Department of Geology & Geophtysics Poster Session

Congratulations to the 2026 Poster Session Award Recipients!

Graduate Students

1^st - Andrew Siciliano; A prolonged organic haze in the latest Archean promoted oxygenation

Tied for 2^nd - Baylee Olds; Modeling Winter Snowpack Vapor Flux Using Standard Meteorological Observations

& Sean Hutchings; A Seismically Active Shear Zone in the Uppermost Mantle Beneath the Canadian Rockies

Undergraduate Students

1^st - Alexandar Straley; Postcranial anatomy of Torosaurus (Ceratopsidae: Chasmosaurine) from the Upper Cretaceous

(latest Maastrichtian) Ojo Alamo Formation, southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico, USA

2^nd - Nick Van Fleet; Comparing fracture development from multi-year operations

at the Utah Frontier Observatory for Research in Geothermal Energy

3^rd - Valerie Springer; Detection of Continental Mantle Earthquakes Using Cross-Correlation Template Matching

View the 2025 Winners!

General Information

This is a fantastic opportunity for both graduate and undergraduate students to share their research findings, explore diverse geoscience topics, and engage with fellow colleagues and industry professionals.

All geoscience topics are welcome, and participants are encouraged to present either an existing poster or create a new one. Each presentation will be accompanied by a 2-minute spiel to provide further insight into the research.
Poster printing will be sponsored and free to participants.
Geoscience professionals will judge based on poster content and presentation quality.

Schedule:

Breakfast: 8:30 am in FASB 303
Judging & poster viewing: 9-11 am in FASB 3rd floor
Winners announced: 12 pm during the Geology and Geophysics Spring Banquet
Prizes:
- Undergrad Students - $100, $75, or $50 Target gift card for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, respectively
- Graduate Students - $100, $75, or $50 Target gift card for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place, respectively

Department of Geology & Geophysics

College of Mines and Earth Sciences