Master’s Saturday
The Master of Science (MS) degree at the Jackson School of Geosciences is considered to be the professional degree for a career in the Geosciences. This degree is the foundation for students pursuing employment in the petroleum industry, environmental and hydrogeological fields, state and federal government agencies, and other related geoscience fields. Some students also use the MS degree as preparation for pursuing a Ph.D. The Energy & Earth Resources Interdisciplinary program provides the opportunity for students to prepare themselves in management, finance, economics, law and policy leading to analytical and leadership positions in resource-related fields. The private sector and government organizations face a growing need for professionals that can plan, evaluate, and manage complex resource projects, commonly international in scope, which often include partners with a variety of professional backgrounds. As requirements for these degrees, students must present a professional talk on Master’s Saturday.
Master’s Thursday Agenda December 9, 2021
| 12:30pm to 12:45pm | Xin Liu FEASIBILITY OF PREDICTION OF PRINCIPAL STRESS FROM REFLECTION OF SEISMIC DATA (Mrinal Sen) |
| 12:45pm to 1:00pm | Matthew Nix SHIFTS IN DEPOSITION, SEDIMENT DISPERSAL, AND PROVENANCE FOR THE LATE JURASSIC-EARLY CRETACEOUS KOOTENAY AND BLAIRMORE GROUPS: IMPLICATIONS FOR FORELAND BASIN DYNAMICS IN WESTERN CANADA (Brian Horton) |
Master’s Saturday Agenda May 1, 2021
Session 1: Sediment Deposition and Tectonics from Multiple Perspectives
Session Chair: Rebecca Gao and George Segee-Wright
Session 2: Modeling in Many Forms
Session Chair: Eric Hiatt and William Nguyen
| 10:15am to 10:30am | Helena Rose Tiedmann MODELING IN A CRISIS: OVERCOMING THE WATER SECTOR’S DATA STRUGGLES TO REALIZE THE POTENTIAL OF HYDRAULIC MODELS (Kasey M. Faust) |
| 10:30am to 10:45am | Meiyan Chen OPTIMAL ELECTRIFICATION PATHWAYS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (SSA) (Bridget R. Scanlon) |
| 10:45am to 11:00am | Bethany G Rysak ANALYSIS OF HYDRAULIC FRACTURE GROWTH AND SEGMENTATION: IMPLICATIONS OF THE HFTS1 SLANT CORE, WOLFCAMP FM., MIDLAND BASIN, WEST TEXAS (Julia F. W. Gale) |
| 11:00am to 11:15am | David Wiggs A GENERALIZED MODEL TO DESCRIBE THE ELASTIC STIFFNESS TENSOR OF MUDROCKS BASED ON THE FULL STRAIN TENSOR (Peter B. Flemings) |
| 11:15am to 11:30am | Ruide Ao SYSTEMATIC COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT MACHINE LEARNING BASED EARTHQUAKE DETECTION METHODS (Daniel Trugman and Steve Grand) |
| 11:30am to 11:45am | Jasmine Renee Nelson REASSESSING MIDDLE AND INNER EAR MORPHOMETRICS AS PREDICTORS OF AUDITORY CAPABILITIES IN REPTILES (Julia A. Clarke) |
Session 3: The Impacts of Carbon
Session Chair: Cameron deFabry and Shawn Fullmer
Master’s Tuesday Agenda December 1, 2020
BEST TALK: Brooklyn Gose Kinematic Restoration of the Costa Rican Convergent Margin: Exploring the Effects of a Rough Subducting Seafloor (Nathan Bangs)
Session 1: Master’s Tuesday
Session Chair: Eric Hiatt
| 3:30pm to 3:45pm | Colton Spears Analysis of the Depositional Systems, Lithofacies, Diagenesis, and Reservoir Quality of the Lower Cretaceous Pettet Limestone Reservoir Section in the Wright Mountain Field in the East Texas Basin (Robert G. Loucks, Xavier Janson) |
| 3:45pm to 4:00pm | Brooklyn Gose Kinematic Restoration of the Costa Rican Convergent Margin: Exploring the Effects of a Rough Subducting Seafloor (Nathan Bangs) |
| 4:00pm-4:15pm | Sergio Leon Marquez Selecting Green Strategies for New Stadiums: A Case Study of Austin FC (Atila Novoselac, James O’Connor) |
Master’s Saturday Agenda May 2, 2020
- BEST TALK: JSG Graduate Studies Program: Samuel Grant Robbins CONSTRAINING THE TECTONO-THERMAL EVOLUTION OF THE EGYPTIAN RED SEA MARGIN: LINKING OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PROXIMAL TO HYPEREXTENDED RIFT DOMAIN (Daniel F. Stockli)
- BEST TALK: EER Graduate Studies Program: Victoria Sanchez Ibarra CAN WE MEASURE EQUITABLE ACCESS AT THE INTERSECTION OF SOCIAL AND NATURAL SYSTEMS? A LOOK AT THE SPATIAL AND SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF URBAN PARKS (Kasey M. Faust)
Session 1: Advances in Sedimentary Rock Systems: From Texas to Beyond
Session Chair: Benjamin E Rendall
Session 2: Energy, Climate, and Water (starts at 1.51 in the ZOOM video)
Session Chair: Natchanan Doungkaew
Session 3: Patterns and Technology in Earth Sciences (starts at 3.37 in the ZOOM video)
Session Chair: Wade L Aubin
Master’s Saturday Agenda May 4, 2019
BEST TALK: Jacob Makis GEOCHEMISTRY AND ZIRCON U/PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE ERTSBERG PLUTON, ERTSBERG-GRASBERG MINING DISTRICT, PAPUA, INDONESIA: MAGMA CHAMBER RECHARGE AND MIXING (Mark Cloos)
Sponsored by Hess Corporation
| 8:00am to 8:30am | Breakfast Tacos, Holland Family Student Center and Patio |
| 8:30am to 10:00am | Session 1: Focus on Energy, JGB 2.216 Session 2: Indonesia and Beyond, JGB 3.222 |
| 10:00am to 10:30am | Break/Discussion Coffee provided in the Holland Family Student Center and Patio |
| 10:30am to 12:15pm | Session 3: Fluids and its Records, JGB 2.216 Session 4: Exploring the Underground, JGB 3.222 |
| 12:15pm to 1:00pm | Lunch, Holland Family Student Center and Patio |
| 1:00 pm | DGS Award Ceremony: Best Talk announced JGB 2.216 |
Session 1: Focus on Energy, JGB 2.216
Session Chairs: Dallas Dunlap
| 8:30am to 8:45am | Chinelo Agbim RESIDENTIAL TEXAS ENERGY POVERTY: A STUDY COMPARING SUBJECTIVE AND OBJECTIVE MEASURES OF ENERGY POVERTY (Kasey Faust) |
| 8:45am to 9:00am | Matthew Haley MODERNIZING COMMERCIAL RATE DESIGN TO ALIGN THE PRIVATE BENEFITS OF DISTRIBUTED ENERGY RESOURCES WITH SYSTEM AND SOCIAL WELFARE (Fred Beach) |
| 9:00am to 9:15am | Cody Hoffman BOOM OR BUST: TEXAS OFFSHORE WIND INDUSTRY FACES ECONOMIC CHALLENGES (Fred Beach) |
| 9:15am to 9:30am | Mark Reid ASSESSING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EU ETS THROUGH THE OIL AND GAS SECTOR (Carey King) |
| 9:30am to 9:45am | Izaak Ruiz CHARACTERIZATION OF THE HIGH ISLAND 24L FIELD FOR MODELING AND ESTIMATING CO2 STORAGE CAPACITY IN THE OFFSHORE TEXAS STATE WATERS, GULF OF MEXICO (Timothy A. Meckel) |
| 9:45am to 10:00am | James Joseph Corboy TESTING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE FILM SWITCH AS A TEACHING TOOL TO IMPROVE ENERGY LITERACY (Scott Tinker) |
Session 2: Indonesia and Beyond, JGB 3.222
Session Chairs: Lily Jackson
| 8:30am to 8:45am | Dong Hyun Kim ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND RISK MANAGEMENT FOR THE SOUTH SUMATRA NATURAL GAS PIPELINE PROJECT IN INDONESIA (David J. Eaton) |
| 8:45am to 9:00am | Josia Timothy Simanjuntak CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SHALE GAS IN INDONESIA (William Fisher and Svetlana Ikonnikova) |
| 9:00am to 9:15am | Jacob Makis GEOCHEMISTRY AND ZIRCON U/PB GEOCHRONOLOGY OF THE ERTSBERG PLUTON, ERTSBERG-GRASBERG MINING DISTRICT, PAPUA, INDONESIA: MAGMA CHAMBER RECHARGE AND MIXING (Mark Cloos) |
| 9:15am to 9:30am | Clara Jean Brennan LASER STEP-HEATING AND THE SIGNIFICANCE OF 4HE PARENT NUCLIDE ZONATION FOR ZIRCON 4HE/3HE THERMOCHRONOMETRY (Daniel Stockli) |
| 9:30am to 9:45am | Yining Wang FORMATION OF DENSE PYROCLASTS BY SINTERING OF ASH PARTICLES DURING THE 1991 MT. PINATUBO PRECLIMACTIC ERUPTIONS (James Gardner) |
Session 3: Fluids and its Records, JGB 2.216
Session Chairs: Sophie A Goliber and Clara Brennan
Session 4: Exploring the Underground, JGB 3.222
Session Chairs: Lily Jackson and Kiara Gomez