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CPCL team members are on the move!


CPCL Collaborates with the University of Wisconsin Green Bay
CPCL member Nathaniel Ledbetter Ferrill and Steve Kaczmarek have recently been working on a collaborative project with the University of...
Jan 6


Crystals, Crystals Everywhere!
This SE-SEM micrograph shows an example of the ubiquitous low-magnesium calcite microcrystals that characterize many ancient limestones....
Dec 9, 2024


This one would definitely be Jimmie “J.J.” Walker’s favorite because it’s dynomite!
This SE-SEM micrograph shows us what crystalline anhydrite can look like. This example comes to us from a core sample from the...
Dec 2, 2024


Meet Team CPCL for 2024-2025
Happy Thanksgiving from the CPCL! We finally got around to snapping the new team photo. This one was taken on a beautiful October day in...
Nov 28, 2024


Sed-Strat students use new XRF to look inside Michigan Basin cores
The undergraduate Sed-Strat class (GEOS 435) recently used a new XRF analyzer in the CPCL to produce geochemical data from two drill...
Nov 27, 2024


CPCL helps kick off CCUS Projects at MGRRE
CPCL team members Ashley Scott, Moira Burns, Max Copus, and Steve Kaczmarek helped kick off the new DOE-funded Carbon Capture,...
Nov 12, 2024


And the winner is… Ashley Scott was recently awarded the 2024 All-University Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award
A huge congratulations to our CPCL colleague, Ashley Scott, for winning the 2024 All-University Graduate Teaching Effectiveness Award,...
Jul 10, 2024


And the winner is… Dr. Mohammed Al-Musawi was recently awarded the 2024 All-University Graduate Research and Creative Scholar Award
A huge congratulations to our CPCL colleague, Mohammed Al-Musawi, for winning the 2024 All-University Graduate Research and Creative...
Jul 10, 2024


In the land of the rising sun
Left: Backscatter SEM micrograph (left) and SEM-EDS false color map for sulfur (right) showing needle-like anhydrite crystals extending...
Nov 24, 2023
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