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This log was begun on 18 August 2015, and will be back-filled to the beginning of the year as time permits.
| January | Co-led Boy Scout Freeze-O-Ree at Camp Jim Braley with Mike Stone and Virgil Bain |
| January | Beginning of Spring Semester Geology 1405 The Dynamic Earth, 48 students, 3 hr lecture and supervision of all labs Geology 5377 Kinematics of the lithosphere and continental crust, 15 students (7 grad), 3 hr lecture Geology 4v99 Senior thesis, 2 students, supervised BS thesis preparation and defense |
| March 20 | Resaka, B., and Cronin, V.S., 2015, Looking for seismogenic faults responsible for increased seismicity, central Oklahoma: Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 47, no. 1; accessible online via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015SC/webprogram/Paper254098.html |
| April 15 | Cronin, V., Di Capua, G., Palinkas, C., Pappas-Maenz, C, Peppoloni, S., and Ryan, A.M., 2015, A collaborative effort to build a modular course on geoethics: Geophysical Research Abstracts, v. 17, EGU2015-4072, accessible via http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-4072.pdf |
| May 3 | Present short course Teaching Geoethics in Undergraduate Science Programs with Catherine Pappas-Maenz, Anne Marie Ryan, and Charly Banks before AGU Joint Assembly in Montreal |
| May 7 | Convene session How Do We Build a Healthy Geoscience Community That Better Serves Society? with Anne Marie Ryan at AGU Joint Assembly in Montreal Oral presentation Seeking Community Input to a Modular Course on GeoEthics, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015CroninEtAlAGUJA.pdf |
| May 7 | Oral presentation with Brandon Rasaka at AGU Joint Assembly in Montreal, Preliminary Correlation of Earthquakes with Seismogenic Faults, Central Oklahoma, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015RasakaCroninAGUJA.pdf |
| May 11 | Jordan Dickinson successfully defended her BS thesis, A seismo-lineament study of magnitutde 3.3-5.3 earthquakes near Trinidad, Colorado, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Dickinson.pdf |
| May 24-28 | Field work in Napa with Victoria Worrell |
| July 13 | Jeremy Ashburn successfully defended his BS thesis Investigation of a Lineament that Might Mark the Ground-Surface Trace of the Dog Valley Fault, Truckee Area, Northern California, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/AshburnBSThesis2015.pdf |
| July 14-18 | Earth Educator's Rendezvous Education research methods workshop taught by Julie Sexton, July 16-17 |
| August 3 | Submitted abstracts for the AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco Cronin, V.S., Using significant geologic hazards and disasters to focus geoethics case studies, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015CroninAGUED032.pdf Cronin, V.S., and others, As ethics is a core attribute of science, so geoethics must be at the core of geoscience, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015CroninEtAlAGUPA026.pdf |
| August 11 | Submitted abstracts for the GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore Abbuhl, B.M., and Cronin, V.S., Inexpensive physical model of elastic deformation around a strike-slip fault, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015AbbuhlCroninGSA.pdf Cronin, V.S., Embedding elements of geoethics in an introductory physical geology lab course, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015CroninGSA.pdf |
| August 14 | Approved contract with AGI regarding editorship of the AGI/NAGT Lab Manual |
| August 18 | Connor left for the University of Portland Met with new graduate students, including Matthew Strasser |
| August 24 | First day of classes for Fall Semester Geology 1405 The Dynamic Earth, 60 students, 3 hr lecture and supervision of all labs Geology 3445 Introduction to Structural Geology, 11 students, 3 hr lecture and 3 hr lab |
| October 7 | Travel to Midland for West Texas Geological Society meeting |
| October 8 | Presentation How and what should we teach novice geoscientists about geoethics? at Ethics Luncheon at WTGS meeting, accessible via http://CroninProjects.org/Vince/Abs/2015CroninWTGS.pdf; return home |
| October 30-November 7 | GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore Friday, October 30, Travel to Baltimore Saturday, October 31, Present short course Using geodetic data in majors-level courses: Analyzing active tectonics with LiDAR, InSAR, and GPS data applied to critical societal issues with Bruce Douglas and Beth Pratt-Sitaula, 1-5 PM, before GSA Annual Meeting in Baltimore Sunday, November 1, Abbuhl, B.M., and Cronin, V.S., Inexpensive physical model of elastic deformation around a strike-slip fault, accessible via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/webprogram/Paper265963.html, poster session 46, paper 42, booth 420, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7 Sunday, November 1, Cronin, V.S., Embedding elements of geoethics in an introductory physical geology lab course, accessible via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/webprogram/Paper270023.html, oral presentation, paper 61-10, 4:00-4:15 PM, Baltimore Convention Center Room 337, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7 Sunday, November 1, Palinkas, C., Cronin, V.S., Di Capua, G., and Peppoloni, S., How to make GeoEthics a point of reference for society -- The IAPG network, accessible via https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2015AM/webprogram/Paper265687.html, oral presentation, paper 61-14, 5:00-5:15 PM, Baltimore Convention Center Room 337, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs. Vol. 47, No. 7 Saturday, November 7, Return from Washington DC |
| November 10 | Finished my work in revising paper for Linda Gunderson's upcoming (2016) volume for AGU, entitled Scientific Integrity and Ethics, With Applications to the Geosciences, to be published by Wiley: Bobrowsky, P., Cronin, V.S., Di Capua, G, Kieffer, S.W., and Peppoloni, S., 2016, The Emerging Field of Geoethics |
| December 7 | Last day of class, fall semester |
| December 10 | Geology 1405 final exam, 4:30-6:30 PM |
| December 12 | Geology 3445 final exam, 2:00-4:00 PM |
| December 13 to 16 | AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco Sunday, 13 December, travel to San Francisco, AA 259 1105A-100P, Handelry Friends of SERC, 7 PM, San Francisco Marriott Marquis, 780 Mission St, 4th floor, Pacific 1 Monday, 14 December Cronin, V.S., Using significant geologic hazards and disasters to focus geoethics case studies, accessible via https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/83633 13:40-18:00 in Moscone South Poster Hall, ED13E-0913 IRIS annual membership meeting and election, reception at 18:00, meeting at 19:00 The Marker San Francisco, 501 Geary St., San Francisco, CA 94102 Tuesday, 15 December NAGT booth (#128), 11:00-1:00 Cronin, V.S., Bank., C., Bobrowsky, P., Geissman, J., Kieffer, S., Mogk, D., Palinkas, C., Pappas Maentz, C, Peppoloni, S., and Ryan, A.M., As ethics is a core attribute of science, so geoethics must be at the core of geoscience, accessible via https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm15/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/85720 14:55-15:10, Moscone South, Room 103 UNAVCO business meeting, 19:30-21:00, San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Salons 4-6 Wednesday, 16 December Meet with Beth Wilbur of Pearson WInSAR business meeting, 12:30-13:30, San Francisco Marriott Marquis, Nob Hill B Return Wednesday 15 Dec, AA 2352 500P-1021P |
| December 18 | Connor arrives on AA 1525 from Portland at 5:46 DFW; Kelly arrives on AA 2346 from ORD at 5:33 DFW |
| January 2 | Kelly returns on AA 335 to ORD at 11:15 DFW |
| January 5 | Connor returns on Alaska Air 1196 to Seattle at 10:25 DFW |
| January 11 | Spring classes begin |
| January 29-31 | Boy Scouts Freeze-O-Ree at Camp Jim Braley |
| February 11 | AIPG meeting in Tucson |
| March 5-13 | Spring Break at Baylor |
| March 29-31 | UNAVCO Science Workshop in Broomfield, CO |
| April 12 | Diadeloso |
| April 29 | Last day of classes |
| May 9 | Last day of final exams |
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