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Summary Report
1998 Spotlight on Graduate and Undergraduate Research at ESF
April 14, 1998

Keynote Address

Dr. Howard Thomas Odum, considered by many to be the father of Systems Ecology, delivered the keynote address for the 1998 Symposium: Spotlight on Graduate and Undergraduate Research at ESF. Professor Odum shared his thoughts on how the science of Ecology has evolved from a natural population- and community-dominated approach towards a systems, energy, and interaction of humans and nature perspective in ways that were unimagined in 1945. This was a rare opportunity to hear a first hand, personal perspective on the development of the science of Ecology from one of the greatest leaders in the field.

Abstracts

Nearly 100 posters were presented at this year's Spotlight on Graduate and Undergraduate Research. The abstracts are listed according to department:

     Chemistry
     Construction Management and Wood Products Engineering
     Environmental and Forest Biology
     Environmental Resource and Forest Engineering
     Environmental Science
     Forestry
     Landscape Architecture
     Paper Science Engineering

Congratulations to the top three winning posters in each section:

Chemistry:

1	IDENTIFICATION OF REACTIVE SPECIES RESPONSIBLE FOR PHOTODEGRADATION OF QUADRICYCLANE . Zebrowski, Beretvas and Hassett.
2	CONSTRUCTION AND COMPONENTS OF FUEL CELLS. Liu, Mittelsteadt, Li, Yuan, Cabasso.
3	SYNTHESIS OF 9E,11Z-HEXADECADIENCAL: SEX ATTRACTANT PHEROMONE OF THE PECAN NUT CASEBEARER, ACROBASIS NUXVORELLA NEUNZIG Passaro and Webster.

Environmental Resource and Forest Engineering:

1	ASSESSING THE ROLE OF THE CAPILLARY FRINGE IN STREAMFLOW GENERATION: A LABORATORY HILLSLOPE STUDY. Welsch, Hjerdt, McDonnell and Kroll.
2	APPLICATIONS OF RESIDUAL BIO-TECH SOIL (RBSÔ) IN VEGETATED BIOFILTRATION SYSTEMS. Jerose, Richardson, and McClimans.
3	INFRASTRUCTURE REHABILITATION AT CAMP GOODWILL, CHITTENANGO, NY. Cheal, Heller, Ryan, Sleeper, and Hassett.

Environmental and Forest Biology:

1	ISOLATION OF A cDNA CLONE FOR AN AQUAPORIN PROTEIN FROM GUARD CELLS OF NICOTIANA GLAUCA. Roth and Smart.
2	PROPOSED STUDY TO CONTROL THE SPREAD OF THE INVASIVE PLANT CYNANCHUM ROSSICUM. Lawlor and Raynal.
3	A COMPARISON OF MODERN POLLEN ABUNDANCE AND TREE VOLUME AT VARIOUS ESOLUTIONS. Killilea, Hall, Leopold, and Williams.

Forestry:

1	RIPARIAN ZONE FLOWPATH DYNAMICS IN A SMALL HEADWATER CATCHMENT. McGlynn, McDonnell, Shanley, and Kendall.
2	MODELING LOCAL GOVERNMENT DECISION-MAKING IN WATERSHED MANAGEMENT. Schaeffer and Luzadis.
3	NON-DESTRUCTIVE BIOMASS ESTIMATION OF SHORT ROTATION BIOENERGY CROPS USING ALLOMETRIC EQUATIONS: MODEL SELECTION AND EVALUATION FOR FIVE WILLOW CLONES AND ONE POPLAR CLONE. Ballard.
3	RESULTS OF A SPECIES SELECTION TRIAL ON THE JOS PLATEAU, NIGERIA. Volk, Kidd, and Godwill.

GPES, Paper Science Eng., and Construction Mgmt and Wood Products Eng.:

1	TOOL- PRIMAVERA PROJECT PLANNER. Walley and Tiss.
2	PHOSPHORESCENT BETA RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING OF PAPER FOR THE CHARACTERIZATION OF FORMATION. Pawlak and Keller.
3	BUCKLING OF METAL PLATE CONNECTED JOINTS. Elragi and Kyanka.

Acknowledgements

This poster session was sponsored by Faculty Governance. We would like to acknowledge:
     Office of Sponsored Programs
     Office of News and Publications
     Undergraduate and Graduate Student Associations
     ESF Alumni Association
     Student Chapter of the Society of American Foresters

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