Dr. David S. McKay, P.G. NASA

Dr. Ted H. Foss, P.G.*, Making Presentation of Award to Dr. David S. McKay, P.G. NASA, at AIPG Annual Conference, 1997, Houston, Texas. (Memorial) (OB)

* Note: Dr. Foss served as NASA Science Director and provided geological training to the original group of Astronauts in the mid to late 1960s, in cooperation with the U.S. Geological Survey.

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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 Boson 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 Boson 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 that: Rohan Khadka, an undergraduate student at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas has been awarded a Ted [...]

AIPG-TX Webinar: Uranium Roll-Front In-Situ Recovery in Sedimentary Basins: Contributing to the Global Uranium Demand for the Nuclear Renaissance (Slides Available)

Abstract Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., C.P.G., with the assistance of Henry Wise, P.G., C.P.G., will be discussing how the the construction of nuclear power is expanding rapidly around the world, and with an emphasis on the new technology, especially with [...]

AIPG-TX Webinar – February 17, 2026: Relationship Between East Texas Deltas and South Texas Eagle Ford Unconventional Production at the San Marcos Arc

Abstract Examination of cores from the Sabine Uplift, East Texas Basin, and outcrops and near-surface cores taken by the USGS from the north-central Texas outcrop belt identified four separate siliciclastic depositional systems during the Cenomanian-Turonian. Deposition during the lower Cenomanian Maness [...]

Geoscience Enrollment Down Nearly 30%: AAPG Launches New Student Campaign to Protect the Future Energy Workforce

As the world races to scale nuclear, geothermal, low-carbon and traditional energy systems, the pipeline of geoscientists needed to make that future possible is shrinking fast. U.S. geoscience enrollment has fallen by roughly 30% since its peak in 2015, according to [...]