<p>Hi, I don’t know much about the geo program, but I think someone who posts here might.</p>
<p>Have you looked at the website?
[Geological</a> Sciences](<a href=“http://geo.ua.edu/]Geological”>http://geo.ua.edu/)</p>
<p>[Facilities</a> Geological Sciences](<a href=“http://geo.ua.edu/facilities/]Facilities”>Facilities & Technology – Geological Sciences)</p>
<p>The geology program at the University of Alabama was established in 1847, and the Department has historically provided a focus for the mapping and development of the geological and hydrological resources of the State of Alabama.</p>
<p>As the University of Alabama grew and established itself as a major research university, the Department of Geological Sciences also expanded its research activities which now span the entire range of geological science and cover all corners of the globe. Financial support for these activities has been provided by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Gas Research Institute, the Gulf Coast Hazardous Substance Research Center, and numerous mining and petroleum companies. Graduate student research has been supported by the Geological Society of America, the Southeastern Section of the Geological Society of America, the Petroleum Research Fund, the Alabama Geological Society, Sigma Xi, and numerous mining and petroleum companies.</p>
<p>Departmental faculty have been recognized nationally and internationally for excellence in teaching and research. They publish regularly, many have served on the editorial boards of such internationally-circulated journals as American Mineralogist, Ground Water, Environmental Geology, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geology, Journal of Paleontology, Tectonophysics, Water Resources Research, and several have been honored with distinguished lectureships.</p>
<p>The Department has undergone a major expansion of research space and equipment, and presently maintains office space, seminar rooms, and research laboratories in the new 145,000 square foot Tom Bevill Energy, Minerals, and Material Science Research Building, and lecture halls and teaching laboratories in Smith Hall (old Geology Building). Expansion of the Bevill Building has added 5500 square feet of additional research space primarily for Environmental Geology.</p>
<p>The Department holds a weekly “GEO Seminar” series, sponsors a number of special lectures, including the endowed Drummond Lecture Series, and regularly hosts distinguished lectures sponsored by major scientific societies such as the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, the Society of Exploration Geochemists, the Mineralogical Society of America, and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Faculty and graduate students give dozens of talks each year at national and international scientific meetings.</p>