STORE (Sequestration Training, Outreach, Research and Education) Alliance
As Project Director and PI for STORE, Olson is working with the Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering Department and the Bureau of Economic Geology at UT Austin. STORE will use the grant to help create a skilled workforce for the emerging carbon capture and storage industry and to build public awareness of the technology's benefits to society, including teacher professional development. In addition to carbon sequestration outreach, the program offers general information on understanding the energy portfolio mix of the United States through public outreach, K-12 teacher professional development (and assistance at programs for their elementary-, middle- and high-school level students).

Project Website: www.storeco2now.com
Sponsor: National Energy Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy
Related Articles:
Jackson School of Geosciences Press Release 2009
Bush, Rhonda, and Hilary Clement Olson, 2011, "GirlTalk Science Expo Encourages STEM Careers for Young Girls," Momentum, February/March 2011, p. 44-45. (.pdf file)

TeXas Earth and Space Science (TXESS) Revolution
In her role as a PI for the TXESS (TeXas Earth and Space Science) Revolution program, Olson is responsible for assisting with professional development in Earth and Space Science throughout the state of Texas. With funding from the National Science Foundation, the Texas Regional Collaboratives and the Jackson School of Geosciences, the project is focused on serving minority teachers and minority-serving teachers across the state. Working with the Texas Regional Collaboratives and GeoForce Texas at The University of Texas at Austin, the program intends to impact 3,500 teachers and over 6,000 students over the five-year project. For more information, visit the TXESS Revolution website.

Project Website: www.txessrevolution.org
Sponsor: National Science Foundation, Opportunities for Enhancing Diversity in the Geosciences
Related Article:
Jackson School of Geosciences Press Release 2008

Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS)
As part of the Gulf Basin Depositional Synthesis (GBDS) team, Olson is responsible for incorporating biostratigraphic data into the overall stratigraphic framework of the project.  For more information on this industry-sponsored project, visit the GBDS webpage.

Project Website: GBDS webpage
Sponsor: Industry Consortium

Gulf Intraslope Basins Project (GIB)
As a PI for the Gulf Intraslope Basins (GIB) Project, Olson applies foraminiferal analysis techniques to study the latest Quaternary depositional processes and faunas of the intraslope basins of the Gulf of Mexico. Using a high-resolution data set composed of piston cores and 3.5 kHz and airgun seismic data, Olson and her colleagues (John Damuth and Hans Nelson) are looking at depositional styles in the Gulf of Mexico in relationship to glacial and interglacial periods. For more information on the industry-sponsored GIB project, download an overview of the project. You can download a full-scale (36" x 64") map of data (cores and seismic) for the GIB project.

Project WebInformation: GIB overview (.pdf format)
Sponsor: Industry Consortium
Related Publication: Olson, Hilary C., and John E. Damuth, 2009, "Character, Distribution and Timing of Latest Quaternary Mass-Transport Deposits in Texas-Louisiana Intraslope Basins Based on High-Resolution (3.5 kHz) Seismic Facies and Piston Cores," in D. Mosher et al., eds., Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research, Volume 28, Springer Science+Business Media, p. 593-603. (.pdf file)

STEM Outreach Activities
Related Articles:
Bush, Rhonda, and Hilary Clement Olson, 2011, "GirlTalk Science Expo Encourages STEM Careers for Young Girls," Momentum, February/March 2011, p. 44-45. (.pdf file)
Olson, Hilary Clement, 2009, "GIRLS: An Untapped Resource for Filling Americas Needs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Careers," Logos Magazine, p. 10-11. (.pdf file)