Teaching

GLY 427/527: Statistics and Modeling of Geologic Data

Textbooks:

Essential MATLAB for Engineers and Scientists, by Brian Hahn and Daniel T. Valentine, Sixth Edition (2016). Access ebook via UB Libraries: tinyurl.com/GLY427527Hahn

Mathematical Modeling of Earth’s Dynamical Systems: A Primer, by Rudy Slingerland and Lee Kump (2011). Access ebook at UB Libraries: tinyurl.com/GLY427527Slingerland

Tools:

I used the Matlab Grader (https://grader.mathworks.com) to administer and score student labs. I was pretty happy with it.

Outcomes:

Undergraduate students presenting their midterm research projects at the GLY 427/527 poster fair.

GLY 447/457: Glaciology

Textbook:

Benn and Evans, 2011. Glacier and Glaciation. 2nd edition. ISBN: 978-0340905791.

Tools:

I am using the Matlab Grader (https://grader.mathworks.com) to administer and score student labs. So far so good.
Mathworks also has a Matlab Onboarding tutorial that I assign as Lab 1. It takes about 2 hours to complete and is a good introduction to coding / interpreted languages. This tutorial is at https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com .

GLY 493: Department Colloquium

Pegrum Seminar Series
The semester schedule is sometimes available at https://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/geology/news-events/events.html .

GLY 102: Climate Change

Textbook:

Andrew Dessler, Introduction to Modern Climate Change, 2nd Edition, 2016, Cambridge University Press.