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14th Annual Brace Research Day

Thursday, March 17, 2016 12:30to17:00
Macdonald-Stewart Building MS2-022, 21111 Lakeshore Road, St Anne de Bellevue, QC, H9X 3V9, CA

You are invited to join us for the 14th Annual Brace Research Day. Held on World Water Day, this year's theme will look at "Water and Jobs."Ìý Come and learn about the research being carried out by students and faculty in Bioresource Engineering, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics, and Chemical Engineering.

Program:

  • 12:30ÌýÌýÌý Welcoming Remarks, Professor Van-Thanh-Van Nguyen, Director of the Brace Centre for Water Resources Management
  • 12:45ÌýÌýÌý Assessment of Agricultural Stream Design Used in Maintenance Operations in Quebec, Esther Volmar, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
  • 13:00ÌýÌýÌý Streamflow Variability in Canada's Pristine Rivers and Its Linkages to Climate Oscillations, Deasy Nalley, Bioresource Engineering
  • 13:15ÌýÌýÌý N2O Emissions from Onion Fields Cultivated on Organic Soils under Sprinkler Irrigation in Quebec, Kaitlin Lloyd, Bioresource Engineering
  • 13:30ÌýÌýÌý Permeability Evolution in Carbonate Rocks Subjected to Triaxial Stresses, Adrian Glowacki, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
  • 13:45 ÌýÌý Wormhole Generation in Carbonate Zones During CO2-Acidized Water Flow - An Added Consideration for Defining Geological Storage Security, Cyrille Couture, Civil Engineering and Applied Mechanics
  • 14:00ÌýÌýÌý Participatory Modelling of Agricultural Systems in Guatemala, Julien Malard, Bioresource Engineering
  • 14:15ÌýÌýÌý Characterizing Components of the Organophosphorus Pool in Histosols of the Holland Marsh, Aidan De Sena, Bioresource EngineeringÌý
  • 14:30 ÌýÌý Break
  • 14:45ÌýÌýÌý Combating Estrogenic Endocrine Disruptors in Untreated Wastewater Irrigation Using a Sustainable Green Technology, Christopher Nzediegwu, Bioresource Engineering
  • 15:00ÌýÌýÌý Characterization of Silver Nanoparticles in Wastewaters and Understanding their Interaction with the Green Alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, Agil Azimzada, Chemical Engineering
  • 15:15ÌýÌýÌý Use of Super Absorbent Polymers (SAP or hydrogels) and Plantain Peel Biochar (PPB) to Reduce Bioavailability of Cadmium in Potato Plants,Ìý Jaskaran Dhiman, Bioresource Engineering
  • 15:30ÌýÌýÌý Testing Various Subsurface Drainage Prediction Approaches in an Agricultural System Model, Changchi Xian, Bioresource Engineering
  • 15:45ÌýÌýÌý Remediation of Trichloroethene Contaminated Water Using Rhamnolipid Coated Palladium Doped Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron Particles, Sourjya Bhattacharjee, Civil EngineeringÌý
  • 16:00ÌýÌý Statistical Modelling of Extreme Rainfall Events: A Decision-Support Tool for Rainfall Frequency Analyses, Truong-Huy Nguyen, Chemical Engineering
  • 16:15ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýEffect of mulching on growth and Yield of chilli under drip fertigation, Rasika Burghate, Bioresource Engineering
  • 16:30 ÌýÌý Closing Remarks and presentation of Certificates: Prof. Jan Adamowski, Liliane and David M. Stewart Scholar in Water Resources, Director - Integrated Water Resources Management Program, Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
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