These research/project-based courses allow for specialized training and research with a supervisor as well as the chance to get a taste of advanced learning on a focused environmental problem over an extended time period.
Many of our students have had their research funded
by a number of agencies (example: the Gros Morne Internship and
Kruger Pulp and Paper Research Grant) and have gone on to win the top
poster or presentation awards at the Atlantic A.P.I.C.S. Environmental
Science, Biology and Chemistry Society chapters.
2013-2014
D. Barter. Development of a quicker method for the quantitative analysis of THM’s from natural waters by SPME-GC/MS (Honours, Supervisor: D-R. Parkinson) in process.
A. Stokes. Hotspots on Ice: the ecology of icebergs. (General, Supervisor: Dr. Julie Sircom)
G. Moore. Dendro-ecology of an unusual Eastern White Pine population.
(General, Supervisors: Dr. Dmitry Sveshnikov, and Dr. Andre Arsenault)
2012-2013
T. Chaisson. Actinometric assignment of skin protection factor (SPF) values to a range of aromatic alkyl alkanoates. (Honours, Supervisor: J.M. Dust)
T. Goosney. Investigation of the use of chitosan in purification of a
model waste-water containing hexamethylazobenzene dye: UV-vis
spectroscopy. (General, Supervisor: J.M. Dust)
R. Kanyangarara. Speciation of Arsenic in Newfoundland water. (General, Supervisor: G. Rayner-Canham)
D. Meade. Morphometric variations between freshwater and marine
populations of the threespine stickleback. (General, Supervisor: B.
Scott)
M. Montevecchi. Ghosts of fishing past: Bycatch in lost and abandoned
fishing gear in the Bay of Fundy. (General, Supervisors: J. Sircom, and
C. Hood, Bonne Bay Marine Station)
C. Power. Effect of soil disturbance and soil properties on the
distribution of earthworm populations. (General, Supervisor: M.
Krishnapillai)
S. Thompson. Litterfall in forested sites of the Newfoundland and
Labrador Boreal Ecosystem Latitudinal Transect. (General, Supervisors:
D. Sveshnikov and K. Edwards, Canadian Forest Services)
S. White. Applying the principles of green chemistry to selected traditional organic chemistry reactions. (Honours, Supervisor: S. Abhyankar)
2011-2012
M. Cook. Investigation into metal uptake from potting soil by Brassica Rapa (L.) (Field Mustard). (Honours, Supervisor: D-R. Parkinson)
A. Dolter. An examination of private well water quality in western
Newfoundland. (General, Supervisors: M. Krishnapillai and A. Sarkar,
Faculty of Medicine, MUN)
J. Grandy. Investigation of Cd2+, Ca2+ and Zn2+ binding with
Fontinalisantipyretica and Sphagnum andersonianabiomass for application
to metal ion removal from aqueous solutions. (Honours, Supervisor: D-R. Parkinson)
V. Hussey. Ecological integrity of shallow, soft-bottom marine faunal assemblages in GrosMorne National Park, NL. (Honours, Supervisors: C. Campbell and D. Whitaker, Parks Canada)
D. Keefe. A model for predicting the post glacial distribution of
lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) in Labrador, Canada, using
geographical information systems data. (General, Supervisor: B. Scott)
R. LeBlanc. Partitioning soil respiration using the trench-plot method in balsam fir forests in Newfoundland. (Honours, Supervisors: M. Krishnapillai, and X. Zhu, Canadian Forest Service, Corner Brook)
J. McCarthy. Investigation of multi-valent metal binding with certain
biomass for application to metal ion removal from aqueous solutions:
Assessment of multiple metal competition reactions in ion-exchange
processes by FAAS. (Honours, Supervisor: Dr. D-R. Parkinson)
N. Stapleton. The distribution and potential for dispersal of nonindigenous anurans in western Newfoundland. (Honours, Supervisors: I. Warkentin and C. Campbell)
2010-2011
S. Bursey. Studies into kinetics of nucleophilic aromatic
displacement: Picryl fluoride reaction with ‘green’ reactive room
temperature ionic liquids (RTILs). (Honours, Supervisor: J.M. Dust)
A. Godin. Total Coliform abundance of freshwater systems in proximity to a newly built constructed wetland. (Honours, Supervisor: C. Campbell)
L. Griffin. Preliminary UV-vis spectroscopic studies of Meisenheimer
complex formation between 1,3,5-trinitrobenzene and a reactive room
temperature ionic liquid, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium cyanide:
Approaches to Green Chemistry. (General, Supervisor: J.M. Dust)
R. Melanson. Species diversity and population distribution of fishes
within St. Paul’s inlet in comparison with other fjord-type estuarine
systems. (Honours, Supervisors: C. Campbell, and T. Knight, Parks Canada)