AGS Poster Session a success!

We had more than a dozen posters from AGS folks and 4 students invited from the recent science fair. Thanks go to John Mikels, Scott Tiller, Eric Radjef, Linda McCall, Shirley Wade, & Andrew Donnelly for being judges of Earth Science and representing AGS. Also thanks to Sarah Davidson and Dr. Jack Sharp for bringing in the UT contingent for the poster session.

The room was pretty packed with folks talking shop and just catching up.

Brian Smith (BSEACD) discusses the recently installed Westbay (multiport) monitor well completed within the Edwards and Trinity Aquifers.

Al Broun and Eddie Collins discuss the stratigraphy of the Wimberley Valley Area.







UT undergraduate Girish Tembe presents his poster discussing the applications of CT scanning in paleontology and geology.








John Mikels hands out certificates of accomplishment from AGS to the 4 science fair students invited to present their work.

Pat Bobeck discusses the work of one of the science fair students.








Student presenters include:

Willow Howard, 8th Grade, Dripping Springs Middle School (Dripping
Springs ISD): "It's Raining, It's Pouring...Are Pollutant Levels
Soaring (A Study of the Effects of Rainfall on the Water Quality of
Barton Creek)"

Zach Noah, 9th Grade, Bowie High School (Austin ISD): "Marina Impact
on the Environment"

Cassie O'Connor, 12th Grade, Vista Ridge High School (Leander ISD):
"The Relationship Between Weather Patterns and the Spread of West Nile
Virus in the US" (NOTE: Cassie will be entering UT's Jackson School of
Geosciences this Fall and has been invited to be an AGS student member!)

Arvind Bala, 6th Grade, Harmony Middle School (Austin charter school):
"Wetland Purification for Potable Water"