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<strong>Bucharest</strong> <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong>’s <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> 23 The program included presentations from: - Nick Lagrilere: SYPC president - <strong>the</strong> strategy <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> student and young pr<strong>of</strong>essional chapter program - MOL Hungary: about <strong>the</strong> Freshhh International online competition Also present were <strong>the</strong> members <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Young Pr<strong>of</strong>essional Committee: Ben Kilhams, David Contreras and Florentina Enea, former president <strong>of</strong> <strong>Bucharest</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong>. We had debates regarding <strong>AAPG</strong>’s student programs, <strong>the</strong> communication with <strong>the</strong> chapters, how do we involve more students and how do we convince <strong>the</strong>m to continue with <strong>AAPG</strong> after finishing school. All <strong>the</strong> chapter leaders presented <strong>the</strong>ir activity and we raised <strong>the</strong> possibilities <strong>of</strong> doing joint projects, field trip between our chapters. Toge<strong>the</strong>r with Ben Kilhams from Aberdeen, with whom Andrei met also in Tulsa, we came up with a joint project that will be detailed more in our future activities 3.2.13. Field Trip – Ocnele Mari (The Big Salt Mines) The field trip at Ocnele Mari from 11th <strong>of</strong> April 2010 was a good opportunity to study <strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> a proper knowledge <strong>of</strong> <strong>geo</strong>logical conditions when exploiting certain resources and <strong>the</strong> disastrous consequences that result from exploiting only for economical purposes (without constant surveillance and detailed investigations). The Ocnele Mari area in Romania is well known for <strong>the</strong> salt resources in <strong>the</strong> region. Salt has been extracted by dissolution since 1954 in different well fields (Field I and II), which lead to <strong>the</strong> formation <strong>of</strong> several voids <strong>of</strong> large dimensions at small depths under an inhabited area. The <strong>geo</strong>logical particularities and <strong>the</strong> existence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se voids were <strong>the</strong> main causes <strong>of</strong> instability <strong>of</strong> several collapse events in March 1991, September 2001 and July 2004. Field observations included: analysis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> collapsed areas from <strong>the</strong> two fields, <strong>the</strong> impact that <strong>the</strong>se collapses had on <strong>the</strong> inhabited neighboring area and on <strong>the</strong> <strong>geo</strong>logical structures (e.g. pollution, civil safety issues etc.), Fig.23. The Big Salt Mine; <strong>the</strong> collapsed <strong>the</strong> importance <strong>of</strong> an adequate documentation on <strong>geo</strong>logical mines and <strong>the</strong> salt lake formed settings and conditions in resource exploration, exploiting and surveillance <strong>of</strong> eventual issues, and also <strong>the</strong> risks that constant monitoring can prevent.
<strong>Bucharest</strong> <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong>’s <strong>Final</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>of</strong> 24 3.2.14. The Educational Fair Promoting <strong>the</strong> faculty and <strong>the</strong> university is also one <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> main goals <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bucharest</strong> <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong>. We have had <strong>the</strong> opportunity to become involved in <strong>the</strong> Educational Fair, which was held at <strong>Bucharest</strong>, on <strong>the</strong> 16 th and 17 th <strong>of</strong> April 2010. With our pr<strong>of</strong>essors and o<strong>the</strong>r colleagues, we arranged a booth especially designed to promote <strong>the</strong> Faculty <strong>of</strong> Geology and Geophysics, and take advantage and talk with possible new students about <strong>the</strong> opportunities and <strong>the</strong> future <strong>the</strong>y might have if <strong>the</strong>y join our faculty, and <strong>the</strong> student chapter. The <strong>edu</strong>cational fair was aimed at Fig.24. <strong>Student</strong>s and pr<strong>of</strong>essors at <strong>the</strong> Faculty’s booth high school students and o<strong>the</strong>r students that have already chosen a school, but isn’t exactly what <strong>the</strong>y wanted and needed. The main idea <strong>of</strong> our participation in <strong>the</strong> fair was promoting <strong>the</strong> modernism <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Romanian university and <strong>edu</strong>cational environment. At <strong>the</strong> booth, <strong>the</strong>re were posters with each department <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> faculty, showing and talking about what each <strong>the</strong>y have to <strong>of</strong>fer. We had showed <strong>the</strong> people who presented any interest, different types <strong>of</strong> rocks and minerals and different types <strong>of</strong> fossils, taken out from <strong>the</strong> Paleontology collection our university holds. The <strong>Bucharest</strong> <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong> also handed out flyers about our activities, with focus on <strong>geo</strong>logy, and what we thought that was <strong>of</strong> interest for potential new students.
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