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LINKS AND MORE SPONSORS AND FRIENDS DINORAMA 2006 LATEST NEWS CONTACT Cliff Manuel, Chairman Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center, Inc. 537 Greybull avenue Greybull, Wyoming 82426 Phone: 307.765.2286 Cell: 406.672.1462 e-mail: cliff@bbgeoscience.org		Our Educational Workshops are developed and led by members of our Science Team, assisted by participating instructors who are respected geoscientists with many years of experience in their respective fields of expertise. We believe that we have the best instructional team of its type in our area and our workshop participants agree. Coordinators Cliff and Row Manuel ~ Cliff Manuel, a retired aerospace engineering systems manager, and Rowena Manuel, a retired teacher and Bighorn Basin native, are co-founders of the educational program and serve as coordinators and facilitators for all team activities. THE SCIENCE TEAM - 2012 Erik. P. Kvale, Ph.D. ~ Erik is a native of Greybull, Wyoming, and is intimately familiar with the Bighorn Basin. He has a Ph.D. in geology from Iowa State University and is an internationally recognized sedimentologist and stratigrapher. He has worked extensively in northern Wyoming, the mid-continent, and internationally, and has authored over 50 articles on various aspects of geology. Erik currently is a Geologist/Sedimentologist in Geoscience Technology with Devon Energy Corporation and an instructor (and past Field Station Director) at the Iowa State University Geology Field Station in Shell. He is also the co-discoverer of the Red Gulch Dinosaur Tracksite near Shell, Wyoming, and co-founder of our educational program. Michael K. Brett-Surman, Ph.D. ~ Mike has been employed by the Smithsonian Institution since 1979 and has conducted geoscience research, collections, and outreach programs in the Bighorn Basin area for the Smithsonian Institution since 1992, including several dinosaur and marine reptile fossil sites. He has discovered new dinosaur deposits in four geologic formations. Mike has named four new dinosaurs for science, Secernosaurus, Gilmoreosaurus, Avisaurus, and Anatotitan. He is co-editor, with Dr. James Farlow, of the award-winning book “The Complete Dinosaur.” Kim Sowder, GISP ~ Kim has a B.S. degree in Geography from Indiana State University and is a certified Geographic Information System (GIS) specialist. She was a cartographer and the cartographic supervisor for the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) for 27 years, and is now employed at Devon Energy. Kim received the 2010 Staff Merit Award from Indiana University for excellence in service for her efforts to disseminate science and geographic information to teachers and students. Robert (Bob) and Tina King ~ Bob received the Presidential Award of Excellence for Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2007.  He has developed activities with teachers and scientists to integrate science and mathematics.  His work with scientists in the Big Horn Mountains and with the Consortium for Ocean Leadership’s School of Rock has encouraged his integration of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) into the classroom. He worked with scientists and teachers at the Gulf Coast Repository at Texas A & M in 2007 and 2008, and was selected to participate on a research experience on the deep-sea research vessel, the JOIDES Resolution in September 2010.  Bob worked as a volunteer at the Smithsonian, along with other education projects in 2010-11 while living in Washington, DC. Tina received the Presidential Award of Excellence for Mathematics and Science Teaching in 1999, and the National Association of Geo Science Teachers K-12 Outstanding Earth Science Teacher Award for the Southeastern Region in 2004.  Working with scientists in the Big Horn Mountain teacher workshops, a two-month field experience in Antarctica in 2001, and an immersive research experience with scientists at the Gulf Coast Repository at Texas A & M in 2007 and 2008 changed her teaching to bring real-world science into the classroom. She was selected to be an Einstein Fellow in Washington DC in 2010/11 for the National Science Foundation's Division of Human Resource Development (HRD): Research on Gender in Science and Engineering program. OHER SCIENCE TEAM MEMBERS During the past dozen years, the following geoscientists/educators have assisted in workshop development and as instructors for our workshops. Much of the program's success can be attributed to their participation. And, they are certainly welcome to participate again in the future. Jack Beuthin, Ph.D. ~ Until recently, Jack was Professor of Geology and Chair of the Department of Geology & Planetary Sciences at the University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown, where he taught courses in sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, and historical geology. Currently, Jack is a Senior Geologist for Devon Energy Company in Oklahoma City, OK. Jack is a sedimentary geologist and is best known for his work on fossil soils and on cycles of sea-level change as recorded in ancient sedimentary strata. Jack shares an equal interest in utilizing the marvelous geology of the Bighorn Basin and Big Horn Mountains to teach geology and paleontology to workshop participants. James Farlow, Ph.D. ~ Jim is professor of geology at Indiana-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, and an internationally recognized authority on dinosaur and reptile footprints. He is the co-editor of the award-winning book “The Complete Dinosaur”. Jim has done research on the function of Stegosaurus plates, the shape and function of theropod teeth, and the paleoecology of dinosaur communities.  His current research is concerned with how exactly we can identify the makers of dinosaur footprints; in the course of this work he has done experiments with footprint formation by large ground birds, and has measured bird, theropod and ornithopod foot skeletons in museums around the world. Steve Hasiotis, Ph.D. ~ Steve is currently Associate Professor in the Department of Geology, University of Kansas. His main research focuses on interactions in the continental realm, where organism activity relates to the history of the soil formation and the record of paleobiodiversity not recorded by body fossils in deposits where they are lacking. His interests include the distribution of trace fossils in the continental realm, evolution of organism behavior, evolution of continental ecosystems, the interpretation of past climates from paleosols, and effects of extinctions on soil biota and their recovery. Debra Mickelson ~ Debra is a recognized expert on ancient vertebrate tracks and their paleoecologies, and has worked extensively over a broad geographic area in the western U.S., including those found in the Bighorn Basin. Copyright © 2010, 2011, 2012 Bighorn Basin Geoscience Center. All rights reserved (except for images and text as noted) Last updated: December 10, 2011 Bighorn Basin GeoScience Center ~ 537 Greybull Avenue ~ Greybull, Wyoming 82426 Web site maintenance by: Cliff Manuel