Progress 08/01/09 to 07/31/12
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Research by graduate students concluded for some and included Rachel Marine's explorations within the field of soil microbial ecology and Yun Wu's experiments on quantification of metal distribution and speciation in particulate matter emitted from poultry houses. Ms. Marine compared the genetic diversity of soil viral communities across the ecological gradient of soil environments. Ms. Wu has worked to identify heavy metals in Delmarva poultry house litters, along with the particle-to-particle variation and speciation, to track poultry house emissions in the field. The ISEQ supported three summer environmental camps, co-sponsored by Delaware 4-H, to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to Delaware youth aged 8-11. Two were held in June of 2011 and June of 2012, respectively, at Camp Barnes in Frankford, Delaware and the other was held in August of 2011 at the University of Delaware. In total, 12 soil science graduate students and staff members in the Department of Plant and Soil Sciences were provided with support by the ISEQ to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to 90 Delaware youth aged 8-11 and to 20 high school and college counselors. Lesson plans from the camp exercises were made available to interested instructors. In April of 2012, educational displays in soil and water conservation were presented at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' annual Ag Day. In June of 2012, a training workshop in the environmental and biotechnological sciences for Delaware high school biology, chemistry, and environmental science teachers was held at the University of Delaware. PARTICIPANTS: Graduate students who have worked on research from funding from this project include Sudarshan Dutta, Rachel Marine, and Yun Wu. Professional development was garnered by these graduate students attending and presenting research results at professional, scientific meetings in their fields of study. Collaborators include Delaware 4-H and the University of Delaware's Avian Biosciences Center. TARGET AUDIENCES: The project supported summer environmental camps to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to the target audience of Delaware youth aged 8-11; a training workshop targeted for Delaware high school biology, chemistry, and environmental science teachers; and educational outreach in the form of displays in soil and water conservation for the target audience of public visitors to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' annual Ag Day. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The ISEQ has been recognized as a center that supports outstanding research and graduate education. Results of research on contemporary environmental problems were communicated to state and federal agencies via the ISEQ website and publications. The ISEQ environmental education efforts for youth, such as the summer environmental camps, have fostered interest in the relationship between soil management and environmental quality. Training workshops for teachers have provided them with knowledge and materials needed to incorporate soil and environmental quality education in their curricula.
Publications
- Dutta, S., S.P. Inamdar, J. Tso, and D. Aga. 2012. Concentrations of free and conjugated estrogens at different landscape positions in an agricultural watershed receiving poultry litter. Water Air Soil Pollut. 223:2821-2836.
- Dutta, S., S.P. Inamdar, J. Tso, D. Aga, and J.T. Sims. 2012. Dissolved organic carbon and estrogen transport in surface runoff from agricultural land receiving poultry litter. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc 48:558-569.
- Inamdar, S., G. Dhillon, S. Singh, S. Dutta, D. Levia, M. Mitchell, J. Van Stan, D. Scott, and P. McHale. 2012. Temporal patterns of runoff and the controls of end-member chemistry in a forested headwater catchment. Water Resour. Res. (in press).
- Inamdar, S., S. Singh, S. Dutta, D. Levia, M. Mitchell, D. Scott, H. Bais, and P. McHale. 2011. Fluorescence characteristics and sources of dissolved organic matter for stream water during storm events in a forested mid-Atlantic watershed. J. Geophys. Res. 116:G03043.
- Marine, R., S.W. Polson, J. Ravel, G. Hatfull, D. Russell, M. Sullivan, F. Syed, M. Dumas, and K.E. Wommack. 2011. Evaluation of a transposase protocol for rapid generation of shotgun high-throughput sequencing libraries from nanogram quantities of DNA. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77:8071-8079.
- Tso, J., S. Dutta, S. Inamdar, and D.S. Aga. 2011. Simultaneous analysis of free and conjugated estrogens, sulfonamides, and tetracyclines in run-off water and soils using solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. J. Agric. Food Chem. 59:2213-2222.
- Vaicunas, R., S. Inamdar, S. Dutta, D. Aga, L. Zimmerman, and J.T. Sims. 2012. Statewide survey of hormones and antibiotics in surface waters of Delaware. J. Am. Water Res. Assoc. (in press)
- Zhu, M., C.L. Farrow, J.E. Post, K J.T. Livi, S.J.L. Billinge, M. Ginder-Vogel, and D.L. Sparks. 2012. Structural study of biotic and abiotic poorly-crystalline manganese oxides using atomic pair distribution function analysis. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 81:39-55.
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Progress 08/01/10 to 07/31/11
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Graduate students have not yet been funded under this grant. Funds are earmarked to support two summer environmental camps, co-sponsored by Delaware 4-H, to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to Delaware youth aged 8-11; a training workshop for high school biology, chemistry, and environmental science teachers held at the University of Delaware; and educational displays in soil and water conservation presented at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' annual Ag Day. PARTICIPANTS: Professional development will be garnered by graduate students attending and presenting research results at professional, scientific meetings in their fields of study. Collaborators include Delaware 4-H. TARGET AUDIENCES: The project supports summer environmental camps to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to the target audience of Delaware youth aged 8-11; a training workshop targeted for Delaware high school biology, chemistry, and environmental science teachers; and educational outreach in the form of displays in soil and water conservation for the target audience of public visitors to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' annual Ag Day. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The ISEQ continues to be recognized as a center that supports outstanding research and graduate education. Results of research on contemporary environmental problems will be communicated to state and federal agencies via the ISEQ website and publications. The ISEQ environmental education efforts for youth, such as the summer environmental camps, will foster interest in the relationship between soil management and environmental quality. Training workshops for K-12 teachers will provide them with knowledge and materials needed to incorporate soil and environmental quality education in their curricula.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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Progress 08/01/09 to 07/31/10
Outputs
OUTPUTS: Graduate students have not yet been selected to be funded under this grant. Funds are earmarked to support two summer environmental camps, co-sponsored by Delaware 4-H, to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to Delaware youth aged 8-11; a training workshop for high school biology, chemistry, and environmental science teachers held at the University of Delaware; and educational displays in soil and water conservation presented at the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' annual Ag Day. PARTICIPANTS: Professional development will be garnered by graduate students attending and presenting research results at professional, scientific meetings in their fields of study. Collaborators include Delaware 4-H. TARGET AUDIENCES: The project supports summer environmental camps to teach lessons in soil and environmental quality to the target audience of Delaware youth aged 8-11; a training workshop targeted for Delaware high school biology, chemistry, and environmental science teachers; and educational outreach in the form of displays in soil and water conservation for the target audience of public visitors to the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' annual Ag Day. PROJECT MODIFICATIONS: Not relevant to this project.
Impacts
The ISEQ continues to be recognized as a center that supports outstanding research and graduate education. Results of research on contemporary environmental problems will be communicated to state and federal agencies via the ISEQ website and publications. The ISEQ environmental education efforts for youth, such as the summer environmental camps, will foster interest in the relationship between soil management and environmental quality. Training workshops for K-12 teachers will provide them with knowledge and materials needed to incorporate soil and environmental quality education in their curricula.
Publications
- No publications reported this period
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