Danielle McBride AYAN Phone:(817) 451-3264 FAX:(817) 921-7789 Homepage
Objective	Education
Graduate Coursework	Undergraduate Coursework
Employment History	Achievements
Professional Associations	Professional Experience
Publications	Hard copy Request (1-page)

I am quite interested in obtaining a position with a(n) Environmental/Geological company in which exists a mutually beneficial relationship between employer/employee. I am a quick learner and a devoted worker. My main interests are GIS/Computer applied projects and Petroleum Geology. However, I have a passion for all subdisciplines in Environmental/Geological fields and am open to any opportunities available.

Education:

Master of Science - Geology - Texas Christian University, anticipated August 1997
Bachelor of Science - Geology - Georgia Southern University, 1994

Graduate Coursework:

Remote Sensing Advanced Image Processing Environmental Engineering Technology Global Tectonics & Basin Analysis Hydrogeology Seminar II: Oral Research Presentation	Scanning Electron Microscopy Geographic Information Sysems Environmental Geology Carbonate Geology Seminar I: Internet Research Presentation Seminar III: Oral Research Presentation
Thesis Study: "The Base of the Arbuckle Group, Southern Oklahoma" under Dr. R. Nowell Donovan

Undergraduate Coursework:

Required Coursework: Over 60 hrs. of B.S. Geology coursework

Elective Coursework: Carbonate Geology of Southern Florida Senior Thesis: "The geologic development of Lake Ingraham, a coastal lagoon in Southwest Florida" Special Problem: "Sodic-Calcic hydrothermal alteration of the Buffalo Mountaion pluton, North-Central, Nevada" Geochemistry Tectonics Museum Methods I, II, III

skills utilized: study area in Alberta and B.C., Canada, includes: well-log interpretation, cross-section generation, map production, core analyses and teamwork; experience with programs: Geolog6, PI Dwights and Accumap; training: Formation Evaluation (3 dys.) and Geolog6 (2.5 dys.)

Union Pacific Resources, Petrotechnical Department
Part-time employee
Feb. 1997 - April 1997

skills utilized: scanning seismic logs; editing digital seismic logs with U.P.R. personalized software (=Centerline)

North Central Texas Council of Governments, Research & Information Department
Technical Information Coordinator
Feb. 1997 - April 1997

skills utilized: coordinating COG capabilities with client needs; map-generation; database generation/modification; client follow-up; HTML programming; GIS; experience with (1) programs: MS FrontPage, ArcInfo (modules: ArcEdit, ArcPlot, Tables and AML), Access, Adobe Photoshop, WEB design applications and (2) environments: Windows 95, Windows NT and UNIX (vi)

Carter & Burgess, Inc., Environmental Services Department
GIS Technician
Nov. 1996 - Feb. 1997

skills utilized: converting CAD files to INFO files; modifying new and existing INFO files, ex. editing feature attributes; meeting client expectations, follow-up; experience with (1) programs: ArcInfo (modules: ArcEdit, ArcPlot, Tables and AML), ArcView, Group Wise, Oracle (2) environments: Windows and UNIX

North Central Texas Council of Governments, Environmental Resources Department
Environmental Intern II
Jan. 1996 - Dec. 1996

skills utilized: generating, modifying and updating Internet pages; assist with Internet using HTML programming language presentations and conversion of GIS maps and various software files to Internet format; graphic software presentations to agency staff; minor digitizing; experience with (1) programs: Corel Draw, Corel Xara, MS Power Point, Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Illustrator, WEB design applications, MS Word, MS Excel, (2) environments: Windows 95, Windows, minor X-Windows and UNIX

Savannah Laboratories & Environmental Company, Inc., Reports Production Department
Analyst
Mar. 1995 - Aug. 1995

skills utilized: editing and applying EPA standards related to chemical analyses; generating client results packages; experience with DOS operating system

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography
Lab Tech I
Dec. 1994 - Mar. 1995

skills utilized: fraction analyses of sediment samples; analytical weight determination and statistics of samples; general sediment-laboratory skills

Georgia Southern University and Texas Christian University, Geology & Athletic Departments
Geology Tutor
Jan. 1993 - June 1996

skills utilized: laboratory and lecture knowledge for Physical and Historical Geology courses; generation of exercises and tests for students; excellent communication and explicatory skills in addition to alternative tutoring skills required for learning-disabled students

Achievements:

• 1997 Summer Intern Coordinator: Union Pacific Resources
• 1997 Dean's List: Texas Christian University (Spring and Summer Terms)
• 1996 Dean's List: Texas Christian University (Spring and Fall Terms)
• 1995-96 President: Graduate Student Organization, Texas Christian University
• 1993-94 Field Trip Coordinator: Geology Club, Georgia Southern University
• 1993 Field Assistant: Aid to Dr. Denise Battles, North-Central Nevada field excursion
• 1993 First Place: Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research Competition, Statesboro, GA:
  "Macroscopic and Microscopic Examinations of the Buffalo Mountain pluton, North-Central, Nevada"
• 1992-93 President: Geology Club, Georgia Southern University
• 1991-92 Vice President: Geology Club, Georgia Southern University

Professional Associations:

• 1997 & 1996 Member: Sigma Gamma Epsilon, National Honorary Society in the Earth Sciences; American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Geological Society of America; National Geographic Society

Professional Experience:

• 1997 Poster Presentation: OGS regional meeting, Oklahoma City, OK: "Marine Facies Transitions in the Upper Cambrian Timbered Hills Group, Slick Hills, Southwestern Oklahoma"
• 1996 Participant: Workshop--Fort Worth Geological Society's Cotton Valley Play Core Workshop, Texas Christian University
• 1996 Participant: Workshop--Image Processing for Environmental Characterization, Eleventh Thematic Conference in Geologic Remote Sensing, Las Vegas, NV
• 1996 Poster Presentation: OGS regional meeting, Oklahoma City, OK: "Preliminary cyclic stratigraphy of the Upper Arbuckle Group in the Richard's Spur Quarry, Slick Hills, Oklahoma"
• 1996 Certification: 20 hrs. training in Corel Draw graphics software
• 1993 Poster Presentation: GSA Southeastern regional meeting, Tallahassee, FL: "Hydrothermal alteration of the Buffalo Mountain pluton, North-Central, Nevada"
• 1993 Poster Presentation: Georgia Academy of Science Undergraduate Research Presentation, Atlanta, GA: "Na-Ca hydrothermal alteration of the Buffalo Mountain pluton, North-Central, Nevada"

Publications:

Ayan, Danielle, 1997. The Base of the Arbuckle Group, Southern Oklahoma. Unpublished Master's Thesis, Texas Christian University [publishing pending].

Ayan, Danielle; Bucheit, Andrea K.; and Donovan, R. Nowell, 1997. Marine facies transitions in the upper Cambrian Timbered Hills Group, Slick Hills, Southwestern Oklahoma. Marine Clastics in the Southern Midcontinent, Workshop sponsored by the Oklahoma Geological Survey and U.S. Department of Energy.

Ayan, Danielle; Bucheit, Andrea K.; Kulow, Matthew J. and Donovan, R. Nowell, 1996. Preliminary cyclic stratigraphy of the upper Arbuckle Group in the Richard's Spur Quarry, Slick Hills, Oklahoma. Platform Carbonates in the Southern Midcontinent, Workshop sponsored by the Oklahoma Geological Survey and the U.S. Department of Energy.

McBride, Danielle, 1993. Hydrothermal alteration of the Buffalo Mountain pluton, North-Central, Nevada. Geological Society of America's Southeastern Regional Meeting, Tallahasee, FL.

LAST UPDATED 16 JULY 1997