Grad Oral Presentations - Physical Sciences: Earth sciences and other geological sciences

Thursday, October 11, 2012: 6:30 PM-7:45 PM
616 (WSCC)

Description: Selected graduate students present their scientific research to their peers, mentor-judges, and other conference participants in a unique forum for professional growth.



6:30 PM
Introductory Remarks
6:35 PM
Did chondrules interact with a silicon-rich gas? Evidence from silicon and magnesium isotopes
Ellen Harju, BS , UCLA ; Edward Young, PhD , University of California, Los Angeles
6:55 PM
First Demonstration of Anisotropic Fluid Closure Capturing the Kinetic Structure of Magnetic Reconnection
Obioma Ohia , Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Jan Egedal , Massachusetts Institute of Technology ; Vyacheslav Lukin , Naval Research Laboratory ; William Daughton , Los Alamos National Laboratory ; Ari Le , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
7:15 PM
S-35 as a Groundwater Tracer Near Managed Aquifer Recharge Facilities
Stephanie Diaz , University of California, Santa Barbara ; Jordan Clark, PhD , Professor , University of California, Santa Barbara