Annual Report 2018. Digital Download

AR2018D. 2018 Annual Report of the Bureau of Economic Geology. 49 p. - Downloadable PDF.  To receive this publication in book format, please order AR2018.



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CONTENTS
Message from the Director

Strategic Plan: Mission, Vision, Values

Research Consortia - Research Partnerships with the Bureau of Economic Geology
     Advanced Energy Consortium (AEC)
     Applied Geodynamics Laboratory (AGL)
     Center for Integrated Seismicity Research (CISR)
     Fracture Research and Application Consortium (FRAC)
     Gulf Coast Carbon Center (GCC)
     Mudrock Systems Research Laboratory (MRSL)
     Quantitative Clastics Laboratory (QCL)
     Reservoir Characterization Research Laboratory (RCRL)
     State of Texas Advanced Oil and Gas Resource Recovery Program (STARR)
     Texas Consortium for Computational Seismology (TCCS)
     Tight Oil Resource Assessment (TORA)

Events
      Director Highlights Middle East Energy Growth at GEO 2018
      Bureau and China Continue Collaboration
      Bureau Hosts Geology of Industrial Minerals Forum
      New Tech Locates Proppants at Devine Test Site
      Devine Geophysical Test Site
      MSRL Convenes on Pickle Campus
      TCCS Scientists Host Sponsors
      Mentoring Part of TCCS Mission
      TORA Research Model Expands
      Explore UT
      Engaging the Public at Family Science Days
      6th Annual Bureau Research Symposium
      19th Annual Austin Earth Science Week Career Day
      Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching
      Educational Workshops and Training
      Texas GeoSign Project
    
Honors
       SEG Honors Bureau for Distinguished Achievement
              Researcher Fomel and Students Also Recognized
       AGI Medal in Memory of Ian Campbell: Scott Tinker
       Philpott Excellence of Presentation: Shirley Dutton
       Scanlon Receives Top Hydrology Awards
       Greenman Award: Sue Hovorka
       Frye Memorial Award: Ramon Trevino and Tip Meckel
       UT Hamilton Book Award Finalist and AAPG Distinguished Lecturer: Mike Hudec
       Jackson School of Geosciences Awards: Kim LaValley (JSG Outstanding Service Award) and Tip Meckel (JSG Outstanding Educator Award)
       Postdoc Prizes: Cedric K. Ferguson Medal: Mahdi Haddad and TACC Best Poster: Sahar Bakhshian
       Bureau Staff Awards: Eric Potter, Eddie Collins, Tucker Hentz, David Boling, and Jana Robinson; BEG 2017 Staff Excellence Award: Poe Chen
       Student Awards:
              J. C. "Cam" Sproule Memorial Award: Jinyu Zhang;
              EXPEC Best Young Researcher in the Geology Technology Division: Yaser Alzayer;
              HGS Calvert Memorial Scholarship: Andrea Nolting
       Bureau Publications Awards
              First Author Publication Awards: Xinming Wu, Sergey Fomel, Bill Ambrose and Bob Loucks
              Tinker Family BEG Publication Award: M.P.A. Jackson (posthumously) and Michael R. Hudec

Publications   
     Report of Investigations: RI 284
     Maps
         Industrial Minerals of Texas
         Kamey Quadrangle, Point Comfort Quadrangle, Somerset Quadrangle, and Mansfield Dam, Jollyville, Austin West, and Bee Cave Quadrangles
     Peer-Reviewed Publications by Bureau Researchers
    
Transitions
      New Employees
      Creating Living Memorials for the Bureau: Bureau Memorial Tree Program
      In Memoriam: Dr. Milo M. Backus III, Dr. Don G. Bebout, Dr. L. F. Brown, Jr., Dr. R. L. Folk, Doris J. Tyler
      Retirements: Eddie Collins. Julie Duiker, Shirley Dutton, Michelle Michot Foss, Bob Hardage, Patrick Smith

Visiting Committee 2018

Finances

Keywords: annual reports, Bureau of Economic Geology, geoscience research, Jackson School, The University of Texas at Austin



Citation
Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin, 2019, Annual Report 2018, 49 p.