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…
Life at the Front Lines… You Drive It (Part 3) 17 Jun 201719 Jun 2017 And then the four months finished: paperwork for admission and graduation submitted in the same semester; three courses completed; and 9950 unabridged miles on the road written in tire tread.…
Life at the Front Lines… You Drive It (Part 2) 10 Jun 201719 Jun 2017 Summer 2016 rolled along and I finished my work in West Virginia. Three days on the road home to South Dakota provided just the time and space I needed to…
Life at the Front Lines… You Drive It (Part 1) 8 Jun 201721 Jun 2017 "That's not crazy. That's Scyller-normal." So said my friend of more than two decades. January 2016, I started looking ahead to a number of career possibilities, half of which require the…
Petroleum Engineering SD Refining Co. 18 May 2017 Crude oil and coffee, black. In March, notice arrived that Zack and I made it to the Governor's Giant Vision Contest to test the mettle of SD Refining Co. against…
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…
Abundant Life… Moscow, Russia (Part 1) 19 Jan 2017 My trip to Moscow started last spring when I submitted my abstract to the SPE Russian Oil and Gas Conference for acceptance. It is possible that my trip started earlier…
Best Practices… Green Refinery 9 Dec 20169 Dec 2016 Saturday morning started bright, clear and cold. This year's Competitive Entrepreneurial Opportunity (CEO program) marked a departure from my usual solo act: one of the Entrepreneurs in Residence (EIR) strongly…
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…
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