DONALD J. STIERMAN
Associate Professor of Geophysics, Department of Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences
The University of Toledo, Toledo, OHIO 43606
Updated 02/14/2006

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Geophysics), 1977, Stanford University (Dissertation: A study of stress-induced velocity variations in situ; Robert L. Kovach, principal advisor).

M.S. (Geophysics), 1974, Stanford University.

B.S. (Physics), 1969, State University of New York at Brockport.

PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1984 – present: Assistant/Associate Professor of Geophysics, Department of Geology/Earth, Ecological & Environmental Sciences, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606.

1992-present: Associate Director, Latin American Studies Institute, The University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio 43606.

1977-1984: Assistant Professor of Geophysics/Assistant Research Geophysicist, Department of Earth Sciences/Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics, The University of California, Riverside, CA.

1969-1972: Peace Corps Volunteer; physics instructor, Escuela Superior del Profesorado "Francisco Morazán", Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

1985-1992: Geophysicist (part-time), U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, National Center for Earthquake Research.

1980-present: Consultant (part-time) to various clients, applied environmental and engineering geology and geophysics.

1974-1975: Geophysicist (part-time), U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA, National Center for Earthquake Research.

Recent Publications

 

(2000) Brady, James E., Christopher Begley, John Fogarty, Donald J. Stierman, Barbara Luke and Ann Scott, Talgua Archaeological Project: A Preliminary Assessment; Mexicon, 22 (5), pp. 111-118.

 

(1999) Stierman, Donald J. and James E. Brady, Electrical resistivity mapping of landscape modifications at the Talgua site, Olancho, Honduras; Geoarchaeology, 14(6), 495-510.

Graduate thesis projects supervised

 

M. C. Chaffee, M.S. 1995, Geophysical prospecting for karst features in the Bellevue-Castalia region, north-central Ohio.

J. L. Liberfinger, M.S. 1995, Geophysical characterization of the Muskingum River glacial outwash aquifer near Conesville, Ohio

B. B. Trytten, M.S. 1995, Preliminary geophysical investigation of a buried bedrock basin, Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio

S.A. Gurney, M.S. 1997, Geophysical reconnaissance of the Golfo Dulce drainage basin and environs of Costa Rica

J. Elliot, M.S. 2001, Filtering and analysis of the gravity signature of the Kentland Dome structure, Indiana.

 

Selected Recent Abstracts

2001 Stierman, Donald J. and J. Elliott, Buried Impact Craters Revealed by Filtering Gravity Data; Abstracts with Programs, 35th Annual Meeting, North-Central Section, Geological Society of America, page A-13.

2000 Stierman, Donald J., Evidence for upturned rim rocks, Liberty Crater, Seneca County, Ohio; Abstracts with Programs, 34^th Annual Meeting, North-Central Section, Geological Society of America, p. A-62.

1997 Stierman, Donald J., B. B. Trytten and S.A. Gurney, Geophysical investigation of a suspected impact crater, Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio; Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 1997 Annual Meeting, p. A-215.

 

1994 Trytten, Bradley and D.J. Stierman, Geophysical investigations of an impact(?) crater, Liberty Township, Seneca County, Ohio; 1994 Abstracts with Programs, North-Central Meeting, The Geological Society of America, p. 65.

 

1992 Stierman, Donald J., M. Chaffee, H. Ming, L. Jun, Z. Xuming and R. Kocher, Geophysical mapping of concealed glacial or pre-glacial geomorphology in northwest Ohio; 1992 Abstracts with Programs, National Meeting, The Geological Society of America, Cincinnati, OH.

M.S. thesis topics available

Geophysical mapping of groundwater geology, Oak Openings Nature Preserve, Lucas County, Ohio

Geophysical mapping of archaeological sites in northwest Ohio

Various opportunities may develop for field research in Honduras. 

Contact dstierm@utnet.utoledo.edu for further information.