Events - 2013

Monday, December 16, 2013 — 9:30 AM EST

M.Sc. Thesis Defence

KRISTA PAULSON

Methylmercury Production in Riverbank Sediments of the South River, Virginia (USA) and Assessment of Biochar as a Hg Treatment Option

EIT 1013

Thursday, December 12, 2013 — 2:00 PM EST

the Water Institute Seminar Series

DR. MICHAEL PATERSON

Senior Fellow and Associate

International Institute for Sustainable Development

Winnipeg, Manitoba

Toward a New Vision for the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA)

Davis Centre, Room 1302

Thursday, December 12, 2013 — 11:30 AM EST

M.Sc. Thesis Defence

CASSIA JOHNSON

"Fingerprinting Quaternary Subglacial Processes on Hall Peninsula, Baffin Island, Using Multiproxy Data"

EIT 5027

Thursday, December 5, 2013 — 7:00 PM EST

ESGA End of Term Celebration

Huether Hotel, Uptown Waterloo

prizes
pool tables
free food

UGLY SWEATER CONTEST!

Thursday, December 5, 2013 — 2:00 PM EST

Ecohydrology Research Group Seminar

DR. HIND AL-ABADLEH

Associate Professor, Chemistry

Wilfred Laurier University

Surface Chemistry of Environmentally-Important Organoarsenic Compounds with Iron (Oxyhydr)oxides Studied by ATR-FTIR, DFT Calculations, and Surface Complexation Modeling

DC 1304

Coffee provided

Thursday, November 28, 2013 — 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM EST

The Water Institute Speaker Series

Speaker Series: International Water Cooperation

Hear from world renowned NGOs about what they do, and why they do it.

WATER FOR PEOPLE

Development of locally sustainable water resources - for long term solutions.

MC 4041 from 12:00 to 1:00

Pizza will be served!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013 — 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM EST

Seminar and Dinner hosted by the APGO

Hosted by the Association of Professional Geoscientists of Ontario in collaboration with University of Waterloo

Learn about the profession; network with professionals

Join us!

Guest Speaker: Dr. Stephen Evans, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

Venue: Earth Sciences Museum, University of Waterloo

Registration: Students: Free; Attendees: $30 plus HST

Tuesday, November 19, 2013 — 2:00 PM EST

Ecohydrology Seminar Series

Dr. Susan Glasauer

Assistant Professor in Land Resource Science

University of Guelph

"Vanadium: an element with a role in global biogeochemistry.

MC 5136 at 2:00 p.m.

Friday, November 8, 2013 — 9:30 AM EST

Ph.D. Thesis Defence

Madeline Rosamond

Nitrous Oxide and Nitrate in the Grand River, Ontario: Sources, production pathways and predictability

B2-350 at 9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013 — 1:00 PM EST

Department Seminar

Dr. Jacob Hanley

Chair, Department of Geology

St. Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia

GAC HOWARD STREET ROBINSON LECTURER

Multiple stages of platinum-group element deposition in alkali Cu8-Au porphyry systems in the Canadian Cordillera, and links to mafic magmatism.

Wednesday, November 6th at 1:00 p.m. in DC 1302

Saturday, October 26, 2013 — 10:00 AM EDT

The Faculty of Science is hosting our annual Science Open House on Saturday, October 26^th from 10am-4pm. This is a free family-friendly event where kids can explore science through a wide variety of hands-on activities. Please share this info with friends who are looking for an opportunity for school-age children to have fun with science!

Friday, October 25, 2013 — 12:00 PM to Saturday, October 26, 2013 — 5:00 PM EDT

UW Gem and Mineral Show

The Earth Sciences Museum and the Faculty of Science are hosting the annual UW Gem and Mineral Show and Science Open House! There will be fun for the whole family. Admission and parking are free.

The UW Gem and Mineral Show will be on Friday October 25^th from 12 noon to 6 pm and Saturday October 26^th from 10 am – 5 pm in the Earth Sciences Museum. This is your opportunity to get some early holiday shopping done! Door prizes and vouchers will be won!

Friday, October 25, 2013 — 9:30 AM EDT

Farvolden Lecture and Research Symposium

2013 Farvolden Lecture

This year's lecture features our very own Professor Jim Barker (Professor Emeritus, University of Waterloo).

Barker will present: Canada's Oil Sands: An Evolving Water Issue on Friday, October 25, 2013 at the University of Waterloo's Humanities Theatre, Hagey Hall, at 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013 — 9:30 AM EDT

Ph.D. defense

Syed Ismail Hussain

Treatment of Water-Borne Nutrients Pathogens and Pharmaceutical Compounds Using BOF Slag

EIT 2053 @ 9:30 a.m.

Monday, May 6, 2013 — 7:00 PM EDT

Seminar

International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH),

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and

Centre for Groundwater Research (CGR)

presents ....

Stephen Di Biase

Senior Hydrogeologist, Golder Associates, Toronto

Assessing Groundwater Supply Sustainability in the Multi-Layer Aquifer System of the Waterloo Moraine

7:00 p.m. in DC 1302

Everyone welcome!

Thursday, May 2, 2013 — 3:30 PM EDT

The Water Institute Distinguished Lecturer 2013

Public Lecture

Professor Asit K. Biswas

Stockholm Water Prize Laureate

Distinguished Visiting Professor

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Singapore

Founder, Third World Centre for Water

Future of the World's Water: Rhetoric and Reality?

Math 3, Room 1006

Friday, April 26, 2013 — 3:00 PM EDT

M.Sc. thesis defence

Joshua Benmergui

Constraining Sources of Atmospheric Trace Constituents with Lagrangian Particle Dispersion Modeling.

3:00 p.m. in EIT 2053

Monday, April 22, 2013 — 2:00 PM EDT

Ph.D. thesis defence

Michelle Trommelen

Paleoglaciological Dynamics in Northern Manitoba and the Subglacial Bed Mosaic

2:00 p.m. in EIT 1015

Monday, April 15, 2013 — 7:00 PM EDT

2013 Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecture series

Dr. David Rudolph

Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo

Managing Groundwater Beneath the Agricultural Landscape

7:00 p.m. in EIT 1015

Presented by the International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH), Earth and Environmental Sciences (UW) and the Centre for Groundwater Research (CGR).

Everyone welcome!!

Monday, March 25, 2013 — 12:00 PM EDT