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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,
year | student(s) | title | funding * | presentation * |
2000-2001 |
Bestine, J. |
Structural
analysis of preferred orientations of kyanite in the "log-jam" schist,
western |
NEGSA, NEIGC |
NEGSA, |
Chmura, S. |
An analysis of
structures in contrasting migmatite outcrops, western |
NEGSA, NEIGC, Sigma Xi, BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship; Dean's Minigrant |
GSA, |
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Kerr, S. (Honors thesis) |
Detailed
mapping of the boundary between two zones of different finite strain, |
NEGSA, Dean’s
Minigrant, Sigma Xi |
GSA |
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Klauk, E. | An analysis of
the strain record in metaconglomerate in the basal Rangeley formation,
near |
NEGSA, Sigma Xi | GSA Buffalo State |
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2001-2002 |
Crosset, J. | Rock fabric
analysis in the Piseco Notches, |
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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., |
Buffalo State | ||
Zaprzal, A | A detailed
analysis of fabric variations in quartzofeldspathic and ferromagnesian
gneisses, |
NEGSA, BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship | NEGSA, Buffalo State |
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2002-2003 | Fissler, D. | Structural
analysis of porphyroblast-matrix relations in rocks in an abandoned
garnet quarry, |
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 |
NEGSA | Buffalo State | |
Thompson, L. | Petrography of
staurolite-matrix relations in rocks of |
NEGSA | Buffalo State | |
2003-2004 | Charney, K. | Textural
Documentation of Metagabbro, Southern Marcy Massif, |
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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
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Buffalo State | |
Goodrow, K. | A Look at
Mineral Reactions in the Metamorphic Rocks around Wissahickon Creek, |
Buffalo State | ||
Reynard, M. | Mapping
Metamorphic Zones in |
Buffalo State | ||
2004-2005 | Burke, C. | Fabric
analyses in garnet-mica schist of the Rowe formation, western |
BSC Minigrant | |
King, M. | Interpretation
of migmatitic fabrics associated with the Sebago body, southern |
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Kinmartin, M. | A guide to rocks on the campus of Buffalo State College | (pending) |
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Shaw, N. | Calc-silicate
rock migmatite structures in the southern Adirondacks, |
BSC Minigrant | Buffalo State | |
Skotnicki, S.
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An analysis of
petrofabric variations in metagabbro of the abandoned Hooper garnet
mine, southeastern |
NEGSA, BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship |
NEGSA, Geology Club |
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Thorington, P. | Fabric
analysis of quartzofeldspathic gneisses, Piseco tectonite zone, |
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2005-2006 | Hirtzel, A. | Detailed mapping and
petrography of glacial boulder rock types, western New York. |
BSC Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship |
NEGSA, |
Kinmartin, M. | Documentation of the
geometry of leucosomes in migmatite specimens from southern Maine. |
NSF
EAR-0510726 (to Solar) |
Buffalo State |
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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
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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, |
NEGSA,
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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 |
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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 |
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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