Class of 2007

An article by Nirav Shah, “Evaluation of a Porous Tube Hydroponics System as a Testbed for Remote Sensing Instrumentation,” was published in Volume 3 (2006) of the Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal. Nirav conducted the research as part of a NASA-sponsored summer research program in 2005.

Brian Chaikind received an Undergraduate Research Grant in the all-university competition in 2006 and is spending the summer in Florida collecting marine specimens for use in natural products chemistry research. Brian got interested in the use of natural products in native medicine while visiting aboriginal populations in Australia during the summer of 2005.

Class of 2006

Jacquelyn Moss is spending the summer as a project leader for Amigos de las Americas in a Healthy Communities project in partnership with Save the Children Foundation in Chinandega, Nicaragua. Jackie, who graduated cum laude from Northwestern in June, will be entering medical school at Tufts University in the fall.

In graduate school are Ben Schenkel (Atmospheric Sciences at Florida State) and Andy Melka (Environmental Science at IIT). Sara Patrawala and Shelly Sahu are in medical school at Northwestern. Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen is on a National Institutes of Health internship in Phoenix. Fulbright recipients are Panah Bhalla, studying sustainable rice culture in Viet Nam and Tiffany Grobelski learning more about environmental policies in Poland. Patrick Joyce is working for the environmental consulting firm, CH2M Hill, in San Francisco.

Class of 2005

Drew Robertson is attending law school at the University of Southern California and Sam Hong is now a student at Georgetown University Law School. Andy Freeberg is a media specialist at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland as part of the second year of his masters program in Science and Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University.

Environmental Sciences seniors and thesis titles, 2006

Andrej A. Benkowski, "The Pollution of Lake Michigan: History, Sources, Regulations, and Recommendations for the Future"
Panah Bhalla, "Global and Local Influences on Vietnamese Rice Farming"
Margaret Greenwood Ericksen, "Solar Power: The Use of Photovoltaic Devices to Satisfy Our Energy Needs in the Future"
Tiffany Grobelski, "Air Pollution in Poland: The Effects of European Union Integration on Environmental Governance"
Patrick D. Joyce, "Global Warming and the Emissions Trading Process: A Survey of the Reasons for and Effects of Emissions Limitations and Trading"
Caitlin Elizabeth Kielhorn, "Cetaceans and Anthropogenic Sound: A Discussion of Anthropogenic Sources and Their Implications for Cetacean Health"
Andrew Melka, "Wind Power in the Midwest: Potential, Obstacles, and Feasibility"
Jacquelyn Moss, "The Valdivian Temperate Rainforest of Southern Chile: An Analysis of the Current and Future Challenges in the Complex Ecosystem"
Sara Patrawala, "Natural Resource Damages to Indian Ridge Marsh"
Jessica Reggi, "Sunburned Skin: The Correlation Between Ultraviolet Radiation and Skin Cancer"
Ashley Roberts, "Sustainable Tourism’s Role in Economic Development and Environmental Protection in Croatia"
Shelley Sahu, "Using Co-Management to Incorporate Customary Marine Tenure in Managing the Marine Resources of the Pacific Islands"
Benjamin Schenkel, "Removal of Ionic Pollutants from Drinking Water on the Navajo Indian Reservation Using an Inexpensive and Disposable Filter"
Ethan Schmidt, "Hydrogen: The Key to a Global Energy Shift"
M. Mercedes Stickler, "Competing Land Uses at Mt. Elgon"
Shaun Warkentin, "Characterization of the Dynamic Pathways Controlling Nitrogen Removal within Constructed Wetlands and Their Applications in Onsite Wastewater Treatment"