(Google Genesis AI is a
kind flatterer = about 10 pounds short
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photo in the style of Josei anime.)
Kurt Friehauf, Ph.D., P.G.
Professor of Economic Geology
Licensed Professional Geologist
Scanning
Electron Microscope Lab Manager
Dept. of Physical Sciences
Boehm Science Building Room 135
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Kutztown, PA 19530
email = my last name @ kutztown.edu
We are all partners in a
quest.
The essential
questions have no answers.
Questions
unite people.
Answers
divide them.
-
Elie Wiesel
I teach:
- Geology of National Parks
for non-science majors = outline of geology in the context of
beautiful places they might visit
- Mineralogy
= the chemistry of how atoms stick together to
form crystals and techniques for recognizing and studying
minerals
- Petrology
and Geochemistry = the
chemistry of groups of minerals and the fluids
with which they interact (e.g., magmas, geothermal waters,
rain water, seawater), how different kinds of rocks form, and
techniques for characterizing the chemistry of rocks
- Economic
Geology = processes that concentrate
or form Earth materials that have economic value (e.g.,
metals, industrial minerals, oil/gas/coal)
- Applied
Scanning Electron Microscopy = the
physics underlying how electron microscopes work, and
how to operate electron microscopes effectively
- Senior Seminar in Geology
= a capstone class focusing on advanced problem solving that
integrates knowledge and skills learned all courses leading
up to graduation
My research with students focuses mostly
on studies of the how mineral resources form
within the Earth (i.e., stuff people might mine to get the stuff
of which civilization is made - in my case, mostly
metals). We do this by:
- mapping/sampling ore
deposits in the field,
- analyzing samples with
microscopes and chemistry tools, and
- deducing the chemical
processes that concentrates valuable stuff.
I also work with a lot of
students on many other projects unrelated to economic geology
because sometimes it's nice to have my inexpert
view on a problem (and sometimes they just want my technical
help using analytical instrumentation.)
If you're interested in the types of microscopes I use and
seeing images of rocks viewed by different kinds of microscopes,
you could visit my
non-university website. There are lots of pictures
and educational explanations on that site.
I do outreach programs that introduce middle
school and high school students to geology and scanning electron
microscopy.
Having said all of that, I suspect the main reason they keep me
around is to unlock doors for students, clean up after people in
labs and student lounges, write bureaucratic reports to feed the
abyss, and solve problems. 😄
Curriculum
Vitae - (resume)
Daily
schedule - When and where to find me
click
here
for a text-only version of my schedule for visitors who rely
much less on visual sight
Don't wait for
the Last Judgment. It happens every day.
N'attendez pas le Jugement dernier. Il a lieu
tous les jours.
- Albert Camus, "The Fall"
