What did I do in the past year? Let’s make a go at counting. One NSF proposal funded and going. Read about the STORMS project, in which we’re trying to connect stormwater decision making to hydrologic and ecologic outcomes at the watershed scale. Two papers published, both open access. Read …
Congratulations to Catherine Ruhm, who defended her MS thesis in Geology in mid-November. Catherine took on a complicated and intensive project on the soils and hydrology of abandoned mine lands in Cuyahoga Valley National Park, collecting absolutely critical baseline data on the properties of five sites which had been mined …
Two Graduate Assistantships to study urban streams We are seeking two graduate assistants for an NSF-funded collaborative project aimed at understanding how stormwater management decisions translate to hydrologic and environmental outcomes in urban streams in Cleveland (Ohio) and Denver (Colorado). These funded graduate student researchers will join an interdisciplinary team …
Garrett Blauch defended his MS thesis on “Abundance, Mobility, and Geomorphic Effects of Large Wood in Urban Streams” on June 19, 2018. He then won 3rd place in the University Council on Water Resources conference poster competition less than two weeks later. Garrett spent hundreds of hours in 11 stream …
Laura Sugano successfully defended her MS thesis on April 2, 2018 and is all set for graduation next week. Laura’s thesis “Comparing Bioretention Cell and Green Roof Performance in Parma, OH” was the culmination of three years of work at the Cleveland Metroparks’ Watershed Stewardship Center, an innovative research and …
Congratulations to the Watershed Hydrology Lab’s two first year MS students for each achieving two big accomplishments. They have both successfully defended their MS thesis proposals, putting them in a great position to be productive on their research this summer. Also, both Caytie and Garrett were awarded Geological Society of America student …
This year’s symposium occurred on October 5-6, 2016, and featured the theme of “Sustainability and Resilience on the Land-Water Continuum.”
You are invited to attend Eric Traub’s public MS thesis defense in Geology. “The Effects of Biogeochemical Sinks on the Mobility of Contaminants in an Area Affected By Acid Mine Drainage, Huff Run, Ohio.” (Co-Advisors: David Singer and Anne Jefferson) Monday, Feb. 22, 12:30 pm in McGilvrey Hall, room 339, …
Kent Wired, the electronic version of Kent State University’s student media, ran a story on Saturday about the work Kimm Jarden and I have been doing on the effectiveness of green infrastructure retrofits in a neighborhood in Parma, Ohio. Hopefully I’ll have more to say about this in the next few …
As I finish my third year at Kent State and prepare to go up for tenure, my work is taking me to exciting new heights. My newest project involves monitoring the hydrologic and water quality performance of different types of green infrastructure for Cleveland Metroparks. I never thought I’d be …