December

Dr. Thomas Rockwell Repeatability, Accuracy, and Precision of Surface Slip Measurements from High-resolution Topographic Data: Collaborative Research with Arizona State University and San Diego State University 12.10.2010

Thesis Defenses - Marty Koehler, Chris Martin, Evan Martin 12.07.2010

November

Dr. Kim Olsen & Dr. Steven Day Geoinformatics: A Petascale Cyberfacility for Physics-based Seismic Hazard Analysis (PetaSHA-3) 11.30.2010

Seminar - CSU Fresno education abroad: South Pacific Semester 11.16.2010

New Photos Online - Anza Borrego, Rainbow Basin 11.15.2010

Dr. Eric Frost & Dr. Gordon Lee Theoretical Analysis, Explanatory Studies and Technical Services 11.12.2010

Dr. Steven Day Receives Grant for "Vertical-Component Basin Amplification Model" 11.05.2010

Movie Premiere Documentary film on the K-T impact record 11.04.2010

October

Thesis Defenses -Brian Pierce 10.25.2010

Thesis Defenses - John Abeid 10.25.2010

Seminar Highlight - Cameron Cambell and Afton Van Zandt; Prospectives and experiences with the Imperial Barrel Award Program and the Oil Industry 10.25.2010

Seminar Highlight - Louis Klonsky; Earth Science careers in the petroleum industry 10.18.2010

September

Dr. Barry Hanan Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: A High-resolution, Multi-isotopic Study of Upper Mantle Heterogeneity Beneath the Southeast Indian Ridge" 09.30.2010

Seminar Highlight - Mike Hart; LANDSLIDES - MORE THAN JUST A COMPONENT OF THE OVERBURDEN or What every geologist should know about landslides 09.28.2010

Thesis Defenses Online - Lauren Sutton 09.27.2010

Thesis Defenses - Barrett Salisbury 09.20.2010

Thesis Defenses - Holly Olsen 09.20.2010

Earth Science Careers - Chevron 09.17.2010

Dr. Barry Hanan Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Hotspot Rift Interaction and Geochemistry of the North Atlantic Mantle: A U.S.-Norwegian Expedition to Sample the Aegir Ridge "Hole" in the Iceland Hotspot" 09.10.2010

August

Dr. Shuo Ma Receives Grant for "Dynamic Rupture Modeling of M6.5 Normal Faulting Scenarios and Simulation of Strong Ground Motion" 08.13.2010

Thesis Defenses - Lauren Sutton 08.09.2010

July

Dr. Thomas Rockwell and Gary Girty Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Structural Architecture and Evolutionary Plate-Boundary Processes Along the San Jacinto Fault Zone" 07.21.2010

Thesis Defenses Online!! - Kathryn Anderson 07.17.2010

Dr. Thomas Rockwell Receives Grant for "A Long Record of Earthquakes with Timing Displacements for the Dead Sea Transform Fault: A Test of Earthquake Recurrence Models" 07.08.2010

Dr. Kim Olsen Receives Grant for "HAZUS Loss Estimates for Six Large San Andreas Fault Earthquake Scenarios, Including the Mw8.0 "Wall-to-Wall" Scenario" 07.07.2010

Dr. Kim Olsen Receives Grant for "Intergrating Tomographically Improved Earth Structure Models Into Ground-Motion Simulations for Physics-based Seismic Hazard Analysis: Intergration of SCEC CME Computational Pathways 2 and 4" 07.07.2010

Dr. Shuo Ma Receives Grant for "A Collaborative Project: Rupture Dynamics, Validation of the Numerical Simulation Method " 07.07.2010

Dr. Shuo Ma Receives Grant for "Testing Waveguide Effect on Ground Motion in Los Angeles Using Ambient-Noise Green's Functions" 07.07.2010

Dr. Shuo Ma Receives Grant for "Stress Heterogeneity, Strong Velocity-weakening Friction, and Inelastic Off-fault Response" 07.07.2010

June

Dr. Stephen Schellenberg Receives Grant for "Workshop Proposal: Increasing U.S. Graduate Student Participation in the International Urbino Summer School in Paleoclimatology" 06.29.2010

Dr. Thomas Rockwell Receives Grant for "Quantifying Spatial and Temporal Slip-rate Variation of the Southern San Jacinto Fault System" 06.16.2010

Dr. Thomas Rockwell Receives Grant for "SoSAFE - 4D Characterization of the Mystic Lake Paleoseismic Site, Claremont Fault" 06.16.2010

Dr. Patrick Williams Receives Grant for "Tripod LiDAR Mapping of Slip-per-event Geomorphic Sites, Southernmost San Andreas Fault Coachella Valley" 06.16.2010

May

New Photos Online - 2010 Commencement 05.23.2010

Isabelle SacramentoGrilo 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award - Selected as the most influential university professor in the academic career of Lucy Meyer 05.20.2010

Joan Kimbrough 2010 College of Sciences Outstanding Staff in Geological Sciences 05.20.2010

David Kimbrough 2010 College of Sciences Outstanding Faculty in Geological Sciences 05.20.2010

Thesis Defenses Online!! 05.18.2010

Reid Cummins 2010 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Presentation 05.17.2010

Zachary Hasten 2010 Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Presentation 05.17.2010

Jason Ricketts 2010 Outstanding Graduate Thesis Presentation 05.17.2010

Robert Mellors 2010 Outstanding Faculty Award - Selected as the most influential university professor in the academic career of Christopher Binter 05.17.2010

Christopher Binter 2010 Outstanding Graduate in the Department of Geological Sciences 05.17.2010

2010 Thesis/Graduate Award Winners 05.17.2010

Dr. Robert Mellors and Eric Frost Receives Grant for "Education and Outreach Web Site Development for the California Seismic Safety Commission" 05.07.2010

Thesis Defense May 7th and May 12th 05.03.2010

April

New Photos Online - AAPG/SDAG Field Trip to Torrey Pines 04.26.2010

Seminar Highlight - Mike Helgerud; Applied 4D Seismic at ExxonMobil 04.20.2010

Seminar Highlight - Martin Karrenbach; 3D Borehole Seismic - Overview and New Frontiers 04.13.2010

Dr. Steven Day Receives Grant for "Earthquake Rupture Simulations: Thermo-mechanical Models, and Validation with Strong Motion Data" 04.08.2010

Dr. Aaron Pietruszka Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Hawaiian Plume Heterogeneity Revealed by Kilauea's Ongoing Eruption, Prehistoric Lavas and Olivine-hosted Melt Inclusions" 04.02.2010

March

Alumni Banquet - April 23rd, 2010 03.25.2010

Thesis Defense - Arifandy Aulia; Seismic Hazard Analysis of Kyrgyzstan using Data from the 2006 MW 5.8 Kochkor Earthquake 03.20.2010

Webinar Highlight - Stephen Self; Super-eruptions: Volcanic Activity with a Global Impact 03.19.2010

Seminar Highlight - Stephen Self; Super-eruptions: Volcanic Activity with a Global Impact 03.09.2010

February

Annual Alumni Field Trip March 26th-28th 02.22.2010