The 2023 AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip Deemed a Success by All Participants

The happy geologists shown in the above photo have indicated that the AIPG-TX West Texas Field Trip was a success all around. The field trip was under the able leadership provided by Bruce Darling, Ph.D., P.G., C.P.G., Michael Jacobs, MS, P.G., and Phil Goodell, Ph.D., UTEP Dept. of Geological Sciences, supported by Bruce Handley, P.G., C.P.G., the Health & Safety Manager for the trip. The weather was outstanding; the accommodations were fine; and the food was as expected. The Field Guide will be published by AIPG-TX as soon as the draft is produced by Dr. Darling and reviewed, edited, [...]

By |2025-11-20T16:20:50-06:00April 30th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

2023 Shoemaker Scholarship Award at Baylor University, Waco

Regina M. Capuano, Ph. D., P.G., CPG, Chair of the AIPG Texas Section’s Scholarship Committee announced that the Gene M. Shoemaker Graduate Scholarship ($2,500.00) has been awarded for 2023 to the following student in Texas: Mr. Toluwaleke Ajayi, Department of Geosciences, Baylor University, Waco, Texas; Recommended by Joe C. Yelderman, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Geosciences Department, Baylor University, Waco; Presentation by James Henderson, Ph.D., P.G., CPG (District III – AIPG Texas Section), and Roger Lee, Ph.D., P.G., Councilor-at-Large, AIPG Texas Section) of the check for $2,500.00, the Shoemaker Plaque; plus a copy of the book, Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who [...]

By |2025-11-04T17:15:05-06:00April 27th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX Vice-President- Eastern Texas Publishes: “Anecdotes of a Lifetime: Memoirs of a Professional Geologist”

For those of you who haven't heard or received the announcement, over the past 8 months, Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG has been working on his memoirs. He said, "It's better now than never." Titled: “Anecdotes of a Lifetime: Memoirs of a Professional Geologist,” the book is now available. He said that his primary objective was to make a print and digital record for his grandchildren and their grandchildren of the life of their grandfather, his family, friends, and professional associates who lived in the mid-late 20th Century and worked well into the 21st Century as a Professional [...]

By |2025-08-04T00:24:15-05:00April 22nd, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

The Next Generation of Geoscience Societies: Views from Early- and Mid-Career Geoscientists and Leadership – 2023

Dr. Jonathan Arthur, PG, has served as the Executive Director of the American Geosciences Institute since August 2021.  He served as the Director of the Florida Geological Survey from 2009-2021  emphasizing the need for student and professional courses and webinars on business strategy, fiscal planning, communications, applied geoscience, data access, innovation, and survey sustainability. He also serves on the Water Science Technology Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Arthur has served the geoscience community in leadership posts as President of the Association of American State Geologists (AASG) and President of the Florida Association of [...]

By |2025-08-04T00:24:48-05:00April 22nd, 2023|AIPG-TX News|

AIPG-TX Webinar Announcement – April 18, 2023 – 7:00 PM

“USING ALTERATION AS A HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION TOOL: REMOTE SENSING AT LISBON VALLEY REVISITED” The Lisbon Valley, UT, area is one of the classical locations for the study of surface mineral alteration associated with the presence of an underlying hydrocarbon field. The Wingate sandstone at surface over the Lisbon Valley field is bleached and kaolinized.  However, the geology at Lisbon Valley is complicated: hydrothermal copper and uranium deposits, and clay alteration occur along the Lisbon Valley Fault, and the Lisbon Valley field lies beneath several thousand feet of bedded evaporites, casting some doubt on the alteration being due to microseepage [...]

By |2025-12-07T16:49:59-06:00April 12th, 2023|AIPG-TX News|