Students Corey Wallace and Mitch Bayer explained their NSF-funded research on tidal rivers to local community members at the 8th annual White Clay Creek Fest. It was a great day of activities, hikes, and demonstrations related to White Clay Creek, a National Wild and Scenic River that is tidally influenced.
Connor Gallagher and Megan Mave defended their senior theses this week and received “research with distinction.” The title of Connor’s thesis is “Restoring surface water-groundwater connectivity in an Appalachian headwater stream on surface mined lands (Guy Cove, Kentucky).” The title of Megan’s thesis is “Tank experiment to quantify fate of algal toxins in shallow coastal sediments.”
Corey Wallace received a GSA Graduate Student Research Grant in support of his proposal, “Determining the fate of nitrogen in the tidal freshwater zone: a reach-scale tracer approach.” Congratulations, Corey!
Megan Mave (below, right) presented her senior thesis research today at Ohio State’s Spring Undergraduate Research Expo. Her poster described wave tank experiments on the fate of algal toxins in coastal sediment. Great job, Megan!
Megan Mave received a $1000 Sigma Xi Grant-In-Aid of Research Award in support of her undergraduate thesis project, “Tank experiments to quantify fate of algal toxins in shallow coastal sediments.” Congratulations, Megan!
Kevin Parks successfully defended his senior thesis, “Measuring groundwater discharge into Lake Erie using seepage meters.” Kevin graduated from Ohio State this fall with “research distinction” and is headed to Oregon to pursue work in environmental geology. Congratulations, Kevin!
Deon Knights defended his thesis, “Tidal controls on denitrification in coastal riverbeds.” Congratulations, Deon!
Megan Mave is the recipient of a Research Scholar Award from Ohio State. The title of her senior thesis research is “Tank experiment to quantify fate of algal toxins in shallow coastal sediments.” Congratulations, Megan!
Students in ES 5194 (Coastal Hydrogeology) took a field trip to Lake Erie over Labor Day weekend. The central activity was a two-day experiment to measure nutrient inputs to the coast from direct groundwater discharge. We deployed seepage meters offshore and collected groundwater samples for nutrient concentrations. The dataset from this field trip will be used to understand the role of groundwater in water and nutrient budgets for Lake Erie. 
In the match of the century, A. Sawyer’s group took on D. Sawyer’s group in volleyball and lost by a narrow margin in the tie-breaking round. D. Sawyer’s group won’t be so lucky next time!