Geology students will have a chance to showcase their research at Utah State University’s poster session on Thursday.
Two student associations, as well as a mix of 15 individual undergraduate and graduate students, will present their research in the Eccles Conference Center from 4:30-6 p.m.
Student researchers will make themselves available during that time to answer questions and to explain their findings alongside their works.
“It’s an informal presentation of what’s going on and what’s new in the geology department,” said Robin Nagy, a Ph.D. student and president of the Logan Geologic Society.
The society, also known as the USU Geology Graduate Student Association, will have its own posters on display. Nagy will also have a poster to present.
“Mine is mainly about micro-fossils and geochemical data — really old rocks, about 650 to 700 million years old — found locally in northern Utah,” Nagy said. “They were deposited during extreme climate change when glaciers covered probably the entire earth.”
The American Association of Petroleum Geologists student chapter at USU will also be presenting research for the first time. The chapter is brand new on campus, Nagy said.
With more than 30,000 members, the AAPG is the largest professional geological society in the world, according to its website.
Geology students are displaying their research because of an upcoming advisory board visit, said Dawn Hayes, Ph.D. candidate and undergraduate student.
“The advisory board is a group of alumni that come and provide suggestions for direction. We thought it would be good for them to see,” Nagy said. “I’m particularly proud of the undergraduate students.”
The advisory board members are involved in industry jobs, Hayes said. The board is well known, within USU’s geologic circles, for connecting students with internships and jobs, she said.
“I think everybody brings something to the table,” Nagy said. “We would love to tell people about our research.”
David Thomas, Brie Geller, Mackinzie Hamilton, Marissa Shields, Ashley Howell and Danielle Manley contributed to this report.
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