Friday, October 21, 2016
Dr. Christina Smeaton and Dr. Nandita Basu were invited to give talks at this year's annual Farvolden seminar series. Dr. Smeaton's talk was entitled: "Living on the energetic edge: Predicting microbial growth in low energy environments" and Dr. Basu presented "Down Under: The Critical Role of the Subsurface in Controlling Surface Water Pollution".
Master's students Elaine Secord and Christine Ridenour presented their 3-minute theses.
In the afternoon, PhD student Adrian Mellage was presented the Farvolden Scholarship. The award was established in 1990 in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Dr. Robert N. Farvolden's arrival and establishment of the groundwater program at the University of Waterloo.