News
Sophomore Geology major Josh Feierstein '15 has won the undergraduate award for an outstanding research poster at the 16th Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors held April 18, 2013.
Josh's research, "Manganese: the New Black," was based on his work with faculty advisor Dr. Sarah Carmichael.
The competition highlighted the top 14 undergraduate and graduate posters out of the 150 abstracts presented at the daylong celebration.
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Dr. Sarah Carmichael, an assistant professor in the Department of Geology and a member of the Appalachian studies faculty, is this year’s recipient of the Wayne D. Duncan Faculty Enrichment and Teaching Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching in General Education.
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Dr. Chuanhui Gu, winner of the 2012 Wachovia Award for Environmental Research, discusses his research with the High Country Press.
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Dr. Johnny Waters has received the 100 Scholars award, which recognizes “exemplary research … of a tenured faculty member.” Dr. Waters is an invertebrate paleontologist specializing in echinoderms, whose research involves recovery of marine ecosystems after mass extinctions.
Dr. Chuanhui Gu has received the Wachovia Award, which recognizes research “related to environmental concerns for the region.” Dr. Gu is an aqueous geochemist and hydrologist who studies biogeochemical cycling...
A partnership between Appalachian State University and the N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences’ Paleontology Section offers students a fossil-hunting expedition each summer and the museum access to new material for its research and collections.
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Three Geology majors were winners of the Student Research Poster Competition at the 15th Annual Celebration of Research and Creative Endeavors.
The winners include:
Leigh Roble – “Morphologies of Fungal Mn Oxide Biomineralization in Southern Appalachian Caves.” Faculty advisor: Dr. Sarah Carmichael
Aubrey DeReuil – “Diagenetic Alteration in Carbonate Rocks from Hongguleleng Formation in the Late Devonian of Northwestern China.” Faculty advisor: Dr. Johnny Waters
Julia Irizarry...
The Science Expo, which is not open to the general public, is expected to bring more than 1,000 public school students to campus for activities that include chemistry and physics demonstrations, a laser demo show, tours of the McKinney Geology Teaching Museum, solar gazing from the Rankin Observatory, and stops at some 30 educational booths in the Holmes Convocation Center that will provide information on topics such as composting, wind energy, plants, robots, microbiology and more.
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Dr. Cynthia Liutkus interviewed in National Geographic for her work as a National Geographic Explorer
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Dr. Sarah Carmichael's biominerals research and the search for life on Mars
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Dr. Andy Heckert receives N.C. Geological Survey's Outstanding Earth Science Educator Award
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033 Rankin Science West
572 Rivers Street
Boone, NC 28608
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Appalachian State University
ASU Box 32067
Boone, NC 28608-2067
Phone: 828-262-3049
Fax: 828-262-6503
Interim Chairperson:
Dr. Bill Anderson
andersonwp@appstate.edu
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Anthony Love
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