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American Geosciences Institute
This course will focus on how to use Membrane Interface Probe sensor results in combination with soil and groundwater analytical results to map the distribution of volatile organic chemical non aqueous phase liquids. This presentation is aimed at teaching geologists involved in assessment and remediation work how to improve project outcomes. Earn 2 PDHs/.2 CEUs. Register here.
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The FLUTe transmissivity profile provides the same resolution with no packer leakage in less than 3 hours and leaves the borehole sealed.
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Presentation Titles and Presenters | Abstracts — Presentation and Posters | Exhibitor Information | Sponsor Information
We have great field trips to choose from, and some have limited space. Make sure and register for your favorites before it is too late!
- Friday, Sept. 22, 5:30 – 10:30 p.m.: General Jackson Showboat Cruise, Dinner, and Show (limited space)
- Sunday, Sept. 24, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Mammoth Cave, Crumps Cave and Corvette Museum (filling up fast)
- Sunday, Sept. 24, 7:30 a.m. – 6 p.m.: Harpeth River and Stones River
- Monday, Sept. 25, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Lookout Mountain and Raccoon Mountain
- Tuesday, Sept. 26, 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.: Gordonsville Underground Zinc Mine Tour (limited space)
Sept. 23 — Student Career Day — $15 for Students — pdf form
Hosted by American Institute of Professional Geologists and Association for Women Geoscientists.
SPONSOR THE STUDENT CAREER DAY EVENT
Support this event by making a donation to the Foundation of the American Institute of Professional Geologists, donations earmarked for this event. The Foundation is a 501(c)(3). Contributions are tax deductible.
Sept. 23-26 — Technical Sessions, Field Trips, Poster Sessions, Social Events, networking opportunities and more! Register online or using this pdf form.
Sept. 24 — Foundation of AIPG Silent Auction — Bring items to Nashville or ship them to Nashville.
Sept. 25 — AGI Workshop — Creating Meaningful Experiences in School Settings
For many ..., scientific research and the development of new technology are the exclusive domains of scientists and engineers. Many people have never met or had a conversation with a working scientist, and thus feel no personal connection to science at all. Face-to-face interactions between scientists and public audiences are important opportunities for improving public awareness and understanding of current research and its application. They also increase public appreciation of the individuals who work in science-based fields.
Sept. 25 and 26 — Two days of technical presentations — Schedule of presenters
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Courses are free to take and a fee is required to obtain CEUs.
- Techniques for Developing High Resolution LNAPL Conceptual Site Models
(earn .2 CEUs — $45 non-member, $32.50 AIPG Member, $27.50 AIPG CPG and
$12.50 Student)
- Best Practices in Mineral Resource Estimation & Reporting
(earn .1 CEUs — $35 non-member, $30 AIPG Member, $25 AIPG CPG and $10 Student)
- Fundamentals of Professional Ethics: Elements and Examples
(earn .1 CEUs — $35 non-member, $30 AIPG Member, $25 AIPG CPG and $10 Student)
Click here for more information.
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The AIPG quarterly publication "The Professional Geologist" (TPG) July/August/September issue is now available online.
Keeping track of CPD hours
The Texas Board of Professional Geologists' (TBPG) summer newsletter contained a note, "Continuing Education is Simple." It is if you "keep your records of continuing education current, as you may be selected for audit. ... It's a lot easier to keep your records current than to scramble to update them after you receive the audit notice!" The easiest way to keep a current CPD record is to create and use a simple tabular record in OneNote™ or Evernote™. OneNote is part of Microsoft Office and Evernote is a free program. Both work on PCs and Macs, on your smart phone, your tablets, etc. The programs automatically synchronize the data between all your devices that you setup the program to work on, your home computer, your office computer, etc. As you complete a CPD activity, record it in a simple table with columns for date, hours, and activity description. If you have this basic data, completing a CPD reporting form for any organization requiring CPD is easy. You have the basic data. As you get in the habit of using one of these programs, which are great for lots of things, you'll realize that you are recording more and more CPD activities. These programs are also great for keeping lists of your prescriptions, your travel cards (motel/hotel, car rental, airline, etc.), simple reminders of ideas or to-do lists. Keeping an up-to-date activity log will make filling out the CPD reporting log for a CPD audit easy when you receive an audit notice; it will be nothing like an IRS audit.
The TBPG's note also states, "Interestingly, many of our licensees don't realize just how many things can count toward continuing education. We don't require formal (and expensive courses). You can include things like professional society meetings that have a technical presentation, online courses and tutorials, teaching a course or short course, and we allow up to five hours of self-study per year. For your ethics, TBPG has an online ethics presentation on our website, and we count review/study of ANY rules or regulations to which you are subject as part of your profession. For example, if you need to review the regulations for underground storage tanks for your job, put that on your continuing education program activity log and count it as your one hour of ethics for the year!" Although the Texas CPD requirements differ from AIPG's, the TBPG's note is right. Keep a current log as you do things and watch the CPD activity hours add up.
An article on AIPG's revised CPD program will be in the July/August/September Professional Geologist.
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This half-day webinar is specifically designed for directors, managers, supervisors, hydro geologists, engineers, equipment manufacturer and suppliers, and operators involved in groundwater quality monitoring. Participants will receive CEUs/PDHs
Speakers Include:
- Carl Keller (FLUTe)
Innovative FLUTe Mapping for NAPL & Dissolved Contaminants
- Randy St. Germain (Dakota Technologies)
Characterizing LNAPLs and DNAPLs with Laser-Induced Fluorescence
- Seth Pitkin — National Director (Cascade)
Value of High Resolution Site Characterization
Contact Jayne Englebert P.G., CPG, for registration questions.
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Oct. 24-25 at the ODNR H.R. Collins Core Laboratory Conference Room, in Delaware, Ohio.
The AIPG Ohio Section is pleased to announce an upcoming Vapor Intrusion Short Course. Vapor intrusion (VI) is the migration of undesirable chemical components into indoor airspace. Vapor intrusion into buildings is one of the primary routes of human exposure to volatile organic compounds released to the subsurface. This short course will cover VI aspects including the physical processes governing subsurface vapor transport and entry into buildings, VI assessment, monitoring and mitigation strategies, VI risk analysis, legal aspects, case studies and field demonstrations. CEUs will be available and we are working with Ohio EPA to get VAP PDHUs for Certified Professionals that attend.
View the full course information here.
Register on our payment page here.
Attendance will be limited to the first 50 paid registrants so please register today!
INTRAW
Save now the date for the launch event of the International Raw Materials Observatory and join us in a discussion to unveil future challenges of metals and minerals' provision.
This event is organised in the frame of the European Commission's Raw Materials Week, and will be integrated in a session of the Conference EU-Advanced Mining Countries, organised by DG Grow. In addition, as one of the services the Observatory will provide in the future, an international match-making session between industry and research organisations active in the raw materials sector will be organised at the end of this Conference.
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Resources for Future Generations 2018
Resources for Future Generations 2018 anticipates attracting more than 4,000 participants to Vancouver, BC, from June 16-21, 2018. But who exactly IS RFG2018 for? General Chair Dr. John Thompson explains that fundamentally, RFG2018 is for anyone concerned about the Earth and the extraction and delivery of resources in a sustainable way.
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The AIPG Store has two new T-shirts available — order online. $17 for AIPG members or $19 for non-members (includes S&H).
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 The men's Sport-Tek® ultimate performance long-sleeve crew T-shirt combines a soft cotton hand with sweat-wicking performance to make training (or lounging) cooler and drier. Fabric/style: 5-ounce, 95/5 poly/spandex jersey; tag-free label, loose athletic fit and raglan sleeves.
 The Sport-Tek® ladies' long-sleeve V-neck tee is lightweight, roomy and highly breathable, these moisture-wicking, value-priced tees feature PosiCharge technology to lock in color and prevent logos from fading. It is 3.8-ounce, 100 percent polyester interlock with PosiCharge technology, gently contoured silhouette, removable tag for comfort and relabeling, self-fabric V-neck and set-in sleeves.
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The AIPG Expandable Briefcase has the AIPG logo, durable 600 denier polyester fabric and a large, padded main compartment with a laptop sleeve. It contains an organizational panel under the flap with a front slip pocket, a large zippered pocket in the front flap, detachable, adjustable, padded shoulder strap and a dual buckle closure on the front. Available in black, chili red, forest green, navy and twilight blue.
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U.S. Geological Survey
A carbonatite here, a glacial moraine there, a zig-zagging fault or two, even a behemoth of a batholith. The geology of the 50 States is an enormous patchwork of varied forms, beautiful in their variance but challenging to present as a single map. Fortunately, in an effort with needlepoint detail, the U.S. Geological Survey has stitched together geologic maps of the Lower 48 States, providing a seamless quilt of 48 State geologic maps that range from 1:50,000 to 1:1,000,000 scale.
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Eos
The U.S. Geological Survey Library, home to one of the largest Earth and natural science collections in the world, faces a 52 percent funding decrease in the fiscal year (FY) 2018 federal budget proposed by President Donald Trump. The potential funding loss of $3 million would close at least three of the library's four branches, eliminate three quarters of the supporting staff and end public and researcher access to USGS Library collections, according to the FY 2018 USGS budget justification.
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In 2009, federal legislation was passed to protect fossil resources during ground-disturbing efforts. Are you managing a construction project that requires fossil resource protection? ZGC can provide desktop analyses, pedestrian survey and on-site monitoring and appropriate language for the project EA, EIS or Resource Report.
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The Washington Post
Over the past few days, a staggering amount of water fell across Southeast Texas and Louisiana. All this water disgorged from one of the greatest meteorological events in U.S. history: an intense Category 4 hurricane named Harvey. This analysis attempts to explain how this extreme storm evolved — from landfall to eventual exit from Texas, with emphasis on the rain generation.
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Newsweek
An ongoing earthquake swarm at Yellowstone volcano is now one of the biggest ever recorded, with more than 2,300 tremors since it began in June.
As of Aug. 30, 2,357 earthquakes had been recorded. The most powerful in recent weeks was magnitude 3.3; it took place on Aug. 21.
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University of Birmingham via Phys.org
Researchers have warned of an "urgent worldwide need" to address a broad spectrum of cascading impacts of glacier mass loss on downstream systems.
In their paper, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the authors synthesised currently available evidence and documented the profound impact on freshwater and near-shore marine systems.
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Uppsala University via ScienceDaily
Newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the test. The footprints are approximately 5.7 million years old and were made at a time when previous research puts our ancestors in Africa — with ape-like feet.
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Sierra Sun Times
Scientists from the Sierra Nevada Research Institute, UC Merced, UC Berkeley and the USDA Agricultural Research Service have designed the first ever wireless sensor network (WSN) capable of accurately monitoring the hydrology of large mountain river basins. The new system is detailed in two papers just published in the journal Water Resource Research.
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Forbes
On Sept. 2, 1806, the Swiss village of Goldau was destroyed by a landslide that had an estimated volume of 40 million cubic meters, coming from the Rossberg. Four hundred fifty-seven people perished in what was one of the largest landslides in historic times. It was only later the landslide of Goldau was visited by many naturalists, including the first professional geologists. This landslide helped to establish the study of mass wastings and over the years was investigated in great details.
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