Faculty Directory

Kevin Nick, PhD
Associate Professor, Earth and Biological Sciences School of Public Health
Member, Geology, SST, Faculty of Graduate Studies

Other LLU Classes Outside Of Schedule

Lecture

4/2011	RELT 617 Seminar in Religion and the Sciences - 1 lecture
9/2010 - 12/2010	GEOL 416 Sedimentology and Stratigraphy with lab - 6 units
3/2010 - 6/2010	GEOL 565 - Analysis of Sedimentary Rocks
2/2010	BIOL 588 Current Topics - Writing for Publication - 1 Lecture
1/2010 - 3/2010	BIOL 617 Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship
1/2010 - 3/2010	GEOL 316 Mineralogy
11/2009	GEOL 554 Limnogeology - 2 Lectures Lab exercises to determine DIC by titration
3/2009 - 6/2009	GEOL 555 Carbonate Geology
1/2009 - 3/2009	BIOL / GEOL 617 - Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship
1/2009 - 3/2009	GEOL 431 - Geochemistry
3/2008 - 6/2008	GEOL 454 Sedimentary Petrology
1/2008 - 3/2008	GEOL / BIOL 617 Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship
1/2008 - 3/2008	GEOL 607 / 485 Seminar in Geology
9/2007 - 12/2007	GEOL 316 Mineralogy Mineralogy
1/2007 - 3/2007	BIOL617 GEOL617 Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship Proposal preparation and introduction to research culture for all EBS graduate students. Students submitted about $9,000 of requests to funding organizations.
9/2006 - 12/2006	GEOL431 Geochemistry Emphasis on low temperature aquatic processes.
9/2006 - 12/2006	GEOL607 Geology Seminar Presentation on southern California Quaternary geology. Two visiting lecturers.
7/2006 - 9/2006	Environmental Geology
3/2006 - 6/2006	GEOL 454 Sedimentary Petrology and lab
1/2006 - 3/2006	GEOL 317 Petrology and lab
9/2005 - 12/2005	GEOL 316 Mineralogy and lab
9/2005 - 12/2005	GEOL 431 Geochemistry
3/2005 - 6/2005	Clay Mineralogy and X-ray Diffraction Analysis 2 credit class - Overview of clay mineralogy and crystal chemistry highlighting framework structures, polytypes, and substitutions in phyllosilicates and their expression in x-ray diffractograms. Introduction to mixed layer clay petrology. Preparation of oriented clay mineral mounts for XRD analysis. Use of NewMod2 software to model clay structures and compositions.
1/2005 - 3/2005	GEOL 424 - Structural Geology 4 credit class - A course in the description and analysis of geologic structures. Includes a laboratory exercise each week and three trips to the field to collect structural data for analysis.

Interactive Teaching

3/2009 - 6/2009	GEOL 607 Seminar in Geology
3/2009 - 6/2009	GEOL 697 - Research Supervision of student research
1/2009 - 3/2009	GEOL 697 - Research Supervision of student research
1/2007 - 2/2007	Paleomagnetics techniques Instructed students on proper field sampling for paleomagnetic analysis.
9/2006 - 10/2006	XRD training Student training to prepare samples and use Siemens D500 x-ray diffractometer.
7/2006 - 6/2007	Graduate student advisory committees Served on eight student committees.
7/2006 - 6/2007	Student Committee Chair Supervision of Ethan Allen, M.S. student. Ethan graduated this year.

Administrative Teaching Roles

3/2011 - 6/2011	GEOL 565 Analysis of Sedimentary Rocks with lab - 4 units
3/2011 - 6/2011	GEOL 607 Seminar - Cyclostratigraphy 1 unit
1/2011 - 3/2011	BIOL / GEOL 618 Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship 2 units
1/2011 - 3/2011	GEOL 316 Mineralogy and lab - 4 units
1/2005 - 3/2005	BIOL/GEOL 617 - Proposal Writing and Grantsmanship 2 credit class - An introduction to the culture of funded research. Students are assisted in formulating their own research ideas and prepare two formats of grant proposals. Specialists lecture on networking, foundations, making presentations, OSR procedures, and animal care and other regulations. This year students submitted proposals for $13,100.

Instructional Prep of New Material

3/2005 - 6/2005

Clay Mineralogy and X-ray Diffraction Analysis
Overview of clay mineralogy and crystal chemistry highlighting framework structures, polytypes, and substitutions in phyllosilicates and their expression in x-ray diffractograms. Introduction to mixed layer clay petrology. Preparation of oriented clay mineral mounts for XRD analysis. Use of NewMod2 software to model clay structures and compositions.