CZO REUs and RETs presented their research at the CUAHSI Biennial Colloquium, July 24-27, 2016, in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The presentations marked the culmination of the 2016 CZO REU/RET program. 

Research by the Susquehanna Shale Hills CZO REUs and RETs

• Taylor Blackman (REU, The Pennsylvania State University): The Periglacial Legacy and Future of Vernal Pools in the Ridge and Valley Province of Pennsylvania
• Jennifer Christhilf (REU, University of Maryland, Baltimore County): Do forests in Central PA have more available nitrogen on shale than on sandstone?
• Bryan Heyer (REU, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia): An Analysis of Subsurface Wells: Seasonal Variability and Depth of Influences
• Uma Lad (REU, Southern Methodist University): The Use of Gravitational Filtration to Preserve Water Samples to Measure High-Frequency Dissolved Organic Carbon and Nutrients
• Connor Martin (REU, University of Pittsburgh): Mapping the Pleistocene Periglacial Imprint on Modern Soil Properties at Garner Run, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA
• Sophia Ryan (REU, The University of Vermont): Temporal Variability in the Water Chemistry of a First-Order Stream
• Perri Silverhart (REU, Middlebury College): Characterizing Hydrologic Properties of Rocky Surface Soils in Garner Run, Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory, Pennsylvania, USA
• Lauren Smith (RET, West Shore School District, Lewisberry, Pa.): Critical Zone Science: Creating an Interdisciplinary Approach to Teaching Science in Secondary Schools Using NGSS
• Leila Wahab (REU, Rice University): Understanding Nitrogen Fluxes in Agricultural Soils Through Mesocosm Incubations

Research by the Christina River Basin CZO REUs and RETs

• Dan Bondanza (RET, Sun Valley High School, Aston, Pa.): A Curriculum for Advancing Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Environmental Sensing Networks to Monitor Water Quality and Quantity in Streams and Rivers
• Riley Brown (REU, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona): Assessing Methods for Studying Submarine Groundwater Discharge
• Jill Dunscomb (RET, Bayard Rustin High School, West Chester, Pa.): Effectiveness of Herbicide Treatment on Mile-A-Minute (Persicaria perfoliata), an Invasive Plant: Implications for Survival of Restored Buffers
• Kathleen Fisher (REU, Villanova University): Fecal Indicator Bacteria (FIB) Monitoring in Delaware River Watershed
• Emma Gibson (REU, Missouri State University): Geomorphic and Hydraulic Controls on Thermal Regimes in Stream Pool Habitats
• Catherine Medlock (REU, University of Delaware): Assessing Spatial Variations in Pore Water Salinity Across a Tidal Salt Marsh: Insights to Groundwater-Surfacewater Interactions
• Nathan Watson (REU, Cornell University): Hydraulic, Thermal, and Geomorphic Impacts on Bacterial Distribution in Pool Streambeds
• Peter Wise (REU, Goshen College, Goshen, Ind.): Stroud EnviroDIY Mayfly Data Logger and Modbus RS-485 Sensors