Honours Thesis / Major Project Proposal Presentations

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 18:30:00 GMT

All faculty, staff, students and supporters of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences are invited to attend the Honours Thesis / Major Project Proposal Presentations on December 2nd and 3rd.

This is a great opportunity for future Honour’s students to get an idea of what a thesis proposal looks like, and a chance for faculty in the EES Department and throughout the Faculty of Science to see what our students are up to. The presentations will be in person in the Killam Library Room 4106 (if a zoom link is required, please contact tarah.wright@dal.ca directly). Please feel free to join for as many presentations as you can.

The schedule is as follows:

2:30-2:50	Modelling Forest Fire Vulnerability in Nova Scotia Using Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis Student: Grace Kasouf Supervisor: Dr. Chris Greene
2:55-3:15	Conservation Options for the Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis) in Working Forests of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia: BMP and Modelled Habitat Assessment Student: Zoe Coulter Supervisor: Dr. Cindy Staicer
3:20-3:40	Examination of unique preservation and identification of enigmatic fossil tree specimens from Nova Scotia Student: Wednesday Gillespie Supervisor: Drs. Lexie Arnott and Tim Fedak
3:45-4:05	Dating calcite amygdules in McArras Brook Basalts using LA-ICP-MS Student: Ben Thompson Supervisor: Dr. Richard Cox
4:10-4:30	What’s that smell? Chemically characterizing nest scents of native Nova Scotian freshwater turtle species Student: Robyn Hirsch Supervisor: Dr. Amy Mui
4:35-4:55	What Tree Traits Influence Carbon and Nitrogen Concentration in Canadian Forest Soils? Student: Allie Pell Supervisor: Dr. Sian Kou-Giesbrecht
5:00-5:20	Exploring the terrestrial carbon sink at a global scale: exploring the effects of nitrogen fixation, nitrogen deposition and carbon dioxide fertilization Student: Paige MacCarthy Supervisor: Dr. Sian Kou-Giesbrecht

Honours Thesis / Major Project Proposal Presentations

Tue, 03 Dec 2024 18:30:00 GMT

2:30-2:50	Investigating the effects of forestry road crossings on stream health and benthic macroinvertebrate communities in the St. Mary’s River, Nova Scotia (M’ikma’ki). Student: Mary Legorburu Supervisor: Mr. Ben Collison and Dr. Alana Westwood
2:55-3:15	Defining timing of early breeding phenology in Atlantic Leach's Storm-Petrels (Hydrobates leucorhous) Student: Sasha Chilibeck Supervisor: Dr. Glen Crossin
3:20-3:40	Investigation of heavy metal exposure levels in a pelagic seabird, Leach’s storm petrel (Oceanodroma leucorhoa) during the non-breeding season in the Atlantic Ocean Student: Catherine Potvin Supervisor: Drs. Glen Crossins and Manon Sorais
3:45-4:05	Quantifying edge influence at Acadian forest region fire edges Student: Faye Little Supervisor: Dr. Karen Harper
4:10-4:30	Evaluating till stratigraphy and the relationship to transport distance in southwestern Nova Scotia Student: Bailey Grodin Supervisor: Dr. John Gosse and Ms. Denise Brushett
4:35-4:55	Carboniferous Sarcopterygian Fish Fossils and the Marine Paleoenvironment at Joggins Fossils Cliffs, Nova Scotia, Canada Student: Brooke Reid Supervisor: Drs. Grant Wach and Jade Atkins
5:00-5:20	Mapping rivers in eastern Canada using drone thermal imaging Student: Alex Bevilacqua Supervisor: Dr. Robert Lennox

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Honours Thesis / Major Project Proposal Presentations

Honours Thesis / Major Project Proposal Presentations