Chappaz publishes article in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

April 11, 2013 - Assistant professor of geochemistry Anthony Chappaz, along with co-principal investigator Dr. Jennifer Glass from the California Institute of Technology, recently published in the recognized geochemistry journal, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Their article is entitled "Molybdenum geochemistry in a seasonally dysoxic Mo-limited lacustrine ecosystem." 

Chappaz publishes article in Environmental Science & Technology

February 19, 2013 - Assistant professor Anthony Chappaz and his collaborator, Dr. Jeff Curtis from the University of British Columbia - Okanagan, just published a research article entitled, "Integrating Empirically Dissolved Organic Matter Quality for WHAM VI using the DOM Optical Properties: A Case Study of Cu-A1-DOM Interactions," in the Environmental Science & Technology journal. They demonstrated that the type of dissolved organic matter (DOM), as well as the A1 competition, affect the Cu complexation by DOM. More importantly, they provide a new method to integrate these changes for the widely used software, WHAM, that predicts metal speciation (and therefore toxicity) in aquatic systems.

Journal article by Sirbescu is one of the most downloaded

February 5, 2013 - A 2008 journal article by associate professor of geology Mona Sirbescu, Emily Hartwick, a former CMU geology major and faculty member Jim Student had the highest number of weekly downloads during the first week of January 2013, according to the Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology journal's website.

Click here to download a PDF of their article titled, "Rapid crystallization of the Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite, Florence County, Northeastern Wisconsin: Inclusion microthermometry and conductive-cooling modeling." 

Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology is an international journal that accepts high quality research papers in the fields of igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry and mineralogy. With a five-year impact factor of 3.900, the journal ranks second highest in the category of 26 mineralogy journals.

Chappaz publishes article in Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta

January 11, 2013 - Assistant professor Anthony Chappaz and his collaborators from the University of Southern Denmark, Princeton University and University of California - Riverside, just published in the recognized geochemistry journal Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta. Their article is entitled "Molybdenum reduction in a sulfidic lake: Evidence from X-ray absorption fine-structure spectroscopy and implications for the Mo paleoproxy." 

More details about this article and Dr. Chappaz's research can be found by visiting his GEM Lab website.

Meteorology student places first at National Weather Association annual meeting

November 9, 2012 - CMU senior and meteorology major William A. LaForce recently won the best undergraduate student poster award at the 2012 National Weather Association annual meeting held from October 6-11 in Madison, Wisc. Second and third place awards went to students from the University of Missouri at Columbia and the University of Miami.

LaForce's project was entitled, "Comparison of Two Forecasts for Tornadoes Associated with Cold-Core 500-mb Lows: Surprise and Bust." Associate professor of meteorology Martin A. Baxter served as LaForce's faculty advisor.

In 2005, the NWA Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF) Committee initiated the addition of Best Student Presentations to the annual NWA Awards Program. At each yearly meeting, students (undergraduate and graduate) submit their abstracts to be considered for these awards. Members of the WAF Committee review each presentation and recommend their choices of the best to the NWA President for approval, who awards the students with a congratulatory letter, a cash stipend and complimentary NWA membership for the following year.

This is the third year in a row that a CMU student has won first place at this event.