"Winner's Circle"

See presentation details from past winners of Adventus student presentation contests conducted at numerous industry events.

October 2009: “25th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy” (Amherst, Massachusetts)

• Ms. Pamela Schultz Birak of University of North Carolina, at Chapel Hill, for her poster presentation on "Rheological Characteristics of Manufactured Gas Plant Tars and Implications for Remediation."
• Ms. Kayleigh Dunnett of University of Illinois, at Urbana Champaigne, for her platform presentation on "Biodegradation of Tert-butyl Alcohol (TBE) using Biological Granular Activated Carbon (Bio-GAC)."
• Ms. Laura Nicklaus, Department of Civil Engineering and Construction, Bradley University, for her platform presentation on "Magnesium Corrosion and Stabilization/Solidification Effectivenetss Using the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure."

March 2009: “19th Annual AEHS Meeting and West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water” (San Diego, California).

• Ms. Juliana G. Freitas, from the University of Waterloo, Ontario, won in the platform competition with a work titled “Biodegradation of Hydrocarbons from Sources with Different Ethanol Fractions.”
• Mr. Chris Griggs, from the U.S. Army Engineering Research Development Center, took the award in the poster competition for a work titled “Solid-Phase Tungsten Speciation by Differential Digestion.”

February 2009: “RemTEC09” (Atlanta, Georgia)

• Ms. Kelly Fletcher of Georgia Institute of Technology, for her platform presentation on "Stable Carbon Isotope Fractionation of 1,2-Dichloropropane During Degradation by Dehalococcides Population."
• Ms. Emmie Granbery of Georgia Institute of Technology, for her poster presentation on "Characterization of DNAPL Source Zone Architecture and Associated Plume Response in 2-D Aquifer Cell Experiments."
• Mr. Tanapon Phenrat of Carnegie Mellon University, for his poster presentation on "Transport Characteristics of Polyelctrolyte-Modified Fe Nanoparticles at High Particle Concentration in Sand Columns."

October 2008: “24th Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water” (Amherst, Massachusetts)

• Ms. Juliana G. de Freitas of University of Waterloo, Canada, for her platform presentation on "Challenges for Ethanol Fuels Contaminated Sites Assessment."
• Ms. Zarath M. Summers of UMASS Amherst, USA, for her platform presentation on "Adaptive Evolution: a Strategy for Better Understanding and Optimizing Environmental Biotechnologies."
• Mr. Olugbenga J. Owojori of Stellenbosch University, South Africa, for his poster presentation on "Influence of Salinity on Uptake and Toxicity of Zinc in the Earthworm Eisenia Fetida."

June 2008: “6th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated & Recalcitrant Compounds” (Monterey, California)

• Mr. Se Chang Ahn (University of Delaware/USA), for “Removal of Perchlorate and Energetic Compounds in Ammunition Wastewater by Zero-Valent Iron and Perchlorate Respiring Bacteria.” S.C. Ahn, B. Hubbard, D.K. Cha, and B.J. Kim
• Mr. Alessandro Carmona-Martinez (CINVESTAV del IPN/MEXICO), for “Design and Characterization of a Microbial Fuel Cell for Electricity Production from Leachates.” A. Carmona-Martinez, O. Solorza-Feria, H.M. Poggi-Varaldo
• Mr. David W. Himmelheber (Georgia Institute of Technology/USA), for “Spatial Distribution of Biogeochemical Processes Following In Situ Capping of Contaminated Sediments.” D.W. Himmelheber, M. Taillefert, S. Thomas, F.E. Loeffler, K.D. Pennell, and J.B. Hughes
• Ms. Erin M. Surdo (University of Minnesota/USA), for “Reactive and Sorptive Scavenger-Containing Sandwich Membranes as Contaminant Barriers.” E.M. Surdo, E.L. Cussler, and W.A. Arnold

November 2007: “23rd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water” (Amherst, Massachusetts)

• Ms. Manmeet Waria of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in Lincoln, Nebraska, for her presentation on “Field-Scale Clean Up of Pesticide Contaminated Soil with Combined Chemical and Biological Approach.”
• Ms. Rosemary Carrol of the Desert Research Institute, in Reno, Nevada, for her presentation on “Evaluating the Impacts of Uncertainty in Geomorphic Channel Changes on Predicting Mercury Transport and Fate in the Carson River System.”
• Ms. Na Wei of the University of Illinois in Champaign, Illinois, for her presentation on ”Anaerobic MTBE/TBA Biodegradation Under Different Terminal Electron Acceptor Processes."

April 2007: “17th Annual AEHS Meeting and West Coast Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water” (San Diego, California)

• Billa Cyprian Nkem from the Department of Environment, Technology and Spatial Change (TEKSAM) in Roskilde, Denmark won for the work titled “Leaching Behavior of Arsenic from Soil Stabilized by Blast Furnace Slag.”
• Angela Pérez from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon won in the platform session with the work titled “Nickel Bioavailability Measured by Diffusive Gradient Thin-Films from a Four Year Fertilizer Field Dose Study.”

November 2006: “22nd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments and Water” (Amherst, Massachusetts)

• Ms. Megan Lord-Hoyle of the Royal Military College of Canada, Environmental Sciences Group, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada won for her platform “Bioaccessibility: Improving Risk Assessments for Contaminated Sites.”
• Mr. Ashish K. Sahu of the University of Massachusetts Amherst won for his platform titled “Perchlorate Reduction in a Packed Bed Bioreactor Using Elemental Sulfur.”
• Ms. Christina L. Stauber of the University of Massachusetts Amherst won for her poster presentation titled “The Use of Local Carbon Sources in Encouraging Acid Mine Drainage Bioremediation.” Her work was presented during the Acid Mine Drainage session.