FREE AIPG Webinar – Not in the Manual: Your First or Next 5 Years – Thursday, October 29th
Join AIPG’s free October 29 webinar on professional judgment, public accountability and AI during your first or next five career years.
FREE AIPG Webinar – Geologic Networking Online – Tuesday, October 20th
Join AIPG for a FREE one-hour online networking session for geologists, students, and early-career professionals on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, at 1:00 pm Pacific, 2:00 pm Mountain, 3:00 pm Central, 4:00 pm Eastern. Registration is required.
The Wise Report – October 3, 2026
The Wise Report Henry M. Wise, P.G. October 3, 2026 The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) proposes amendments concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists in Texas. TBPG proposes amendments to 22 TAC §850.62, regarding General Powers and Duties of the TBPG, 22 TAC §851.10(21), regarding Definitions, 22 TAC §851.21, regarding Licensing Requirements – Examinations, 22 TAC §851.24, regarding TBPG Recognition Programs, 22 TAC §851.25(a), regarding Education Requirements and Equivalents, 22 TAC §851.152(a), regarding Firm Compliance. The TBPG has an ongoing process to review rules to simplify confusing language and correct rules that prevent efficiency. The proposed [...]
University of Houston-Clear Lake Geology Department Granted Student Chapter Status
President Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G. announced that University of Houston-Clear Lake Geology Department, sponsored by Professor Dongmin Sun, has been granted Student Chapter Status in the AIPG Texas Section.
AIPG Texas Monthly Webinar Series – Telescopes in Unusual Places – Tuesday, August 18th
AIPG Texas Monthly Webinar Series - Telescopes in Unusual Places - Tuesday, August 18th
AIPG-TX Webinar: Integration of Carbon-14 and Oxygen-18 as a Basis for Differentiating Between Pleistocene and Post-Pleistocene Groundwater Ages Along Flow Paths in West Texas Bolson Aquifers
AIPG Texas Monthly Webinar Series: Integration of Carbon-14 and Oxygen-18 as a Basis for Differentiating Between Pleistocene and Post-Pleistocene Groundwater Ages Along Flow Paths in West Texas Bolson Aquifers - June 16, 2026 - Tuesday (Every 3rd Tuesday)
AIPG-TX Webinar: Sustainable Data Center Siting
Join us for our May webinar, "Sustainable Data Center Siting: Using CCUS and Shallow Geothermal to Lower Carbon Emissions and Water Demand," presented by Danny Kingham, Principal Hydrogeologist at GSI Environmental Inc.
AIPG-TX Webinar: Tectonic History, Structural Geology, and Mineral Resources of Hudspeth County, Texas
AIPG Texas Monthly Webinar Series: Tectonic History, Structural Geology, and Mineral Resources of Hudspeth County, Texas
2026 AIPG-TX Section Scholarship Awardees
Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., President of the Texas Section of the AIPG, and Dr. Regina Capuano, P.G., C.P.G., Chair, AIPG-TX Scholarships Committee, announced recently: Rohan Khadka, an undergraduate student at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, has been awarded a Ted H. Foss Undergraduate AIPG-TX Scholarship ($1,000.00)... Presentation (Pending) and (plaque). Sponsored by: Pat Harris, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Geology, Sam Houston State University. Barbie Adams, an undergraduate student at Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas, has been awarded a Ted H. Foss Undergraduate AIPG-TX Scholarship ($1,000.00)... Presentation pending and (plaque). Sponsored by: Liane M. Stevens, Ph.D., Associate Professor [...]
AIPG-TX Webinar: Uranium Roll-Front In-Situ Recovery in Sedimentary Basins: Contributing to the Global Uranium Demand for the Nuclear Renaissance (Slides Available)
AbstractMichael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., C.P.G., (and Vice-President, AIPG-TX) with the assistance of Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., (and President, AIPG-TX) will be discussing how the construction of nuclear power plants is expanding rapidly around the world, and with an emphasis on the new technology, especially with the arrival of the smaller nuclear reactors (SMRs). The pressure on the uranium-mining industry is ramping up as demand for yellowcake in the foreseeable future is pushing toward historical levels which in turn is pushing uranium prices upward to well over $100/pound soon. But where are these resources found? Uranium resources are found in [...]