Grants that Support Research and Teaching
Funding from NASA
"Remote Identification of Primary, Eroded, and Mantled Volcanic Surfaces"
NASA - Mars Fundamental Research (Collaborator - proposal pending)
2005-2008
$262,660
"Geological Rough Surfaces Project"
NASA - Mars Fundamental Research (Collaborator - proposal pending)
2005-2008
$180,000
"Mars Lava Flow Surface Morphology: An Avenue for Answering Fundamental Questions Regarding the Rates and Styles of Volcanism"
NASA - Mars Fundamental Research (PI)
2005-2008
$162,660
"Geologic Analysis of Venusian Rifts, Coronae, Volcanoes and Flow Fields"
NASA - Planetary Geology and Geophysics (Co-I)
2004-2007
$180,000
"Viscous Fingering Research at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory"
NASA - South Dakota EPSCoR Travel Program (PI)
2004-2005
$2,000
"The Origin of Transverse Ridges on Large Mass Flows on Mars"
NASA - Mars Fundamental Research (Co-I)
2003-2006
$180,000
"Emplacement of Terrestrial and Planetary Lava Flows"
NASA - Planetary Geology and Geophysics (Collaborator)
2003-2006
$162,820
"Studies of Coronae and Large Volcanoes on Venus: Constraining the Diverse Outcomes of Small-scale Mantle Upwellings on Venus"
NASA - Planetary Geology and Geophysics (Collaborator)
2002-2005
$248,901
"Modeling of Planetary Lava Flows Using Analog Fluids - An Undergraduate Research Project"
NASA - South Dakota Space Grant Consortium (Co-PI)
2003-2004
$8,875
"Emplacement of Terrestrial and Planetary Lava Flows"
NASA - Planetary Geology and Geophysics (Collaborator)
2000-2003
$145,400
"Steep-sided Domes on Venus: Morphology, Origin and Evolution"
NASA - Venus Data Analysis Program (Co-Investigator)
1992-1995
$220,100
Funding from the National Science Foundation
"Collaborative Research: The Origin and Evolution of Student Conceptions: The Interplay between Cognition, Ideas, and Change"
National Science Foundation - ROLE (PI - proposal pending)
2005-2008
$650,000
"Collaborative Research: GCI2: Extension and Dissemination of the Geoscience Concept Inventory"
National Science Foundation - Assessment of Student Achievement (Co-PI - proposal pending)
2005-2008
$498,596
"Pahoehoe Flow Emplacement and Inflation Processes: Integrated Assessment of the Effect of Glass, Vesicles and Temperature"
National Science Foundation - Earth Sciences (Collaborator - proposal pending)
2005-2008
$318,169
"Conceptual Understanding of Three Dimensions of Earth Processes in General Education and Introductory Courses: Test Development and Validation"
National Science Foundation - Assessment of Student Achievement (Co-PI)
2001-2005
$498,983
"The Use of a Global Positioning System in Biology and Environmental Physical Science Laboratories"
NSF Instrumentation and Laboratory Improvement (ILI) (Co-PI)
1995-1997
$18,781
"The Impact of Urban and Rural Activities on Water Quality in Spearfish, South Dakota"
NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) (PI)
1994-1995
$45,000
"Emplacement of Silicic Lava Flows and Domes"
NSF Division of Earth Sciences (EAR) (Co-Investigator)
1991-1992
$129,612
Funding from the Faculty Research Committee at Black Hills State
"Using Fractals to Determine the Composition of Lava Flows on the Earth and Other Planets"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
2004-2005
$1,820
"Long-term tidewater and terrestrial glacier dynamics, glacier hydrology, and Holocene and historic glacier activity in Alaska and Iceland"
Black Hills State Faculty Research (PI)
2003-2004
$2,000
"Laboratory Models of Lava Flow Surface Development"
Black Hills State Faculty Research (PI)
2001-2002
$2,000
"The Formation of Tumuli on Basaltic Lava Flows"
Black Hills State Faculty Research (PI)
2000-2001
$1,600
"Modeling The Emplacement of Long Planetary Lava Flows"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1999-2000
$2,500
"Modeling the Emplacement of Inflated Lava Flows: Constraints from Field Studies of Mount Etna and Mount Kilauea Volcanoes"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1997-1998
$2,000
"A Study of the Internal Structure and Stratigraphy of the Goldfield Caldera”
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1995-1996
$1,500
"The Study of Lava Flow Surface Morphology at the Mount Merapi (Indonesia) and Mount Unzen (Japan) Volcanoes"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1995-1996
$1,500
"A Ground-penetrating Radar Study of the Active Lava Delta at Kilauea Volcano"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1994-1995
$1,252
"Compositional Controls on Columnar Joint Dimensions"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1992-1993
$2,402
"Isotopic Studies of Active Lava Flows"
Black Hills State University Faculty Research (PI)
1991-1992
$2,196
Other Funding
"The Use of Image Processing and Image Analysis in a New Planetary Geology Course"
Black Hills State University Instructional Improvement (PI)
2002-2003
$9,000
"The Antiguan Racer Project as a Vehicle for Enhanced Student Learning through Interdisciplinary Science Collaboration"
Black Hills State University Bush Foundation (Co-PI)
2002-2003
$6,000
"Development of a Spearfish Creek Watershed GIS for use in the Environmental Physical Science Major at Black Hills State University"
State of South Dakota Governor's Technology Grants (PI)
2001
$24,000
"Infusion of Field and Web-based Technology in the Environmental Physical Science Major at Black Hills State University”
State of South Dakota Governor's Technology Grants (PI)
2000
$22,313
"Federal Demographic Data Committee Compliant Metadata”
State of South Dakota Department of Game, Fish and Parks (PI)
2000
$8,000
"The Redesign of Hydrogeology Lab Materials to Incorporate New Technology and Utilize the Spearfish Creek Watershed as a Unique Natural Laboratory"
Black Hills State University Instructional Improvement (PI)
2001-2002
$2,500
"A Multimedia System for Geology and Science Education"
Black Hills State University Instructional Technology Support (Co-PI)
1997-1998
$13,400
"Science and Mathematics Seminar Series"
Black Hills State University Faculty Development (Co-PI)
1992
$2,500
"Isotopic Studies of Water in Mount St. Helens Lava Flows"
Graduate Student Association - Arizona State University (PI)
1986-1987
$1,500