01 Oct, 2016
By AIPG-TX News

Post-AIPG Texas Section Field Trip Guidebook Now Available and the EMD Uranium Committee Has Released it’s Uranium FAQ

Henry M. Wise, P.G., CPG, President, Texas Section of the AIPG, announced today that the Guidebook accompanying the 2016 Field Trip to Central Texas has been revised to include field-trip photos and expanded coverage of topics. It is available in PDF.

A future field trip by bus is being planned for Spring, 2017 to visit uranium mines in South Texas.  More information when available.

Also just released, Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG, Vice President – Eastern Texas, announced that the Uranium FAQ was produced by the Committee of Uranium, Thorium, and Rare-Earths, Energy Minerals Division (AAPG). Mr. Campbell has been the Chair of that Committee since 2004. A series of committee reports to the EMD on uranium, thorium, and rare earths are also available (more).

17 May, 2016
By AIPG-TX News

AIPG Texas Section Field Trip to Central Texas a Success!

Aside from dodging a few raindrops, the central Texas field trip was enjoyed by all!

25 participants including members of the Premier Silica mining operations near Brady, Texas joined the field party over the 2-day event. Many photos were taken and new information has been uncovered that will be incorporated in a Post-Field Trip Guidebook revision that will be made available to the participants and the geoscience community online via a PDF in the near future. Participation in the Field Trip by Diane Carrico, a geology student attending the University of Texas, Austin, was sponsored by I2M Associates, LLC (May 20th I2M News Release).

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31 Mar, 2016
By AIPG-TX News

Chair of the AIPG Texas Section Scholarship Committee Announces Award Selections — UPDATED May 17, 2016

UPDATED: May 17, 2016

Glen A. Collier, P.G., C.P.G., Chair of the AIPG Texas Section’s Scholarship Committee announced that four Texas Section scholarships have been awarded to the following students in Texas:

2016 Gene M. Shoemaker Graduate Scholarship ($2,500.00)

  1. Anna Mwangi, University of Texas at El Paso; Recommendation by Dr. Laura Serpa, University of Texas at El Paso, Texas, (Essay) (Plaque) To be presented in the Fall, 2016 by Mr. Michael Jacobs, P.G., District I Representative, AIPG Texas Section (more), with Department Chairman James Kubicki, Ph.D.; Photo taken by Ben Brunner, Ph. D.; plus a copy of the book, Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact, by David H. Levy, with the inscription (here).
  2. William C. Farrell, Rice University, Houston, Texas; Recommendation by Dr. Harold R. Wanless, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida (Plaque). Presentation by Mr. Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., C.P.G., AIPG Texas Section Vice President – Eastern Texas (more); plus a copy of the book, Shoemaker by Levy: The Man Who Made an Impact, by David H. Levy, with the inscription (here).

2016 Ted H. Foss Undergraduate Scholarship ($1,000.00)

  1. Sarah P. Gerenday, Rice University, Houston, Texas; Recommendation by Dr. Cin-Ty Lee, Rice University, Houston, Texas (Plaque) Presentation by Mr. Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., C.P.G., AIPG Texas Section Vice President – Eastern Texas,  (more).
  2. Melanie G. Bowen, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; Recommendation by Dr. Andreas Kronenberg, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas (Plaque) Presented by Mr. Glen Collier, P.G., C.P.G., Chair of the AIPG Texas Section’s Scholarship Committee.
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25 Mar, 2016
By AIPG-TX News

Dates for Field Trip to Central Texas Have Been Fixed: May 14-15, 2016

Dates for the Spring 2016 Central Texas Field Trip have been fixed. The dates will be:

Saturday, May 14, 2016 to Sunday, May 15, 2016

Final editing of the Field Trip Guidebook is also underway.

Registrants from last year’s postponed field trip will be given priority.

For details, see the Field Trip page.

Look forward to seeing you this year.

Henry M. Wise, P.G., C.P.G.
President – AIPG Texas Section

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03 Mar, 2016
The Black Labrador
By AIPG-TX News

AIPG Texas Section District IV Meet-and-Greet on March 22, 2016 in Houston, Texas

All AIPG Texas Section and prospective members are cordially invited to attend a Meet-and-Greet on March 22, 2016.

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25 Nov, 2015
By AIPG-TX News

“Unconventional Energy Resources: 2015 Review” in the Journal of Natural Resources Research

Michael D. Campbell, AIPG-TX Vice President – Eastern Texas, and James R. Conca, Member of the Advisory Group of the EMD Uranium (and Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee have just published a section in the “Unconventional Energy Resources: 2015 Review” in the Journal of Natural Resources Research, Vol. 24, No.4 entitled: “Energy Competition in the Uranium, Thorium, and Rare Earth Industries in the U.S. and the World,” updated and summarized from the 2015 Annual Report of the EMD Uranium (and Nuclear and Rare Earth Minerals) Committee, see pp. 8-16, (here).

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22 Nov, 2015
By AIPG-TX News

AIPG Texas appointment of new Secretary-Treasurer

Mr. Henry M. Wise, President of the AIPG Texas Section announced today that he has made three new appointments to the AIPG Texas Section Board during the recent monthly teleconference of the Board last week. Mr. Rick Greiner has been appointed as the new Secretary-Treasurer of the Texas Section. Mr. Matt Cowan has been appointed as the Texas Section Representative for District IV. And, Mr. Doug Hall has been appointed as the Member-at-Large for the Texas Section of AIPG.

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21 Nov, 2015
By AIPG-TX News

The Wise Report

The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) is proposing rule amendments to Chapters 850 and 851 concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists. Many of the changes are for consistency and clarity.

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18 Nov, 2015
By AIPG-TX News

New report released under Mineral Commodities

A new report has been released under Mineral Commodities under C. Texas Aquifers:

Groundwater as a Commodity

It was prepared by Dr. Rima Petrossian, P.G., C.P.G., the Vice President, West Texas, of the AIPG Texas Section. It is intended to be a dynamic report, in that, the contents may be updated from time to time as new information becomes available. Your comments are invited.

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06 Jul, 2015
By AIPG-TX News

To All Members

We are very pleased to announce that our Michael D. Campbell, P.G., P.H., CPG has been selected to receive the National AIPG Section Leadership Award for his efforts to:

  1. re-activate our Texas Section,
  2. maintain the AIPG-TX website presence through the years of inactivity,
  3. expand the website’s coverage and usefulness to the members of the Section, and
  4. pursue other Section-building activities in his role of Vice-President, Eastern Texas.

Mike has worked diligently with Texas members to get us up and running again and to expand our offerings to the Texas membership. We are now on the road to holding field trips, section meetings, and providing scholarships. Congratulations Mike!

The formal presentation was made at the AIPG Annual Business Luncheon held in Anchorage, Alaska on September 18 (more).

Henry M. Wise, P.G., CPG
President, AIPG Texas Section
and
Rima Petrossian, Ph.D., P.G., CPG
Vice-President, Western Texas, AIPG Texas Section

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