BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

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Terry Engelder, Professor of Geosciences

Department of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University , University Park , PA 16802

 

Professional Preparation

Penn State University Geology B.S. 1968

Yale University Geology M.S. 1972

Texas A&M University Geology Ph.D. 1973

 

Professional Appointments

1990- Present Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State University

1999 Visiting Professor, Erherzog Johann Tech. U., Graz , Austria

1985-1990 Associate Professor of Geosciences, Pennsylvania State U.

1974-1985 Res.Assoc., Lamont-Doherty Geol. Obs. of Columbia University

1968 Geologist, Texaco, Inc.

1966-1967 GS-4 Hydrologist, U. S. Geological Survey

Honors and Awards

Phi Eta Sigma - Honor Society, 1965

Fellowship - Geological Society of America , 1989

Wilson Distinguished Teaching Award - The Pennsylvania State University , 1992

Geological Society of Washington - Second Place Paper, 1992

John and Cynthia Oualline Lecturer in Geological Sciences, University of Texas , 1993

Phi Kappa Phi – Honor Society, 2004

 

Fellowships :

Fulbright Senior Fellowship, Macquarie University, Syndey , Australia , 1984

French-American Foundation Fellowship, France , 2001-2002

 

Guest Professorship :

Erherzog Johann Technical University , Graz , Austria , 1999

 

Visiting Scholar :

TotalFinaElf, CSTJF Pau, France, 2001-2002

 

Editorships

Co-Editor-in-Chief, Tectonophysics, 1993-1999

 

Research Monographs

Engelder, T., 1993, Stress Regimes in the Lithosphere: Princeton Press, Princeton, New Jersey, 451 p.

 

Editor or Co-editor of Major Volumes

The Oertel Volume: Engelder, T., ed, 1995, 30 Years of Tectonophysics, A Volume in Honour of Gerhard Oertel: Tectonophysics, v. 247, Nos 1-4.

The Logan Volume: Chester , F.M., Engelder, T. and Shimamoto, T., eds, 1998, Rock Deformation: The Logan Volume: Tectonophysics, v. 295, Nos 1-2.

The Hancock Volume: Cosgrove, J.W. and Engelder, T., eds, 2004, The Initiation, Propagation, and Arrest of Joints and Other Fractures: Geological Society, London , Special Publications, 231.

 

Selected Recent Publications on Fracture in the Earth (> 120 papers since 1973)

Engelder, T., 2004, Tectonic implications drawn from differences in the surface morphology on two joint sets in the Appalachian Valley and Ridge, Virginia : Geology, v. 32, p. 413-416.

Engelder, T., and Peacock, D., 2001, Joint development normal to regional compression during flexural-slow folding: The Lilstock buttress anticline, Somerset, England: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 23, p. 259-277.

Engelder, T., and Fischer, M.P., 1996, Loading configurations and driving mechanisms for joints based on the Griffith energy-balance concept: Tectonophysics, v. 256 , p. 253-277.

Engelder, T., Gross, M.R., and Pinkerton, P., 1997, Joint development in clastic rocks of the Elk Basin anticline, Montana-Wyoming: in Hoak, T., Klawitter, A., and Blomquist, P., eds., An analysis of fracture spacing versus bed thickness in a basement-involved Laramide structure: Rocky Mountain Association of Geologists 1997 Guidebook, Denver, Colorado, p. 1-18.

McConaughy, D.T., and Engelder, T., 2001, Joint initiation in bedded clastic rocks: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 23, p. 203-221.

McConaughy, D.T., Engelder, T., 2000. Joint interaction with embedded concretions: Joint loading configurations inferred from propagation paths. Journal of Structural Geology, v. 21, p. 1637-1652.

Rogers, C.M., Myers, D.A., and Engelder, T., 2004, Kinematic implications of joint zones and isolated joints in the Navajo Sandstone at Zion National Park: Evidence for Cordilleran relaxation: Tectonics, v. 23, TC1007, doi:10.1029/2001TC001329.

Ruf, J.C., Rust, K.A., and Engelder, T., 1998, Investigating the effect of mechanical discontinuities on joint spacing: Tectonophysics, v. 295, p. 245-257.

Scanlin, M.A., and Engelder, T., 2003 , The basement versus the no-basement hypothesis for folding within the Appalachian Plateau Detachment Sheet: American Journal of Science, v. 303, p. 519-563

Silliphant, L.J., Engelder, T., and Gross, M.R., 2002, The state of stress in the limb of the Split Mountain Anticline, Utah: constraints placed by transected joints: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 24, p. 155-172.

Younes, A., and Engelder, T., 1999, Fringe cracks: Key structures for the interpretation of progressive Alleghanian deformation of the Appalachian Plateau: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 111, p. 219-239.

 

Recent Graduate Students Supervised (career in Science)

Richard Plumb Ph.D. ’82 Schlumberger, Houston, TX

Stephen Marshak Ph.D. ’83 Prof., University of Illinois, Urbana, IL

Paul Scott M.S. ’89 British Petroleum, Houston, TX; Second. Ed.

Alfred Lacazette Ph.D. ’91 Lacazette Consultanting, Houston, TX

Amy Freeman M.S. ’91 Ass. To Dean, Engineering, Penn State

Irene Meglis Ph.D. ’92 Research Assoc., U. of Alberta, Edmonton, Can.

John Leftwich Ph.D. ‘93 Old Dominion U: Shell Offshore, New Orleans

Michael Gross Ph.D. ‘93 Assoc. Prof., Florida International U., Miami

Mark Fischer Ph.D. ‘94 Assoc. Prof., U. Northern Illinois, Dekalb, IL

Staci Loewy M.S. ‘95 University of Texas

Amgad Younes Ph.D. ‘96 Royal Dutch Shell, Holland

David McConaughy M.S. ‘97 Shell Offshore; Consultant, Pittsburgh

Laura Silliphant M.S. ‘98 Anadarko Oil, Houston Texas

Michael Scanlin Ph.D. ’00 Assoc. Prof. Elizabethtown College, E-town, PA

Christie Rogers M.S. ’02 Exxon-Mobil, Houston

Laura Savalli M.S. ’03 Chevron-Texaco, Houston

Redescal Uzcatequi Ph.D ’04 Simon Bolivar Univ., Venezuela