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<strong>Chapter</strong> Activities/Event Expectation and Outcomes This section is designed for you to tell us the chapter expectations of the event or activities and what the outcome was. • Please list the event/activity expectations and event outcome from the activities listed on tab 3 Date Meeting 22-24.04.10 student conference 08.09.2010 field trip Event/Activity Name 1st International Geosciences <strong>Student</strong> Conference SEG/ExxonMobil <strong>Student</strong> Education Program Event/Activity Summary Event Expectation networking environment for students, scientific competition for poster and oral presentation, job opportunities for students and young professionals field experience for students, promotion of Romanian cultural and natural values Event Outcome The event was a complete success, gathering 427 participants from 17 countries. The scientific competition of papers exceeded the expectation, the best papers being awarded. The job fair proved to be the perfect tool for enhancing the connections between the academia and industry, many such collaborations following the event. The Challenge Bowl competition was both a real contest and a memorable show. The networking events and the field trip connected students, creating friendships and unique memories. The wellsite rig experience was a new experience for most of the students, an example of real industry activities. The stop at Brazi Refinery presented to students a new and unique environmental problem and the <strong>geo</strong>physical way of solving it. The stop at Bran Castle (Dracula Castle) represented a "dream come true" for most of the international students. The hike to Spumoasa Waterfall, in Bucegi Natural Park, was a trip with both impressing landscape and interesting <strong>geo</strong>logical sites. Finally, the networking games and guitar singing in the bus increased the communication links, creating friendships and unique memories. 01.07.10- 01.07.11 <strong>edu</strong>cation opportunity Geophysical for students, finding humanitarian and investigations in potable water sources <strong>edu</strong>cational project the polluted area of for the local Zlatna, Romania communities Over 40 students took part in the three <strong>geo</strong>physical field camps. Beside the hands-on in using <strong>geo</strong>physical equipment gained in the field, the students also gained <strong>geo</strong>physical data processing skills after the data processing workshop. For the local communities we shaped pollution maps and we concluded that, regretfully, there is no potable water source in the valley. By our study we brought a decisive contribution in forcing the Romanian Government to approve a big investment project that will bring potable water in the valley from more than 30 km distance. 16.12.10 networking Christmas Party - 11 years of BSC promoting chapter activities to faculty professors and other guests from industry, creating a semi-formal environment where students and professionals can connect This party, an important tradition for our chapters, actively involved a great number of members in its preparation, thus being a great opportunity for younger students to get to know the older ones. The Party has a specific program every year and it begins with the AAPG former president's presentation on what activities we had during 2009-2010 for our fellow colleagues and professors, hopping to encourage better future collaborations. After the BSC choir that delighted our guests with traditional Romanian carols, everyone was invited to enjoy our home-cooked food and thus the networking started. The students could talk to professors and get to know them outside classes. We celebrated 11 years of BSC by handing out gifts, in a Secret Santa manner. Also, this year we organized a fundraising among students and professors for children from a Foster Home near Bucharest.
27-29.10.10 field trip Autumn Field Trip Together with 3 faculty members and 70 student members of introducing 1st year our <strong>Student</strong> <strong>Chapter</strong>s, we went to Bughea de Jos, the perfect students to some basic base camp in the route towards several diverse <strong>geo</strong>logical <strong>geo</strong>logy and showing sites. <strong>Student</strong>s were divided into 10 groups with 6-7 them how vast and members each, having 4th year students in each team. This interesting it can be and, way, we got students from 4th year to take on responsibilities in the same time, and put them in a situation that required conveying their integrating them in the knowledge to others. Work in small groups was a better already formed group of learning experience for everyone. We also organized small BSC; for the older competitions between teams, this way maintaining the students - learning general attention and interest. We combined both a hands-on some aspects theoretical and a practical approach for learning. Besides the of the <strong>geo</strong>logy in the scientific aspect of the trip, we also insisted on getting to areas and make them know each other and integrating all the new students in our use their theoretical group. So in the first evening, we spent some time telling knowledge on the field; individuals stories about how we got into <strong>geo</strong>logy and after teaching students how this we organized some "learning by doing" games (from the to work in teams Scout Method), through which we underlined the importance of team work and mutual respect. The night 01.04.11 meeting First meeting BSC of SEG promoting <strong>geo</strong>physics among students, opportunity of interaction between students and industry professionals In the last years, BSC (of SEG, AAPG and EAGE) meetings were usually bimonthly and included lectures, presentations on different topics from students and distinguished guests, talks about future plans, this was the first meeting organized exclusively by the SEG SC, being dedicated to the domain of <strong>geo</strong>physics. It included three presentations. We were honored to have the CEO of Prospectiuni S.A., Mr. Gehrig Schulz, who described his experience on the field. Also, two <strong>geo</strong>physicists hired at Prospectiuni discussed about exploration opportunities in Romanian Basins and acquisition in marine seismics. We were excited to have a great turnout, not only from <strong>geo</strong>physics' students, but also from other fields of study. 02-10.04.11 field trip Petroleum <strong>geo</strong>logy in the heart of industry a great collaboration between the Bucharest and Aberdeen SC that will lead in a two-part project; build a connection between students and companies The project consisted in bringing four students from Bucharest (one of them was the BSC of SEG president from that time) and undergraduate students from Aberdeen for one week of courses and seminars and field trips near Aberdeen networking. Overall it was an intense week filled with diversity for the future <strong>geo</strong>scientists. 06-08.05.11 field trip Spring Field Trip 25-29.07.11 field trip Rosia Montana Gold Deposit Field Trip learning hands-on about sedimentological structures and paleontology learning about working in a multi-national company that handles ore deposits; learning about the <strong>geo</strong>logy in the area; connecting with people from the industry The same structure of dividing students into teams was again implemented with success. Also, a field guide was made for students to keep them on track with the trip's evolution. The students learned a lot more on the field than they would have just reading about it and they were excited about finding fossils, seeing sedimentological structures and understanding the depositional environment. The students had the opportunity to spend 5 days at the mining site with the <strong>geo</strong>logists from Rosia Montana Gold Corporation. The field trip was well structured and each day a key-topic of gold-mining in an open quarry was discussed such as: <strong>geo</strong>logy, economics, technology, environment and history. It was an unique opportunity to visit, learn and understand the hydrothermal ore deposits and it showed another side of <strong>geo</strong>logy exploration.
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