SUNY Potsdam

Student Research Projects

• The Peach Bottom Slate: A Geochemical and Scanning Electron Microscope Investigation of the Strongest Slate on Earth

• Does Lake Effect Precipitation Enhance Trace Metal Deposition?

• A Geophysical Investigation of the Proposed Winchester Springs and Gloucester Faults in Northern New York

• Ground Water Investigation: Oswegatchie River Tributaries in Fowler

• Preservation of Fossils in Late Eocene Lacustrine Deposits by Polysaccharide Film: A Study of the Mechanisms of

• Preservation of Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument, Colorado

• Petrology of a Pegmetite Intrusion Cross-cutting Metaanorthosite near Saranac Lake, New York

Internships

Undergraduates at SUNY Potsdam are encouraged to obtain extra experience in their chosen field by doing off-campus internships. Contact the Experiential Education Office at (315) 267-2803 or visit their website to learn more. Examples of previous internships in which Geology students have participated include: 

Opportunities in the Field

There is a vast range of employment opportunities in the geologic sciences. Students have found jobs as consulting geologists, environmental geologists, members of oil exploration teams, college professors, geophysicists, Earth Science teachers and environmental engineers. SUNY Potsdam geology graduates have worked for numerous environmental consulting companies, Philips Petroleum Co., the Zinc Corporation of America, Sheri Griffith Expeditions, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Empire Soils Investigators. In the past few years job prospects have been excellent and our graduates have been in high demand, particularly by small environmental firms looking to hire field geologists.