Author Archives: Jonathan Nyquist

Geoscientists Without Borders Strategic Planning

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Jonathan Nyquist

August 5-7 Geoscientists Without Borders (GWB) held a strategic planning session at the Post Oak Lodge in Tulsa, Oklahoma to review the amazing accomplishments of this young (4 years old) organization, and to plan for the future. I have served … Continue reading →

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Weird Science

Posted on July 30, 2012 by Jonathan Nyquist

The cover story of the Summer 2012 issue of TEMPLE University Magazine is “Weird Science,” an article by Gary Kramer about how Dr. Leroy Dubeck (Temple physics department) and I use Sci-Fi and Diaster Films to teach science to non-science … Continue reading →

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Field Work at PSU – Geophysics in Support of Hydropedology

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Jonathan Nyquist

In July, Temple undergraduate Derek Lichtner and I joined forces with Dr. Henry Lin and his graduate student, Li Guo, to test some novel approaches geophysical monitoring of shallow infiltration experiments at the Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory near Penn State … Continue reading →

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SEG-AGU 2012 Hydrogeophysics Workshop, Boise, July 2012

Posted on July 22, 2012 by Jonathan Nyquist

Multi-offset GPR In July I attended an excellent Hydrogeophysics Workshop in Boise Idaho, which included a field trip to the Boise hydrogeophysics field site where I watched in interesting demonstration of downhole NMR and multioffset ground-penetrating radar. NMR was a … Continue reading →

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Presentation at SAGEEP 2012

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jonathan Nyquist

The Symposium for the Application of Geophysics to Environmental and Engineering Problems (SAGEEP) will be held in Tucson, AZ this March.  I will be chairing the session on Geophysics in Rivers and Streams, and presenting the following paper: Comparison of … Continue reading →

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Deans Teaching Award, October, 2011

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Jonathan Nyquist

On Sunday, October 30th, 2011, the College of Science and Technology held their annual award dinner at the beautiful Camden Aquarium.  Dean Dai always hosts a great evening.  This year I was fortunate to be one of the awardees, receiving the … Continue reading →

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Marcellus Shale Symposium

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Jonathan Nyquist

Temple University held a Marcellus Shale Symposium, November 2011, with more than 300 attendees.  My presentation was titled, “Proposed Time-Lapse Resistivity Monitoring of Brine Migration.” Here are the details of the symposium: Extraction of Natural Gas from the Marcellus Shale: Between Art … Continue reading →

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Dr. Nyquist wins Harold Mooney Award, September 2011

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Jonathan Nyquist

Dr. Nyquist received the Harold Mooney Award the fall meeting of the Near Service Section of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists in San Antonio, TX.  Here is letter from NSG president, Klaus Holliger Dear Jonathan, On behalf of SEG’s Near … Continue reading →

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Fall 2011 GSA Annual Meeting

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Jonathan Nyquist

CHARACTERIZING HYPORHEIC FLOW IN AN URBAN STREAM USING HYDROGEOPHYSICS AND HEAT FLOW O’DONNELL, David1, TORAN, Laura1, NYQUIST, Jonathan1, and RYAN, Robert J.2, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, daveofdonnell@gmail.com, (2) Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University, … Continue reading →

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Fall 2011 GSA Annual Meeting

Posted on October 2, 2011 by Jonathan Nyquist

USING GROUNDWATER MODELS TO UNDERSTAND THE EFFECTS OF FRACTURES ON THE TRANSPORT OF SOLUTES AT THE SHALE HILLS CRITICAL ZONE OBSERVATORY MERCURI, Matthew1, TORAN, Laura1, NYQUIST, Jonathan1, KUNTZ, Brad2, and SINGHA, Kamini2, (1) Earth and Environmental Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA … Continue reading →

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