Alexia Bohnenkamper Presents at COPLAC in Mansfield

2017 Oct 23

A group of student researchers from Eastern Connecticut State University recently presented at the annual northeast conference for the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). From Oct. 13-14, Eastern was one of eight colleges to participate in the symposium, this year located at Mansfield University in Pennsylvania.

Among the students was Alexia Bohnenkamper '18 who presented a poster titled "Examining Davis and Frohlich's System for Classifying Induced Earthquakes." Bohnenkamper resides in Collinsville and majors in environmental earth science.

Her project evaluated the assumption that recent fracking at large scales induces earthquakes, particularly in Oklahoma, by testing variables from Davis and Frohlich's system for classifying induced earthquakes.

COPLAC is a consortium of 30 public liberal arts colleges and universities spanning 28 states and one Canadian province. Established in 1987, it serves to promote the value of a public liberal arts education.