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April 2009
April 18, 2009 – AAPG BBQ at the Hering Ranch
Per tradition, the AAPG-SDSU held the AAPG
semester BBQ at the Hering Ranch. The event was hosted by Kip Hering (SDSU Geology
Alum) and the AAPG-SDSU. The event was capped with an award ceremony in
which awards were given to Robert J. Mellors (AAPG Faculty Advisor) and Eugene “Kip” Hering
(Petroleum Geology faculty) to honor their dedication and support for the
2009 SDSU-AAPG Imperial Barrel Award team and the 2008-2009 AAPG-SDSU
organization. (Pictures)
April 16, 2009 – Discussions for the future
SDSU-AAPG student chapter held a pizza
party/meeting to discuss how to close out the 2008-2009 year. This meeting
serves as a purpose to discuss the AAPG-SDSU's future (2009-2010 AAPG-SDSU
year). The meeting was open to everyone.
April 3, 2009 – PetroAzteca wins second
consecutive IBA Pacific section
SDSU-AAPG student chapter (Team
PetroAzteca) are declared winners of the Imperial Barrel Award (IBA)
Pacific Regional competition, allowing them to compete in the IBA Finals in
June 2009. (Download: Championship Banner PDF)
(Pictures)
February 2009
February 20, 2009 – OXY THUMS offshore oils
facility field trip
SDSU-AAPG student chapter has organized a
field trip to the THUMS facility in Long
Beach, CA. This
field trip is made possible due to the cooperation of Occidental Petroleum
Corporation (OXY). They are very generous in letting us tour their
facility. (Oxy
THUMS website) (Pictures)
February 2-3, 2009 – Trace fossils short
course
Dr. Stephen Hasiotis (Univ. of Kansas)
will teach a short course on uses of continental trace fossils in
environmental and sequence stratigraphic interpretations. This short course
is organized by Dr. Jared Morrow (SDSU Geology) and Dr. Stephen Hasiotis (Univ. of Kansas) in cooperation with the
SDSU-AAPG student chapter. Most student chapter members will participate in
the short course and SDSU-AAPG will help in providing the snacks and drinks
for the duration of the course. (Video
of Dr. Hasiotis at SDSU Dept. of Geol. Sci. seminar series) (Pictures)
February 2009
Congratulations to Krista Muela, recipient
of the L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant for the 2008-2009 school year. The
L. Austin Weeks Undergraduate Grant is an AAPG foundation grant with the
objective to support educational expenses of undergraduate geoscience
students and their departments. Funding is provided through a generous
endowment gift from L. Austin Weeks to the AAPG Foundation. This grant is
given to a qualified undergraduate student, nominated by a local committee
made of the Faculty Advisor, society liaison, student chapter President and
the Department Chair.
January 2009
January 30, 2009 – AAPG-SDSU officers meeting. The SDSU-AAPG Student Chapter
officers will have a meeting to review the past year and discuss the update
on future events that will be held.
December 2008
December 23, 2008
– Annual AAPG-SDSU
Poinsettia Bowl tailgate + game
December – SDSU-AAPG Imperial
Barrel Team 2009 selection. The SDSU-AAPG Student Chapter will announce its
2009 PetroAzteca team that will represent SDSU Geology in the Imperial
Barrel Award. Get ‘em State! (See
Banner)
November 2008
November 22, 2008
– SDSU vs. UNLV football,
AAPG-SDSU tailgate (See Picture)
November 12, 2008
– The SDSU-AAPG Student
Chapter will host Mike Hart, an engineering geologist and SDSU alum, to
give a talk about professional careers in engineering geology and
environmental geology. Mike Hart is a veteran in the engineering geology
field with 30-plus years professional experience in the field. He will be
joined by Sue Tanges, an SDSU geology alum who has her own geotechnical
company. (See flyer for the event)
October 2008
October – AAPG Barbeque at Hering
Ranch (Pictures)
September 2008
September– The SDSU-AAPG Student
Chapter hosted a meet-and-greet with new geology students at the SDSU Dept.
of Geological Sciences. The purpose of this event was to kick off the new
AAPG-SDSU year and to introduce the organization to newcomers. The
organization had the opportunity to meet new members and friends.
April 2008
April 18 – The SDSU-AAPG team
(PetroAzteca) will present their Imperial Barrel data in the Imperial
Barrel Award finals competition in the AAPG Annual Meeting at San Antonio, competing
with 12 other schools worldwide.
March 2008
March 14 – The
Imperial Barrel Team of SDSU-AAPG presented their results in Bakersfield, CA
in front of a panel of judges and several petroleum industry experts.
During this meeting the SDSU-AAPG team (PetroAzteca) was crowned as winners
of the Imperial Barrel Pacific Regional competition, allowing them to
compete in the nationals on April 2008. (Link: SDSU-College
of Sciences article)
January 2008
January 20 – The Imperial Barrel
Competition Team to represent the SDSU-AAPG Student chapter is selected. The name
PetroAzteca is selected as a team name, showcasing both the respect towards
petroleum geology and the never ending SDSU Aztecs school spirit.
October 2007
October 20-21 – Chevron/AAPG San Clemente State Beach Field Trip w/ Morgan Sullivan
September 2007
September 4, 2007 – AAPG Meeting and
Membership recruitment
September 15,
2007 – AAPG Barbeque at Hering Ranch
September 26,
2007 – Sign-Up deadline for Chevron/AAPG San Clemente State
Beach Trip
Spring 2007
April 2007 – AAPG
Barbeque at Hering Ranch (Click
here for pictures)
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