MICHAEL G. DAVIS

Email: Michael.Davis@uvu.edu

Phone: 801-863-5498

Office: PS 202c

Web: http://www.uvu.edu/profpages/Michael_Davis or http://thermal.gg.utah.edu/~mgdavis

Education

Ph.D. University of Utah defended 2012 – Geophysics

• Advisor: David S. Chapman
• Dissertation: Ground Temperature and Climate Change

M.S. University of Hawaii 2001 – Geology

• Advisor: Michael O. Garcia
• Thesis: Volatiles in glasses from Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii: Implications for degassing, contamination, and growth

B.S. University of Utah 1998 (Cum Laude) – Geology

• Senior Thesis: Thermal conductivity anisotropy and its relation with thermal conductivity perpendicular to bedding

Professional Experience

Utah Valley University - Lecturer (2012 - present)
Utah Valley University - Adjunct Lecturer (2012)
University of Utah – Research Assistant (2006 – 2012)
Applied Geotechnical Engineering Consultants, Inc., – Engineering Geologist (2002 – 2004)
University of Hawaii – Research Assistant (1999 – 2001)
University of Utah Thermal Processes Research Group, – Lab Technician (1998)
Terracon Consultants Western, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah, – Geologist/Technician (1996 – 1997)

Teaching Experience and Awards

Utah Valley University

• Lecturer - Geo1010 Introduction to Geology (Summer 2013)
• Lecturer - Meto1010 Introduction to Meteorology (Summer 2013)
• Lecturer – Geo1010 Introduction to Geology (3 sections – Spring 2013)
• Lecturer – Geo1085 Introduction to Oceanography Laboratory (Spring 2013)
• Lecturer – Meto1010 Introduction to Meteorology (Spring 2013)
• Lecturer – Geo3080 Earth Materials (Fall 2012)
• Lecturer – Geo1010 Introduction to Geology (3 sections – Fall 2012)
• Adjunct Lecturer - Geo1080 Introduction to Oceanography

University of Utah

• Instructor – Geo6920 Global Change and Geophysics (Summer 2012)
• Instructor – Geo1030 Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Summer 2012)
• Instructor – Geo1030 Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Summer 2011)
• Teaching Assistant – Geo3090 Earth Materials (Spring 2008)
• Teaching Assistant – Geo1030 Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Spring 2008)
• Instructor – Geo1030 Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Spring 2007)
• Instructor – Geo1030 Earthquakes and Volcanoes (Summer 2006)

National Science Foundation GK-12 Fellow – Project WEST (2004 – 2006)

• Teaching fellow at Bonneville Elementary (Salt Lake City, Utah) for grades 2 – 5
• Teaching fellow at Ensign Elementary (Salt Lake City, Utah) for grades 4 – 6

University of Hawaii

• Excellence in Teaching Award (2000)
• Teaching Assistant – GG101 Dynamic Earth Laboratory, J. Resig (2000)
• Teaching Assistant – GG201 Earth Materials, R. Batiza and J. Sinton (1998)
• Teaching Assistant – GG101 Dynamic Earth, P. Lee and R. Moberly (1998)

Field courses and Cruises

Field Methods in Neotectonics and Paleoseismology – Crestone, Colorado (May – June 2002)
Hawaii Scientific Drilling Project – Volunteer at drill site located at Hilo, Hawaii (May 1999)
R/V Moana Wave – Scientific cruise to the submarine flanks of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii (January 1999)
R/V Kairei – Scientific cruise to the Nuuanu Landslide, Koolau Volcano, Hawaii (September 1998)
Field Camp, University of Utah – Southeastern Utah (September 1997)

Professional Societies

American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America

Professional Service

Reviewer for International Journal of Earth Sciences
Reviewer for Climates of the Past

Publications

Davis, Michael G., and Chapman, David S.; 2012; A web-based resource for investigating environmental change: the Emigrant Pass Observatory; Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 60, no. 3, 241 – 248, doi:10.5408/11-252.1.

Davis, Michael G., Chapman, David S., and Harris, Robert, N.; 2011; Geothermal record of climate change; in H. K. Gupta (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics; Springer Science, doi:10.1007/978-90-481-8702-7.

Chapman, David S., and Davis, Michael G., 2010; Climate Change: Past, Present, and Future; Eos Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 91 (37), 325 – 326.

Davis, Michael G., Harris, Robert, N., and Chapman, David S.; 2010; Repeat temperature measurements in boreholes from northwestern Utah link ground and air temperature changes at the decadal time scale; Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, v. 115, B05203, doi:10.1029/2009JB006875.

Chapman, David S., and Davis, Michael G.; 2008; Facts and figures concerning global warming; Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Journal, v. 47.

Chapman, David S., and Davis, Michael G.; 2007; Global warming: More than hot air?; Journal of Land, Resources and Environmental Law, v. 27, no. 1, 59 – 77.

Davis, Michael G., Chapman, David S., Van Wagoner, Thomas M., and Armstrong, Phillip A.; 2007; Thermal conductivity anisotropy of metasedimentary and igneous rocks; Journal of Geophysical Research – Solid Earth, v. 112, B05216, doi10.1029/2006JB004755.

Davis, Michael G., Garcia, Michael O., and Wallace, Paul; 2003; Volatiles in glasses from Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii: Implications for magma degassing and contamination, and growth of Hawaiian volcanoes; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 144, 570 – 591.

Garcia, Michael O., and Davis, Michael G.; 2001; Submarine growth and internal structure of ocean island volcanoes based on submarine observations of Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii; Geology, v. 29, no. 2, 163 –166.

Abstracts

Davis, Michael G., and Chapman, David S.; 2011; A web-based resource for investigating environmental change: the Emigrant Pass Observatory, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 92(52), ED53B-0781.

Davis, Michael G., Waschmann, Ronald, S., Harris, Robert N., and Chapman, David S.; 2010; Subsurface thermal and hydrological changes between forest and clear-cut sites in the Oregon Cascades; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 91(52), GC51D-0777.

Chapman, David S., Harris, Robert N., and Davis, Michael G.; 2010; Relative Amplitudes of Surface Temperature Anomalies for the Medieval Warm Period, Little Ice Age, and 20th Century Warming Determined from Borehole Temperatures; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 91(52), PP51B-08.

Davis, Michael G., and Chapman, David S.; 2009; Communicating Climate Change: Outreach Through Emigrant Pass Observatory Data, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 90(52), U21A-0002.

Chapman, David S., Davis, Michael G., and Harris, Robert N.; 2009; Using Borehole Temperature Profiles to Reconstruct and Test Surface Temperature Scenarios over the Last Millennium; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 90(52), PP53A-10.

Rosenberg, Russell, Harris, Robert N., Hurwitz, Shaul, Fulton, Patrick M., Davis, Michael G., and Werner, Cynthia A.; 2009; Quantifying Heat Flow from a Restless Caldera: Shallow Measurement from a Vapor Dominated Area of the Yellowstone Plateau Volcanic Field, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 90(52), V23D-2136.

Davis, Michael G., Harris, Robert N., and Chapman, David S.; 2009; Repeat temperature measurements in boreholes: Validating the connection between ground and air temperature change; PAGES Third Open Science Meeting, Corvallis, Oregon.

Chapman, David S., and Davis, Michael G.; 2009; A stitch in time: Surface temperature changes past, present, and future; PAGES Third Open Science Meeting, Corvallis, Oregon.

Davis, Michael G., Harris, Robert N., and Chapman, David S.; 2009; Repeat temperature measurements in boreholes: Connecting ground and air temperature change; Third Graduate Climate Conference, Pack Forest, Seattle, Washington.

Davis, Michael G., and Chapman, David S.; 2008; Warming of the continents in the Anthropocene, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 89(52), GC11A-0666.

Harris, Robert N., Davis, Michael G., Bartlett, Marshall G., and Chapman, David S.; 2007; Snow and ground temperature, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 88(52), C31A-06.

Davis, Michael G., Harris, Robert N., and Chapman, David S.; 2007; Geothermics of climate change: Linking ground and air temperature change through repeat temperature measurements in boreholes from northwest Utah; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 88(52), GC13A-0942.

Davis, Michael G., Harris, Robert N., and Chapman, David S.; 2007; Geothermics of climate change: Linking ground and air temperature change through repeat temperature measurements in boreholes from northwest Utah; Second Graduate Climate Conference, Pack Forest, Seattle, Washington.

Davis, Michael G., Chapman, David S., and Harris, Robert N.; 2006; Repeat temperature measurements in borehole GC-1, northwest Utah: Confirming the link between transient subsurface temperature and surface temperature change; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 87(52), U13A-0804.

Davis, Michael G., Bartlett, Marshall G., Chapman, David S., and Harris, Robert N.; 2006; Over a decade of ground-air temperature tracking at Emigrant Pass Observatory, Utah; Sixth International Meeting “Heat Flow and the Structure of the Lithosphere,” Bykov, Czech Republic.

Sahm, Eric, Davis, Michael G., and Peterson, Erich; 2006; WEST (Water, the Environment, Science, and Teaching): Implementing inquiry-based learning in K-12 classrooms; Research Posters on the Hill, University of Utah Undergraduate Research Abstracts, v. 6.

Davis, Michael G., Chapman, David S., Van Wagoner, Tom M., and Armstrong, Phillip A.; 2005; Thermal conductivity anisotropy of metasedimentary and igneous rocks; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 86, no. 52, T23B-0562.

Peterson, E., Ali-Adeeb, J., Cerling, T., Chan, M., Chapman, D., Cohen, L., Davis, M., Dearing, D., Hill, S., Hynek, S., Millward, L., O’Grady, S., Richards, L., Solomon, K., Sampson, S., Schafer, J., Zanno, L., Zipser, E., 2004; Project WEST (Water, the Environment, Science and Teaching); EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 85, no. 47, F513.

Garcia, Michael O., Davis, Michael G., and Wallace, Paul; 2002; Volatiles in glasses from Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii: Implications for magma degassing and contamination, and growth of Hawaiian volcanoes; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 83, no. 19.

Davis, Michael G., Garcia, Michael O., and Wallace, Paul; 2000; Pop, pop, fizz, fizz: Volatiles in Mauna Loa glasses; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 81, no. 48, 1292.

Davis, Michael G., Garcia, Michael O., Rhodes, J. Michael, and Norman, Marc D.; 1999; Petrology of picritic lavas from Mauna Loa Volcano, Hawaii: Implications for the magma plumbing system; EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, v. 80, no. 46, 1251.