Dr. Grimshaw received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Geology at The University of Texas at Austin. For both degrees, he did geologic mapping in the Texas Hill Country south and west of Austin. After graduation, while engaged in a long career in environmental geology and energy policy, he undertook as a hobby more detailed geologic mapping in the Mountain City and San Marcos North quadrangles. His main emphasis is on improving the quality of previous mapping using better air photographs and deeper understanding of the structural style of the Balcones Fault Zone. He also has a career-long interest in applying geologic knowledge to optimizing the relationship between humans and their earth environment. This interest in environmental geology began with his study for the Ph.D. and was the topic of his dissertation.
After completing his Ph.D., Dr. Grimshaw worked for many years for environmental firms providing services such as baseline assessments for permits and cleanup of contaminated sites. He also served for a time as Associate Director for Environmental Programs at UT‘s Bureau of Economic Geology.
About 15 years ago, Dr. Grimshaw made a career change and received the Master of Public Affairs degree from UT‘s LBJ School of Public Affairs. He specialized in energy policy and cosponsored two energy-related Policy Research Projects with faculty member Dr. Chip Groat. He became interested in the intriguing case of public policy toward the widely discredited field of cold fusion and authored his M.P.Aff. professional report (thesis) on that topic. Although it is a pariah science, cold fusion continues to hold some degree of promise as a clean, versatile and inexpensive source of energy. Dr. Grimshaw remains active in that field up to the present.
Remembering the enjoyable experiences of geologic research in the Hill Country of Central Texas for his M.A. And Ph.D. degrees, Dr. Grimshaw began a hobby of more detailed geologic investigations of the MCQ. The focus has been on utilizing better air photos (taken in 1958) for geologic mapping and deeper understanding of the structural style of the Balconies Fault Zone.
In about 2013, he worked closely with Dr. Mark Helper at UT‘s Department of Geological Sciences on digitization of the dissertation geologic map for GIS representation. He also converted the text and photos of the dissertation to word processing and replaced the black-and white photos with color versions where they were available. The resulting improved version of his dissertation and geologic map is referenced in this work.
Professional Resume
[In preparation]