Recent Senior Research Projects

 

  • Petrographic and Chemical Analysis of Prehistoric Native American Soapstone Vessels and Quarries Along the Patuxent River
  • Evaluation of the Metamorphic History of the Maryland Piedmont on the Basis of Garnet Zoning
  • Kinematics of a Shear Zone, Baltimore County, MD
  • Dynamics of Recent Sedimentation and Erosion, Pleasure Island, MD.
  • Chromium in Soils and Plant Communities, Soldier's Delight, MD.
  • Plio-Pleistocene Development of the Southern Trinidadian Shelf/Slope
  • Chemical Modification of Storm Runoff by a Timed Release Retention Structure
  • Correlation of Devonian Parkhead Sandstone of Maryland
  • Kinematic Analysis of Indicators within the Gunpowder Shear Zone, Maryland Piedmont
  • A Test of Geochemical Prospecting in the Soldier's Delight Chromium District
  • Effects of Development on Watersheds



Internships and Other Research

 

  • Internship with Atlanta Consortium for Research in the Earth Sciences
  • KECK Consortium summer internship, Carleton College, MN
  • REU, Appalachian State University and University of South Florida
  • Internship in Port of Spain, Trinidad, with BP-Amaco
  • Research Fellowship with Atlanta Consortium for Research in the Earth Sciences
  • Road Salting and its Effects on Total Dissolved Solids in Towson Run