Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research

We encourage all students to contribute to ongoing research projects with Geological Science or Science Education faculty. These projects give our students hands-on experience with research techniques, laboratory instruments, field equipment, and analysis software that are commonly used in research and industry careers.

Students electing one of our “Geology” specializations must complete either a Senior Project for course credit or attend an external geology field camp as part of their degree program. Senior Projects are independent research projects that are designed and completed by the student with supervision of a department faculty member.

Students who participate in research projects are encouraged to present their results at a local, regional, or national research conference. Recent presentations by our students at regional and national conferences are linked below.

       Carley Cavanaugh, Matthew Costa, and Oluyinka Oyewumi

  • Fracture Development, Fluid History, And Paleo-Overburden Of The Middle And Upper Devonian Sequence, Eastern Pennsylvania Valley And Ridge
    SALE, Glenn, and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Fluid History And Paleo-Overburden During The Alleghenian Orogeny: Central Pennsylvania Valley And Ridge Province
    DELISLE, Amanda and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Paleofluids Within Fault Zones Of The Hartford Basin: Evidence From Fluid Inclusions
    PIROVANE, Nathan D. and EVANS, Mark A.
  • The Gigapan Guide To Mars: Using A Virtual Field Trip To Compare Earth And Mars
    JOHNSON, Jessica M. and PIATEK, Jennifer L.
  • Structural And Geochemical Analysis Of Veins From Limestones In The West-Central Valley And Ridge Province Of Pennsylvania
    MARINO, James and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Geochemical Assessment Of Stream Sediment Along Piper Brook, Park River Watershed, Connecticut
    OLSZEWSKI, Heidi M., EVANS, Mark A., and OYEWUMI, Oluyinka
  • Thermophysical And Morphological Analysis Of Ice-Related Modification In The Northeastern Argyre Basin, Mars
    NOLAN, Ryker T. and PIATEK, Jennifer L.
  • Triassic Sedimentary Rocks Of Southwestern Switzerland - The Tale Of The Shale
    AHERN, Justin P., WIZEVICH, Michael C., and MEYER, Christian A.
  • Fluvial Origin For The Quartzose Sandstones Of The Autochthonous Triassic Cover Of The Aiguilles Rouges Massif, Southwestern Switzerland
    WIZEVICH, Michael C., MEYER, Christian A., and AHERN, Justin P.

  • Brittle Deformation Patterns And Lamprophyre Intrusions In Holyoke Basalt Of The Higby Mountain Fault Block
    WEINSTEIGER, Allison, PIROVANE, Nathan, and SUMMA, Mark
  • Fracture Development, Fluid History, And Paleo-Overburden Of The Devonian Shale Sequence, Southern Pennsylvania Valley And Ridge
    LAFONTE, Christopher and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Structural And Geochemical Analysis Of Veins From Limestones In South-Central Valley And Ridge Province Of Pennsylvania
    MARINO, James and EVANS, Mark A.
  • History Of Fracture Opening, Temperature, And Fluid Pressure In The Marcellus Shale, West-Central Pennsylvania Valley And Ridge
    DELISLE, Amanda and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Structural Evolution Of The Nittany Anticlinorium Thrust System: West Central Valley And Ridge Of Pennsylvania, Maryland, And West Virginia
    O'FARRILL, Alexander and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Compilation Of Brittle Fault Data For Connecticut: Relationships To Earthquake Distribution
    PEREZ, Chanel A. and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Analysis Of Toxic Metals In Stream Sediments In The Middletown Pegmatite District, Connecticut
    LAFLEUR, Ryan, CROSS, Amanda, and EVANS, Mark A.

  • Paleo-Fluid And Deformation Conditions During The Alleghenian Orogeny: Southern Pennsylvania Valley And Ridge Province
    DELISLE, Amanda and EVANS, Mark A.

  • Fracture Patterns And Paleo-Overburden Along A Retrodeformed Cross-Section Across The Pennsylvania Salient
    BRADDOCK, Scott and EVANS, Mark A.,
  • Analysis Of Toxic Metals In Stream Sediments Along Piper Brook, Park River Watershed, Connecticut
    GUERRERA, Shannon K. and EVANS, Mark A.,
  • Fluid Inclusion Study Of Veins In The Marcellus Shale Along The Appalachian Structural Front In Central Pennsylvania: Paleofluids And Thermal Maturity
    LEO, Jeremy and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Layered Crater Ejecta On Mars As Potential Evidence For Subsurface Ice
    NOLAN, Ryker T, PIATEK, Jennifer L., and TORNABENE, Livio
  • Analysis Of Toxic Metals In Stream Sediments In The Bass Brook Watershed, New Britain, Connecticut
    REDMAN, Michael, and EVANS, Mark A.,
  • Laboratory Analyses Of Silicified Layers Within The Volcaniclastic Unit Of The Oligocene Brian Head Formation, Southwestern Utah
    SCHINKEL, Troy and WIZEVICH, Michael C.
  • Between A Rock And A Hard Place: Perspectives From A Modern Female Involved In Field Geology
    STEULLET, Alex
  • Interpretation Of Fluid-Flow Pathways And Mineralization Conditions Of Barite Concretions In The Late Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Southern Utah
    STEULLET, Alex and WIZEVICH, Michael C.
  • Uncovering The Main Trackway At Dinosaur State Park (Rocky Hill, Ct) In Preparation For The 50Th Anniversary Rededication
    THOMAS, Hugo, ENKLER, Margaret, THOMAS, Margaret A., STEINEN, Randolph P., WIZEVICH, Michael C., LAFONTE, Christopher, and GAGNON, Teresa K.
  • Towards The Differentiation Of Three Volcaniclastic Units In Southwestern Utah, Results Of Petrographic And Geochemical Analyses
    WIZEVICH, Michael C. and BRADDOCK, Scott

  • Floodplain Paleosols In The Upper Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Kaiparowits Basin, Southern Utah
    BOLING, Kenneth S., WIZEVICH, Michael C., SIMPSON, Edward, and STEULLET, Alex
  • Regional Spatial And Stratigraphic Trends Of Formation Brine Composition In The Central Appalachian Plateau Province
    LACEY, James and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Concretion Composition And Geometry In The Late Cretaceous Wahweap Formation, Southern Utah: Evidence For Fluid-Flow Conditions
    STEULLET, Alex, WIZEVICH, Michael C., SIMPSON, Edward, and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Sedimentological And Paleoclimate Study Of A Lake Core From Northern Connecticut
    GUERRERA, Shannon K., EVANS, Mark A., GEISS, Christoph, and WIZEVICH, Michael C.

  • Understanding Controls On Connecticut Drumlin Morphology, Location, And Orientation Using Lidar And Gis Analyses
    BOLING, Kenneth S. and WIZEVICH, Michael C.
  • Brittle Structures In The Holyoke Basalt Of The Hartford Basin: Ground-Truthing Lidar Linears
    MARTIN, Tyson E. and EVANS, Mark A.
  • Silicified Layers Within The Volcaniclastic Unit Of The Oligocene Brian Head Formation, Southern Utah
    SCHINKEL, Troy and WIZEVICH, Michael C.
  • Using High-Resolution Panoramas Of The Geology Of The Western U.S. To Illustrate Concepts In Introductory Geoscience Courses
    STEULLET, Alex, PIATEK, Jennifer L., and WIZEVICH, Michael C.

  • Fluid inclusion microthermometry of quartz veins from the Wepawaug schist, southern Connecticut
    DABROWSKI, Daniel R. and EVANS, Mark.
  • Wetland trace fossils in the Paleogene Brian Head Formation, Southwest Utah.
    GOLDER, Keenan B. and WIZEVICH, Michael C.)
  • Paleofluids in brittle faults from the western border fault zone of the Hartford basin: Evidence from fluid inclusions.
    MANNING, Earl B., EVANS, Mark, ALAMPI, Ann, and BISHOP, Anthony

  • Hydrogeologic Characterization Of A Mountaintop Seepage Lake In Central Connecticut
    TEDONE, Michelle, EVANS, Mark A., and WIZEVICH, Michael C.
  • Sedimentology Of The 31-T Drill Core From The Lower Jurassic Portland Formation, Hartford Basin, Connecticut
    DABROWSKI, Daniel R. and WIZEVICH, Michael C.