Deans' Forum

 on the Environment

Listed below are the posters that were on display during the Deans' Forum on the Environment, February 26, 2007. Permission has been granted by the authors to make these posters avialable to the public. If you wish to find an entry that is not listed here, you can find it by searching for a specific entry or browsing all entries.

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Design For Health Living Patrick Miller	Can We Increase Nitrogen Capture In Dairy Cows As A Method Of Reducing Nitrogen Excretion Without Compromising Production? Agustin Rius, Joby Cyiac, Mark Hanigan	Natural Resource Service Learning Modules David Close
Plumbing Materials: Impacts On Drinking Water Quality And Consumer Willingness To Pay Andrea Dietrich, E. Tanellari, Marc Edwards, G. V. Loganathan, Susan E. Duncan, Darrell Bosch, Sharon K. Dwyer, Tamim Younos, Joseph Falkinham , Anne Camper, J. Cerrato, J. H. Hong, E. Kleczyk, J. Lee, P. Omur, Tanellari E., Y. Zhang , J. Cuppett, A. Dudi, M. Durand, A. George, T. Heim, H. Johnson, J. Ladd, N. Murray, C. Nguyen, S. Triantafyllidou, S. Abbot, A. Galvis, M. Greenfield, J. Nicholson, K. Robbins, A. Strickhouser	Protecting The Environment Via Pesticide Safety Education Patricia Hipkins, Michael Weaver	Biodiversity Conservation And Drug Discovery: Can They Be Combined? The Suriname And Madagascar Experiences David Kingston, Shugeng Cao, Yanpeng Hou, Brian Murphy
Sustainable Agriculture And Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program Theo Dillaha, Keith Moore, Michael Bertelsen, Maria Elisa Christie, Rachel Judy	Influence Of Recruitment Age On Lifetime Reproductive Success Of The Cooperatively Breeding Florida Scrub-Jay Erin Hewett	Managing The "Commons" On Cadillac Mountain: A Stated Choice Analysis Of Acadia National Park Visitors' Preferences Steve Lawson, Steve Bullock
Virginia Natural Resources Leadership Institute Mike Ellerbrock, Frank Dukes, Tanya Denckla-Cobb, Steve Smutko, Mary Lou Addor	Adoption Of Bamboo As A New Fiber Source To Supplement Timber Supply In Ghana's Forest Products Industry: A Focus On The Principal Tertiary And Panel Product Exporters Richard Bonsi, Alfred L. "Tom" Hammett	Developing A Zero-Pollution Car Powered By Sugar Percival Zhang
Why Do People Respond To Natural Resource Management In The Ways They Do? Marc Stern	Evaluating Population-Habitat Relationships Of Forest Breeding Birds At Multiple Scales Using Forest Inventory And Analysis Data Todd Fearer, Dean Stauffer, Steve Prisley	Avtex Fibers State Veteran’s Cemetery Project Robert Holmes
"And No Birds Sing": Writing For Environmental Awareness And Change Katie Fallon	Recycle Of Nutrients In Wastewater Effluent To Sustain Fish Polyculture David Kuhn, Gregory Boardman	Residential Energy Consumption In The United States: Does The Environmental Kuznets Curve Apply? Mary Gillett Fisher, Casey Dawkins
Effects Of Nutrient And Organic Matter Manipulation On Carbon Pools And Fluxes In A Young Loblolly Pine Stand Michael Tyree, John Seiler	The Sustainable Mobility Laboratory Linsey Marr, Lisa Schweitzer, John Linford	Endangered Species Research At The Virginia Cooperative Fish And Wildlife Research Unit Richard Neves, Michael Vaughan, Paul Angermeier
Comparison Of Methods For Measuring Streambank Retreat Jonathan Resop, Cully Hession	Improving Collaborative Decision-Making And Community Capacity Through Fire Learning Networks Bruce Goldstein, Max O. Stephenson Jr., William Butler, R. Bruce Hull, Curt Gervich	Lysimeter Study Of Integrated Wetland Filtration For Nutrient Removal Shawn Rosenquist, Cully Hession, David H. Vaughan
A Range Wide Study Of Soil CO2 Efflux And Associated Stand Variables In Managed Loblolly Pine Benjamin Templeton, John Seiler, Randolph Wynne, Thomas Fox	Earth Sustainability Curriculum For Liberal Education Project: Environmental Education For A Sustainable Future Barbara Bekken, Lori Blanc, Cortney Martin, Joan Marie	Environmental Interfaces In Biogeochemistry Nicholas Wigginton, Deric Learman, Juan Liu, Kelly Haus, Alison Smith, Ben Potters, Deborah Aruguete, Joerg Jinschek, Michael Hochella
Recovering Virginia’s African American Landscape Brian Katen	Impedance-Based Structural Health Monitoring Of Wind Turbine Blades Corey Pitchford, Daniel Inman	Partitioning Of E. Coli And Enterococci Between Planktonic And Sorbed Phases In Runoff From Pasturelands Michelle Soupir, Saied Mostaghimi
Sustainable Housing Curriculum Kathleen Parrott, JoAnn Emmel, Julia Beamish	Reproductive Biology In American Black Bears Colleen Olfenbuttel, Michael Vaughan	Denning Ecology Of American Black Bears In Virginia Andrew Bridges, Michael Vaughan
The Mineral Springs Of Virginia: Virginia's Lost Healing Landscape Brian Katen	Use Of Capacitance Sensors For Continuous Suspended Sediment Concentration Monitoring Barbra Utley, Tess Wynn	Implementation Strategies In The Upper Stroubles Creek Watershed Gene Yagow, Brian Benham, Tess Wynn, Tamim Younos
Speciation Of Cr (Iii) And Cr (Vi) In Contaminated Waters Using Supported Liquid Membranes Owens Lesley, Gary Long	Lead-Free Nanosilver Paste For Electronics And Optoelectronics Packaging Jesus Calata, Thomas Lei, Guo-Quan Lu, Tao Wang	Propagation And Restoration Of Endangered Mussels (Unionidae) At The Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Center, Virginia Tech Richard Neves, Dan Hua, Jess Jones, Rachel Mair, William Henley
Methods For Determining Streambank Critical Shear Stress And Soil Erodibility: Implications For Erosion Rate Predictions Leslie Clark, Theresa Wynn	Novel Polymers And Composites From Poultry Feathers Justin Barone	Indigenous Science, Ecological Sustainabiilty, And Education In Malawi George Glasson, Absalom Phiri, Ndalapa Mhango
Comparison Of Hydrologic Calibration Of Hspf using Automatic And Manual Methods Sang Min Kim, Brian Benham, Becky Zeckoski	On-Line Characterization Of Biodiesel Reaction And Uses For Glycerol Justin Barone	The Impacts Of Chemotherapeutics On Nitrifying Bacteria In Aquaculture Systems Amy Cheatham, Gregory Boardman, Stephen Smith, Nancy Love, George Flick
Safe Water: Detection Of Pollution And The Journal Of Environmental Detection Susan Allender-Hagedorn	Enhanced Microbial Activity And Energy Conservation Through Pneumatic Mixing In Sludge Systems Sabine Sibler, Gregory Dr. Boardman, John Dr. Novak, Elliott Locklair, Bennett Helms	Cavity Excavation And Enlargement As Mechanisms For Indirect Interactions In An Avian Community Lori Blanc, Jeffrey Walters
Environmental Tracking And Formation Control Of An Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Platoon: A Two-Level Consensus Approach Gray Roberson, Daniel Stilwell	Changes In Streambank Erodibility And Critical Shear Stress Due To Subaerial Processes Tess Wynn, Marc Henderson, David Vaughan	Computational Tools For Chemical Data Assimilation Adrian Sandu
Impact Of Chemical And Microbiological Oxidation And Reduction Of Manganese In Drinking Water Systems Jose Cerrato, Joseph Falkinham, Andrea Dietrich	Green Engineering And Life Cycle Analysis At Virginia Tech Sean Mcginnis	Di-Sulfonated Poly(arylene Ether Sulfone) Random Copolymers As Novel Candidates For Chlorine-Resistant Reverse Osmosis Membranes Mou Paul, Zhongbiao Zhang, Guangyu Fan, Abhishek Roy, H. B. Park, Benny D. Freeman, Juddy S. Riffle , James . E. McGrath
Analysis Of Clutch Size Variation For Loggerhead Sea Turtles (Caretta Caretta) Nesting On Bald Head Island, Nc Usa Melissa Hedges, Jim Berkson	Evaluation Of The Fate Of Environmentally Relevant Micropollutants: Carbamazepine (Cbz), Iopromide (Iop), And Trimethoprim (Tmp) Wendell Khunjar, Seungyun Baik, Dawn Celiz, Ines Henriques, Nancy Love, Taewoo Yi, Diana Aga, Willie Harper Jr.	Integrating Ecological Risk Into Regional Planning To Conserve Freshwater Fishes Of The Upper Tennessee River Basin Kimberly Mattson, Paul Angermeier, Paul Angermeier
The NOAA Fisheries Service Rtr Program At Virginia Tech Jim Berkson	The Alligator's Allure: Changing Conceptions Of A Charismatic Carnivore Mark Barrow	Traffic Roundabouts And Context Sensitive Design Patrick Miller, Suhardi Maulan, Hooman Koliji
Near Bank Shear Stress Along Vegetated Streambanks Leslie Clark, Theresa Wynn	Conservation Of Non-Breeding Crested Caracaras In Florida James Dwyer, Jim Fraser, Joan Morrison	TMDL Knowledgebase Clearinghouse: A Tool For TMDL Developers Julie Jesiek, Brian Benham, Gene Yagow, Brian Benham, Gene Yagow
Shifts In Areas Of Potential Dengue Risk In Hawaii Based On Climate Variability And Change Korine Kolivras	Managing Forest Carbon Randolph Wynne, Christopher S. Potter, John R. Seiler, David A. Sampson, Thomas R. Fox, Ralph A. Amateis	Tree Growth Response And Nutrient Dynamics Following Land Application Of Biosolids To Forests In Virginia Eduardo Arellano, Thomas Fox
Particulate Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons And Aerosol Active Surface Area In Different Environments Of Mexico City Dwight Thornhill, Linsey Marr, Luisa Molina	Transportation Projects As A Means Enhance Way Finding And Community Identity In The Urban Context Hooman Koliji, Patrick Miller, Patrick Miller, Maulan Suhardi	Comparative Transfer Of Neurotoxicants (Lead Acetate And Malathion) Through In Vitro Blood-Brain Barrier Systems Including Bovine And Rat Microvascular Endothelial Cells Blair Meldrum, Pergentino Balbuena, Kristel Fuhrman, Barbara Wise, Marion Ehrich
Influence Of Soil Amendments And Microtopography On Rooting In A Created Tidal Freshwater Swamp In Southeastern Virginia Sarah Dickinson, J. Roger Harris, W. Lee Daniels, P. Eric Wiseman	Nitritation And Autotrophic Nitrogen Removal In A Hollow-Fiber Membrane-Aerated Biofilm Reactor Kevin Gilmore, Nancy Love, Barth F. Smets	The Bacteria Source Load Calculator: Tool For Use In Watershed Planning Rebecca Zeckoski, Brian Benham
Nitrogen Removal From Dairy Manure Jason Beck, Nancy Love, Jactone Ogejo, Katharine Knowlton	Vegetation-Induced Roughness: A Flume Study With Natural Wetland Plants Candice Piercy	Predicting Root Density In Streambanks Candice Piercy, Theresa Wynn
Evaluating A Stream Classification System In The Mid-Atlantic U.S. Using Discriminant And Cluster Analysis Candice Piercy, Theresa Wynn, Cully Hession	Bycatch Associated With The Horseshoe Crab Trawl Survey Larissa Graham	Development Of A Sediment Entrainment Predictive Tool For River Management Purposes Manousos Valyrakis
Role Of Eastern Hemlock In Stream Ecosystems In Southwestern Virginia Meredith Worthen, Carlyle Brewster, Scott Salom	Characterization And Reclamation Of Acid-Producing Sulfidic Materials In Virginia Zenah Orndorff, W. Lee Daniels	Reclamation Of Heavy Mineral Sands Mine Soils For Agricultural Use Zenah Orndorff, W. Lee Daniels
Modeling Channel Erosion At The Watershed Scale: A Comparison Of Gwlf, Swat, And Concepts Tess Wynn, Nathan Staley, Brian Benham	Recovery Of Stream Health After Cattle Exclusion Sheila Ranganath, Cully Hession	Improving Mechanical Property Evaluation Through Modeling Intra-Ring Variation Of Wood Strands Daniel Hindman, Jong Nam Lee, Gi Young Jeong
The Center For TMDL And Watershed Studies At Virginia Tech: activities And Accomplishments Brian Benham, Mary Leigh Wolfe, Tess Wynn, Saied Mostaghimi, Gene Yagow, Kevin Brannan	Energy And Environmental Impacts Of Route Choice Decisions Hesham Rakha	Integration Framework For Estimating Mobile Source Vehicle Emissioins Hesham Rakha, Kyoungho Ahn
Urban Forestry And Environment Research To Achieve Functioning Biotic Landscapes In Urbanizing Settings Susan Day, Julia Bartens, J. Roger Harris, P. Eric Wiseman, Joseph Dove	Emissions Cap-and-Trade: From Sox To CO2 John Randolph	Sustainable Engineered Materials From Renewable Resources: Design And Manufacture Of New High-Performance Composites Audrey Zink-Sharp
Adjusting N:P Ratios In Liquid Dairy Manure Through Nitrification And Chemical Phosphorus Removal To Match Crop Fertilizer Requirements Jo Debusk, Jactone Arogo Ogejo, Nancy Love, Katharine Knowlton	Cultivating Symbolic Forests: A Critique Of Two Urban "Art-forests" Paul Kelsch	The Impact Of Environmental Regulations On The Cost Of Housing John Randolph, Arthur C. Nelson
Deployment Of Microbial Source Tracking To Identify Sources Of Fecal Pollution In Water Charles Hagedorn, Annie Hassall, Mike Saluta, Jay Dickerson, Timothy Wade	Quantification Of Conservation Practice Effects Using Water Balance Calculations Kevin Brannan	Commonwealth Avenue: Helping A Community Toward A Linear Park Irene Mills, Paul Kelsch
From Sustainable Forest Management To Sustainable Mining: Using Lessons Learned Of The Tropical Forest Foundation And Virginia Tech To Develop A Joint Research And Outreach Program Tom Hammett, John Chermak	Mitigation Planning Associations: A Cooperative Approach To Stream Mitigation Requirements From Mining Activities Kurt Stephenson, Leonard Shabman	Process Control At Nutrient Removal Wastewater Treatment Plants During Toxic Shock Events Ameet Pinto, Jeremy Guest, Dr. Nancy Love
Growing Mahogany Sustainably Through Conservation And Augmentation Of The Weaver Ant, A Biological Control Agent Of Mahogany Pests Grace Lim, Scott Salom, L.T. Kok, Laurence G. Kirton	Saving Energy Through Efficiency Fred Wang	The Removal Of Estrogens In Different Dairy Manure Treatments Zunyang Zhao, Katharine Knowlton, Nancy Love
Healthy Living By Design Elizabeth Gilboy, Kim Watson, Terri Fisher	Environmental Education Shows Stem Relevance Llyn Sharp, Tamim Younos, Mike Rosenzweig	Development Of A Nitrifying Microbial Fuel Cell For Sustainable Wastewater Treatment Jeremy Guest, Sayangdev Naha, Ross Frey, Joshua Sole, Nancy Love, Ishwar Puri, Michael Ellis
Life History And Secondary Production Of Goniobasis Proxima (Prosobranchia:pleuroceridae) From Four Appalachian Headwater Streams In Western North Carolina Nicholas Jeremiah, E.F. Benfield, E.F. Benfield	The Use Of Potential Renewable Energy Resources For Developing Sustainable Water Supplies Tamim Younos	A Comparison Of Ammonia Flux Measurements From Dairy Waste Following Dietary Protein Manipulation Of Holstein Cows Jeffrey Sparks, Linsey Marr, Katharine Knowlton, Jactone Ogejo, Susan Gay, Mark Hanigan
Development Of Survey-Like Assessment Tools To Assess Brian Benham, Kevin Brannan, Saied Mostaghimi, James Pease, Anurag Mishra	Ftable Generation Method Effects On Instream Fecal Bacteria Concentrations Simulated With Hspf Kyle Hall	Development Of Water Quality Calibration Procedure And Criteria For Bacteria TMDL Sang Min Kim, Sara Morris
Design And Testing Of An In-Line Drain Tile Filter To Capture Nitrate And Phosphate Leachates From Sand-Based Putting Greens Adam Nichols, Erik Ervin, Michael Goatley, Matthew Eick	Long-Term Changes In Mehlich-3 And Hedley Phosphorus Pools In Response To A Single P Fertilization In Southeastern Us Loblolly Pine Plantations. Bradley Miller, Thomas Fox	Acid Deposition Effects On Forest Composition And Productivity In The Monongahela National Forest Patricia Elias, James Buger, James Burger, M. Beth Adams
From Theory To Implementation: Creating An Urban Green Infrastructure Network In Roanoke, Virginia Margaret Bryant, Moonsun Jeong	Integrated Pest Management Collaborative Research Support Program Muni Muniappan, S.K. De Datta, Larry Vaughan	Diversity Of The Fungal Genus Fusarium One Hundred Meters Above The Surface Of The Earth David Schmale, Benjamin Dingus, Alicia Wood-Jones, Piyum Khatibi, Charles Reinholtz
Growth And Survival Of Piping Plover (Charadrius Melodus) Chicks On Engineered And Natural Sandbars On The Missouri River Daniel Catlin, James Fraser, Casey Kruse	Rebuilding The Brazilian Rainforest: Inter-Disciplinary Applied Research On Land Cover Change In The Amazon. John Browder, Randolph Wynne	Peanut Waste Products As Antioxidants For Potential Use As Food Additives Kumar Mallikarjunan, Sean O'Keefe, Tameshia Ballard
Polychlorinated Biphenyl Effects On Avian Hepatic Enzyme Induction And Thyroid Function Catherine Webb, F. M. Anne McNabb	Biogeochemistry Of Carbon On Disturbed Forest Landscapes Beyhan Amichev, James Burger	Application Of Microbial Source Tracking Methods To Food Safety And Protection Of Water Resources Charles Hagedorn, Susan Allender-Hagedorn
Nuclear Power: The Other Green Alternative Mark Pierson, Eugene Brown, Kenneth Ball	Equine Phosphorus Digestion And Excretion To Reduce Environmental Impact Of Horse Farms Sarah Marpet, Katharine Knowlton, W. Burton Staniar	Exploring Atmospheric Microbial Communities With Autonomous Unmanned Aerial Vehicles David Schmale, Benjamin Dingus, Alicia Wood-Jones, Piyum Khatibi, Allan Dickerman, Craig Woolsey, Charles Reinholtz
Nutrient Budgets For The Mid-Atlantic States James Pease, Gregory Evanylo, Brian Benham, Jactone Ogejo, Rory Maguire, Charles Stallings	Causes Of The Red Knot Decline Sarah Karpanty, Jim Fraser, Jonathan Cohen, Jim Berkson, Eric Smith	Plug: An Inter-Disciplinary Faculty-Student Collaboration At Virginia Tech Taranjit Kaur, Matthew Lutz, Dr. Jatinder Singh, Nathan King
Reducing The Environmental Impact Of Livestock Production By Engineering A Nutritionally Enhanced Soybean Amanda Stiles, Elizabeth Grabau	Effects Of Latent In Utero And Perinatal Tcdd Exposure In Post-Natal C57bl/6 And Snf1 Murine 2nd Litter Offspring Matthew Goff, Amjad Mustafa, Richard Kerr, Steven Holladay, Robert Gogal	Streambank Restoration And Fish Community Monitoring In Stroubles Creek: An Ongoing Initiative Of The American Fisheries Society Jamie Roberts, Michael Duncan
The Conservation Machine: Land Conservation As Big Business John Randolph, Jesse Richardson	Disinfection By-Product Formation Resulting From Chlorination Of Antimicrobial Personal Care Products Peter Vikesland, E. Matthew Fiss, Krista Rule	Impact Of Land Use On Hydrology Of The Luangwa River Valley, Zambia Conrad Heatwole, Young Gu Her
Root Chemical Communication Signals For Underground Pest Control Martha Vaughan, Dorothea Tholl	Innovative And Cooperative Approaches To Utilize And Export Shenandoah Valley Organic Resources And Reduce Nutrients To The Bay Katharine Knowlton, Greg Evanylo, Jactone Arogo-Ogejo, Foster Agblevor, Conrad Heatwole, Eric Bendfeldt, Kathy Holm, Rebecca Barlow	Sers Based Biosensor For The Detection Of Cryptosporidium Parvum In Drinking Water Krista Rule, Peter Vikesland
Enhanced T-Bet Expression, Ifng-Inducing Cytokines, And Inflammatory Molecules In Estrogen-Treated C57bl/6 Mice. Ebru Karpuzoglu, Rebecca Phillips, Rujuan Dai, S. Ansar Ahmed	Predicting The Public Health Impact Of Oxidative Toxins Using A Bacterial Glutathione-Gated Potassium Efflux Stress Response Biosensor Kaoru Ikuma, Inês Henriques, Beverly Rzigalinski, Brian Love, Nancy Love	Flight 93 National Memorial Competition Laurel Mcsherry, Terry Surjan
Characterization Of The Size, Shape, Crystallinity And Surface Charge Of C60 Aggregates Formed In Aqueous Systems Laura Duncan, Joerg Jinschek, Linsey Marr	Stock Car Racing Tonight: Speed, Power, And Community At The Virginia Speedways Brian Katen	Mapping Water Quality In Fairfax County John Mcgee, Jeff Kirwan
Ecological Modeling Of Recruitment Of Lake Erie Walleye (Sander Vitreus) Fisheries Yan Jiao	Choosing By Advantages In Green Roof Decision-Making Elizabeth Grant	The Use Of Genomics And Biotechnology To Reduce Environmental Pollution And Agricultural Production Cost Saghai Maroof, Yanxin Gao, Katy Rainey, Elizabeth Grabau