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The first Technion-Waterloo Research Symposium was held on the campus of Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, 21-22 November, 2018. Ecohydrology researchers Philippe Van Cappellen and Adrian Mellage attended the symposium. Philippe presented a talk entitled “Exploring the Subsurface – Or how spectral induced polarization (SIP) can be used to monitor below-ground colloid fate and transport”.
Abstract: Microbial processes influence geochemical reaction pathways in a range of natural and engineered environments. These processes often result in the precipitation, alteration, or dissolution of mineral phases, thereby also altering the chemistry of the surrounding fluid.
On Monday, February 4th, the Ecohydrology Research Group hosted the 7th annual World Wetlands Day Research Symposium at the University of Waterloo.
Environmental Science and Technology articles ASAP (as soon as publishable) now features a publication by Ecohydrology researchers Adrian Mellage, Laureline Vallée, Fereidoun Rezanezhad and Philippe Van Cappellen in collaboration with researchers from nanotechnology. The paper titled “Sensing Coated Iron-Oxide Nanoparticles with Spectral Induced Polarization (SIP): Experiments in Natural Sand Packed Flow-Through Columns” focuses on sensing engineered nanoparticles, designed for targeted hydrocarbon remediation, using spectral induced polarization (SIP).
Adrian Mellage has successfully defended his PhD thesis titled "Hydrobiogeophysics: Linking geo-electrical Properties and Biogeochemical Processes in Shallow Subsurface Environments". Adrian completed his PhD with the Ecohydrology Research Group, at the University of Waterloo.
Professor Keith Hipel, from the Department of Systems Design Engineering will deliver the Miroslaw Romanowski Lecture at the University of Waterloo on November 29th. His talk is titled: "Negotiations over Groundwater Contamination".
Event details and links to registration can be found here.
A new paper, co-authored by Drs. Stephane Ngueleu, Fereidoun Rezanezhad and Philippe Van Cappellen, has been published in Journal of Contaminant Hydrology. The article, titled " Sorption of benzene and naphthalene on (semi)-arid coastal soil as a function of salinity and temperature ", was written in collaboration with Dr. Riyadh Al-Raoush from Qatar University.
Philippe Van Cappellen (Canada Excellence Research Chair Laureate in Ecohydrology) participated as a panellist on Thursday, November 8th, in a session on "Water at the science-policy interface: Challenges and opportunities for Canada" at the 10th annual Canadian Science Policy Conference (CSPC). The panel was put together by Global Water Futures and Ecohydrology Research group members, Homa Kheyrollah Pour (also conference co-chair and panel moderator), Tatjana Milojevic and Nancy Goucher (panel co-organizers).
Join Gregory Baird, President of The Water Finance Research Foundation, as he presents "Perspectives on the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Challenge: Engineering, Technology or Financial Crisis," as part of the Water Institute's WaterTalk lecture series.
For more information about the speaker and the presentation, visit the Water Institute's page.