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This is how we celebrate in Oxford. Congratulation This is how we celebrate in Oxford. Congratulations to our awesome baseball team.
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The National Weather Service is hiring many NEW Hy The National Weather Service is hiring many NEW Hydrologists
(GS 7 – 12; $44,740 – $103,176/yr; open until all positions filled) with the Water Prediction Operations Division at the National Water Center located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
Entry level Geologist/environmental scientist Pick Entry level Geologist/environmental scientist
Pickering Firm, Inc.

2001 Airport Road, Suite 201 | Flowood, MS 39232

Contact:

Camille Salters | csalters@pickeringfirm.com | Phone: 601.956.3663  Mobile: 601.209.2396
PPM Consultants Inc. — Entry-level geologists or PPM Consultants Inc. — Entry-level geologists or geological engineers
PPM Consultants Inc. is looking to hire an entry-level geologist or geological engineer for their Tupelo, MS location and potentially another for Ridgeland, MS location.  There are also other entry-level openings in our Birmingham, AL and Monroe, LA offices.

Please contact: Annie McIlwain, P.E. | District Manager | 289 Commerce Park Drive, Suite D | Ridgeland, MS  39157

p:  601-956-8233 | m: 601-941-3719 |annie.mcilwain@ppmco.com | www.ppmco.com
“This wouldn’t have happened if they had consu “This wouldn’t have happened if they had consulted a geological engineer!” (Mary-Peyton Propst, freshman, Fall 22)
S&ME – a leading design, engineering, environmen S&ME – a leading design, engineering, environmental and multi-disciplined professional services firm in Tennessee is hiring for many professional positions in the Memphis area.

More information can be found here: https://www.smeinc.com/careers/
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Lecturer position in HYDROGEOLOGY available at UT Lecturer position in HYDROGEOLOGY available at UT Knoxville. For more details contact:

Colin D. Sumrall PhD
Associate Head and Associate Professor of Paleobiology
Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
1621 Cumberland Avenue
 602 Strong Hall
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN 37996-1526
USA
csumrall@utk.edu
(865) 974-0400
That’s a wrap on field camp 1! #olemissgge That’s a wrap on field camp 1! #olemissgge
What a difference 3 inches of rain makes! Check ou What a difference 3 inches of rain makes! Check out that waterfall 👀 #olemissgge
1. GE 301 Field Camp group photo overlooking Turne 1. GE 301 Field Camp group photo overlooking Turner Falls, Davis, Oklahoma 

2. Students hard at work (or hardly working 😉) on their maps in the classroom!
USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Research Associate in Legacy USDA-ARS Postdoctoral Research Associate in Legacy Phosphorus Fellowship. seeking applicants with skillsets that overlap with the fields of soil science, biogeochemistry, and/or hydrology and have experience with experimental design, data collection in the field and laboratory, and data analysis.  For details check gge.olemiss.edu/job-opportunities
Dr. Gifford and Dr. Platt having fun at field camp Dr. Gifford and Dr. Platt having fun at field camp #olemissgge #ge301
#olemissgge #summer #fieldcamps #olemissgge #summer #fieldcamps
Field camp update! 1. GE 301 group photo from Br Field camp update! 

1. GE 301 group photo from Bromide Fossil Pit, YMCA Camp Classen, Davis, Oklahoma

2. Students making geologic maps of the YMCA Camp Classen area
MC2Engineers is looking for recent graduates in Ge MC2Engineers is looking for recent graduates in Geology or Geological Engineering.
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Field Camp 1, Day 1 in Ardmore, Oklahoma!! #olemis Field Camp 1, Day 1 in Ardmore, Oklahoma!! #olemissgge
Federal position with the Navy. For details check: Federal position with the Navy. For details check:
gge.olemiss.edu/job-opportunities
We are so proud of all of our May graduates! Meet We are so proud of all of our May graduates!
Meet a few of our spectacular geologists and geological engineers.
Here is the complete list:
Jordan Ainsworth, Benton Moore, Jillian Dees, Ethan Rogers, Allison Hackleman, Austin Howard, John Perry, Laysen Landrum, Charles Logan, Evan Mansfield, Alexander Singletary, Sydney Conboy, Ahmed Al Saadi and Drew Ursic (Bachelor); Jody Messick, Kristian Macias and Manuel Eli (Master)
Please join Dr. Ryan North, former Adjunct Associa Please join Dr. Ryan North, former Adjunct Associate Professor, member of the GGE family, and current Principal Geophysicist at Olsen Engineering in Denver, Colorado as he makes geophysics both scientifically accurate and entertaining. He has an appearance in the most recent episode of History Channel’s “Last Gold of the Aztecs” tonight at 10/9c. You can catch it later by streaming S1E6 “A Hidden Chamber”.
https://play.history.com/shows/lost-gold-of-the-aztecs/season-1/episode-6
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Drilling Down on a Win-Win Collaboration

Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute assists Profile Products in mining, gathering data

JULY 13, 2021 BY EDWIN B. SMITH
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UM graduate student Kristian Macis (right) and Lance Yarbrough, associate professor of geology and geological engineering, collect auger cuttings from the Porters Creek Formation in Tippah County for laboratory analysis. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

OXFORD, Miss. – A joint research drilling project between the Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute at the University of Mississippi and a northeast Mississippi mining company is producing benefits for both partners.
MMRI and Profile Products in Blue Mountain are in the middle of the ongoing project, which began in May. Profile Products mines the clays of the Porters Creek Formation in Tippah County and produces products used to construct and maintain athletics fields across the country.
Researchers and students at MMRI and the UM Department of Geology and Geological Engineering are drilling a series of test holes on property leased by the company.

Lance Yarbrough, UM associate professor of geology and geological engineering, uses a Munsell chart to record the correct color of clays observed in the field. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

“The project is an ideal opportunity for both Profile Products and the University of Mississippi to collect important research data,” said Greg Easson, MMRI director and professor of geology and geological engineering.
“The UM research team was provided access to an ideal site to conduct a drilling campaign that can be used to validate geophysical methods for subsurface characterization. In addition, the team gets samples of the clay for a geological analysis of its character and origin.
“Meanwhile, Profile Products acquires the data they need to determine the amount of clay reserves on the property and samples for testing in their in-house lab to maintain consistency in the products they produce.”
The team is using a drill rig purchased with funds provided by the Mississippi Legislature through a grant program from the Mississippi Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Surveyors. During the drilling process, data are collected from the layers of clay being mined and continue through the different types of soil underneath the earth’s surface.
Subsurface samples collected are divided in the field, with half of them provided to Profile Products for testing in its lab to see if the material meets its specifications.
The other half of the samples for each depth will be retained and analyzed by the UM research team to help understand the geological history and origin of this geological formation. Findings will form the core of an Ole Miss graduate student’s thesis.
As part of the research team is drilling, other researchers and students are collecting geophysical data along the same path. The methods for collecting geophysical data include ground-penetrating radar, electrical resistivity and passive seismic (the detection of natural, low-frequency earth movements).

Geological engineering professor Lance Yarbrough (right) and second-year graduate student Kristian Macis auger a borehole in Tippah County. Photo by Kevin Bain/Ole Miss Digital Imaging Services

Data collected using these methods will be compared to the drilling data to determine the accuracy of the geophysical methods.
“Profile Products has agreed to provide the UM team access to the site so that we can process the data, reconfigure the systems and collect another set of data,” Easson said. “This research will provide the UM research team with validation of the level of accuracy of the geophysical data to show how these methods can be used in areas where drilling is not allowed, such as levees on the Mississippi River.”
The partnership between the company and MMRI is mutually beneficial, said Chas Goff, plant manager at Profile Products.
“The reserve data will allow Profile Products to expand our operations,” Goff said. “The students are learning how to drill safely and how to sample and work with clients.”
The drilling and reserve estimate for the project will be completed by the end of July, with analysis and additional geophysical data collection continuing into September.

 


In Memoriam: JULIUS M. RIDGEWAY (1933 – 2021)

It is with deep regret and profound sadness that we inform you that Julius Ridgeway passed away this past Sunday, May 30. A great friend of our department who had a distinguished career and gave back in many ways to our program, including serving on many graduate student committees. He will be sincerely missed.

https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/clarionledger/obituary.aspx?n=julius-mosal-ridgway&pid=198857031&fhid=11932


American Geosciences Institute

Geoscience Workforce Projections 2019-2029 : UP 4.9%

Employment projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) indicate an overall 4.9% increase in geoscience jobs between 2019 and 2029, from 460,242 jobs in 2019 to 482,726 jobs in 2029. For comparison, the projected growth of the U.S. workforce over the same timeframe is expected to be 3.7%. While growth rates for individual geoscience occupations range between 0% and 8.4% for all but geoscience engineering managers (-1%), those occupations projected to gain the greatest number of jobs are environmental scientists (7,100 jobs), environmental science technicians (2,900 jobs), and environmental engineers (1,800 jobs).

 


Who Needs a Geoscientist?

Enjoy this very interesting article at:  Who Needs Geoscientists?


GGE Virtual Graduation Ceremony – hosted by Dr. Davidson

Congratulation to all the geologists and geological engineers of the 2020 class!

Check out the video with cameo appearances from all of our 2020 graduates.


Dean Dave Puleo on how the school is meeting the coronavirus challenges

Coronavirus, COVID-19, uncharted territory, social distancing, flatten the curve, course conversion, Zoom meetings. These words are now forever ingrained in our vocabulary. Our Engineering community has been tremendous during these trying times….
April 2020


Ole Miss geological engineering students learn about geologic mapping

The Mississippi Mineral Resources Institute (MMRI) and Department of Geology and Geological Engineering at Ole Miss are undertaking a geologic mapping and drilling project in Charleston, Mississippi – that’ll help identify economic resources and contribute to scientific research in the region.
February 2020


Society of Women Engineers achieving its goal at Ole Miss: helping female engineers succeed

Four Ole Miss students attended the national SWE conference in California last month – and three walked away with job offers. And, SWE events on campus give students the opportunity to hear from alumnae what it’s like to transition from college to the workplace. Read more…
December 2019


Geology professor assists construction in Delaware Aqueduct Bypass Project

Lance Yarbrough, assistant professor of geology and geological engineering at Ole Miss, spent much of his summer 600 feet below the Hudson River. He was working on a project to build a 2.5-mile-long bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct, which provides about half of New York City’s water. Read more…
November 2019


Dr. Brian Platt

Assistant Professor of Geological Engineering Leads Dinosaur Track Preservation Project.


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