Welcome to the Department of Geological Sciences at San Diego State University. We encourage you to explore the Department web site. Much of the information you will want about the Department, including academics, faculty interests, facilities, research, and details about alumni and student organizations, can be found. We are a group of 38 active faculty, lecturers, support personnel, and most importantly over 100 enthusiastic and talented undergraduate and graduate students. The department offers a major in geological sciences with a Bachelor of Science or Master of Science degree. Students entering this program can choose one of the following emphases, depending on their specific interests: general geology, engineering geology, geochemistry, geophysics, hydrogeology, marine geology or paleontology. San Diego State University is an academically rich, urban university that provides endless possibilities for students. SDSU is a place to challenge yourself, to take your education into your own hands and carve out your future. We will help to make your undergraduate education more meaningful and personal, fostering closer interaction with faculty members and fellow students. Learning does not just take place in the classroom, but also by the opportunities that arise with involvement elsewhere on campus, in the laboratory, in field research, and in the local community. If you are considering a science course, interested in pursuing a major, or contemplating graduate school, explore this web site for more information and feel free to come by and visit.
Alena Buhler Awarded a grant from Sigma Xi to research the origin of rejuvenated Samoan lavas. 04.29.2008
Amelinda Webb Received the prestigious Bateman Award for Outstanding Applicants, and a University Fellowship, from Yale University. Amelinda will start her PhD at Yale in the Fall. 04.28.2008
Dr. Aaron Pietruszka Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Hawaiian Plume Heterogeneity Revealed by Kilauea's Ongoing Eruption, Prehistoric Lavas and Olivine-Hosted Melt Inclusions"03.24.2008
Amelinda Webb Receives Grants from the Lerner-Gray Fund for Marine Research from the American Museum of Natural History for her research on Using Rank-abundance Curves to Assess the Ecological Impact of the Ordovician Mass Extinction. 03.06.2008
Amelinda Webb Invited to attend the Exxon-Mobil short course in Monterey, Mexico. 03.06.2008
Dr. Aaron Pietruszka Receives Grant for "Using 226Ra-230Th-238U Disequilibria to Test the Hypothesis of Peridotite-Pyroxenite Melt Mixing at Hawaiian Shield Volcanoes"01.10.2008
Dr. Kim Bak Olsen and Steven Day Receives Grant for "Enabling Earthquake System Science Through Petascale Calculations (PetaShake)"12.20.2007
Kean Bliss Receives Grants-in-Aid from SigmaXi for Research in Shocked Carbonates in Impact Structures. 12.17.2007
Dr. Luis Dalguer-Gudiel Receives Grant for "Potential Use of Split Node Technique in Modeling Rupture Dynamics With Staggered Grid FDM"12.17.2007
Dr. Steven Day and Kim Bak Olsen Receives Grant for "A Petascale Cyberfacility for Physics-based Seismic Hazard Analysis"11.14.2007
Dr. Robert Mellors Receives Grant for "Modeling and Measuring Deformation Along Faults in the Western Salton Trough" 09.09.2007
Dr. Gordon Seitz Receives Grant for "Development of a Long-term Earthquake Record at the South End of the San Andreas Fault" 09.07.2007
Dr. Kim Bak Olsen Receives Grant for "3-D and 2-D Modeling of Strong Ground Motion from an M7.0 Earthquake on the Salt Lake City Segment of the Wasatch Fault, Utah: Collaborative Research with San Diego State University and the University of Utah" 09.07.2007
Dr. Kim Bak Olsen Receives Grant for "Broadband Simulation of Ground Motion from Large Earthquakes" 09.07.2007
Dr. Kim Bak Olsen Receives Grant for "A Collaborative Project: 3D Rupture Dynamics, Validation of the Numerical Simulation Method" 09.07.2007
Dr. Steven Day Receives Grant for "3D Rupture Dynamics, Validation of the Numerical Simulation Method" 09.07.2007
Dr. Steven Day Receives Grant for "Bi-material Interface Rupture in 3D" 09.07.2007
Dr. Tom Rockwell Receives Grant for "Towards Understanding Rock Pulverization Along Faults" 09.07.2007
Dr. Tom Rockwell Receives Grant for "Holocene Surface Uplift of the Ventura Avenue Anticline: A Record of Large Blind Thrust Events in the Transverse Ranges" 09.07.2007
Dr. Tom Rockwell Receives Grant for "Late Holocene Earthquake History of the Imperial Fault: A Test of Earthquake Recurrence Models" 09.07.2007
Dr. Rob Mellors and Dr. Eric Frost Receive grant for "Education and Outreach Web Site Development for the CSSC", from the California Seismic Safety Commission. 08.24.2007
Dr. Steven Day Receives Grant for "Elastoplastic Dynamics of Non-planar Faults" 08.06.2007
Dr. Barry Hanan Receives Grant for "Collaborative Research: Chemical, Isotopic and Volatile Constraints on the Evolution of the Lau Basin" 07.31.2007
