Samuel T. Peavy

Department of Geology and Physics
Georgia Southwestern State University
Roney 208
800 Wheatley St.
Americus, GA  31709
Work Phone: (229) 931-2330

E-mail: speavy@canes.gsw.edu

Summary: Geophysicist. My goals are: 1) to provide top quality instruction and research experiences for students at a small- to medium-sized college or university; 2) to work with colleagues in the geosciences to solve problems at all scales using an integrated approach; and 3) to perform research leading to a better understanding of the Earth and its material properties.

Education

Professional Employment

Honors and Awards

Societal Memberships

Service

Publications

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Education:

1997: PhD in Geophysics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA
Dissertation title: "An Integrated Geophysical Study of the Central Appalachians of Western Virginia and Eastern West Virginia ". Co-Chairmen: Drs. C. Çoruh and J. K. Costain

1985: MSc. in Geophysics, Memorial University of Newfoundland at St. John's
Thesis title: "A Gravity and Magnetic Study of the Bay St. George Carboniferous Subbasin in Western Newfoundland". Supervisor: Dr. H. G. Miller

1983: BS in Physics (cum laude), McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA
GPA: 3.72

Professional Employment:

• Associate Professor, Georgia Southwestern State University (2005-present).  Same duties as below, plus teaching Structural Geology (2008) and Environmental Geophysics (2006)
• Assistant Professor, Georgia Southwestern State University (2000-2005).  Taught Introductory Geosciences I (2000, 2003-2005) and II (2001-2005) with labs, Introduction to Geophysics + lab (2001, 2003), Environmental Geology + lab (2001, 2004), Introduction to Physics I and II with lab (2001-2002), Solar System Exploration (2002), and Senior Seminar (2002).  Also, directed three student research projects (2001-2003).
• Assistant Professor, Rutgers University, Newark (RU-N). Teaching includes Planet Earth lecture and laboratory, Earth History laboratory, Environmental Geology lecture, Applied Geophysics, Environmental Geophysics (graduate course), and "Great Moments in Science and Technology", a Freshman Seminar course. Have also worked at developing new labs and redesigning labs in Planet Earth, Earth History, and Environmental Geology, and modifying the undergraduate geophysics course. Serving on Student Affairs Committee and as a general advisor for the University. Current research involves the application of geophysics to tectonic, hydrologic, environmental and archeological problems.
• Teaching assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VPI), 1991-1997. Lab courses include Physical Geology, Historical Geology, Engineering Geology, Exploration Geophysics I, Field Study in Geophysics, Elementary Geophysics, and Seismic Stratigraphy. Mentored student in seismic data processing, and re-wrote labs for both Exploration Geophysics and Seismic Stratigraphy. Served as student representative to the Graduate Student Assembly and Commission on Student Affairs. Research involved application of newly developed methods to the processing and interpretation of seismic and gravity data from the central Appalachians.
• Summer intern, Amoco Production Company in Houston, Texas (1992). Geophysicist performing regional potential fields study with the purpose of defining basement structure and constraints on depth to source rock by 2- and 3-D modeling of gravity, and the integration of seismic and well data.
• Instructor in the Chemistry and Physics Department at Francis Marion College in Florence, SC (1987-1991). Taught both Physical Science I and II and General Physics courses and laboratories, and advised incoming freshmen. Developed departmental brochures describing programs (1990).
• Teaching Assistant/Visiting Lecturer in the Physics Department of McNeese State University Lake Charles, LA. Taught labs in General and Technical Physics (1982-1983), and Geophysics lab and lecture, and General and Technical Physics labs (1986; 1987). Voluntary research assistant at McNeese State University for Dr. J. N. Beck in a study of background radiation levels in SW Louisiana (1981-1983).

Honors and Awards:

• Lousiana State Board of Trustee's Scholarship recipient ('79-'83)
• Memorial University of Newfoundland Fellowship and Earth Sciences Bursary recipient ('83-'85)
• VPI Dept. of Geol. Sci. Aubrey E. Orange Geophysics Research Award recipient ('93, '96, '97)
• VPI Dept. of Geol. Sci. Tillman Teaching Award ('97)
• SEG scholarship recipient ('92-'96)
• Chevron Fellowship recipient (`92-'93)
• Chevron Scholarship (Summer `93)
• Texaco Fellowship recipient ('94-'95)
• Mobil Fellowship (Fall '95)
  

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Memberships in Honor Societies:

• Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics)
• Phi Kappa Phi (General)
• Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics)

Memberships in Professional Societies:

• Society of Exploration Geophysicists; (1984-present)
• European Association of Exploration Geophysicists (1993-present)
• American Geophysical Union (1994-present)
• American Association of Petroleum Geologists (1994-present)
• Geological Society of America (1995-present)
• Environmental and Engineering Geophysical Society (1997-present)

Service:

• Student Senator ('81-'83) and President ('82-'83) of the McNeese German Club.
• Vice-President (1981) and President (1982) of McNeese Physics Society.
• Treasurer and founding member of MUNSEG (Geophysics Society at Memorial U.; 1984-1985).
• Departmental representative to Graduate Students Union at Memorial (1984-1985).
• Science Fair Judge, South Carolina Independent Schools (1989-1990); Pee Dee Regional Science Fair (1988-1991).
• Guest speaker on 'Careers in the Geosciences', "Fun Physics" Program for high school students, Francis Marion College (1989).
• Instructor in the Young Scholars in Physics Program, Francis Marion College (1991).
• Departmental representative to Graduate Student Assembly at Va. Tech ('91-'93, '94-'96).
• President of VPI Geophysical Society ('92-'93).
• Volunteer talk to 4th-graders in Riner, Va. on "Earthquakes and Volcanoes" (1993).
• Volunteer talk to 4th-graders in Blacksburg, Va. on "Topographic Maps" (1996).
• Graduate student representative on the VPI&SU University Commission on Student Affairs ('95-'96).
• "Reflection Seismology -- the Geophysicists CAT Scan", invited lecture for the Physics Colloquium at Francis Marion University (1996).
• Reviewed a paper for an upcoming GSA Special Paper on the Geology of the Central Appalachian Piedmont.
• Volunteered to review papers for Geology.
• "Lateral continuity of major structures in the Central Appalachians", invited talk at Geology Colloquim, Busch Campus, Rutgers University (1998).
• Member of Student Affairs Committee for Facutly of Arts & Sciences, Newark (1998-present)
• Participated in "Lots of History" program for local high school teachers sponsored by the Greater Newark Conservancy (1998).
• Voluteered to be a judge in the Rutgers Academic Challenge for high school students (1999).
• General advisor for students in Newark College of Arts and Sciences, RU-N (1999).
• Presentation of recent research to Board of Governors, Rutgers University System, November, 1999.
• Chairing Social Committee for the at northeastern section GSA annual meeting and a symposia entitled "Environmental Geophysics" (March, 2000).
• General Advisor and Geology advisor at GSW (2000-present)
• Reviewed paper for Journal of Engineering and Environmental Geophysics (2000).
• Served on Business and Finance Committee (2000-2001).
• Took over administration of AMG seismic station (2000-present).
• Reviewed proposals for BRHE program to assist scientists in the former Soviet Union (2001, 2002).
• Served on SACS committee on Institutional Advancement (2001-2002).
• Serving on Instructional Technology Advisory and Student Affairs Committees (2001-present).
• Co-Advisor for Gamma Beta Phi Honor Fraternity (2001-present).
• Worked with other departmental faculty on the refurbishment of the GSW observatory (2001-present).
• Co-leader of Geology Club Field Trip to Washington and Oregon (May, 2002).
• Serving on GSW Graduation Committee (2002-present)
• Advisor of GSW Geology Club (2002-present)
• Reviewed Distinguished Professor Grant proposals (Fall, 2002)
• Participated in “Story Time” program at the Lake Blackshear Regional Library in Americus (Fall, 2002)

Students Advised or Sponsored:

• Elizabeth S. Granger, An Investigation of the Utility of Spectral Induced Polarization to Locate Organic Contaminants in the Subsurface – Completed MS in Environmental Geology, Rutgers-Newark, 2000.

• Stephanie Nowak (2001-present) – Serving on PhD. Committee at Virginia Tech.  Research will focus on an investigation of the North Anatolian Fault using GPS, Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and other geophysical data.

• Lori K. Norton, A Geophysical Investigation of Sinkhole Development at the Starlin Farm, Leslie, Georgia – 2001-2002

• Dale Godfrey, Baseline Study of the Water and Soils of the Buck Creek Watershed, Georgia – 2001 –2002 (took over for Dr. Kalequazzeman in 2001).

• Samantha Slater, The Relationship Between Subsurface Conductivity and Surface Weather Conditions – 2002 (just started project in January, 2002).

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Publications:

• Kilfoil, Gerald J., Miller, Hugh G., and Peavy, Samuel T., A Geophysical Interpretation of an Integrated Data Set: Structure within the Offshore Carboniferous Bay St. George Subbasin, Western Newfoundland, Program with Abstracts, Joint Annual Meeting, GAC,MAC,CSPG,AGC,AMC,SCGP, St. John's, NF, 1988, p.A66.
• Miller, H.G., G.J. Kilfoil, and S.T. Peavy, An integrated geophysical interpretation of the Carboniferous Bay St. George Subbasin, Western Newfoundland, Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, Vol. 38, No. 3 (Sept.,1990), p. 320 -331.
• Hopkins, Debbie L., Peavy, Samuel T., and Costain, J.K.,Source Constraints on Gravity and Magnetic Trends in the Applachians and the Mid-Continent Rift System Using Pseudomagnetic Fields, Abstract for GSA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, 1993.
• Peavy, S.T., and Coruh, C., Structural Dip Limitations in Migrated Seismic Data, Abstract for Southeastern Section GSA Annual Meeting, Blacksburg, VA, 1994.
• Coruh, C., Peavy, S.T., Domoracki, W.J., and Costain, J.K., Geophysical Evidence for Thick Crustal Extension in the Southeastern United States , Abstract for Southeastern Section GSA Annual Meeting, Knoxville, TN, 1995.
• Peavy, S.T., Coruh, C., and Costain, J.K., Geophysical Evidence for an extensional origin for the Salisbury Potential Field Anomaly, Eastern Virginia, Abstract for GSA Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA, 1995.
• Peavy, S.T., VSEX: A Unique Solution to a Problem in Planetary Tectonics, Abstract for Southeastern Section GSA Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS, 1996.
• Coruh, C., Peavy, S.T., and Costain, J.K., Geophysical Evidence for Inversion Tectonics and it's Role During Mesozoic Extension in the Southeastern United States, Abstract for Southeastern Section GSA Annual Meeting, Jackson, MS, 1996.
• Peavy, S.T., Costain, J.K., Coruh, C., and Domoracki, W.J., The architecture of the Appalachian orogen: insights from reflection seismic data, Abstract for 7th Deep Reflection Seismic Conference, Monterey, CA, 1996.
• Peavy, S.T., 1997, An Integrated Geophysical Study of the Central Appalachians of Western Virginia and Eastern West Virginia, U npublished PhD dissertation, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA,
• Peavy, S.T., Costain, J.K., and C. Çoruh, 1997, Apparent subsurface structures from seismic reflection continuity in the central Appalachian orogen, Abstract for the GSA annual meeting, Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Peavy, S.T., and S. Sayer, 1998, Analysis of a possible neotectonic feature in SW Virginia using potential field attributes, Abstract for the Northeastern Section GSA, Portland, ME.
• Peavy, S.T., and David W. Valentino, 1998, Electrical resistivity variations at the Rice Creek Field Station, Oswego, New York, Abstract for the GSA annual meeting, Toronto, Ontario.
• Peavy, S.T., and David W. Valentino, 1999, Variability of electrical resistivity at the Rice Creek Field Station, Oswego, New York: Implications for the distribution of groundwater, Proceeding of the SAGEEP meeting, Oakland, CA.
• Granger, Elizabeth. S., and Peavy, S. T., 1999, Location and Delineation of Subsurface Tar Contamination Using Electrical Methods, Abstract for the GSA annual meeting, Denver, CO.
• Granger, Elizabeth, and Samuel T. Peavy, 2000, Variability of Electrical Parameters Due to Tar Contamination, Proceedings of the SAGEEP meeting, Arlington, VA.
•  Knapp, James H., William J. Domoracki, Donald T. Secor, Michael G. Waddell, Camelia C. Diaconescu, Samuel T. Peavy, Seth Ackerman, Wayne Baldwin, Abhijit Gangopadhyay, Thomas Kastner, Keith Kepple, Megan Luc, Kevin Morrison, Salomon Nve, Alfredo Oba, Gary Shehane, and Mary Varga, 2001, Shallow Seismic Profiling of the Camden Fault, South Carolina Coastal Plain, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 33, No. 2, Raleigh, NC. (poster)
• Domoracki, William J., James H. Knapp, Samuel T. Peavy, Camelia C. Diaconescu, Donald T. Secor, and Michael G. Waddell, 2001, Shallow Seismic Profiling of the Camden Fault, South Carolina Coastal Plain, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 33, No. 2, Raleigh, NC. (talk)
• Valentino, David W., Samuel T. Peavy, and Alfred Stamm, 2002, Long-Term Electrical Resistivity Monitoring at the Rice Creek Field Station, Oswego, NY, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 34, No. 1, Amherst, MA (poster).
• Norton, Lori K., and Samuel T. Peavy, 2002, A Geophysical Investigation of a Karst Area near Leslie, Georgia, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 34, No. 2, Lexington, KY (poster).
• Slater, Samantha and Samuel T. Peavy, 2003, Examining the Effects of Weather on Resistivity Surveys, GSA Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 35, No. 1, Memphis, TN (poster).

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Manucripts Submitted:

• Peavy, S.T., Costain, J.K., and C. Çoruh, 1997, Dip projection of crooked-line reflection profiles, Geophysics (accepted 1998).
• Peavy, S.T., 1997, Potential field attribute analysis, Geophysics (accepted 1998) .
• Peavy, S.T., Çoruh, C., and J.K. Costain, 1997, Lateral continuity of major structures in the Central Appalachians: An integrated geophysical interpretation, AAPG Bulletin(accepted 1998) .

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