Lake Champlain Research Consortium 2005 Spring Student Symposium
Saturday, April 23 2005
8:30 Coffee and pastries available; posters can be set up
9:00 An Investigation of the Role of Faults in Controlling Ground Water Composition in the Champlain Valley, Vermont, Katharine P. North, Middlebury College; advisor - Peter C. Ryan
9:20 Investigating Alpine Pedogenesis on Mt. Mansfield, Vermont, Gianina Farrugia, Middlebury College; advisor - Jeff Munroe
9:40 Improving site characterization and classifying attenuation processes using microbiological profiles and geochemistry from landfill-leachate contaminated groundwater in New York, Paula Mouser, University of Vermont; advisor - Donna M. Rizzo
10:00 Patterns and distribution of winter precipitation in two adjacent watersheds on Mount Mansfield near Stowe, VT, Dan Kabler, Johnson State College; advisor - Tania Bacchus
10:20 Brief summaries of Poster Presentations
Combining ANNs, Froude Number, and Geo-hydraulic Diversity Index To Assess Linkages Between Stream Geomorphic Condition and In-stream Habitat, Jennifer N. Gagnon, University of Vermont; advisors - W. Cully Hession and Dr. Donna Rizzo
Genetically Modified Corn: The Likelihood of Finding it in Your Garden, Kimberly Hart and Sara Over, Castleton State College; advisor – Cynthia Moulton
Spatial Regeneration Patterns in Old Growth Hemlock Tsuga canadensis Forest Gaps in the Battell Research Forest, VT , Rebecca Hewitt, Middlebury College; advisor - Andrea Lloyd
10:30 Break
10:50 Predicting Mercury Concentrations from Total Suspended Solids, Sarah Sanders, Johnson State College; advisor - Tania Bacchus
11:10 Two-Dimensional Modeling to determine Aquatic Habitat relationship to Geomorphic Condition in Small Vermont Streams, Jessica S. Clark, University of Vermont; advisor - W. Cully Hession
11:30 Developing an Alternative Potential Source Contribution Function Analysis Method and Its Application for Lake Champlain Mercury Study, Prajjwal Kumar Panday, St. Lawrence University; advisor - Ning Gao
11:50 Study of Fungal Ecology of Non-Problem Homes in the North Eastern United States, Dan Bernazzani, Castleton State College; advisor – Cynthia Moulton
12:10 Closing comments, followed by lunch