Geological Engineering… Middle School Girls – Science & Engineering 8 Mar 2018 Tuesday morning came quickly after my Friday defense: along with several other women, I volunteered to give 5 half-hour presentations to groups of 7th-grade girls. Women connected with SD Mines…
Geological Engineering… Dissertation Defense 5 Mar 2018 Looking much like I sat waiting to see the middle school principal about some infraction, I sat in the hallway waiting for my committee's determination. I glanced at my phone…
Geological Engineering… Testing, Testing 4 Sep 20174 Sep 2017 Having spent as much time in the lab and machine shop as I have this past year, I can say with confidence, there are two ways to approach your research:…
Best Practices… Sample Prep 1 Feb 2017 Shale Sampling: Coring, Transport, Finishing It is difficult to overstate the importance of studying cores in the context of petroleum engineering. Cores are critical for quickly learning the key components…
Geological Engineering… Rock Mechanics Manicure (Part II) 6 Aug 20167 Aug 2016 The black shale contained crude oil and I thrilled the first time I smelled it! By the middle of the third day, though, I saw the room moving. Then I looked…
Geological Engineering… Rock Mechanics Manicure (Part I) 6 Aug 20166 Aug 2016 My cuticles are black, grime is buried so deep in the nail bed it won't come out, and my hands feel like they've been through a meat tenderizer. For the…
Geological Engineering Shale: A Definition 9 Jul 201611 Jul 2016 Rocks are a lot like people... they have a past, they are made up of smaller bits and pieces, they respond to stress in different ways -- some deform, some…
Geological Engineering… Shale Harvesting 10 Jun 201610 Jun 2016 There are two places to gather rock samples: above ground and below ground. Above ground is referred to as outcrop and below ground rocks are in situ. When you think outcrop,…
Best Practices… Math is a Language 28 Mar 20161 Sep 2016 Studying math is little different than studying a foreign language. If you equate multiplication and division tables to vocabulary words, algebra and trigonometry to the sentence construction, then calculus is writing paragraphs. Each genre of math…
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