Earth and Environmental Sciences Graduate Symposium

ERTH 6300 final project presentation and defence

The Graduate Symposium and Research Project Presentations for the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences will take place on Wednesday, 10 April, in the Milligan Room, 8th Floor Biology Wing, Life Sciences Centre. 

Five candidates will present in two sessions: 8:50 to 12:00 and 12:30 to 14:30. The entire EES Community is invited and encouraged to attend.

Schedule

8:50

Welcome, opening remarks (Djordje Grujić)

9:00

Alisa Yakimenko [Ph.D. proposal]

Zircon as a tracer of mantle processes and kimberlite magmatism

Supervisor: Yana Fedortchouk; Readers: Jacob Hanley, James Brenan, D. Grujić

10:00

Mohammed Rifkhan Mohammed Nayeem [Ph.D. proposal]

A study of the potential of REE extraction from kimberlite tailings

Supervisors: Yana Fedortchouk; Readers: Jacob Hanley, James Brenan, D. Grujić

11:00

Tsz Kin Siu [M.Sc. proposal]

Mapping Community-scale Spatiotemporal Variability and Inequality of Air Pollution in Atlantic Canada Using Satellite Remote Sensing Data

Supervisors: Kelvin Fong; Readers: Rachel Chang, Christopher Greene, D. Grujić

12:00

BREAK 

12:30

Elahe Sirati [Ph.D. proposal]

Seismological Investigation of the Lower St. Lawrence Seismic Zone: Integration of Earthquakes and Whale Call Recordings

Supervisor: Miao Zhang & Mladen Nedimović; Readers: Alexandre Plourde, John Gosse, D. Grujić

13:30

Cameron Greaves [M.Sc. proposal]

Reconstructing the relative sea-level change and coastal dynamics of Chedabucto Bay (Nova Scotia) during the Holocene

Supervisor: Vittorio Maselli; Readers: Alexandre Normandeau, Jordan Eamer, D. Grujić

14:30

Concluding remarks and grading synthesis (Faculty, Adjuncts, Readers)

Time

Location

Milligan Room, 8th Floor Biology Wing, Life Sciences Centre

Note: This is an in-person event. If you need to attend virtually, please email the department (earth.sciences@dal.ca) for a Zoom link.