Geology majors are required to complete a senior research project under the direction of one of the faculty members, completing GEOL4501 (Introduction to Research) and GEOL451 (Senior Research). Completion of GEOL451 requires a written senior thesis and public presentation of results, typically at a Geological Society of America professional meeting. Student research projects vary with interest and funding.
Senior projects presented at national meetings of the Geological Society of America 2018
![Joe Cross GSA](/files/inline-images/Joe_Cross_1.jpg)
Joseph Cross, 2018
GEOCHEMICAL AND THIN SECTION ANALYSIS OF RING MOUNTAIN SERPENTINITE
![Evan Grassman GSA](/files/inline-images/Evan-Grassmann.jpg)
Evan Grassmann, 2018
LITHOLOGIES AND PROVENANCE OF PEBBLES FOUND IN THE MORAINES OF WISCONSIN
![Caitlin Lebel](/files/inline-images/Caitlin-Lebel.jpg)
Caitlin Lebel, 2018
FOSSIL GASTROPODS FOR USE IN ESTIMATING PALEOCLIMATE AND PALEOECOLOGY IN LAST GLACIAL LOESS, SOUTHWESTERN ILLINOIS
![Mark Lundine](/files/inline-images/Mark-Lundine.jpg)
Mark Lundine, 2018
OPTIMIZING UAV SURVEYS FOR COASTAL MORPHODYNAMICS: ESTIMATION OF SPATIAL UNCERTAINTY AS A FUNCTION OF FLIGHT ACQUISITION AND POST-PROCESSING FACTORS
![Ryan Maher GSA](/files/inline-images/Ryan-Maher.jpg)
Ryan Maher, 2018
IDENTIFYING TRACE ELEMENT CHRONOLOGICAL MARKERS WITHIN UPPER MISSISSIPPI RIVER FLOODPLAIN-SEDIMENTS
![Jack Malone](/files/inline-images/Malone_Jack4_16x9.jpg)
John Malone, 2018
ARCHEAN GEOCHRONOLOGICAL AND DEFORMATIONAL FRAMEWORK OF THE SOUTHERN MARGIN OF THE BIGHORN BATHOLITH, WYOMING: SUCCESSIVE SYNPLUTONIC SHEARING BETWEEN 2960 AND 2840 MA
![Sarah Oswald GSA](/files/inline-images/Sarah-Oswald.jpg)
Sarah Oswald, 2018
TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL VARIATIONS OF ANTHROPOGENIC CONTAMINANTS IN MILL CREEK, KANE COUNTY, IL
![Allison Pease GSA](/files/inline-images/Allison-Pease.jpg)
Allison Pease, 2018
A COMPARISON OF THE RAMAN SPECTRA OF THE HUMITE MINERAL GROUP AT HIGH PRESSURES
![Joseph Teresi GSA](/files/inline-images/Joseph-Teresi.jpg)
Joseph Teresi, 2018
ANALYSIS OF SURFACE SOIL LEAD CONTAMINATION IN URBAN NEIGHBORHOODS OF DAVENPORT, IOWA
![Philip Tunnicliff](/files/inline-images/Philip-Tunnicliff.jpg)
Philip Tunnicliff, 2018
LEAD CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT OF DRINKING WATER IN DAVENPORT, IOWA
![Mark Lundine Mark Lundine](http://www.augustana.net/Images/geology/2016/MarkLundineGSAweb.jpg)
Mark Lundine, 2018
Channel Morphometry Analysis of Headwater Streams Using a Terrestrial Laser Scanner in Two Different Ecoregions
![John(Jack) Malone John (Jack) Malone](http://www.augustana.net/Images/geology/2016/JackMaloneGSAweb.jpg)
John (Jack) Malone, 2018
Structure of the Southern Margin of the Big Horn Batholith, Wyoming: A Major Archean Shear Zone?
![Joseph Teresi Joseph Teresi](http://www.augustana.net/Images/geology/2016/JosephTeresiGSAweb.jpg)
Joseph Teresi, 2018
A Spatial Relationship Between Stream Slope Stability and Water Quality within an Urban Watershed in Rock Island, IL