Environmental Fridays: November 19
This week in Environmental Fridays, Season I, Episode 10, on Friday, Nov. 19, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. EST, features "Safe and Sustainable Water for Haiti" by Peter J. Wampler, PhD, professor of geology, from Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan.
Our co-host for this week's Environmental Fridays is Alyssa Newsome.
The Zoom Meeting ID is 963 3529 3713.
Everyone is welcome. Environmental Fridays is free to all—students, professionals and community.
Contact Desmond H. Murray, associate professor of chemistry, at murrayd@andrews.edu if you have any questions.
Bios:
Peter Wampler, PhD, is a broadly trained environmental geologist, geomorphologist, and surface water hydrologist with a background in both academic and government regulation of mining and storm water. He received a PhD in 2004 for work on human- and climatic-induced changes along the Clackamas River in Oregon. Since coming to Grand Valley State University in 2004 he has worked with undergraduate and graduate students on applied geoscience research: 1) evaluating GVSU’s storm water runoff footprint and assisting in designing Best Management Practices for GVSU (gvsu.edu/stormwater); 2) investigating water resources, water treatment, and groundwater contamination pathways in rural Haiti (gvsu.edu/haitiwater); 3) evaluating human impacts to river systems resulting from dams and other structures (faculty.gvsu.edu/wamplerp/); and 4) using Geographic Information Systems to create household radon hazard maps for Michigan using geologic data.
Alyssa Newsome is a current junior at the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) from McAdams, Mississippi. MSMS is a public residential high school for academically gifted and talented students, and it is a member of the National Consortium for Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS). She is a member of Wags and Whiskers, FCS and Test Prep Club. She enjoys English and biology and after graduation, she hopes to major in zoology or microbiology and become a large animal veterinarian.
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