Geosciences at the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference

Several of our Geosciences students, and other students that our faculty have sponsored, are presenting today at the Massachusetts Undergraduate Research Conference in the U-Mass Campus Center. Pop on by to hear about their great research:

8:30-9:15
Room 165
542  
Olivia Pfeiffer
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
The Impact of Increased Wind Production
on Hydropower Operation in New England


8:30-9:15
Room 165
275  
Samuel I. Hostetter (Resource Economics)
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Econometric Analysis of Water Flow and Price in Hydropower Production

8:30-9:15
Room 165
310  
Tristan Nikolai Koopman (Engineering)
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Synergy between Pumped Hydro Energy Storage and Wind Energy in the New England Electricity System

10:45-11:30
Room 165
365  
Caley M. Earls (ECO)
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Investigating Changes in the Timing of River Herring Migrations to Manage River Flows

10:45-11:30
Room 165
366  
Sam Alexander Kefferstan
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Impacts of Hydropower Installations and Dams on the Distribution of Fish Communities Within the Connecticut River Watershed

10:45-11:30
ePosterboard, Board 43
381  
Juan Toro-Killion
Forrest Joseph Bowlick (Faculty Sponsor)
Ranking the New Jersey Counties Quality of Life

10:45-11:30
Room 165
384  
Rylee Wrenner
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Analysis of How Hydro-Geological Concerns from Hydropeaking Are Addressed during Dam Relicensing Processes

11:45-12:30
Room 165
367  
Emily Chang
Josh Hartney Nolan
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Hydropower, Policy, and Ecology: A Case Study of Holyoke Energy

 

11:45-12:30
Poster, Board 31
385  
Devon Lynn Dunajski
Isaac Larsen (Faculty Sponsor)
Influence of Agriculture on Carbon Concentrations and Carbon 13 Abundance in the American Midwest

11:45-12:30
Poster, Board 33
387  
Patrick T. Scordato
Isaac Larsen (Faculty Sponsor)
SOC Accumulation in Northeast Kansas Restored Prairies

11:45-12:30
Room 165
680  
Stephen Hayes
Ahmad Rajjii Bakrin
Eve Vogel (Faculty Sponsor)
Municipal Ownership versus Private Ownership: The Case of the Holyoke Dam and Canal System