Geological Science and Engineering

Congratulations to students on Team Terradeus, who have been selected as finalists for the PDAC Next Generation Explorers Award (NGEA™)! 

Students on the team include, Sharlotte Mkhonto, Collette Pilsworth, Timothy Packulak, McLean Trott, Robiah Al Wardah, Benjamin Saadia, Neeraj Nainwal, Allie Surrette, and Alutsyah Luthfian (The University of Auckland, New Zealand). The team is being supervised by Dr. Matthew Leybourne, with assigned mentor Ria Tinnion (Independent Consultant, Geophysicist), and external advisors Khumo Leseane (Monash University), James Kidder​ (Geological Survey of Canada), and Rob Bowell (SRK Consultant). 

The team will be one of six finalists that will present...

Congratulations to Adjunct Professor, Christa Pufahl, on being selected as a Mental Health Champion by the Queen's Student Mental Health Network.

With the Classroom Champion for Mental Health project, Queen’s is showcasing educators who demonstrate a commitment to supporting and enhancing student mental health and wellbeing.

The nomination for Christa reads...

On Thursday, December 9, Dr. Brendan Dyck, University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus, will be giving a talk for the Queen's Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.

Dr. Dyck will be presenting on: "Crustal evolution begins with core formation".

Date: Thursday, December 9, 2021

Time: 2:30pm

Zoom link: Email dumondl@queensu.ca for the Zoom link

On Thursday, December 2, Dr. Freya George, Johns Hopkins University's Blaustein Postdoctoral Fellow, will be giving a talk for the Queen's Department of Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering.

Dr. George will be presenting on: "The art of subduction: geochemical insights into porosity and permeability changes at high pressure ".

Date: Thursday, December 2, 2021

Time: 2:30pm

Zoom link: Email dumondl@queensu.ca for the Zoom link

A special session titled: "Synthetic and natural minerals, from high- to low-temperature, from mines to mountaintops, from Earth to Mars", was held at the annual GACMAC meeting in London, ON  Friday Nov 5, 2021 in honour of Professor Ron Peterson. It was co-convened by Roberta Flemming, MSc'90, PhD'97, Lee Groat, BSc'82 (both former students of Ron’s)  and Bryan Chakoumakos (Ron's colleague from Virginia Polytechnical University). The session was hybrid, with some presentations in person and some presented virtually.

Three of Ron’s former PhD students were present – Roberta, Jenn Bentz, PhD'17 and Jennifer Anderson, MSc'02, PhD'07. Current and former colleagues (including Heather Jamieson) gave talks (and a few Ron stories) and the session culminated...