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In 2010 Virginia Tech upgraded the quarry equipment to reduce costs, including the purchase of a computer-driven saw. [1] Hokie Stone from this quarry can only be sold to Virginia Tech. [ 1 ] The remaining 20% of stone, which is black, is mined once per year from an additional quarry located on a local farm near Lusters Gate.
Mark A. S. McMenamin (born c. 1957) is an American paleontologist and professor of geology at Mount Holyoke College. He has contributed to the study of the Cambrian explosion and the Ediacaran biota. He is the author of several books, most recently Deep Time Analysis (2018) and Dynamic Paleontology (2016).
Pittsburgh Technical College (PTC) was a private college in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The college, formerly Pittsburgh Technical Institute, which opened in 1946 and closed in 2024, had more than 30 career-focused programs in ten schools. [1] Bachelor's and associate degrees are awarded, in addition to certificate programs.
In 1967, he became a professor in the Department of Geology and Planetary Science at the University of Pittsburgh. In the course of his long and distinguished career, Hapke has taken part in Mariner 10, Viking and Apollo missions. [3] He is a past chairman of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society. [4] Dr.
A direct descendant of the 1787-chartered Pittsburgh Academy, and the oldest part of the university, [1]: 501 the school serves as "the liberal arts core" of the university; [2] some 30 departments and programs provide instruction in natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences to all students at the Pittsburgh campus in Oakland. The ...
Kevin C. A. Burke (Kevin Charles Anthony Burke, November 13, 1929 - March 21, 2018) was a geologist known for his contributions in the theory of plate tectonics. [1] [2] In the course of his life, Burke held multiple professorships, [1] [3] most recent of which (1983-2018) was the position of professor of geology and tectonics at the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Science, University of ...
While Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi has earned a little wiggle room in his ninth season with the Panthers, Hokies second-year coach Brent Pry could use a boost that beating Pitt would provide ...
The technical support staff reports to the department head, and consists of 8 engineers and technicians. Until 2000, the department was part of the Applied Earth Sciences faculty, together with the Geology-department. After that, the department is part of the Faculty of Engineering Science and Technology (one of a total of 10 departments).