A Biological Analysis of a Sequence Batch Reactor, Investigating the Use of Fixed-Film Media to Increase Treatment Efficiency

Alison J. Mcnett, Lycoming College
Peter Gnocchi
Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

A High Water Summer: Preliminary Report on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in the Upper Main Stem of the Susquehanna River During the Summer of 2015

Dylan J. Kutz, Susquehanna University
Michael Bilger
Jack R. Holt, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

A Stormwater Partnership: Combining Learning with the Community

Joseph Bushey, Millersville University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

A Study of Diatom Communities in Five Headwater Streams in Central Pennsylvania

Brian Rothbard, Susquehanna University
Jack R. Holt, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

A Study of Diatom Periphyton Communities on the Moss Genus Fontinalis in Three Headwater Streams in Central Pennsylvania

Grace L. O'Malley, Allegheny College
Jack R. Holt, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

A Study of the Diatom Communities in the Upper Main Stem of the Susquehanna River During an Unusually Wet Summer

Amir Younous Alwali, Susquehanna University
Jack R. Holt, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Analyses of Water, Soil, and Sediment Samples in Little Trout Run Watershed, Clearfield County, PA to Evaluate the Impact of Marcellus Shale Gas-Well Drilling on the Environment

James N. Fricke, Lock Haven University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Anthropogenic Effects on Soil and Stream Chemistry in the Middle Schuylkill River Watershed, Montgomery County, PA

Daniel R. Tompkins, Bloomsburg University
Matt Ricker
Cynthia Venn
Chris And Hallen, Bloomsburg University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Assessment of Middle Creek Stream Using Water Quality Index (WQI) and Diatom Metrics

Andrew D. Van Woert, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Assessment of Road Culverts as Passage Barriers to Brook Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in Pennsylvania Headwaters

Karli M. Rogers
David J. Janetski, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Shawn M. Rummel
Kathleen Lavelle, Trout Unlimited

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Asthma Exacerbations and Unconventional Natural Gas Development in the Marcellus Shale

Sara G. Rasmussen, Johns Hopkin University
Brian S. Schwartz, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Dione G. Mercer, Geisinger Center for Health Research
Elizabeth L. Ogburn, Johns Hopkins University
Mccormack, Johns Hopkins University
Joan Casey, University of California
Jennifer K. Irving, Geisinger Center for Health Research

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Baseline Groundwater Quality from Domestic-Supply Wells in Lycoming and Other Northern Pennsylvania Counties

Jeffrey J. Chaplin, U.S. Geological Survey

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Building Green Infrastructure in Blair County, Pennsylvania

Drew Siglin
Allison Campbell, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Cataloguing of Stormwater Outfalls Within an Urbanized Area to Evaluate the Impact on Tributaries of the Susquehanna River

Hannah Dulovich, Lycoming College
Melvin Zimmerman

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Causal Analysis of the Smallmouth Bass Decline in the Susquehanna and Juniata Rivers

Dustin Shull, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Josh Lookenbill, Division of Water Quality Standards

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Comparison of Simulium jenningsi (Diptera: Simuliidae) Larval Gut Contents across Instars

Keith J. Price, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Andrew M. Scanlan, Saint Francis University
Rebecca A. Eckert, University of Maryland
David Hurley
Douglas Orr, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Confronting a Wicked Problem -Smarter Dam Energy Choices for Economic, Environmental and Public Health

Caitlin G. Eger, Syracuse University
Kayla M. Smith, Lycoming College
Karin E. Limburg, State University of New York

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Contribution of Lycoming College CWI to the PFBC Unassessed Waters Project (2010-2015)

Dominic R. Novella, Lycoming College
Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Determination of Water Quality of Natural Water Sources in State Parks Around the Susquehanna River Valley

Eric S. Thompson, Bloomsburg University
Christopher Hallen
Cynthia Venn, Bloomsburg University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Determining River Water Quality Using Atomic Absorption and Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry

Oliver M. Beale, Susquehanna University
Lou-Ann Tom, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Diel Stream Phosphorous and Periphyton Polyphosphate Dynamics

Kira England, Bloomsburg University
Steven Rier, Bloomsburg University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Effects of Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica) Detritus on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities of the Susquehanna River Main Stem

Kaelyn J. Fogelman, Susquehanna University
Jack Holt
Michael Bilger
David Matlaga, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Effects of Precipitation Events on the Movement of the Lateral Mixing Zone of the North and West Branches of the Susquehanna River At the Shady Nook Site

Tyler Menz, Susquehanna University
Ahmed Lachhab, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Estimating Water Temperatures in Head-Water Streams Within Brook Trout Habitat

Natasha M. Page

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Floodplain Fragmentation Due to Transportation Infrastructure: Application of GIS-Based Methodology to the Upper Susquehanna River

Tammie R. Harris, Binghamton University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Forest Roads and Streams as Potential Barriers in Movement of Red-Backed Salamanders (Plethodon cinereus)

Michelle L. Gillette, Susquehanna University
Emily R. Mausteller, Susquehanna University
Tanya Matlaga, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Geomorphic Investigation of the Lower West Branch of the Susquehanna River, North-Central Pennsylvania

Benjamin R. Hayes, Bucknell University
Jessica T. Newlin, Bucknell University
Robert W. Jacob, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Healthy Livestock, Healthy Streams: Policy Actions to Promote Livestock Stream Exclusion

Ann Swanson, Chesapeake Bay Commission

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Hydrogeochemical Processes and Water Quality Assessment of Five Penns Creek Headwater Streams

Michelle Barakat, Susquehanna University
Ahmed Lachhab, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Hydrosense: a Low-Cost, Open-Source, Hydroclimatic Monitoring System

Edward R. Prescott, Bucknell University
Alan M. Marchiori, Bucknell University
Benjamin R. Hayes, Bucknell University
Sean P Reese, Bucknell University
Zhengri Fan, Bucknell University
Colby D. Rome, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Improving Flood Forecasting in the Susquehanna River Basin Using a Probabilistic Approach

Ridwan Siddique
Alfonso Mejia, Pennsylvania State University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Investigating Anthropogenic Sediment in the Headwaters of the Susquehanna

Linda Kennedy, Mansfield University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Investigation of Crayfish Populations in the Middle Creek Watershed and the Potential Impact of Invasive Orconectes Rusticus on Native Ecosystems

Erin Mckeown, Susquehanna University
Michael Bilger
Jonathan Niles, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Investigation of the Ecological Impact of Japanese Knotweed (Polygonum cuspidatium) on the Riparian Plant Community and Its Potential Use as a Food Source for Macro-Invertebrates

Jennifer L. Monico, Lycoming College
Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Local and Regional Evaluation of Smallmouth Bass Population Genetic Structure in the Susquehanna River Basin

Megan K. Schall, Pennsylvania State University
Tyler Wagner, U.S. Geological Survey
Vicki S. Blazer, U.S. Geological Survey
Meredith Bartron, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Timothy Wertz, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Lycosid Density and Species Composition along a Riparian Cobble Gradient on the Susquehanna River

Maggie Rupp, Susquehanna University
Sofia Schedler
Brooke Loss
Derek Wilson
Hailey Shannon, Susquehanna University
Brian Mangan, King's College
Matthew Persons, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Marcellus Shale Impact on Leaf Decomposition Via Sedimentation Across a Gradient of Land Use

Jordan A. Barton, Bucknell University
Matthew Mctammany, Bucknell University
Meghan Reilly, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Modeling of Hydrological Drainage and Sediment Yield Patterns in Marcellus Shale Drilling Region in Central Pennsylvania Using Swat and Topographic Wetness Index

James N. Fricke, Lock Haven University
Bethany R. Shaffer
Md. Khalequezzaman, Lock Haven University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Online Interactive Navigational Map of the West Branch Susquehanna River from Renovo to Love Run Using Inverse Distance Weighted Interpolation Method

Bethany R. Shaffer, Lock Haven University
Cody A. Wheeler
Md. Khalequzzaman, Lock Haven University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Population Genetic Structure of Brook Trout in the Loyalsock Creek Watershed

Shannon L. White, Pennsylvania State University
Tyler Wagner, U.S. Geological Survey
Jonathan Niles, Susquehanna University
Victoria Braithwaite, Pennsylvania State University
Meredith Barton, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Potential Impacts of the Invasive Rusty Crayfish (Orconectes rusticus) on the Native Gastropod Communities of the Susquehanna River

Edward Charles Carrington, Bucknell University
Sean Dubois, Bucknell University
Sean P. Reese, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

Precision Conservation Mapping of Buffalo Creek, Union County, PA

Elyse Pettaway, Bucknell University
Richard D. Crago
Janine Glathar
Luyang Ren, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Review of the First Ten Years of the Susquehanna River Heartland Coalition for Environmental Studies (SRCHES)

Abigail O'Connor, Lycoming College
Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Sharing a River to Save It – an Experimental Course in “Wicked Problem-Solving”

Karin E. Limburg, State University of New York Syracuse
Jamie L. Vanucchi, Cornell University
Douglas M. Johnston, State University of New York Syracuse

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Stories of the Susquehanna Documentary: Utopian Dreams

John N. Laloggia, Bucknell University
Laura Lujan, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Submersion Tolerance Among Riparian and Non-Riparian Spiders

Hailey Shannon, Susquehanna University
Derek Wilson
Tara Barbarich
Matthew Persons, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Surface Water and Sediment Quality in Centre, Clearfield, and Clinton Counties, PA in the Context of Amd Impairment and Marcellus Shale Gas-Well Drilling

Bradley D. Slaughter, Lock Haven University
Aaron Mcnamara
Md. Khalequzzaman, Lock Haven University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Susquehanna River Island Vegetation

Mark A. Blumler, Binghamton University
Danielle Lamphere, SUNY-Binghamton

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM

The Christmas Tree that Keeps on Giving: the Invasive Potential of Cultivated Varieties of American Holly

Nicolas Diaz, Bucknell University
Gabrielle Petruso
Christopher Martine

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

The Correlation Between Mercury, Ions, and Weather Conditions At PA-47

Ashley M. Orehek, Millersville University
Andrew J. Yarosh
Philip Leung
Richard D. Clark, Millersville University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

The Power of Partnerships: Using Collaborations with Grass Roots Organizations as an Academic Tool

Uma Ramakrishnan, Juniata College
Dennis Johnson, Juniata College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Topographical Wetness Index of Pleasant Stream Watershed in Lycoming and Sullivan Counties, PA

Clayton Good, Lycoming College
Mel Zimmerman, Lycoming College
Mohamed Khalequzzaman, Lock Haven University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Total Mercury Concentration in Pardosa Wolf Spiders along Susquehanna River Sites

Derek Wilson, Susquehanna University
Hailey Shannon
Maggie Rupp
Sofia Schedler
Brooke Loss, Susquehanna University
Brian Mangan, King's College
Matthew Persons, Susquehanna University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Tracking Brown Trout (Salmo trutta) in the Little Juniata River: the Undergraduate Experience

Megan Lemmo, Juniata College
Emily Nye
Stevie Kitching, Juniata College

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 9:59 PM

Watershed Assessment of White Deer Creek

Zach Boyd, Bucknell University
Jessica T. Newlin, Bucknell University
Benjamin R. Hayes
Sean Reese, Bucknell University

Elaine Langone Center, Terrace Room

8:00 PM - 10:00 PM