Faculty Research Activities

Faculty Research Activities

Faculty Research Activities

Project Director Title Sponsor Funding
Source
Dates
Allan Kehew Geologic mapping of the Augusta quad US Geological Survey Federal 9/1/11-8/31/12
Allan Kehew Geologic mapping of Calhoun County Great Lakes Geologic Coalition Federal 8/1/11-7/31/12

Carla Koretsky

Development of surface complexation models for Cr (VI) adsorption on soils, sediments, and model mixtures of kaolinite, montmorillonite, g-alumina, hydrous manganese and ferric oxides, and goethite

DOE

Federal

9/1/10-8/31/12

Dave Barnes

MICHCARB, An initiative for the Acceleration of Geological Carbon Sequestration in Michigan

DOE

Federal

2009-2011

 

Dave Barnes

Cambro-Ordovician Assessment

University of Illinois

Federal

12/8/09-12/7/11

 

David Barnes

CO2 Storage Infrastructure

Battelle Memorial Institute

Other

12/1/09-11/30/11

 

David Barnes

CO2 Sequestration and Enhanced Oil Recovery Potential on Michigan

US Geological Survey

Federal

8/1/10-9/30/11

 

David Barnes

Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership (MRCSP): Regional Geological Sequestration Assessment, Phase III

Battelle Memorial Institute

Other

2/13/06-11/30/11

 

Heather Petcovic

Development and evaluation of a problem-based field and laboratory environmental geochemistry course

National Science Foundation

Federal

9/08-8/11

 

Heather Petcovic

Improving the STEM workforce by improving community college teachers of science

National Science Foundation

Federal

8/08-8/13

Heather Petcovic

Collaborative Proposal: Learning across the Expert-Novice Continuum: Cognition in the Geosciences

National Science Foundation

Federal

9/08-8/12

Michael Grammer

Evaluation and Modeling of Stratigraphic Control on the Distribution of Hydrothermal Dolomite Reservoirs away from Major Fault Planes

RPSEA

Federal

2009-2012

 

Michelle Kominz

Ocean Leadership

Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Other

11/4/09-11/3/12

Michelle Kominz

Ocean Leadership

Consortium for Ocean Leadership

Other

1/4/10-1/8/13

Mohamed Sultan

Integration of Grace Data with Inferences from Hydrologic Models, Geochemical Data, and Field Data for a Better Understanding of the Time-Dependent Water Storage Variability in Large-Scale Aquifers: Case Studies from North Africa

NASA

Federal

4/08-4/12

Mohamed Sultan

Mojave Water Investigation

California State University, Fullerton

Education

5/1/10-6/30/11

Mohamed Sultan

Sinai Egypt Water Resources

NATO

Foreign

4/27/07-10/1/12

Mohamed Sultan Detailed Studies on Landslides in Jazan Area

Saudi Arabia Geological Survey

Foreign 7/15/2010-7/15/2013
Mohamed Sultan Nile Delta Subsidence NSF Federal 10/1/11-9/30/14
Mohamed Sultan Enhancing capacity for water resource studies in Egypt and Morocco U.S. Department of State

Federal

10/1/11-9/30/14

Mohamed Sultan

Grace, remote sensing, and traditional data sets for modeling time dependent water partitioning on continental scales: A case study from Africa

NASA Federal 10/1/11-9/30/14

Ron Chase

Statistical evaluation of factors causing slope displacement

US Army Corp of Engineers

Federal

10/15/11-7/3/12

William Harrison

Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Michigan Center Petroleum Technology Transfer Council Other 10/1/09-9/30/11

William Harrison

Michigan Contribution to the National Geothermal Data System

Arizona Geological Survey

Other

5/24/10-8/29/12
 

 

 

   
 

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