Pegrum Lecture Series

The Pegrum Lecture Series was established to honor Reginald H. Pegrum, founder of UB's Geology Department. This series is funded in part by the Maurice Crook and Orrin Foster Lecture funds.

Unless otherwise indicated below, Fall 2009 Pegrum Lectures are on Thursdays in room 205 Natural Sciences Complex.  Refreshments at 3:30 with lectures beginning at 3:45.

FALL 2009

September 3, 2009

     Travis Nelson, University at Buffalo

          "Safety Training Seminar on Chemical and Laboratory Procedures and Hygiene"

September 10, 2009

     Parade of Professors

           Professors from the Department of Geology to give brief lectures about their research.

September 17, 2009

     Geology Department Field Trip

          Professors Jason Briner, Charles Mitchell and Zhangshuan Hou to lead a lecture and field trip in the

          Niagraga Falls region to discuss the geologic history and mineraligical assemblages of Niagara

          Falls and WNY region. (In case of rain the field trip will be cancelled and a faculty research lecture

          put in it's place.)

September 24, 2009

    Dr. DeBonne Wishart, University at Buffalo

Geoelectrical Advantages of Hydraulic Anisotropy Characterization of Fractured Rock from the Azimuthal Self Potential Gradient

October, 1, 2009

      Graduate Student Presentation: Anthony Kellogg UB Geology

           "Analyzing Reservoir and Overburden Impacts On Seismic and Electromagnetic Responses and the

           Applicability of Seismic and EM Methods in Deep Water Reservoir Characterization through Forward

           Modeling"

October, 8, 2009

      Dr. Derick G. Brown, Lehigh University

           "Relationship between Bacterial Adhesion to a Surface and Cellular Bioenergetic”

October 15, 2009

      Dr. Peter Shultz, Brown Universisty

          "The Day the Sky Fell on Peru"

October 22, 2009

     Janice Lobdell, Fortuna Energy, Inc.

          "Marcellus Shale 101"

October 29, 2009

     Dr. Lee Slater, Rutgers University          

         “Hydraulic Characterization the Hyporheic Corridor at the Hanford 300 Area Using Geoelectrical

           Imaging and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) Methods”

November 5, 2009

      Graduate Student Presentation: Dawn Sweeney UB Geology

            “Unusual Volcanic Products from the2008 Eruption at Volcan Llaima, Chile”

November 12, 2009

       Dr. Grant Ferguson, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, NS

              " Is Geothermal Resource Development Sustainable"

November 16, 2009

       Dr. Christopher Lowry, Universisty of Wisconsin at Madison 

              “Identifying processes controlling groundwater/surface water interactions in a peat-dominated

                wetland using ground penetrating radar, distributed temperature sensing, and numerical

                simulations”

November 19, 2009      

      Dr. Melanie Mayes, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

               “Mobility of Dissolved Organic Carbon in Forested and Agricultural Ecosystems”

December 10, 2009

     To be Announced

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