SENIOR RESEARCH CONFERENCE

100 Towne: Heilmeier Hall

APRIL 30, 2003

9:00-9:30 Registration
9:30 Environmental Public Policy & Planning Chairs: Stan Laskowski & Elaine Wright
9:30 Sharon Hsu COMPUTER MODELS OF THE IMPACT OF URBANIZATION ON WATER QUALITY IN NEW JERSEY
9:45 Judah Lebow ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE EDUCATION
10:00 Regan Kenyon PREDATORY GOVERNMENT, ENVIRON-MENTAL DEGRADATION & REGIONAL INSTABILITY IN LIBERIA

10:15 Ashon Crawley STRATEGIES FOR CULTURALLY SENSITIVE ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION
10:30
Endel Liias
ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE GOLF-COURSE MANAGEMENT
10:45 BREAK
11:00 Jacqueline Morrison OVERCOMING FINANCIAL BARRIERS TO BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT
11:15 Chris Crisman VANISHED STEEL: THE STEEL INDUSTRY OF TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA
11:30 Johan Jungholm FLOOD PREVENTION, MITIGATION, AND INSURANCE: EVALUATION OF METHODS FROM A GEOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE
11:45 Ann-Ariel Vecchio THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
12:00
Neha D. Shah
THE ROLE OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATUS IN FEDERAL AIR PERMITTING PROGRAMS
12:15 LUNCH
Lobby, Hayden Hall
1:00 ECOLOGY Chairs: W. John Smith & Yvette Bordeaux
1:00 Sam Burley DESIGN OF AN ECOLOGICAL LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEM USING IN SITU RESOURCES ON MARS
1:15 Claudia Jones REEFS & COASTLINES IN THE EASTERN CARIBBEAN

1:30 Peter-John Hulson A METHOD FOR DETERMINING WATER WITHDRAWAL EFFECTS ON FRESH- WATER SHRIMP SPECIES FROM A LIFE- HISTORY MODEL OF MACROBRACHIUM
1:45 Mark Danzeisen STRIPED BASS FISHERY MANAGEMENT
2:00 Colleen Connors THE HAARLEMMERMEER
2:15 Lakshmi Aggarwal MEGAFAUNA EXTINCTION IN AUSTRALIA
2:30 John Westhoff RESTORATION OF THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES
2:45 BREAK
3:00 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOLOGY Chairs: Gomaa Omar & Fred Scatena
3:00 Kathryn Hinton AN EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSED [AND REJECTED] NEW WORLD MINING PROJECT IN MONTANA, USA
3:15 Andrew Pike HYDROLOGIC ANALYSIS OF A MOIST SUBTROPICAL FOREST IN SOUTHWESTERN PUERTO RICO
3:30 Juliana Bauer NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF LOWERMOST CARBONIFEROUS FOSSIL PLANTS FROM THE PERUVIAN ANDES
3:45 Dora Kravitz EFFECTS OF IN SITU CORROSION ON THE MAGNETIC ANOMALY OVER A BURIED STEEL DRUM
4:00 Laura Mitterman CHANGES IN APATITE DURING FOSSIL DIAGENESIS
4:15 Taylor Brooke Myatt DIAGNOSIS WITH COMPUTER FOSSIL IDENTIFICATION
4:30 Discussion
5:00 RECEPTION

Lobby, Hayden Hall