Marquis Who’s Who is a well-known publisher of biographical directories that highlight the achievements and accomplishments of individuals from various fields and professions.
Recently, Marquis Who’s Who recognized Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian as a an honored listee for his accomplishments in the field of flow and transport in porous media. Inclusion is based on a combination of factors, including an individual’s achievements, contributions, and impact in their area of expertise.
Behzad Ghanbarian’s proposal among the EMSL awards
Soils, particularly near the earth surface, are composed of rich nutrients from organic plant materials and animal matter. It is believed that soils, especially agricultural soils, can adsorb carbon dioxide over a billion tons each year. The Figure below shows the US croplands with a 30m resolution derived from Landsat images. The US has 166 million hectares of net cropland area and is ranked second in the world after India. Therefore, soil-based carbon dioxide adsorption may be considered as a negative emission technology that naturally removes CO2 from the atmosphere. Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian’s proposal on soil-based CO2 sorption was selected as one of the EMSL large-scale research projects. Dr. Ghanbarian will be collaborating with scientists at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on this project to fight climate change.
For further information visit: https://www.emsl.pnnl.gov/news/emsl-awards-funding-32-large-scale-research-projects
Dr. Claudia Adam receives a National Science Foundation grant
Claudia Adam was awarded an ~$177,000 National Science Foundation grant (Structure and dynamics of the subcontinental lithospheric mantle over the Central and Eastern North American continent, constrained by numerical modeling based on tomography models).
Kansas Department of Transportation funds Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian’s project
Aggregates have broad practical applications, particularly for concretes, hot mix asphalts, aggregate base construction, cement treated and granular bases, backfill, cover materials, microsurfacing, subgrade modification or reconstruction, surfacing or resurfacing, shoulder construction, and riprap and ditch lining. Although understanding geomechanical and mineralogical properties of aggregates are essential for many projects, our knowledge on crushed samples are very limited due to lack of experiments. In a recent project funded by the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT), Dr. Behzad Ghanbarian will investigate geomechanical and mineralogical properties of limestone samples from Kansas. In this project, Geology will closely work with the Civil Engineering Department at K-State as well as Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Department at KU.
Ikon Science Donates RokDoc Licenses to Kansas State University (Dr. Raef)
Industry software and data donations are among the resources for supporting current learning, teaching, and research endeavors, leveraging our faculty and students’ interests in careers-oriented K-State experience. Several members of our alumni contributed seismic reflection data and geophysical well logs to support the research and teaching in the areas of applied geophysics and energy resources. More information about this donation can be found here.
During two years of pandemic, most of the field camps have been cancelled, including the K-State international field camp in France. We are glad to announce that our field camp resumed this last summer with 7 K-State students attending to it. We are very grateful to the generous donations and scholarships from our alumni which have helped to support our students participate in both this and other field experiences, particularly through the Elden & Sylvia H. Leasure, the Henry V. Beck and the Frank E. Byrne funds.
Continue reading “The KSU international field camp is back!”
The international field camp does not only allow K-staters to attend their field camp in France, it also allows French students from the University of Franche-Comté to join the K-State family for one semester. This semester, we are hosting two in-coming undergrad students. Learn more about them.
Department Head, Professor Pamela Kempton, participated in a two-month long research cruise this spring, sailing as an igneous petrologist on International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expedition 390.
Continue reading “K-State Geology Faculty Sailing the Ocean Blue”
In the framework of promoting jobs in the field of Earth Sciences, undergrad students, Madeline Akers and Lauren Cannon, interviewed two young alumni, Ryan Keast (M.Sc 2018) and Trenton Bortz (B.Sc 2017).
Learn more about their career paths.
It is with deep sadness that we inform you about the passing of Allen Archer (https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/allen-archer-obituary?id=36219876).
Dr. Matthew Totten retired in August 2022, after 17 years of service to the Department of Geology and Kansas State University.
The Department of Geology is pleased to introduce several new members. Read more about their research and specialties. Continue reading “Meet our new people”