http://www.geos.vt.edu/ Virginia Tech Geosciences Home Page - News Listing 100_www.geos.vt.edu_news Mon, 07 May 2012 18:08:57 GMT http://www.geos.vt.edu/news/100 Patricia M. Dove, the C.P. Miles Professor of Science, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences on May 1, 2012. Professor Dove is a member of the Department of Geosciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech. Membership in the National Academy of Science is generally considered one of the highest scientific honors given in the United States. Members are elected in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research. In total, 84 new members and 21 foreign associates were elected this year. With this election, three Virginia Tech faculty are part of the Academy, with one active and two emeritus members. Professor Dove will be inducted into the Academy next April during its 150th annual meeting in Washington, D.C. The National Academy of Sciences, signed into existence by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, is a non-profit, roughly 2600 member, private institution tasked with advising the government on issues relating to science, engineering, medicine, and technology. Biological Mineralization Dove's research focuses on the biogeochemistry of earth processes. Much of her work is directed at understanding biomineralization, the processes by which organisms form minerals within their tissues to produce bones and other skeletal structures. Her research is highly cross-disciplinary and her work in the kinetics and thermodynamics of mineral-water interactions has applications to understanding earth processes in diverse systems, including chemical oceanography, mineral weathering, rock fracture, and crystal growth. Alumnus of Virginia Tech Professor Dove is a member of the Department of Geosciences in the College of Science at Virginia Tech. She grew up in Bedford, Virginia, and attended Virginia Tech for her undergraduate and M.S. degrees. After completing her Ph.D. at Princeton University, she studied as a NSF Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University. Following seven years as a professor at Georgia Tech, Dove came to Virginia Tech in 2000 with her husband, Joseph Dove, and their two children. As the recipient of the Georgia Tech CETL Teaching Excellence Award, Dove is also a highly regarded teacher. Dove is the recipient of the F.W. Clarke Medal, and has twice received the Department of Energy Best University Research Award. She is a Fellow of the American Geophysical Union, the Geochemical Society, the European Association of Geochemists, and the Mineralogical Society of America. 99_www.geos.vt.edu_news Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:55:31 GMT http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2012/03/031312-engineering-usnewsgrad2013.html 98_www.geos.vt.edu_news Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:40:33 GMT http://graduateschool.vt.edu/profiles/featured_grad/index.html?month=2&year=2012 97_www.geos.vt.edu_news Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:40:04 GMT http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2012/02/020312-development-omniglobe.html 96_www.geos.vt.edu_news Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:28:08 GMT http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2012/01/011912-science-nancyross.html 95_www.geos.vt.edu_news Fri, 04 Nov 2011 23:40:11 GMT http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/11/110411-unirel-scienceopenhouse.html 94_www.geos.vt.edu_news Tue, 20 Sep 2011 18:20:27 GMT http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2011/09/091611-research-omniglobe.html 93_www.geos.vt.edu_news Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:14:51 GMT http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/13/science/13quake.html 92_www.geos.vt.edu_news Tue, 13 Sep 2011 19:06:09 GMT http://www.geos.vt.edu/news/92 Dr. John Hole, Professor of Geophysics in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech, travelled to Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on September 7th to present information about the August 23rd Mineral earthquake to government officials at the National Science Foundation's Hazards Research Expo. Dr. Hole answered questions from members of Congress and their staff about the earthquake and the ongoing scientific studies in the earthquake's aftermath. Numerous organizations, including the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory, IRIS, and the US Geological Survey, deployed temporary seismograph stations to the area around the earthquake's epicenter immediately after the earthquake. Data collected by these instruments will help seismologists understand the processes that cause earthquakes in the eastern United States. 91_www.geos.vt.edu_news Thu, 25 Aug 2011 02:41:55 GMT http://www.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/2011/0823-louisa/