You are
cordially invited to attend the
2013 Senior Thesis Poster Session
Thursday, April 25, 4:30 – 6:30 pm
in the lower level Event Oval (LL100), Diana Center,
Barnard College
Walk through the gate at Broadway
& 117th St and walk toward the new orange
building on your right. After entering the building, take
the stairs one flight down
(see Barnard
Campus map).
One minute
presentations from 4:30-5:00 pm will be followed by poster
presentations and a reception until 6:30 pm.
If you
have any questions, please contact Catherine at
ccook@barnard.edu (212 854 5618).
Presenters &
Poster titles1
- Siobhan
Campbell:
Distinguishing
the Effects of Temperature and Melt on Seismic Wavespeeds in
the Upper Mantle
- Alejandra
Dominguez:
Observing
Diagenesis on the Oregon Margin through a Paleomagnetic Lens
- Caitlin
Dieck:
Illuminating
Damage Zones with the November 2011 Oklahoma Earthquake
Sequence
- Rachel
Sheppard:
Rapid Heating
Experiments Demonstrate the Usefulness of Organic Molecules as
an Earthquake
Thermometer
- Claire
Mathieson:
When did the
East Antarctic Ice Sheet Deposit the Moraines at Mts. Howe and
Achernar and How
Can We Use These Dates to Evaluate the Ice Sheet's Past
Behavior?
- Jennifer
Bergeron:
Characterizing
Pleistocene Lacustrine Sediments Recording the
Brunhes-Matuyama Polarity near
Bishop, CA
- Sebastian
Vivancos: δ13C of Bulk Organic
Matter: A Record of Atmospheric Carbon
Dioxide, Aeolian Input, and Organic Matter Diagenesis
- Naomi
Wasserman:
Investigating
the Tungsten (W) Concentrations and Isotopic Compositions of
Natural Waters in
Carson River Basin, Nevada
- Kelsey
Umemoto:
Hydrogeochemical Effects of a Simulated CO2 Leak
into a Shallow
Aquifer in the Newark Basin
- Leah
Watson:
Arsenic
Mitigation of Private Well Water: The Role and Effectiveness
of State
Governments
- Shiva
Rouhani: The Hydraulic Conductivity Between Shale Gas
Formations and Shallow Drinking Water Wells in the New York
Southern Tier
- Lindsay
Garten: Educating Stakeholders About Shale Gas
Production Using a Physical Model of Hydraulic Fracturing
- Aviva
Hamavid: Play Your Way to Environmental Awareness:
Comparing Middle School Teaching Methods About Health Impacts
From Municipal Solid Waste Management
- Helen
Kilian: Breaking the Cycle: A Study of the Socioeconomic
Impacts of Pediatric Asthma in East Harlem
- Alina
Abazova: The City of Apples: Air Quality Measurements in
Almaty, Kazakhstan
- Alisha
Mehta: Potential Causes of Bacterial Contamination in
Barton Springs and Bull Creek, Texas
- Veronica
Horvath: Steady and Non-Steady State Laboratory Column
Experiments for Prediction of E. coli Transport in a Sandy
Bangladesh Aquifer
- Aleq
Abdullah: Methods for Optimizing Bacterial DNA
Extraction from Filters
- Fiona
Kinniburgh: Development of a Field Kit to Measure
Urinary Arsenic for Mitigating Health Risks Associated with
Arsenic Intake in Bangladesh
- Rebecca
Smith: Malaria Stratification and Climate in Madagascar
- Sheila
Heath: Reconstruction of Environmental Change Using
Macrofossil Analysis of Subarctic Peatland Cores Near
Fairbanks, AK
- Mio
Alt: Late Glacial to Holocene Vegetation and Climate
History of Southeastern New York State Recreated through
Macrofossil Evidence
- Andrew
Ramos: Climatic Influence on the Athenian Empire from
490-406 BCE
- Katherine
Burrows: Climate Change and Forced Migration:
Vulnerability to Flooding in Coastal India
- Caitlin
Hoeberlein: Nutrient Gaps in Local Food Systems Across
the Millennium Villages, and the Potential of Biodiversity to
Address These Gaps
- Jeanette
Rodriguez: The Function of the Botánica as a Health Care
Option in the Bronx
- Joshua
Arky: Nitrogen Dynamics in Rooftop Farming Media
Receiving Synthetic and Organic Nitrogen Additions
- Adam
Geber: Analysis of Gene Expression Patterns in the
Rhizophore, an Enigmatic Organ
- Karla
Sosa: Androecium Evolution in a Group of Neotropical
Plants: The Melastomeae (Melastomataceae)
- Gabriella
Spitzer: Impact of Tree Cover Loss due to Asian
Longhorned Beetle Infestation on Urban Heat Island Effect in
Worchester, MA, 2008-2010
- Natalia
Martinez: Spatial Distributions of Native and Invasive
Shrubs in a Sub-tropical Forest
- Rose
Donlon: Effects of Tree Identity and Land Use History on
Soil Microbial Communities in a Tropical Rainforest in Puerto
Rico
- Ana
Castillo: Nutrient Dynamics in a Warmer World: Nitrogen
Uptake by Trees
- Adam
Formica: Canopy Optimization in Arctic Shrubs and
Impacts on C Cycling
- Sara
Donatich: Investigating the Impact of Geography, Plant
Morphology, and Plant Species on n-alkane Chain Production in
Arctic Leaves
- Lacey
Harris-Coble: Arthropod Availability for Migratory
Songbirds in Alaskan Tundra: Timing of Aquatic and Terrestrial
Sources
- Sarah
Gilly: Songbird Species Diversity and Its Relationship
to Vegetation Composition and Structure in Black Rock Forest,
Cornwall, NY
- Tawni
Goodman: The Association of Group Size with Time Budgets
in Female Blue Monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis stulhmanni)
- Julia
Monk: Effects of Fire on Greater Sage-grouse
(Centrocercus urophasianus) Brood-rearing Habitat and Food
Resources in the Centennial Sandhills
- Madeline
Cohen: Predation Pressure on the Monk Seal in the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
- Shireen
Rahimi: Factors Affecting Management Choices of
Worldwide Fishery Cooperatives
- Edson
Mancilla: Further Validation of New Optical Reflectance
Based System for Black Carbon Measurement
- Philippe
Pierre-Antoine: Effects of Human Disturbances on
American Oystercatcher Breeding Populations in Jamaica Bay,
New York
The poster
session is being hosted by:
Environmental Science,
Barnard College,
Earth and Environmental Sciences (DEES), Columbia
University,
Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology (E3B),
Columbia University,
Columbia Program in Sustainable Development,
The Earth Institute at Columbia University