Student Research Grants Awarded for 2024
Every year, the Colorado Scientific Society’s supports the next generation of scientists by awarding grants through its Memorial Funds Grant Program. The Society maintains six funds established through generous gifts from members and friends. The six funds are the Ogden Tweto Fund, the Steven Oriel Fund, the Edwin Eckel Fund, the Bill Pierce Fund, the George Snyder Fund, and the Bruce Bryant Fund. Interest accrued during each year is awarded to senior undergraduates and graduate students through a competitive application process. The principal balances remain untouched assuring continuation of the program.
The 2024 Colorado Scientific Society Memorial Funds Committee was: Cal Ruleman (Chair, 2023 President), Susan Slomski (2024–2026 Councilor), Kassandra Lindsey (2023–2025 Councilor), Nate Rogers (2024–2026 Councilor), and Michael Frothingham (2023–2025 Councilor).
A total of $12,690 was awarded to sixteen recipients at eleven different institutions. The grants ranged from $220 to $1,000.
2024 Colorado Scientific Society Student Research Grant Awardees
Adaeze Chioma Ugwu, at University of Wyoming: Tracing the Composition of Dust and its Impact on Yellowstone Hydrothermal System
Gabrielle Bennett, at Colorado School of Mines: Reservoir Characterization of the Deadwood Formation, Williston Basin – North Dakota
Haley Brumberger, at University of Colorado, Boulder: Reconstructing Seasonality in the Late Cretaceous North American Western Interior
Carlos Montejo, at University of Idaho: Using Low Temperature Thermochronology to Constrain the Initiation of faulting on the Gallatin and Madson Range Faults, SW Montana
Shane Eiring, at University of North Dakota: Case study for the redeposition of Pikes Peak Granite in early Pleistocene Smokey Hill Formation, Cheyenne County, Colorado
Wyatt Everhart, at Kansas State University: Using Geochemical and Sr-Nd Isotope Data to Evaluate the Petrogenesis of Eocene Basalts from The Dillon Volcanic Field, Montana USA
Lauren Bettinger, at Colorado School of Mines: Origin of Dolomite in the Late Devonian Upper Three Forks Formation, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North Dakota
Molly O’Halloran, at Colorado School of Mines: Deciphering the record of fluvial response to climate change: lessons from the geologic record
Patrick Sullivan, at Colorado School of Mines: Origin and Stratigraphy of Enigmatic Sandstones of the Cretaceous Western Interior Seaway: The Late Turonian Wall Creek-Turner System, Powder River Basin, WY
Cameron Reed, at University of New Mexico: Assessing rift flank neotectonics in the southern San Luis Basin using high resolution topographic data and IRSL
Jake Slawson, at Colorado School of Mines: The Early Paleogene: A Glimpse of an Extremely Warm World
Emma Tombaugh, at Utah State University: Testing Models of Yellowstone Landscape Evolution Through Chronostratigraphy of Shoshone River Terraces
Jessica Hiatt, at Colorado School of Mines: Evaluation of underground coal fire dynamics using remote sensing techniques and multi-source geospatial analytics
Luke Gezovich, at Colorado School of Mines: Distinguishing deltas and fluvial fans on Mars using channel network morphometrics and stratal geometries
Isabella Chittumuri, at University of Colorado, Boulder: Impact of Precipitation Variability on Juneau Icefield
Taylor Johaneman, at University of Colorado, Boulder: Impacts of Artificial Levees on Fluvial Ecogeomorphic Processes and Floodplain Carbon Storage
