Department of Earth Sciences
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 

For 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.
So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the National Park Service to develop a research project and write a grant proposal. The $25,000 grant was awarded this past summer and Shakoor and Poluga traveled to Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to study the effect of vibrations on the sculptures associated with the annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibit.
College of Arts & Sciences
Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument
For 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream. So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the …
Kent Campus
51³Ô¹ÏÍø Researchers Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
Researchers from 51³Ô¹ÏÍø’s Department of Geology have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study diversity, evolution and extinction in crabs, lobsters, and shrimps. The $100,000, two-year grant will fund the study of this economically important, diverse g…
College of Arts & Sciences