage, Stephanie Kelli Spaugh Fisher, Aaron Mason, Eric Humbolt, Aubrey Travis Barry Lodola, Domenico Genty, Coralie Vera, Riene Mazingue, Vincent Dicus, Christina Five Recent Publications Ahr, W.M. (2008) Geology of Carbonate Reservoirs. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, N.J., 278 pp. Mancini, E.A., W.C. Parcell, W.M. Ahr, V.O. Ramirez, Llinas, J,C., and M. Cameron, (2008). Upper Jurassic updip stratigraphic trap and associated Smackover microbial and nearshore carbonate facies, eastern Gulf Coastal plain, USA, AAPG Bulletin, 92, 417-442. Genty, C., J.L. Jensen, and W.M. Ahr (2007) Distinguishing carbonate reservoir pore facies with nuclear magnetic resonance measurements, Natural Resources Research, 16, 45-54. 2 Fornos, J.J., and W.M. Ahr (2006) Present-day temperate carbonate sedimentation on the Balearic Platform, Western Mediterranean: compositional variation along a low energy iolated ramp. In: Pedley, H.M. and G. Carannante, Eds., Cool-Water Carbonates: Depositional Systems and Palaeoenvoironmental Controls. Geol. Soc.,London, Special Publication 255, pp. 71-84. Mancini, E.A., W.C. Parcell and W.M. Ahr (2006) Upper Jurassic Smackover Thrombolite and Associated Nearshore Facies, Southwest Alabama, Trans. Gulf Coast Assoc. Geol. Soc., Sept. Five Influential Publications Stanton, R.J., D.L. Jeffery, W.M. Ahr (2002) Early Mississippian climate based on oxygen isotope compositions of brachiopods, Alamogordo Member of the Lake Valley Formation, south-central New Mexico, Geol. Soc. Amer. Bull., 114, 4-11. 9 Citations (Nov 2009) Ahr, W.M., and B.S. Hammel (1999) Identification and mapping of low units in carbonate reservoirs: an example from the Happy Spraberry (Permian) field, Garza County, Texas, USA, Energy Exploration and Exploitation, 17, 311-334. 4 Citations (Nov 2009) Fornos, JJ, and W.M. Ahr (1997) Temperature carbonates on a modern, low-energy, isolated ramp: the Balearic platform, Spain, J. Sed. Res., 67, 364-373. 53 Citations (Nov 2009) Ahr, W.M., and R.J. Stanton (1973) Sedimentologic and paleoecologic significance of Lithotrya, a rock- boring barnacle, J Sed. Pet., 43, 20-23. 12 Citations (Nov 2009) Ahr, W.M. (1971) Paleoenvironment, algal structures, and fossil algae in upper Cambrian of central Texas, J. Sed Pet., 41, 205-216, 31 Citations (Nov 2009) Research Publications 60 Refereed articles, books, chapters in books, and book reviews. 83 abstracts from presentations at international, national, and regional professional meetings/conferences, 124 citations Selected Projects with Outside Funding (Five Years) Qatar Petroleum Research Program Associates, Identification and assessment of carbonate facies, pore systems, and mineralogical trends as candidates for acid stimulation and reservoir enhancement, Fall 2006 - Summer 2009, $140,000..Co-PIs W. Ahr and J. Jensen. Anderson Energy Partners, Identification and quality ranking of reservoir flow units, Jurassic Smackover Formation at Grayson field, Arkansas employing comparative study of image analysis, measured poroperm values, and NMR measurements-– September 1 2005 – August 31 2006, . $22,785 PI W. Ahr. Service and Professional Activities (Five Years) 2008 – Present Departmental Executive Committee 2008 – Present Graduate Committee 2008 - 2009 Soft Rock Search Committee 2004 – Present Associate Editor, AAPG Bulletin 2004 – Present Editorial Board, The Geological Journal 3 CURRICULUM VITAE Richard L. Carlson, Regents Professor Education Ph.D., M.S., B.S. (Geological Sciences) University of Washington, 1970, 1972, 1976 Professional Experience 2008-present Program Director, National Science Foundation 2003-present Regents Professor, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University 2002-2009 Dudley J. Hughes Chair, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University 2003-2006 Head, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University 1993-present Professor, Dept. of Geology and Geophysics, Texas A&M University 1986-2003 Professor of Geophysics, Texas A&M University 1987-1996 Associate Director, Geodynamics Research