Undergraduate Interns
As listed below, the DWRC's "hands-on" internships address contemporary water quality concerns and provide students with an opportunity to apply their classroom educational experiences to real-world problems. Financial support from the DWRC and its partners enables interns to have a complete research experience - identifying a topic, conducting a research or education project, analyzing and interpreting results, preparing a final report, and presenting the findings at the annual UD Undergraduate Research Conference.
Click on a year below to jump to the list of intern projects for that year. Within each listing, click on the advisor's name to e-mail the advisor, or click on the project title to read the project abstract.
Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2000
Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2001
| Intern | Advisor/Department | Project Title | |
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| Christina Eckstrand | William Saylor UD Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences |
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| Tara Harrell | Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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| Katie Lemon | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Kirsten Lloyd | Bruce Vasilas UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| John Place | Susan Truehart Garey Kent County Cooperative Extension |
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| Lindsay Scanlon | Ronald Martin UD Dept. of Geological Sciences |
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| Kristin Staats | Bruce Vasilas UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2002
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| Laura Boyer | Tom Sims UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Alexander DeWire | Janet Johnson UD Dept. of Political Science |
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| Michael League | John Gallagher UD College of Marine Studies |
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| Kristen Sentoff | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Food & Resource Economics |
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| Aditya Sharma and Bret Strogen | Steven Dentel Pei Chiu UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Kerrie Smith | James Glancey UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2003
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| Megan Bielawa | Jack Gingrich UD Dept. of Entomology and Applied Ecology |
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| Kathleen Cormier | Martin Wollaston UD Water Resources Agency |
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| Justin Glier | Donald Sparks UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Andrew Joslyn | Steven Dentel UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Eric Lang | Judith Denver Marie Stewart USGS, DE Subdistrict |
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| Alice McDermott | Anastasia Chirnside UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Kate Schutte | Steven Dentel UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Kristen Sentoff | Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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| Matt Simon | Eric Wommack UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Enumeration of Aquatic RNA Viruses from a Mixed Viral Sample | ||
| Judith Walker | Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2004
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| Carol Carlson | Bruce Vasilas UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Matthew DeSanctis | Janet Johnson UD Dept. of Political Science |
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| Steven Ernst | Steven Hastings UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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| Jason Graham | Judith Hough-Goldstein UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Conservation |
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| Matthew King | James Glancey UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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| David Kleinot | Judith Denver Mark Nardi USGS MD-DE-DC Water Science Center |
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| Trevor Knight | Dewayne Fox Maria Labreveux DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Jamie Pool | Judith Hough-Goldstein UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Conservation |
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| Alicia Revis | Dennis McIntosh DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Design and Field Testing of Advanced Surveillance Systems for Delaware's Shallow Depth Estuaries | ||
| Erin Zimich | William Ritter UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2005
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| Leslie Carter | Bruce Vasilas UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Christi DeSisto | Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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| Bailey Dugan | Scott Andres Andrew Klingbeil Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Jason Graham | Judith Hough-Goldstein UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Conservation |
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| Leslie Howe | Mingxin Guo Maria Labreveux DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Lydia Leclair | Delphis Levia UD Dept. of Geography |
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| Matthew Lee | Joshua Duke Rhonda Aull Hyde UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Matthew Loiacono | Joshua Duke Steven Hastings UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Jimit Modi | Herbert Allen UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Jamie Pool | Judith Hough-Goldstein UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Conservation |
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| Brian Rosen | Donald Sparks UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Carolyn Schnek | William Saylor Michael Persia James Skaggs UD Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences |
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| Nancy Scott | Jack Gingrich UD Dept. of Entomology and Applied Ecology |
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| Samantha Smith | Diane Herson UD Dept. of Biological Sciences |
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| Maia Tatinclaux | John Gallagher Denise Seliskar UD College of Marine Studies |
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| Katherine Tigani | John Gallagher UD College of Marine Studies |
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| Michael Zuk | John Frett UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2006
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| Jennifer Boutin | David Legates UD Dept. of Geography |
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| Belinda Gao | Steven Dentel UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Jason Graham | Judith Hough-Goldstein UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Conservation |
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| Garrett Peters | William Ullman Douglas Miller UD College of Marine and Earth Studies |
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| Samantha Smith | Diane Herson UD Dept. of Biological Sciences |
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| Le'Sasha Stewart | Gulnihal Ozbay DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Sarah Sturtz | Jack Gingrich UD Dept. of Entomology and Applied Ecology |
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| Jarvon Tobias | William Saylor UD Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences |
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| Elizabeth Wolff | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2007
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| Sarah Chatterson | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Samantha-Jo Ebert | Dennis McIntosh DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Adrienne George | Dennis McIntosh DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Jennifer Handlin | Yan Jin UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Janine Howard | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Nathan Kiracofe | Shreeram Inamdar UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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| Stephen Mayer | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Marie Rivers | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Oluchi Okaegbu | Gulnihal Ozbay DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Laura Yayac | Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2008
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| Alexandra Barnard | William Saylor UD Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences |
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| Christen Dillard | Gulnihal Ozbay DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Erin Dilworth | Chris Williams UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology |
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| Cristina Fernandez | Kyungsoo Yoo UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Aaron Gibson | Gulnihal Ozbay DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Erin McVey | Steven Hastings UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Rachael Vaicunas | Pei Chiu UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Caitlin Wilson | Steven Dentel UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Edwin Wong | Steven Dentel UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Adam Yoskowitz | Kalmia Kniel UD Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2009
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| Anna Bevan | Delphis Levia UD Dept. of Geography |
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| Victoria Bryan | Steven Dentel UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
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| Megan Furman | Eric Wommack UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Aaron Hallett | Chad Nelson UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
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| Brian Jayne | Anastasia Chirnside UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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| Kelsey Lanan | Tom McKenna Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Emily Olson | Clara Chan UD Dept. of Geological Sciences |
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| Jennalee Rufft | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Michael Ruppel | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
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| Suneil Seetharam | Shreeram Inamdar UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2010
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| Kristin Berry | Katy O'Connell UD CANR Communications Rebecca Rothweiler Delaware DNREC |
Education and Outreach for the Delaware Wetlands |
| Aidan Galasso | Janet Johnson UD Dept. of Political Science |
An Analysis of the Impact of Marcellus Shale Development on Water Resources in Pennsylvania |
| Stephanie Hahn | Anastasia Chirnside UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
The Use of Recycled Water for Irrigation of Turf and Landscape Plants |
| Mara Hyatt | Eric Wommack UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
The Prevalence of Pathogenic Bacteria in Delmarva Waters from a Virus Point of View |
| Michelle Lepori-Bui | Delphis Levia UD Dept. of Geography |
A Watershed Scale Forest Inventory of the Fair Hill Natural Resources Management Area |
| Kate Miller | Janet Johnson UD Dept. of Political Science |
The Impacts of Redefining Navigable Waters under the Clean Water Act |
| Kevin Myers | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
Characterization of Submarine Groundwater Discharge Sites in a Coastal Lagoon |
| Jasmine Porter | Gulnihal Ozbay DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
Oyster Restoration Efforts at Delaware Inland Bays: Utilizing RIP-RAP as a Substrate for Oysters |
| Suneil Seetharam | Shreeram Inamdar UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
Quality of Dissolved Organic Matter in Runoff from Various Watershed Sources |
| Courtney Simmons | Steven Hastings UD Dept. of Food and Resource Economics |
The History and Effectiveness of Wetland Mitigation |
| Hannah Starke | Chad Nelson UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Resurfacing Silver Brook Stream and Comparison to Connected Water Bodies |
| Katie Yost | Douglas Tallamy UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology |
Assessment of Changes in Invertebrate Populations Resulting from Wetland Restoration |
Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2011
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| Rebecca Aiken | Jack Puleo UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering Tom McKenna Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Amy Cannon | Gulnihal Ozbay DSU Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources |
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| Stephen Gonski | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Chelsea Halley | Gerald Kauffman UD Water Resources Agency |
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| John Paul Harris | Anastasia Chirnside UD Dept. of Bioresources Engineering |
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| Carrie Scheick | Delphis Levia UD Dept. of Geography |
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| Nicholas Spalt | Scott Andres Delaware Geological Survey |
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| Kimberly Teoli | James Pizzuto UD Dept. of Geological Sciences |
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| Katie Yost | Doug Tallamy UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology |
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Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2012
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| Lindsey Cook | Kalmia Kniel UD Dept. of Animal and Food Sciences |
Developing Scientifically-Based Food Safety Metrics for Water Management and Irrigation Methods |
| Julia Hagemeyer | Eric Wommack UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Characterization of Viral Diversity within the Mantel Fluid of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica |
| Kayla Iuliano | Shreeram Inamdar UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Water Quality Impacts of Landscape Best Management Practices that Enhance Vegetation |
| Daniel Kardashian | Tom Sims UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences James Adkins UD Carvel Research and Education Center |
Improving Irrigation Management through Soil Moisture Monitoring and Automated Control of Sprinkler and Sub-Surface Drip Irrigation |
| Tyler Monteith | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Applied Economics and Statistics |
The Returns to Best Management Practices: Evidence from Early Proposals for Nutrient Trading in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed |
| Timothy Schofield | Susan Barton UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences Jules Bruck UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Water Quality Management in Urban Ecosystems |
| Wendi Xu | Pei Chiu UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Preventing Formation of Toxic Chlorination Byproducts in Water Using Zerovalent Iron |
Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2013
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| Anna Brady | Anastasia Chirnside UD Dept. of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology |
Use of the White Rot Fungus as a Fungal Bioreactor to Remove E. coli from Aqueous Dairy Manure Wastewater |
| Alessandra Ceretto | Eric Wommack UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
A Biogeographic Investigation of Viral Diversity within the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica |
| Naomi Chang | Paul Imhoff UD Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
Exploring the Viability of Biochar to Treat Stormwater |
| Katherine Junghenn | Delphis Levia UD Dept. of Geography |
The Varying Impact of Stemflow and Soil Moisture on the Diversity of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in Relation to Soil Respiration |
| Kelsey McWilliams | Rodrigo Vargas UD Dept. of Plant and Soil Sciences |
Methane and Carbon Dioxide Fluxes in a Watershed |
| Megan Murray | Joshua Duke UD Dept. of Applied Economics and Statistics |
Sustainable Management of Water and Ecosystem Services on a Residential Landscape in Delaware |
| Alexey Shiklomanov | Delphis Levia UD Dept. of Geography |
Acid Neutralization of Stemflow in a Deciduous Forest: The Role of Edge Effects |

