Oct. 8: DENIN symposium
RSVP by Oct. 2 to attend the DENIN Graduate Student Research Symposium
4:41 p.m., Sept. 28, 2015--The entire University of Delaware community is invited to attend the first graduate research symposium sponsored by the Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) on Thursday, Oct. 8, in the Harker Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Laboratory.
Those interested in attending should RSVP via an online form by Oct 2.
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The symposium begins at 3 p.m. with oral presentations in room 467 in the Gore research wing of Harker Lab. The presentations will be followed with a poster session and reception in the atrium from 5 to 7 p.m.
All who attend the poster session will be eligible to vote for the best poster prizes that will be awarded at the conclusion of the event, along with the prize for best oral presentation.
“Graduate students are engaging in some amazing environmental research in many different areas around the University, but sometimes it’s hard for them — and their professors — to get out of their labs and offices to talk with each other,” said DENIN Director Don Sparks.
“We hope that many people will turn out, both to support our grad students in their efforts to communicate their discoveries and to enjoy networking with one another.”
See the event webpage for complete information. Oral presentations include the following:
3 p.m., Alex Soroka, water science and policy, “Effects of In-Season Fertilization Strategies on Nitrogen Use Efficiency and Yield of Irrigated Corn.”
3:15 p.m., Shang Wu, applied economics and statistics, “The Impact of Better Water Quality Information: Experiments and Agent-Based Modeling.”
3:30 p.m., Katie Clark, plant and soil sciences, “Using Electrical Resistivity Imaging to Characterize Subsurface Phosphorus Movement to Drainage Ditches.”
3:45 p.m., Mario Guevara, plant and soil sciences, “Soil Moisture Decline Across the Conterminous United States.”
4 p.m., Kristi Bear, plant and soil sciences, “Tracking Sources of Legacy Phosphorus in the East Creek, a Coastal Plain Tributary of the Chesapeake Bay.”
4:15 p.m., Lauren Knapp, School of Marine Science and Policy, “Critical Social Factors for Developing the Maryland Offshore Wind Energy Area.”
4:30 p.m., Victoria Sanchez, political science and international relations, “Radioactive Change: Fukushima as a Focusing Event for Comparative Nuclear Policy Change.”
4:45 p.m., Patrick Spanniger, animal and food sciences, “Influence of Fecal-Contaminated Irrigation Water and Extreme Weather Events on Microbial Loads of Field-Grown Tomatoes.”