Projects

Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2002

Intern	Advisor	Project Title
Laura Boyer	Dr. Tom Sims Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	Chemistry of in the Erodible Fraction of Delaware Soils
Alexander M. DeWire	Dr. Janet B. Johnson Department of Political Science University of Delaware	Implementation of Riparian Buffers in Southeastern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Eastern Maryland
Kerrie Smith	Dr. James Glancey Departments of Mechanical /Bioresource Engineering  University of Delaware	An Autonomous Full-Water Column Environmental Monitoring System with Telemetry
Michael T. League	Dr. John L. Gallagher College of Marine Studies  University of Delaware	Understanding the Mechanisms of the Spread of Phragmites:  For Better or For Worse
Kristen Sentoff	Dr. Joshua Duke Department of Food and Resource Economics University of Delaware	Regulating Wetlands in Delaware in a Changing Legal Environment
Aditya Sharma and Bret Strogen	Dr. Steven Dentel Dr. Pei Chiu   Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Delaware	Accelerated Bioremediation of Wastewater using Electrode- Reducing MicroOrganisms

Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2001

Intern	Advisor	Project Title (Click for Abstract)
Katie Lemon	Dr. Joshua Duke Department of Food and Resource Economics University of Delaware	An Analysis of Delaware's Groundwater Allocation Laws: Proposing a Plan
Kirsten Lloyd	Dr. Bruce Vasilas Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	Functional Assessment of Wetlands for Mitigation Purposes
Tara Harrell	Gerald Kauffman University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration, Water Resources Agency	Connecting the Link between Land Use and Stream Health in the University of Delaware Experimental Watershed
Christina Eckstrand	Dr. Bill Saylor Department of Animal and Food Sciences University of Delaware	Fate of Microbial Phytase in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Chicks and Effects on Phosphorus Solubility
Kristin Staats	Dr. Bruce Vasilas Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	Ectomycorrhizae as a Hydrologic Indicator in Wetland Identification
John Place	Susan Truehart Garey Kent County Cooperative Extension Service	A Nutrient Management Education Program for Delaware Youth
Lindsay Scanlon	Dr. Ron Martin Department of Geology University of Delaware	Stratigraphic Analysis of the St. Jones River Estuary

Undergraduate Internship Projects Started in the Year 2000

Intern	Faculty Advisor	Title of Project
Melissa Weitz	Mark Radosevich Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	Biodiversity of the atrazine chlorohydrolase (atzA) gene in Soil Microbial Communities as a Function of Triazine Treatment History
Gregory Buckmaster	Jeffry Fuhrmann Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	The Impact of Alum on Pathogen Survival in Poultry Litter
Leigh Johnson	William Ritter Department of Bioresources Engineering University of Delaware	Feasibility of Composting Poultry Litter and Food Residuals for Use as a Soil Amendment and Potting Medium
Jason Hetrick	Anastasia Chirnside Department of Bioresources Engineering University of Delaware	Feasibility of Using a Fungal Bioreactor In Treating Industrial Wastewater
Jennifer Campagnini	Gerald Kauffman University of Delaware Institute for Public Administration, Water Resources Agency	The University of Delaware Experimental Watershed Project
Robert Ehemann	Joshua Duke Department of Food and Resource Economics University of Delaware	A Spatial Analysis of the Distributional Effects of Water Quantity Management
Maeve Desmond	Bruce Vasilas Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	Functional Assessment of Wetlands Using a Hydrogeomorphic Model
Emily Gonce	James Morrison Hye-Shin Kim Department of Consumer Studies University of Delaware	Attitudes of Consumers Towards Bottled Water
Anna Palermo	Bruce Vasilas Department of Plant and Soil Sciences University of Delaware	Ectomycorrhizal Mantles as Indicators of Historic Hydric Soils

Graduate Fellowship Projects started in the Year 2003

Removal and Inactivation of Water-borne Viruses Using Permeable Iron Barriers   WATER NEWS article Spring 2004  Faculty advisors: Dr. Yan Jin Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware, and Dr. Pei Chu, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware Graduate Fellow: Liping Zhang

Fate and Transport of Arsenic in Delaware Soils: Impacts on Water Quality  WATER NEWS announcement Fall 2003 (see page 6) Faculty advisors: Dr. D. L. Sparks Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware Graduate Fellow: Jen Seiter

Graduate Fellowship Projects started in the Year 2000

Mechanisms of Phosphorus Stabilization in the Soil Environment: A Molecular Scale Evaluation  Abstract (Aug. 2003)   Latest Status report to the DWRC (Mar. 2002) WATER NEWS article Fall 2002  Faculty advisor: Dr. Donald Sparks
Graduate Fellow: Mr. Stefan Hunger
Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, University of Delaware

Land Use/Land Cover and Nutrient Discharges to Delaware's Inland Bays Latest Status report to the DWRC (Mar. 2002) WATER NEWS article Spring 2002  Faculty Advisors: Dr. William Ullman and Mr. Joseph R. Scudlark
Graduate Fellow: Ms. Jennifer Jennings
College of Marine Studies, University of Delaware

Environmental Policies for a Sustainable Poultry Industry in Sussex County, Delaware Latest Status report to the DWRC (Mar. 2002) WATER NEWS article Spring 2003   Faculty Advisors: Dr. William F. Ritter, Department of Bioresources Engineering, Dr. John Byrne and Dr. Young-Doo Wang , Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware
Graduate Fellow: Ms. Lynette Ward

DWRC Research Projects Funded Since 1993

Below is a listing of DWRC funded research projects since 1993. For information on projects funded before this time, contact the DWRC Director, Dr. Tom Sims.

• Ground Water Modeling for Wellhead Protection under Hydrogeological and Geological Uncertainties
• Cropping Systems to Reduce Nitrate Contamination of Ground Water
• Geochemistry, Geostatistics, and Hydrology of Phosphorus Losses in Agricultural Drainage; Developing Improved Phosphorus Management Practices for Surface Water Protection
• Water Quality and Flow Data for Storm Water Management in the Upper Christina Watershed
• An Assessment of Wet Deposition Flux of Toxic Trace Metals to the Rehoboth and Indian River Estuaries: Spatial and Temporal Trends
• Installation and Operation of a Permanent Stream Sampling Site for the Christina River Basin
• Sorption and Desorption Kinetics of Pesticides on Delaware Soils and Soil Constituents Effects on Water Quality
• Using Digital Ground Penetrating Radar to Measure Contaminant Mixing Parameters in Alluvial Aquifers
• GIS Analysis of Nitrates in Ground Water
• Effect of Surfactants on Sludge Treatment and Disposal
• Arsenic Mobility in Delaware's Waste-Amended Soils; Water Quality Implications
• Use of Organo-Clay Adsorbent Materials for Groundwater Treatment
• Climate Change and Delaware's Water Resources Future
• Changes in Potential Bioavailability of Heavy Metals Discharged to Receiving Waters
• The Effect of Biosurfactants on the Fate and Transport of Nonpolar Organic Contaminants in Porous Media

DWRC Publications and Conference Proceedings

One of the primary goals of the Delaware Water Resources Center (DWRC) is to disseminate research results to water managers and the public. In keeping with that goal, the DWRC has sponsored and co-sponsored conferences and training events, and many publications have been developed to communicate the findings of DWRC sponsored research. Below is a listing of publications, including journal articles, book chapters, dissertations, and fact sheets, as well as conference proceedings, which have resulted from DWRC funded projects since 1992. For information on publications funded or conferences held before this time, contact the DWRC Director, Dr. Tom Sims.

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