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ONEONTA, N.Y. -- Dr.
Devin Castendyk, Assistant Professor of
Earth Sciences at the
SUNY College at Oneonta, has been awarded the 2009 Richard Siegfried Junior
Faculty Prize for Academic Excellence. Dr. Castendyk will deliver the
fifteenth annual Richard Siegfried Lecture, an address entitled "Mine-Full
Nation: The Paradox of Sustainable Mining" in the Craven Lounge of the
Morris Conference Center at 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 19. Admission to
the event is complimentary, and members of the community are invited to
attend the presentation and the dessert reception that follows.
Dr. Castendyk’s talk will examine how our society can satisfy the demand
for metals and energy while preserving our water, soil, and land resources.
He will explore the environmental impacts of historic mining practices and
the strategies used by the contemporary mining industry to remediate those
impacts. The presentation will cover the coal mining industry, metal mining
industry, and natural gas industry.
Dr. Castendyk will also address natural gas development in New York with
a discussion of industry practices, state regulations, and the monitoring of
water quality.
A hydro-geologist, Dr. Castendyk teaches courses for the Water Resources
major at SUNY Oneonta. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Auckland in
New Zealand, a master’s degree from the University of Utah, and a bachelor’s
degree from Hartwick College. Dr. Castendyk specializes in analyzing the
quality of water that has seeped through pit mines into pit lakes. He is the
senior editor of the recently released book Mine Pit Lakes:
Characteristics, Predictive Modeling, and Sustainability.
The Siegfried Prize, which is awarded annually, recognizes a non-tenured
SUNY Oneonta faculty member for outstanding academic achievement outside the
classroom. The prize was made possible by gifts from alumni to the College
and by a special gift from Alice Siegfried in memory of her husband, theater
professor Richard K. Siegfried, who taught at the College from 1958 to 1995.
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