Swiss horn

Stan S at the Hooper Mine

stretched belemnites

Laboratory for Orogenic Studies

Gary S. Solar, Ph.D., Director

Associate Professor of Geology

Department of Earth Sciences and Science Education
State University of New York, College at Buffalo
1300 Elmwood Avenue
Buffalo, New York 14222

(716) 878-4900 (office)
(716) 878-6731 (Dept. office)
(716) 878-4524 (fax)

solargs@buffalostate.edu

Stan S at NEGSA



UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH - G.S. Solar, supervisor


Project advisor for 32 undergraduate research projects (2 are current) and 7 undergraduate Honors Theses (Buffalo State College, 2000-present, Table 1, one at University of Maryland, 1999).

Go here for a list of publications including student abstracts from professional meeting presentations at GSA and NEGSA.

Table. 1. Undergraduate student research/presentations under PI Solar, Buffalo State College (updated 12/07).

year student(s) title funding * presentation *
2000-2001

Bestine, J.

(Honors thesis)
Structural analysis of preferred orientations of kyanite in the "log-jam" schist, western Connecticut. NEGSA, NEIGC

NEGSA,

Buffalo State

Chmura, S.

(Honors thesis)
An analysis of structures in contrasting migmatite outcrops, western Maine.

NEGSA, NEIGC, Sigma Xi, BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship; Dean's Minigrant

GSA,
Buffalo State

Geology Club

Kerr, S.

(Honors thesis)
Detailed mapping of the boundary between two zones of different finite strain, Roxbury, Maine.

NEGSA, Dean’s Minigrant, Sigma Xi

GSA

Buffalo State

Klauk, E. An analysis of the strain record in metaconglomerate in the basal Rangeley formation, near Rangeley, ME. NEGSA, Sigma Xi GSA
Buffalo State

2001-2002
Crosset, J. Rock fabric analysis in the Piseco Notches, Adirondacks.


Perlman, I. Fracture patterns and density according to stratigraphic horizon in rocks of the Buffalo Southtowns, NY.
Buffalo State

Foster, S. Fabrics in rocks of the Ohio Gorge, West Canada Ck., SW Adirondacks.
Buffalo State

Zaprzal, A A detailed analysis of fabric variations in quartzofeldspathic and ferromagnesian gneisses, Piseco Lake tectonite zone, southern Adirondacks. NEGSA, BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship NEGSA,
Buffalo State
2002-2003 Fissler, D. Structural analysis of porphyroblast-matrix relations in rocks in an abandoned garnet quarry, W. Connecticut. NEGSA GSA
Buffalo State
Geology Club

Ribiero, A. A comparative analysis of fabrics in rocks associated with the Sebago pluton and its surrounding migmatitic rocks, southern Maine. NEGSA Buffalo State

Thompson, L. Petrography of staurolite-matrix relations in rocks of W. CT. NEGSA Buffalo State
2003-2004 Charney, K. Textural Documentation of Metagabbro, Southern Marcy Massif, Eastern Adirondacks.


Geology Club project, poster
presentation
Geology Field Experiences in Hawaii For Future Earth Scientists and Science Teachers
(10 students; this poster was based upon experiences on a Geology Club trip to Hawaii for 10 days)
Buffalo State College, United Students Govt. Buffalo State

Goodrow, K. A Look at Mineral Reactions in the Metamorphic Rocks around Wissahickon Creek, Philadelphia, PA.
Buffalo State

Reynard, M. Mapping Metamorphic Zones in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, PA.
Buffalo State
2004-2005 Burke, C. Fabric analyses in garnet-mica schist of the Rowe formation, western Connecticut. BSC Minigrant

King, M. Interpretation of migmatitic fabrics associated with the Sebago body, southern Maine.


Kinmartin, M. A guide to rocks on the campus of Buffalo State College
Buffalo State
(pending)

Shaw, N. Calc-silicate rock migmatite structures in the southern Adirondacks, Indian Lake, NY BSC Minigrant Buffalo State

Skotnicki, S.

(Honors thesis)
An analysis of petrofabric variations in metagabbro of the abandoned Hooper garnet mine, southeastern Adirondacks. NEGSA, BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

NEGSA,

Buffalo State
Geology Club

Thorington, P. Fabric analysis of quartzofeldspathic gneisses, Piseco tectonite zone, S. Adirondacks.

2005-2006 Hirtzel, A. Detailed mapping and petrography of glacial boulder rock types, western New York.
BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

NEGSA,

Buffalo State

Kinmartin, M. Documentation of the geometry of leucosomes in migmatite specimens from southern Maine.
NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar)
Buffalo State

Hays, S. Comparitive textures in migmatites and associated granites, Sebago area, southern Maine.

BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar)

National GSA,

Buffalo State


Steinbroner. K.
A textural analysis of granites from southern Maine.
NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar)  
2006-2007 Gulino, C. Structural, textural and petrographic variations in rocks on Bruce Hill, Eastern Sebago migmatite domain, southern Maine.

NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar),

BSC Office of Undergraduate Research,
Small Grant

NEGSA,

Buffalo State
  Kalczynski, M. A new use for an old tool: Using 3-D “point counting” to study the mineral patterns in L-S tectonites. BSC Office of Undergraduate Research,
Small Grant

National GSA,

Buffalo State

  Kalczynski, M. Migmatites and granites in the western Sebago migmatite domain, southern Maine. NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar) NEGSA, pending
 

LaFleur, L.

(Honors thesis)

Migmatites and granites at the eastern contact zone of the Sebago pluton, Rt. 26 section, Gray, Maine.

BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar)

NEGSA, pending,

Buffalo State

  Stodolka, B. Migmatites and granites on and around Snow Hill, at the eastern contact zone of the Sebago pluton, southern Maine. NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar) NEGSA, pending
  Binda, M . Meter-scale study of a single outcrop of a migmatite-granite-basalt dike complex, eastern Sebago migmatite domain, Poland, Maine. NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar) NEGSA, pending
2007-2008 Gerovac, C.   NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar) pending
  Nyitrai, K.   NSF EAR-0510726 (to Solar) pending
         

Students’ names in bold are those whom have gone on to graduate school.

* GSA is the Geological Society of America, NEGSA is Northeastern Section of the GSA, NEIGC is the Billings Fund of the New England Intercollegiate Geological Conference, NSF if the National Science Foundation. “Buffalo State” is a poster at the annual Student Research and Creativity Celebration.


last updated December 12, 2007 - GSS