Research & Scholarship
The research and scholarly efforts of our faculty ensure that our students are educated in a vibrant and engaged environment. Recent research and scholarship projects are listed below.
Abstracts
Bishop, M. P., Bush, A. B., Copland, L., Haritashya, U., Shroder, J. F., Swenson, S., Wahr, J. (2008). Advancing Glaciers and Positive Mass Anomaly in the Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan. American Geophysical Union.
Haritashya, U., Bishop, M. P., Shroder, J. F. (2008). "Glacier fluctuations in the Nanga Parbat region of Western Himalaya." American Geophysical Union.
Koziol, A. M., McGrew, A. J. (2008). Academic Competencies at the Department of Geology, University of Dayton (6th ed., vol. 40). Houston, TX: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs.
McGrew, A. J., Vance, J. L. (2008). Buried Canyons: End-Laramide Paleotopography Of Northeastern Nevada Preserved Beneath Eocene To Miocene Volcanic Sequences (1st ed., vol. 40, pp. 48). Las Vegas, NV: Geological Society of America Joint Cordilleran/Rocky Mountain Section Meeting Abstracts with Programs.
Shroder, J. F., Bishop, M. P., Haritashya, U., Olsenholler, J. A. (2008). Afghanistan Glacier Diminution. American Geophysical Union.
Snoeyenbos, D. R., Koziol, A. M. (2008). Exsolution Phenomena of UHP Type in Garnets from Western New England, USA (53rd ed., vol. 89, pp. Abstract #V31E-07). Washington DC: EOS transactions American Geophysical Union.
Tomlin, J., Sandy, M. R., Grushon, M. (2008). Sustainable Partnerships for Improving STEM Education (2008th ed). University of Arlington, Arlington, Texas: National Network for Educational Renewal Annual Meeting.
Contracts
Haritashya, U. (Co-Principal). "Consultancy Services for Development of Real-Time Decision Support System for Operational Management of Reservoirs of BBMB." Sponsored by DHI Water Environment Health, Denmark, $39,648.
Grants
Goldman, D. (Principal). "Refining the geologic timescale: An integrated biostratigraphic approach." Sponsored by American Chemical Society/Petroleum Research Fund, $50,000. (June 1, 2006 - September 1, 2009).
McGrew, A. J. "Thermochronological Evolution and Timing of Extension in the Hinterland of the Sevier Orogenic Belt, Northeastern Nevada." Sponsored by American Chemical Society - Petroleum Research Fund, $50,000. (August 1, 2003 - August 31, 2008).
Sandy, M. R. (Supporting). "Project PN2 no. 31-059 / 2007-2010 / GEOBIOHAS/Geo-biodiversity of the National Park Bicaz Gorges-Hasmas: "Geological, geographic, biologic integrated studies to enrich the natural heritage of the Park, and its boundaries extension." Sponsored by National Center for the Management of Research Programs, Romania. (2008 - 2010).
Sandy, M. R. (Co-Principal). "WeEXCEL Academies for Teachers." Sponsored by Ohio Department of Education, $1,713,627. (January 2007 - June 2010).
Smith, T. B. (Principal), Birch, J. (Co-Principal), Elhamri, S. (Co-Principal), Engelhardt, E. (Co-Principal), Erdei, J. (Co-Principal), Ferguson, S. (Co-Principal), Hundley, S. (Co-Principal), Kelly, M. K. (Co-Principal), Sandy, M. R. (Co-Principal). "Curiosity in the Classroom Learning Living Community." Sponsored by University of Dayton, $11,844. (May 16, 2007 - May 15, 2010).
Sandy, M. R. (Supporting). "University of Bucharest Paleobiology Database." Sponsored by Consiliul National al Cercetarii Stiintifice Din Invatamantul Superior (Romanian equivalent of the National Science Foundation). (June 2006 - December 2009).
Wu, S. (Principal). "Community vulnerability to flooding under the changing climate." Sponsored by University of Dayton SEE program, $10,000. (March 31, 2008 - December 31, 2008).
Wu, S. (Principal). "Potential climatic change in the Great Miami River Watershed." Sponsored by University of Dayton Research Council Seed Grant, $6,000. (January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2008).
Wu, S. (Co-Principal), Sidhu, S. (Principal). "Carbon Sequestration: Using GIS to develop a Negative Carbon Footprint for an Air Force Base." Sponsored by Wright Patterson Air Force Base, $50,000. (August 1, 2008 - July 31, 2010).
Invited Lectures
Wu, S. "Impacts of sea level rise on Atlantic Coast." College of Arts & Sciences Dinner for Women Faculty, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (November 18, 2008).
Journal Articles
Goldman, D., Leslie, S. A., Bergstrom, S. M., Nolvack, J., Young, S. A., Finney, S. C. (2008). "An Ordovician Global Reference Section Recently Selected in Oklahoma." Oklahoma Geology Notes, 68(1-2), 15-18.
Mitchell, C. E., Maletz, J., Goldman, D. (2008). "What is Diplograptus?" Bulletin of Geosciences, 83(4), 1-8.
Other Intellectual Contributions
Sandy, M. R. "Ordovician and Silurian Geology of Greene County." Alumni Reunion, Department of Geology, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (October 2008).
Wu, S. "Climate Change of the Great Lake Region." Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. (April 9, 2008).
Wu, S. "Statistical downscaling of GCM output for hydrological assessment." Environmental Cafe, University of Dayton SEE program, Dayton, OH. (February 29, 2008).
Papers
Bishop, M. P., Bush, A. B., Copland, L., Haritashya, U., Shroder, J. F., Swenson, S., Wahr, J. "Advancing Glaciers and Positive Mass Anomaly in the Karakoram Himalaya, Pakistan." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
Goldman, D., Klosterman, S. L., Nolvack, J., Miller, G. C. "Correlation of the middle and upper ordovician rocks of baltoscandia using constrained optimization (conop9): preliminary results." The Seventh Baltic Stratigraphic Conference, Geological Society of Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia. (May 15, 2008).
Goldman, D., Sheets, H. D., Bergstrom, S. M., Nolvak, J. "Middle and Late Ordovician Biodiversity Dynamics in Marine Microfossils from Baltoscandia." North Central Section, Geological Society of America, Evansville, Indiana, IN. (April 24, 2008).
Koziol, A. M., McGrew, A. J. "Academic Competencies at the Department of Geology, University of Dayton." 2008 Joint National Meeting, Geological Society of America, Houston, TX. (October 6, 2008).
Shroder, J. F., Bishop, M. P., Haritashya, U. "Afghanistan Glacier Diminution." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
Snoeyenbos, D. R., Koziol, A. M. "Exsolution Phenomena of UHP Type in Garnets From Western New England." 2008 Fall Meeting, American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA. (December 17, 2008).
Wu, S. "Statistical downscaling of GCM output for flood frequency assessment in small watersheds: A case study of the Upper Great Miami Watershed, Ohio." Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA. (April 18, 2008).
Posters
Goldman, D., Sheets, H. D., Bergstrom, S. M., Nolvack, J. "Middle and Late Ordovician Biodiversity Dynamics in Marine Microfossils from Baltoscandia." National Meeting, Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (October 8, 2008).
Goldman, D., Xu, C., Leslie, S. A., Williams, N. A. "New Graptolite and Conodont faunal data from the Middle Ordovician Dawangou Section, Tarim Basin, Western Xinjiang, China, and its implications for Biogeography." North Central Section, Geological Society of America, Evansville, IN. (April 25, 2008).
Haritashya, U., Bishop, M. P., Shroder, J. F. "Glacier fluctuations in the Nanga Parbat region of Western Himalaya." American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, CA.
Leslie, S. A., Goldman, D., Williams, N. A., Derose, L. M., Hawkins, D. A. "Bedding Plane Co-Occurrence of Biostratigraphically Useful Conodonts and Graptolites in Ordovician Shale Sequences." America National Meeting, Geological Society of America, Denver, CO. (October 8, 2008).
Wu, S. "Impact of climate change on flood risk in southern Ohio." Climate Change: Science and Solutions, National Council for Science and Environment, Washington, DC. (January 16, 2008).
Workshops
Goldman, D., Wu, S. "Silver Lake Wetland Restoration." Wetland Restoration for Singapore High School Students, University of Dayton, Dayton, OH. (June 2008).
Haritashya, U. "Satellite and field based glaciological studies in the Himalaya, Hindu Kush and Karakoram region." Implementation of Research on Global Change in Mountain Regions, Berkley, CA.
Sandy, M. R., Recob, M. "Water, Land, and Weather: Teacher Training Workshop." University of Dayton, Challenger Learning Center, Dayton, OH. (June 2008).
Sandy, M. R., Wu, S. "Catastrophic Event: Teacher Training Workshop." Wright State University, Dayton, OH. (June 2008).
