2014 Student Research Grant Recipients
The GCAGS Student Grant Committee received a total of 24 research proposals from 17 schools for the 2014 Program. The committee recommended various funding levels for 19 of the 24 proposals reviewed.
The GCAGS granted $2000 for research to each of the following five applicants:
Name |
School |
Topic |
Ohood Bader Alsalem |
Univ. of Texas Arlington |
The Subsidence Evolution of the Fort Worth Basin in North-Central Texas, U.S.A. |
Elizabeth Chamberlain |
Tulane University |
Quantifying Rates of Fluvio-deltaic Progradation and Late Holocene Compaction in a Major River Subdelta using the Mississippi River Delta Geologic Record |
Erik Heider |
Auburn University |
Geology of a Shallow Cross-Section Transect of Wetumpka Impact Structure, Alabama |
Riaz Khan |
Texas A&M Corpus Christi |
Predictive Modeling of Surface and Ground Water Salinity Variation in the South Texas Coastal Region |
Johnathan Rice |
Univ. of Calif. Santa Barbra |
A Facies Description and Holocene History of the Nueces Bay-head Delta, Texas |
The GCAGS granted $1,500 for research to the following five applicants:
Name |
School |
Topic |
Xinyang Chen |
University of Houston |
Origin of Hematitic Ooids in Upper Cambrian Riley Formation, Central Texas |
Calvin Donley |
University of Louisiana Lafayette |
Facies Characterization of the Fasken Field Reservoir, Andrews County TX |
Todd Longbottom |
Baylor University |
Effects of Ocean Reduction-Oxidation Condition on Organic Matter Preservation in the Upper Eagle Ford Formation: Molecular Characterization of Kerogen |
Joseph Mitchell |
Mississippi State University |
Investigating Paleo-Temperatures and Occupation Seasonality at Freshwater Mussel Shell-Ring Sites in the Mississippi Delta- Application for Human/Environmental Impact and Carbonate Geochemistry |
Andrew Simmons |
University of Southern Mississippi |
Alluvial Sedimentation Associated with Historical Logging in Low Gradient Watersheds in DeSoto National Forest, Mississippi |
The GCAGS granted $1,000 for research to the following six applicants:
Name |
School |
Topic |
Jayeeta Charkraboty |
University of Texas Dallas |
Role of Leaching on Organics from Lignite on Groundwater Quality of Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer in East Texas |
Ziaul Haque |
Auburn University |
Petrofacies and Detrital Geochronology of Upper Pottsville Conglomerate Measures from the Cahaba Synclinorium, Alabama |
Erin Idleman |
Baylor University |
Chemostratigraphy and Paleoceanographic Reconstruction of the Upper Jurassic Haynesville Shale in East Texas and West Louisiana |
Kimber O’Brien |
Colorado School of Mines |
Stratigraphic Architecture of a Topset-Dominated Delta in a Coastal Plain Setting, Nelsen Formation, Floy Canyon, Utah |
Alex Resovsky |
University of Texas Austin |
Characterization of Methane Emission from Wetlands in the Texas Gulf Coast Region |
Peter Starnes |
Auburn University |
Arsenic Sequestration in Sulfides at the Lynn Haven Industrial Site |
The GCAGS granted $500 for research to the following three applicants:
Name |
School |
Topic |
Matthew Andresen |
Colorado School of Mines |
Three Dimensional Stratigraphic Architecture and Facies Distribution of a Delta with High Initial Water Depth and Gradient |
Meredith Bush |
University of Texas Austin |
Exploring Source-to-Sink Linkages Between Laramide Basins and the Gulf of Mexico: Evolution of the Galisteo-El Rito and Raton Basins |
Scott Ishler |
University of South Florida |
Calibration of Light Isotopes for a High-Resolution Terrestrial Paleoenvironmental Reconstruction: Insights From Unionids (Mollusca; Bivalvia) |
The total of these recommended awards is $25,000.00.