Academic Achievements
Presentations by REU Students

• Lai, Soon-Onn; S. Negron-Vazquez, T.M. Holsen (2005) Dry Deposition of Mercury Measured with a Water Surface Sampler. Presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the New York Water Environment Association, New York, 2005
• Gerbig, C.; S.J. Grimberg (2005) Mercury Complexation with Dissolved Organic Matter as a Function of Redox Potential in Natural Aquatic Systems. Presented at the 77th Annual Conference of the New York Water Environment Association, New York, 2005
• Cormier, J.M., Eastman C.M., Gartner I., Goodrich S., Mueller A. “Imprinted Polymers in Wastewater Treatment”, NERM 2004, Advanced Polymer Symposium, November 2004
• Eastman C., Goodrich S., Gartner I., Mueller A. “Imprinted Polymers in Wastewater Treatment”, 227th ACS National Meeting, Anaheim, CA. Environmental and Waste Management Symposium, March 2004.
• Link, A. and S.J. Grimberg. "The Effects of Non-Ionic Surfactants on the Dissolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar." Presented at the UWPA Conference Celebrating Scholarship By and About Women. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL, April, 1999
• Link, A. "The Effect of Non-ionic Surfactants on the Dissolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar". Poster presented at the Annual WEF Conference, New Orleans, October, 1999.
• Link, A. "The Effect of Non-ionic Surfactants on the Dissolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar". Presented at the ASCE National Environmental Engineering Conference. Norfolk, VA. July 27, 1999.
• Furnans, J.E., S.E. Powers, and C.A. Peters, "The Wettability of Various Minerals Exposed to Nonaqueous Phase Liquids." Poster presented at the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco CA, December 1998.
• Desrosiers, K., S. Stone, and A.K. Zander, "Arsenite Removal from Water using UF/NF Membranes." Presented at the American Water Works Association Annual Conference, Chicago, June 20-24, 1999.
• Durbin T.D., T.M. Zawistowski, T.C. Young, Fate of Free Cyanide in Surface Waters. Poster presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 1999 Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1999.
• Damstedt, B.G and S.E. Powers, "The Effect of DNAPL-Quartz Electrostatic Attraction on Wettability Alteration." Abstract submitted for presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR 2000), Missoula MT, April 27-29, 2000.

Presentations with REU Students as Co-Authors

• Langen, T.A., A. Machniak, E. Crowe, C. Mangan, D. Marker (2004) Impact of roads on St. Lawrence Valley herptiles. Presented at the Norteastern Natural History Conference, Great Lakes Research Consortium Meetings, Spring 2004.
• Cormier, J.M., Eastman C.M., Gartner I., Goodrich S., Mueller A. “Imprinted Polymers in Wastewater Treatment”, NERM 2004, Advanced Polymer Symposium, November 2004
• Chen, M., A. Crandall, L.A. Luck and S.J. Grimberg (2003) Role of lipopolysaccharides in bacterial adhesion at NAPL-water interfaces. Presented at the 103rd General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, May , Washington, D.C.
• Young, T.C., T.L. Theis, J. Snider, T. Durbin, and T. Zawistowski. Transport and Fate of Cyanide Species in Surface Waters. WERF Worrkshop 115, WEFTEC'99, New Orleans LA, October 1999.
• Ying Y., T.L. Theis and S.Huang, "Separation and Quantification of Organic Cyanides in Wastewater", Submitted for Presentation at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the New York Water Environment Association, New York, NY, January 31-February2, 2000.
• Thorp, J.H., A.F. Casper, H.A. Allen, D.K. Stewart, and J.R.Murray, "Zooplankton distribution and migration in St. Lawrence River." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the International Association of Great Lakes Research, Cornwall Ont., May 2000
• McDowell, C., S. Albers, and S.E. Powers, Migration of Petroleum Pools Following an Ethanol Spill. Poster presented at the Spring Annual Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. Boston MA, June, 2001.

Publications

• T.A. Langen, A. Machniak, E. Crowe, C. Mangan, D. Marker, N. Liddle, B. Roden. A comparison of methodologies for surveying herpetofauna road mortality along a highway road network. Wildife Society Bulletin, in review.
• Eastman C., Goodrich S., Gartner I., Mueller A. “Imprinted Polymers in Wastewater Treatment”, Environmental Chemistry Preprints 2004, 44(1), 474-477.
• Duquette, M.M, Swanson, J. and Visser, K.D., (2003) Solidity and Blade Number Effects on Small Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Engineering, 27(4), 299-316
• Link, A. (2000) The Effect of Non-ionic Surfactants on the Dissolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar. ASCE Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management. Vol. 4, No. 2, 78-81.
• Young, T.C., T.L. Theis, J. Snider, T. Durbin, and T. Zawistowski. Quarterly Progress Report, WERF Project 98-HHE-5, Cyanide formation and fate in complex effluents and its relation to water quality criteria. Water Environment Research Foundation, Alexandria VA, 1999.
• Lavine, B.K. A. Vesanen, D.M Brzozowski, (2001) Authentication of Fuel Standards using Gas Chromatography and Pattern Recognition Techniques. Analytical Letters, 34(2), 281-294.
• Bouyer F., Robben A., Yu W. L., and Borkovec M. (2001) Aggregation of Colloidal Particles in the Presence of Oppositely Charged Polyelectrolytes: Effect of Surface Charge Heterogeneities, Langmuir, 17, 5225-5231.
• Duquette, M.M, Swanson, J. and Visser, K.D., (2003) Solidity and Blade Number Effects on Small Horizontal-Axis Wind Turbines, Wind Engineering, 27(4), 299-316.
• Chafin, R.D., M.R. Twiss, Effects of Potassium on Thallium Toxicity to Phytoplankton. Submitted to Environ. Toxicity and Chemistry.

Awards

• Negron-Vazquez, S. 1st price winner for best presentation at the University Research Forum at the 77th Annual Conference of the New York Water Environment Association, New York, 2005
• Gerbig, C. 2nd place winner for second best presentation at the University Research Forum at the 77th Annual Conference of the New York Water Environment Association, New York, 2005.
• Zawistowski, T.M. 2nd place for poster presented at the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) 1999 Annual Meeting - undergraduate, environment category, Dallas, Texas, Nov. 1999.
• DesRosiers, K., 1st Place Award - 1998 Water Environment Federation Student Paper Competition in the Bachelors Category. "Arsenite Removal from Water using UF/NF Membranes."
• Link, A. 2nd place at the 1999 ASCE EED Student Paper Competition."The Effect of Non-ionic Surfactants on the Dissolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar."
• Link, A. 3rd place at the 1999 WEF Student Paper Competition in the Bachelor's Category. "The Effect of Non-ionic Surfactants on the Dissolution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons from Coal Tar."

Student Opinions from 1998:
There isn't a time clock and no one strictly enforces the 40 hours a week rule. In other words you are treated like an adult and expected to get your work done. We found that at the beginning we worked less and near the end we worked more than 40 hours a week. Besides the seminars and field trips there were also smaller projects like making this REU homepage
and making individual project homepages. The field trips were fun, especially the retreat at beautiful Star Lake. Follow our project and social activities links to learn more about our '98 experience.

Items Worth Mentioning
Award during the Summer Research Symposium

Two of the presentations by REU students received awards:

• Holly Hearting was presented with the "Best Presentation" award.
• The research work of Ann Bradley and Belinda McSwain was defined as the "Most Comprehensive."