Student-Assisted Field Work and Research Projects
I regularly involve Cal Poly Pomona undergraduate students in my research. Typically these projects entail geological mapping, fault kinematic studies, measurement of stream runoff or precipitation, watershed characterization, or analyses of unstable slopes. Field sites are commonly located in the San Gabriel Mountains or Sonora, Mexico. Other projects have studied various aspects of Puddingstone Reservoir, Chino Hills, or Anza-Borrego State Park.
Please click on the various links below to view additional details of these projects, many of which have yielded ambitious senior theses. Also provided below is a list of grants and scholarships utilized to financially support my students in their research endeavors.
*San Gabriel Mountains projects:
*Sonora, Mexico projects:
*Current and Past Senior Thesis projects
GRANTS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS (1992-2005)
Watershed Analyses in the San Gabriel Mountains, California: (1) Impact of Recent Wildfires on Groundwater Baseflow and Water Quality in San Dimas Canyon,(2) Impact of Septic Systems on Water Quality in San Antonio Creek, Metropolitan Water District Proposal ($10,000 requested January, 2005 but not funded)
Mapping of Geologic Hazards in Recently Burned and Denuded Areas of the Southern San Gabriel Mountains, Cal Poly Pomona RSCA proposal (one month summer fellowship funded December, 2003; Field work completed September, 2004)
Quaternary uplift and unroofing history of the southeastern San Gabriel Mountains north of Claremont, CA, $3700 awarded by the American Association of State Geologists Mentored Field Research Experience Program to support undergraduate student Miguel Espinoza during summer, 2003.
Geological
mapping of basement rocks in the Mount San Antonio and Telegraph Peak 7.5’
quadrangles
: $5,000 contract awarded by the USGS to conduct field studies and compile
Open-File maps during summer, 2002.
Displacement
history of the north branch San Gabriel fault, San Gabriel Mountains, California:
$10,000 awarded by the USGS EDMAP program to fund field studies of
undergraduate student Shaun Wilkins during summer, 2002.
Displacement
history of the north branch San Gabriel fault and Stoddard canyon fault, San
Gabriel Mountains, California (2001): $3,300
awarded by the American Association of State Geologists Mentored Field Research
Experience Program to fund field studies of undergraduate student Meredith
Staley during summer, 2002.
Geological
mapping of basement rocks in the central San Gabriel Mountains
(2001): $3,300 awarded by American Association of State Geologists Field
Mentorship Program to support field studies of undergraduate student Jeff DeLand.
Geological
Mapping Scholarships (2001):
$4,000 awarded from Thomas W. Dibblee Foundation to fund undergraduate student
field mapping assistants Shaun Wilkins, Seth Brodie, and Jennifer Beal.
Geological
mapping of basement rocks in the Azusa 7.5’ quadrangle
(1999-2001): $10,000 in contracts awarded by the USGS to conduct field studies
and compile Open-File maps
Instructional
enhancement materials for SCI 212
(2000): $3,200 awarded by NASA
Opportunities for Visionary Academics program
Effect
of Southern California Edison diversions on stream flow and aquatic habitat in
lower San Antonio Canyon
(1998-1999): $4,000 awarded by the Federation of Fly Fishers
Geologic
maps of the 7.5’ Glendora and Mt. Baldy quadrangles of Los Angeles County
(January-September, 1997): $36,174 awarded by California Department of
Conservation (Division of Mines and Geology) to map and compile bedrock geology
and structural data. This grant
supported the field studies of undergraduate students Ruben Acosta, Matthew
Chuang, and Erin Stahl.
Geological
mapping of basement rocks in the Mt. Baldy and Glendora 7.5’ quadrangles
(1994-1996): $6,500 in contracts awarded by the USGS to conduct field
studies and compile Open-File maps
Hydrogeologic
characterization of Aliso Creek drainage, Chino Hills State Park, California
(1992-1994): $12,000 awarded by California State Department of Parks and
Recreation. This grant supported
the field studies of undergraduate students David Hankins and Matt Worthington.