Outstanding Undergraduate Student Poster SC GSA

Jessica and Pistol Pete on presentation day!

2nd Place- Jessica Whitesell

Jessica presented her work on mutated foraminifera of the Puget Sound where she is using MicroCT scans and dragonfly to determine the percentage of the shells with and without mutations.

TechFest Undergraduate Award Winners

2nd Place- Amanda Harding.

Amanda presented her work on a virtual reality space to illustrate the dimensions and extent of our own solar system. We hope to make this amazing tool part of a mixed reality lessons available in instruction at the Boone Pickens School of Geology.

3rd Place- Joshua Deen.

Josh has become proficient in a group of benthic foraminifera which dissappeared in the most recent extinction event (the Stilostomellas between 0.75-1mya). He has been conducting work on equatorial samples from off the west of Costa Rica which is an area under documented with respect to this global event. Josh is hoping to continue his work on this project during his masters.

The Burkett Micropaleo Lab

Overall, we had 9 presentations at GSA Southcentral with 8 of them as student presentations. For many of our studetns this was their first meeting and presentation. I am so proud of the efforts and outcomes our lab group had. I will gladly take them to any meeting in the future!

Go Pokes!