13 BOONE PICKENS SCHOOL OF GEOLOGY -Research on Tap Dr. Mike Grammer Dear OSU BPSoG alumni and friends - 2022 started off with a bang when Jim Puckette and I taught a workshop for the Oklahoma Groundwater Association Meeting that Todd Halihan organized on the OSU campus last January. The workshop focused on the evaluation of sandstone and carbonate reservoirs for porosity and permeability trends and the tie to key rock types/facies, along with discussions on the potential controls on aquifer heterogeneity and the distribution of flow units. Identifying key facies, porosity/permeability systems and potential flow unit heterogeneity in the subsurface was the main focus of the core evaluation, combined with discussions on the application to groundwater aquifers, contaminant pathways, CCUS targets and oil and gas reservoirs. We had 20 folks take the course, which was held in the Gary F. Stewart Core Research Facility conference and layout rooms. For much of the rest of the year, we continued to focus on our work with the Caney Shale. Dr. Yulun Wang (OSU Ph.D., 2017) continues to do the heavy lifting for a large percentage of the facies analysis, stratigraphy, fracture distribution, geomechanical trends and nanometer scale pore architecture analysis. Izabelle Buentello, who is just starting her MS here at OSU as one of the first participants in the Accelerated MS Program, is delving further into the pore system characterization and laboratory-measured sonic velocity tied to specific facies and stratigraphic zones within the Caney. Best Wishes to all for 2023 and we look forward to seeing you at the Annual BPSoG banquet. Dr. Mary Hileman The 2022-23 school year marks my thirteenth year as a faculty member of the Boone Pickens School of Geology, where I am a full-time Visiting Associate Professor with responsibility to teach 6 In-person and 2 online courses each year. In the fall, I teach Petroleum Geology for Engineers (GEOL 3413). This is the core course required for the Minor in Petroleum Engineering (CEAT). This fall 12 students enrolled. In the spring, to meet minimum enrollment, all well log analysis courses meet on Tuesday evening. Applied Well Log Analysis for Engineers (GEOL 4323) has 3 enrolled and 7 are enrolled in Advanced Well Log Analysis for graduate students (GEOL 5353). No undergraduates enrolled in Introduction to Well Log Analysis (GEOL 4313). These courses cover evaluation of the standard suite of vertical hole wireline well logs and introduce petrophysical evaluation. Graduate students complete more challenging homework and have 4 additional problems that test their geological thinking. Geology of the National Parks (GEOL 3043) is taught In-person as well as an online every semester. The focus for this popular elective for non-science majors is to develop understanding of basic geological concepts and scientific methodology, using 26 National Parks as examples. Enrollment for the in-person class was 35 (fall) and 48 (spring). The online section enrollment was 86 (fall) and 106 (spring). This year I developed a new Honors Add-on Class: The Power of Water (GEOL 3890). This is a 1-hour discussion about how water shapes the Earth and how it influences human society and ecosystems. I served on 5 Master’s Committees and 2 Ph.D. Committees in Geology, and serve as the outside reader for a Ph.D. dissertation in the English Department. Dr. Ahmed Ismail My research program in 2022 has focused on geophysical investigations of dams. Dam investigation is critical to public safety and homeland security in a country with over 91,000 dams, 2,300 of which are classified as deficient high-hazard-potential dams. Out of my submitted five external research proposals as lead-PI, four proposals were award-
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