Water and Environmental Research Center
News Archive
The items below have appeared on the Water and Environmental Research Center's home page.
- WERC Seminar: Studies on Continuous Removal of Cadmium (II) Ions by Citrus Peels in a Packed Bed Column
13 November 2009
Abhijit Chatterjee will speak to his efforts at refining methods of using surplus peels from the citrus processing industry as a filter material...
continued - Travel Opportunities for Two Polar Conferences
13 November 2009
The organizers of the IPY Oslo Science Conference (http://www.ipy-osc.no/) June 8-12, 2010 are encouraging students and early career scientists to attend. There are special registration rates and sponsored travel opportunities available. The deadline to apply is January 20, 2010.
Immediately following the Oslo conference on June 13-17 will be the Third European Conference on Permafrost, http://www.eucop2010.no/. The Permafrost conference also advertises support for students. - McFarlin Masters Defense
9 November 2009
Kelly McFarlin will defend her Masters Thesis: "Rhizoremediation of Diesel Contaminated Soil with Willow", Friday, November 13 at 12:45 p.m. in Duckering Room 535. Announcement Flier: McFarlin_defense.pdf. - WERC Issues RFP for Alaska based Water Studies
9 November 2009
WERC issues a call for proposals for water studies in the State of Alaska. Proposal deadline is December 1, 2009...continued - WERC Seminar: An Integrated Multi-Scale Approach to the Study of Evapotranspiration on the Alaskan North Slope: Imnavait Creek Basin
9 November 2009
John Mumm will speak to the multi pronged efforts to quantify evapotranspiration...continued - WERC Seminar: Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery to Estimate Lake Water Volumes on Alaska's North Slope
2 November 2009
Can SAR be used to monitor lakes through the winter? Celine will...continued - WERC Seminar: Surface Water Quality and Microfiltration Membrane Material Properties: Effects on Membrane Fouling
23 October 2009
Erin will talk about micro-filtration of surface water in Alaska villages and...continued - UAF's Center for Global Change Announces Student Grant Competition
19 October 2009
The UAF Center for Global Change is offering graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to compete for research grants. Selected student projects will be funded for 1-2 years at up to $10,000 per year. Preliminary proposals are due Monday, February 15, 2010. More information about the grant competition is available at the Center's Student Competition page: http://www.cgc.uaf.edu/student_grant/Competition.html. - Seward Peninsula HydroMet Data Website Launched
16 October 2009
Today the Seward Peninsula Hydrometeorology Network website was unveiled. Jessie Cherry, INE Researcher, said that the site archives past data from the peninsula and with on-going research driven proposals current live data as well as additional recordings will be maintained. The site's url is http://data.ine.uaf.edu/seward/index.html. - WERC Seminar: Homan to Discuss Better Snow Melt Models
16 October 2009
Next Friday, October 23rd, Joel Homan will compare different snow melt models and how they compare...continued - WERC Seminar: Multiple Limitations on Evapotranspiration Rates from an Arctic Coastal Wetland with Implications in a Changing Climate
9 October 2009
Next Friday, October 16th, Anna Liljedahl will explain why she believes evapotranspiration rates will remain stable in... continued - WERC Seminar: Bubble Trouble: Long-term methane ebullition dynamics for an interior Alaskan lake using high temporal-resolution automated bubble traps
5 October 2009
This Friday, October 9th, Dragos Vas will speak to the different methane seep types and challenges associated with data collection... continued - WERC Seminar: Determining C and H sources to CH4 production using stable isotopes and radiocarbon ages.
2 October 2009
Friday, October 2nd, Laura Brosius will discuss the connection between permafrost melting and carbon sources for methane... continued - WERC Seminar: Overview of Beaver Creek (Yukon) Experimental Road Site Project
21 September 2009
Friday, September 25th, Eva Stephani will give a talk on the Beaver Creek Permafrost Road Study Project and the findings... continued - WERC Seminar: International Northern Research Basins Symposium and Workshop
17 September 2009
This Friday, September 18th, Doug Kane, Amy Tidwell and Sveta Berezovskaya will speak about a conference they participated in recently... continued - Call for WERC Seminar Presenters
17 September 2009
Please take a look at the schedule and archive of WERC seminars and find a date that you can make a presentation. Once you have a date selected please use this online abstract submittal form to secure the calendar for your talk. - WERC Seminar Series Commences
10 September 2009
Bill Schnabel lead off our academic year with an introductory and welcome talk. He lead a discussion on developing a mission statement for WERC. The second half of the seminar involved group discussions of what is desired in a new web site for WERC... continued - Publications Updated
21 August 2009
All publications from the Water and Environmental Research Center through the summer of 2009 are available online in spreadsheet form. We are also putting together an online publications database... continued