Salih Amarir
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Awarded for completing a guided track that emphasizes self-directed learning, critical reflection, and meaningful engagement with geoscience themes.
Melanie Brandt, MBA, CAE
Executive Director and CEO
Date: 22 October, 2025
Certificate ID:
82a17baa-c767-48cc-b314-8886cc2a1e95
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CERTIFICATION
ENERGY & RESOURCE INNOVATIONS
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SA

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Salih Amarir

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Issue date: October 22, 2025

ID: 82a17baa-c767-48cc-b314-8886cc2a1e95

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Type

Certification

Level

Intermediate

Format

Offline

Duration

16 hours

Price

Free

Description

Explore the evolving role of geoscience in the global energy transition. Earners attend sessions focused on sustainable or responsible resource development, critical minerals, geothermal energy, and subsurface storage. The theme emphasizes innovative, cross-sector solutions to energy challenges and provides a framework for connecting research, industry, and policy in a changing world. Completing this certification track while attending the GSA Connects 2025 meeting encourages active exploration of the geologically-relevant scientific advances driving the energy transition and resource stewardship in the 21st century.

Skills

Energy Resources

Critical Mineral Systems

Geoscience for Energy Transitions

Subsurface Storage

Geothermal Systems

Applied Geoscience

Earning Criteria

Assignment

Enroll in the certification program online while onsite at the GSA Connects meeting.

Assignment

Complete a minimum of 16 hours of eligible activities pre-approved and endorsed by the GSA Energy Geology Division for their alignment with the certification track. Learn More

Assignment

Respond to a specified minimum number of reflection questions designed to assess retention, understanding, and critical analysis.

Assignment

Submit all required materials for review through the online submission process by the posted deadline.

Test

Earn a minimum score of 70% on the review rubric to qualify for certification.