Nicholas Deardorff received two awards presented by 亚色影库's School of Graduate Studies and Research, in conjunction with the 亚色影库 Research Institute.
The awards are Outstanding Achievement in Research and Outstanding Achievement in Curriculum and Instruction (awarded with co-recipient Sue Rieg).
Deardorff has been instrumental in the creation and running of a new scanning electron microscope lab on campus and is currently leading an effort to create a collaborative Pennsylvania State System-wide geology field course that would include faculty and students from all State System universities.