Geology majors are required to complete a senior research project under the direction of one of the faculty members, completing GEOL4501 (Introduction to Research) and GEOL451 (Senior Research). Completion of GEOL451 requires a written senior thesis and public presentation of results, typically at a Geological Society of America professional meeting. Student research projects vary with interest and funding.
Joseph Cross, 2018
GEOCHEMICAL AND THIN SECTION ANALYSIS OF RING MOUNTAIN SERPENTINITE
Evan Grassmann, 2018
LITHOLOGIES AND PROVENANCE OF PEBBLES FOUND IN THE MORAINES OF WISCONSIN
Caitlin Lebel, 2018
FOSSIL GASTROPODS FOR USE IN ESTIMATING PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGY IN LAST GLACIAL LOESS, SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
Mark Lundine, 2018
OPTIMIZING UAV SURVEYS FOR COASTAL MORPHODYNAMICS: ESTIMATION OF SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY AS A FUNCTION OF FLIGHT ACQUISITION AND POST-PROCESSING FACTORS
Ryan Maher, 2018
IDENTIFYING TRACE ELEMENT CHRONOLOGICAL MARKERS WITHIN UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN-SEDIMENTS
Sarah Oswald, 2018
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS IN MILL CREEK, KANE COUNTY, IL
Allison Pease, 2018
A COMPARISON OF THE RAMAN SPECTRA OF THE HUMITE MINERAL GROUP AT HIGH PRESSURES
Joseph Teresi, 2018
ANALYSIS OF SURFACE SOIL LEAD CONTAMINATION IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS OF DAVENPORT, IOWA
Philip Tunnicliff, 2018
LEAD CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT OF DRINKING WATER IN DAVENPORT, IOWA
Mark Lundine, 2018
Channel Morphometry Analysis of Headwater Streams Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner in Two Different Ecoregions
John (Jack) Malone, 2018
Structure of the Southern Margin of the Big Horn Batholith, Wyoming: A Major Archean Shear Zone?
Joseph Teresi, 2018
A Spatial Relationship Between Stream Slope Stability and Water Quality within an Urban Watershed in Rock Island, IL
Augustana College students take a break from their 15-week semester schedule to engage in a month-long period of intensive learning during January Term, or J-term. This three-and-a-half week course was added as part of the college’s transition to semesters in 2019-2020.
Four Augustana students have hit the ground running with their summer geology internships. Projects include studying the formation and evolution of ancient mountain belts, paleontology research, studying geological maps in zinc mines and installing seismometers for earthquake detection.
When Hannah Johnson ‘23 learned of an opportunity to create the first model of a recently discovered prehistoric creature, she put her art and geology majors to work.
