Melissa Carney
B.S. University of Texas at El Paso, Environmental Hydrology, 2007
M.S. Unviersity of Texas at El Paso, Geology, exp. 2009
Research Interests:
Water Qualtilty
Using Isotope Geochemistry to Trace Sources in Natural Water Sources
How salinilty levels in water can affect geologic formations as well as soils and plants
Research Projects:
Salinity effects on onion plants, pecan trees and turf---Texas A&M research and extenstion center El Paso, 2006-2007
Geochemical Analysis of Saline Injection of Concentrates and Saline Aquifers in El Paso, Texas, 2007-2008
Measuring Carbon Dioxide downtake using aqueous isotopes geochemsity in Alaska, 2007-2009
Teaching Assignments:
Physical Geology Lab-Spring 2008
Physical Geology Lab-Fall 2008
Physical Geography Lab-Fall 2008
Links
CV.pdf
GEOL 5215
About Myself
My name is Melissa Carney
and I was born and raised in El Paso, Texas. I moved to
Arlington, Texas my junior year of highschool and then came back to
attend the Civil Engineering program at the Unviersity of Texas at El
Paso (UTEP). After about three semesters I decided to switch my
degree to Envionmental Hydrology which was a unique combination of
Geology and Civil Engineering classes. This degree allowed me to
pursue my interests in both Geology and Engineering and apply them to
water quality. I have been intesested in math and science
specifically geology since I was in second grade. At the end of
undergraduate degree I began working on a project that uses aqueous
geochemistry and hydrogeology to determine if weathering of silicate
material will take enough CO2 out of the atmosphere to stabalize global
warming on a geologic time scale. I contiuned with this
project as my Masters thesis. After completing my master's degree
I plan on working as a civil investigator for either the federal or
state environmental protection agency.
Greetings from the
UTEP Geology Department
Composed with care by:
Melissa