Friendly banter and good-natured “trash talk” led to a challenge to Water & Environmental Research Center (WERC) staff, students and faculty to participate in the Breakup Triathlon held May 6 in Fairbanks.
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May 10, 2012
WERC’s Kenji Yoshikawa honored with Distinguished Service Award
Kenji Yoshikawa, professor of water resources in INE’s Water and Environmental Research Center, has been named the recipient of the 2012 Emil Usibelli Distinguished Service Award. (more…)
April 13, 2012
Diesel, schmiesel: Study considers remediation of diesel contaminated soil in Alaska village
Engineering graduate research assistant Jessica Bay will share information on herresearch on remediation of diesel contaminated soil at the April 13 WERC Friday Seminar.
(more…)April 6, 2012
Talk to offer ‘insight into the character’ of emerging DBPs
Aaron Dotson, assistant professor of civil engineering, will share information regarding the emergence of disinfection by-products (DBPs) at the April 13 WERC Friday Seminar.
(more…)April 3, 2012
Something fishy: Research uses isotopes to track fish migration and populations in Nushagak River
WERC/SFOS graduate research assistant Sean Brennan will share information on his research on strontium isotopic variation in fish otoliths in the Nushagak River at the April 6 WERC Friday Seminar.
(more…)March 28, 2012
WERC students, staff join statewide conversation about water resources at AWRA conference
March 26, 2012
Project combines SAR remote sensing with field observations to study lake ebullition
Melanie Engram will share findings from her study using SAR to quantify lake ebullition at the March 30 WERC Friday Seminar.
(more…)Collaborative effort leads to update of Alaska rainfall frequency map
How much, how long and how often does it rain in Alaska?
These are the questions researchers from both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) sought to answer in a collaborative research project (more…)
March 22, 2012
The River Dye: Study uses fluorescent dye to measure river discharge
Graduate student Nathan Stephan will share information on a new method of data collection of river discharge– fluorescent dye– at the March 23 WERC Friday Seminar.
(more…)March 21, 2012
Survival of the fittest: WERC students, staff prepare for the field with diverse survival training
In some jobs, safety training involves completing a computer module and practicing the proper way to lift a box. For research professionals, it means jumping into Arctic rivers, shooting off flares and learning to “cook” Ramen noodles with body heat.
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