Students, alumnus to exhibit research at Earth Science Student Forum in Buffalo
Andrew Semo, with his poster presentation, in Special Collections and Archives in Reed Library.
Research compiled by eight SUNY Fredonia geology, earth science, environmental sciences, computer science and sculpture students and one recent graduate, with guidance from five faculty members, will be on display at the Earth Science Student Forum at the Buffalo Museum of Science.
The forum, designed to appeal to Western New York high school and community college students interested in exploring careers in earth science, will be held on Wednesday, April 10, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the museum at 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY.
Five SUNY Fredonia presentations, with their respective students and faculty advisers, include:
“Titanite from the High-Pressure Belt in Western Grenville Province, Canada Records Hot Exhumation,” by Hayden Backus, senior, Geology, Westfield, NY; Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Wentao Cao and Penn State scientists Josh Garber and Andrew Semo;
“Have You Ever Seen the Rain? WNY Stream Monitoring and Characterization During a Dry Year,” by Gavin Kaminski, junior, Environmental Sciences, Forestville, NY; Liam McCormick, B.S. Environmental Sciences, December 2023 graduate, Hamburg, NY; and Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Assistant Professor Matthew Purtill;
“The Art of Natural History: 3D Printing a Skull Collection,” by Syd Lamberton, senior, Adolescence Education: Earth Science, Pennsylvania; Ishaan Prathamesh Rangnekar, sophomore, Computer Science, Mumbai, India; Fiona Rigney, junior, Computer Science, Buffalo, NY; Jasper Glow, senior, Visual Arts and New Media: Sculpture, North Collins, NY; Department of Geology and Environmental Sciences Associate Professor Thomas Hegna; Department of Visual Arts and New Media Associate Professor Peter Tucker and Department of Computer and Information Sciences Adjunct Lecturer Derrik Decker;
“Digging into Preservation,” by Andrew Semo, senior, Visual Arts and New Media: Sculpture; Clarence, NY; “Investigation of a Unique End-Devonian Locality in Western New York,” by Jasper Bateman, first-year, Geology, Buffalo, NY; Dr. Hegna.
“The event provides an opportunity for SUNY Fredonia students to demonstrate, to a wide Western New York audience, the kinds of research students are conducting at the university,” Dr. Hegna noted.
