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The purpose of the AIPG Student Chapter of the Year Award is to recognize the most outstanding student chapter for their participation in, and contribution to, the American Institute of Professional Geologists. The award will consist of a plaque to be presented to the student chapter, a certificate to each of the officers of the chapter at the time of their submittal, a $500 award for the chapter, and a trip for one member of the winning student chapter to the annual AIPG conference and executive meetings. The student that attends the annual meeting will observe the organization and functions of AIPG and participate in the executive board meeting.
The submission deadline is April 15.
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Presenter: Dr. Abani R. Samal, Ph.D., AIPG Certified Professional Geologist 11143
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Music City Rocks — Geology in the Past, Present, and Future
How geology has shaped our history, provides present day resources, and prepares us for tomorrow's challenges.
Sept. 23-26
Nashville, Tennessee
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AIPG has decided it would not have an official position on participation in this event, and would not have an official presence at the event itself. That said, for those who would like to participate in the event, they are free to do so as private individuals.
First, the March for Science is not outreach to legislators in any way, shape or form. Per their website, the march is a rally that "will feature main stage speakers and several large teach-in tents around the Mall where scientists, educators and leaders from a wide variety of disciplines will discuss their work, effective science communication strategies and training in public advocacy." As professional geologists, our best strategy is to reach out directly to legislators and speak to specific geoscience topics. Certainly this is something that we can do more effectively and in a more organized, directed fashion. It is unclear whether AIPG would be well represented at a rally; it would depend heavily on whether any local representatives would be willing and able to attend.
Second, this event will be a march. The route has not yet been made public, but it seems that this will be more of a demonstration than anything else. While the sentiment behind the March is admirable, especially given the current administration's seeming focus on cutting funding for science with an eye toward increasing other types of spending, having AIPG publicly support the march is unlikely to be a productive use of our name and resources.
Third, the March for Science does not include either ethics or professional practice in their core values. Because AIPG is arguably the premier organization in the United States that focuses on ethics and professionalism in the geosciences (and frankly, we don't have an equivalent in most other fields), supporting a march that does not specifically list ethics as one of its core values does not mesh with our core values.
Fourth, the American Geophysical Union and Geological Society of America have signed on as partners. These are the two largest primarily academic professional organizations for geologists and provide a much larger voice. That said, numerous other high profile organizations have not taken a stance. The reasons are highly variable, but in informal conversations that our Executive Director has had with the executives of those organizations, they indicated that they feel that direct conversations with decision makers at the local, state and national level will be a more effective use of their time and energy.
Adam W. Heft, CPG
2017 AIPG President
American Geosciences Institute
Join the AGI Policy & Critical Issues webinar, at 2 p.m. EST, on Friday, April 14.
Register now for free or register to receive PDH/CEUs!
AIPG accredited — 1 hour webinar = 1 Professional Development Hour (PDH) or .1 CEUs
Live webinar prices with PDH/CEUs: AIPG CPG's and Members receive discounted registration rates!
Register here to receive PDH/CEUs or Register here for free (PDH/CEUs not provided).
- $35 for AIPG CPG Members
- $40 for AIPG Members
- $50 for Non-Members
- $20 for Students
- $100 for Classes
This webinar features experts from state government in Oklahoma, Texas and Ohio, who will discuss the range of state-level actions and approaches taken by these three oil- and gas-rich states to monitor and reduce the occurrence of induced earthquakes.
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American Geosciences Institute
Check out this free joint AGI/AGU webinar, at 1 p.m. EST, Friday, May 12.
The AGU and AGI policy staff will discuss the details of the new administration's budget and what it means for the geosciences. Register for this free webinar here.
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The Third Annual Production Chemicals Optimization 2017 is returning to Houston, June 28-29, with a jam-packed agenda, guaranteed to exceed the industry's expectations on every level. The American Business Conferences has extensively researched with dozens of super majors, majors and small and independent operators across North America to uncover the biggest challenges and the greatest cost drivers in the production chemicals universe.
Click here for the full list of events.
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Friday, June 23, from 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Registration fee: $35
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The AIPG Georgia Section Newsletter — April 2017
The AIPG Illinois-Indiana Section Newsletter — Spring 2017
AIPG Section Newsletters from Spring 2016 – March 2017 are available here.
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See the calendar below and also available online.
| Date |
Event |
More Information |
| April 12 |
AGI webinar: State Responses to Induced Earthquakes in Oklahoma, Texas, and Ohio |
Register online |
| April 14 |
Live webinar: Best Practices in Mineral Resource Estimation & Reporting |
Register online |
| April 18-19 |
GA Section presents 7th Conference on Innovative Environmental Assessment and Remediation Technology |
Kennesaw, Georgia |
| April 20-21 |
AIPG Pennsylvania Section Spring Conference: Emerging Contaminants |
New Cumberland, Pennsylvania |
| May 11-13 |
AIPG Sand Mine Life Cycle Seminar and Nonmetallic Mining in Wisconsin: Water Management Operations and Environmental Protection Seminar |
Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| May 12 |
AGI webinar: How the New Administration's Budget Impacts the Geosciences |
Register online |
| May 19-21 |
AIPG Texas Section — Field Trip to Uranium Country |
South Texas |
| June 13-14 |
7th Annual Michigan Section Technical Workshop |
Roscommon County, Michigan |
| June 24 |
AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting, AIPG Headquarters Offices |
Thornton, Colorado |
| Sept. 23 |
AIPG National Executive Committee Meeting, Marriott Hotel |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| Sept. 23-26 |
AIPG 2017 National Annual Conference |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| June 16-21, 2018 |
Resources for Future Generations: Energy — Minerals — Water — Earth |
Call for Sessions flyer
Conference Brochure |
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Available colors: black, dark green, maroon, navy, red, royal, steel grey and white. Available sizes: small through 4XL.
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AIPG's lightweight jacket is perfect for spring and summer. It is 100 percent polyester with a locker loop, dyed-to-match zipper, front pouch pockets and elastic cuffs and hem. Available colors: black, red, lime, blue, navy. Available sizes: small-3XLarge.
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By Stefanie Heerwig
 As we continue consuming metals and rare earths at the same speed as today, we could run out of existing resources 20 years' time, according to an estimate of current resources and reserves worldwide. Given this pressing demand and following the commodity price boom between 2009-2013, companies have been venturing ever deeper to extract those minerals that are harder to catch on the surface. We are talking about deep sea mining.
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University of Maryland via ScienceDaily
Earth's mantle is made of solid rock that nonetheless circulates slowly over millions of years. Some geologists assume that this slow circulation would have wiped away any geochemical traces of Earth's early history long ago. But a new study of volcanic rocks that recently erupted from volcanoes in Hawaii and Samoa reveals surprising geochemical anomalies — the "fingerprints" of conditions that existed shortly after the planet formed.
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UPI
New research suggests the original Brexit occurred roughly 450,000 years ago. The separation occurred in two stages, researchers determined.
Researchers combined new geophysical data with sear floor topography to better understand how and when the English Channel was flooded and Britain was separated from mainland Europe.
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R&D
The composition of vast swathes of granite found underneath much of the Southwest peninsula of Britain could offer a vital clue to where deposits of metals crucial for the production of many low carbon technologies can be found.
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University of Bergen via ScienceDaily
The distribution of a radioactive Thorium isotope is important in multiple aspects of oceanograpy. Now one researcher has revisited the issue on processes influencing the distribution in the water column.
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Eos
Imagine that you're a fisherman at sea and suddenly your boat is surrounded by dozens of floating pieces of hot, dark rock, hissing and spewing vapor. Some rocks are no bigger than footballs, and some are larger than refrigerators. But just a few minutes later, the mysterious chunks sink below the surface without any hint of where they came from.
That is exactly what happened to a group of fishermen in the Azores, Portugal, in late 1998. It turns out they were witnessing the appearance of lava balloons: floating lumps of hollow, cooled lava burped up from the seafloor after an undersea volcanic eruption.
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The Associated Press via U.S. News & World Report
Cold wind blew across a Tyrone Township farm field Saturday as a handful of geologists and Juniata College students gathered atop mysteriously bare patches of ground.
To the untrained eye, the patches might just look like the sites of a poor harvest.
But the geology students, led by Professor Ryan Mathur, see something else: the possible sites of long-abandoned lead mines, perhaps going back to the 1770s.
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Autralian Mining
A new drill rig technology with the potential to drastically cut exploration costs has undergone successful field trials in outback South Australia.
The coiled tubing drill rig RoXplorer was developed by the Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Center (DET CRC) in South Australia and underwent its first extensive, field drilling trials in late February and early March.
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The Illinois-Indiana Section of AIPG is excited to announce that the Spring Section Meeting will be held from 6-9 p.m., April 19, at the beautiful Morton Arboretum facility in Lisle, Illinois. We invite you to mingle with colleagues, students and vendors while enjoying a light dinner (included) and drinks from the cash bar. The meeting will feature important updates, voting for the section officers and presentations by the USEPA on the Flint crises and a special topic by Andris Slesers. We hope to announce our summer field trip at the meeting and share other exciting news.
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