Author Archives: Jonathan Nyquist

We’ve just finished our first year of our NSF Geopath grant. My responsibility is improving retention in both the geology and environmental science majors by implemented a math mentoring program. Preliminary results will be reported a Fall GSA. The website … Continue reading →

This year, for the first time, I attended the Earth Educator’s Rendezvous.   Which was held in Albuquerque, at the University of New Mexico, which has a lovely campus.  I presented a lightning talk on Temple’s Geopath grant, and listens to several … Continue reading →

Spring, 2o17, as part of an experiment in teaching technology to non-science majors in a new class called Demystifying Technology, I taught a four-week long module on Python programming called “Program like a Martian,” which included student challenges loosely based … Continue reading →

The March for Science on Earth Day  spawned satellite marches all over the U.S. and the World, including one here in Philadelphia that drew an estimated 25,000 participants. Temple University student and faculty were there. PhD candidate Jim Berglund (holding … Continue reading →

SAGEEP 2017  in Denver was a great conference!  The weather was gorgeous and the talks were interesting and informative.  Here are some photos from the outdoor demonstration of new geophysical equipment. New GPR System and a stroller for GPR twins! Wireless geophones … Continue reading →

GP-IMPACT: Career paths for urban geoscientists: Recruitment, retention, and apprenticeship That is the title of a new NSF-funded grant to our department (PIs: J. Nyquist, L. Toran, A. Davatzes, and C. Brandt) that started Fall, 2016 and runs for three … Continue reading →

At part of an experimental General Education class, this past fall I taught a two-week course module to non-science majors entitled “Evil Plots” all about the ways graphs can be used to misrepresent data. The idea was to teach students … Continue reading →

Apparently, the Jersey Shore has been experiencing sonic booms. I was asked about the connection with earthquake activity in this article.

Visited Eastern Montana last week. Although the Bakkan Oil  Boom has slowed with falling oil prices, oil derricks have become a ubiquitous feature of a landscape that used to be all cattle, wheat fields and dusty dirt roads.  I have mixed … Continue reading →

In collaboration with researchers at Penn State, I been experimenting with using thermal imaging to detect preferential flow in the shallow subsurface.  The basic idea is to cut a trench upslope and infiltrate ice-water, then monitor the face of a … Continue reading →