AEES Poster Competition Topics April 5, 2013 10 – 2 ES&T Building Air Quality in Rural Nicaragua By: Alex Levit, Undergraduate Advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim Activated Carbon Catalyzed Nitrosamine Formation By: Jonathan Callura, Masters Student Advisor: Dr. Ching-Hua Huang Renewable Salinity Gradient Power through Reverse Electrodialysis By: Matthew Coleman Gilstrap, Masters Student Advisor: Dr. Yongsheng Chen Development and Evaluation of a Temporal Interpolation Model for Fine Particulate Matter Species and Source Apportionment Application in St. Louis By: Jeremiah David Redman, Masters Student Advisor: Dr. Ted Russell Evaluation And Application Of Ensemble-Averaged Source Apportionment Techniques And Temporal Interpolation Model In Dallas By: Kyle Digby, Masters Student Advisor: Dr. Ted Russell Sustainhome: Greening Your Home And Your Wallet, One Brick At A Time By: Elizabeth Minne, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. John Crittenden The Effect Of Carbon Nanotubes On The Performance Of Thin-Film Composite Forward Osmosis Membranes By: Jared McGrath, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. John Crittenden AEES Poster Competition Topics 2013 Natural Attenuation to Prevent Vapor Intrusion: Biodegradation of cis-Dichloroethene and Vinyl Chloride in the Unsaturated Zone By: Zohre Kurt, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Jim Spain Integrated Genomic, Transcriptomic, and Molecular Characterization of Microbial Community Responses to Benzalkonium Chloride Disinfectants By: Seungdae Oh, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis Investigating The Long- And Short-Term Trends Of Air Quality And Meteorology In Atlanta By: Lucas Henneman, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Ted Russell Detecting Nitrous Oxide Reductase (Nosz) Genes In Metagenomes: Method Development And Application To Midwestern Soils By: Luis Orellana, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis Improving Source Apportionment using Nonlinear Optimization and Regression Techniques By: Sumni Ivey, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Ted Russell PM2.5 and BC reduction by Generator Set retrofitting of switcher locomotives: Case study in Atlanta GA By: Boris Galvis, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Ted Russell Impact Of Future Forest And Cropland Change On Regional Climate And Implications To Regional Air Quality In The Southeastern U.S. By: Marcus Trail, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Ted Russell 2 of 3 AEES Poster Competition Topics 2013 Microbial Community Adaptation in a Freshwater Ecosystem in Response to Anthropogenic Perturbations By: Heidi Krystine Kizer, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis Understanding microbial degradation of 3-Nitropropionic Acid By: Yuanqi Wang, PhD Candidate Advisors: Dr. Jim Spain and Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis Biotransformation of Phytosterols under Anoxic and Anaerobic Conditions By: Christine Dykstra, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Spyros G. Pavlostathis Microbial Community Responses To Warming In Temperate And Permafrost Soil As Revealed By Comparative Metagenomics By: Eric Johnston, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Kostas Konstantinidis Spatiotemporally Resolved Air Pollution in Georgia using Fused Ambient Monitor Data and Chemical Transport Model Results By: Mariel Friberg, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Mullholland Materials For Converting Visible Light Into UVC Radiation: Application To Light-Activated Antimicrobial Surfaces By: Ezra L. Cates, PhD Candidate Advisor: Dr. Jaehong Kim A Strong Coupling Algorithm For Hydraulic Fracture Modeling By: William Edmund Morgan, PhD Candidate Advisor: Mustafa Aral 3 of 3