Each spring, the Global Change & Sustainability Center hosts a poster session where graduate students from across campus present their environment and sustainability related research to the public.
Presenters from the March 2023 symposium are listed below in alphabetical order by last name. Please click through the links in each section to view (and hear) a sampling of students' presentations and learn more about their work.
Student Presenters, Alphabetically by Last Name
Attah, Reuben
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering | Advisor: Kerry Kelly
- “The effects of photochemical aging and interactions with secondary organic aerosols on cellular toxicity of combustion particles”
- Authors: Reuben Attah, Kamaljeet Kaur, Kerry Kelly
Bandas, Jacob
College of Law
- “Wildlife Management and the Public Trust Doctrine”
Boomsma, Jacob
College of Science, Atmospheric Sciences | Advisor: Heather Holmes
- “Defining and Quantifying Cold Air Pools in the Western U.S.”
- Authors: Jacob Boomsma and Heather A. Holmes
Carrillo-Cardenas, Gerardo
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences | Advisor: Anna Gannet Hallar
- “Elucidating New Particle Formation in Complex Terrain During the Winter 2022 CFACT Campaign”
- Authors: Gerardo Carrillo-Cardenas, Gannet Hallar, Sebastian Hoch, Eric Pardyjak, Maria Garcia, Zhaoxia Pu
Collins, Amy
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Geology & Geophysics | Advisor: Thomas Cova
- “Understanding the effectiveness and environmental economic considerations of engineered wetlands at Great Salt Lake Shorelands Nature Preserve”
Coolidge, James
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | Advisor: Todd Easton
- “Optimizing HVAC for Carbon, Cost and Comfort”
- Authors: Coolidge, James; Erickson, Emily; Easton, Todd
Davis, Connor
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Anthropology | Advisor: Shane Macfarlan
- “Negative Effects of Ecological Seasonality on Human Reproduction and Newborn Health”
- Authors: Connor Davis, Shane Macfarlan
Egan, Brenna
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Geography | Advisor: Jennifer Follstad-Shah
- “Monitoring Trace Metals at the Landscape Lab”
Faulstich, Sam
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering | Advisor: Heather Holmes
- “Integrating Fire Emissions Inventories and Atmospheric Dispersion Models to Improve Smoke Exposure Estimates”
- Authors: Sam D. Faulstich, Matthew J. Strickland, School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno; Heather A. Holmes
Fery, Paige
College of Health, Parks, Recreation & Tourism | Advisor: Jeff Rose
- “Land Manager Approaches to Unsheltered Homelessness in an Urban-Proximate Park”
Green, Austin
College of Science, Biology | Advisor: Cagan Sekercioglu
- “Variation in human activity patterns mediates periodic increases in recreational activity on mammal behavioral response”
- Authors: Austin M. Green, Emily Young, Hailey Keller, Trayl Grace, Mary E. Pendergast, Cagan H. Sekercioglu
Green, Matt
College of Humanities, History | Advisor: Greg Smoak
- “Barbarian by Design: The Culture & Commerce of Risk in Backcountry Skiing”
Halm, Derek
College of Humanities, Philosophy | Advisor: Carlos Santana
- “Investigating Change and Hybridization in Two Utah Toad Species”
- Authors: Derek Halm, Katrina Derieg
Herndon, Dallas
College of Fine Arts, School of Music | Advisor: Elisabet Curbelo
- “Valley: Three Corners of Our Room; An Interdisciplinary Work for Chamber Choir, Solo Instruments, and Electronics”
Hetz, Tara
College of Health, Parks, Recreation & Tourism | Advisor: Edward Ruddell
- “Destination Stewardship: Lessons Learned from five Gateway Communities”
Isaba, Tasnim Tarannum
College of Architecture + Planning, City & Metropolitan Planning | Advisor: Divya Chandrasekhar
- “Assessing the Potential Feasibility of Land Use Adaptation against Emerging Wildfires in the USA: A Case Study of Marshall Wildfire, Colorado”
- Authors: Tasnim Tarannum Isaba, PhD student, City & Metropolitan Planning; Divya Chandrasekhar, Associate Professor, City & Metropolitan Planning
Jiang, Gang
College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Advisor: Jianli Chen
- “Bayesian calibration of campus building energy model for sustainability”
- Authors: Gang Jiang, Jianli Chen
Khajehei, Sayma
College of Architecture + Planning, City & Metropolitan Planning | Advisor: Divya Chandrasekhar
- “Community-Based Organizations in Public Housing Resident Recovery in Puerto Rico”
- Authors: Elizabeth Colón Rivera, Divya Chandrasekhar, Ivis García
Khajehei, Sayma
- “Impact of disaster mitigation projects on low- and moderate-income homeownership in New York City after the 2012 Hurricane Sandy”
Kim, Sua
College of Architecture + Planning, City & Metropolitan Planning | Advisor: Divya Chandrasekhar
- “The role of social capital toward small business recovery for historically underrepresented group operators after the COVID-19 Pandemic”
- Authors: Sua Kim and Divya Chandrasekhar
Kittelberger, Kyle
College of Science, Biology | Advisor: Cagan Sekercioglu
- “Using Stable Isotope Analyses of Feathers From Southeastern Utah to Better Understand Impacts of Wildfires on Birds During Fall Migration”
- Authors: Kyle Kittelberger, Llewellyn Stringer, Cagan Sekercioglu
Lieberman, Michal
College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Advisor: Emily Marron
- “Formation of Carbonyl Compounds from Alcohol Precursors in Potable Reuse”
- Authors: Michal Lieberman, Dr. Emily Marron, Dr. Daniel McCurry
Loey, Makayla
College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Advisor: Jennifer Weidhaas
- “Effect of surfactants on virus properties and membrane filtration rejection in water reuse systems”
- Authors: Makayla Loey, Jennifer Weidhaas
Lunde, Raymond
College of Science, Materials Science & Engineering | Advisor: Chen Wang
- “Recycling Medical Packaging Waste to 3D Printing Filament”
- Authors: Eden Yau, Raymond Lunde, Chen Wang, Grant Musgrave
Majidi, Majid
College of Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering | Advisor: Masood Parvania
- “Hierarchical Flexibility Offering Strategy for Integrated Hybrid Resources in Real-time Energy Markets”
- Authors: Majid Majidi, Mehdi Hosseini, Masood Parvania
Maki, Anna
College of Architecture + Planning, City & Metropolitan Planning | Advisor: Andy Hong
- “U-Walk: Measuring On-Campus Walkability”
Mangin, Tristalee
College of Engineering, Chemical Engineering | Advisor: Kerry Kelly
- “Using low-cost sensors as a tool to help facilities manage indoor air quality and compare indoor PM2.5 levels with outdoor PM2.5 levels.”
- Authors: Zachary Palmer, Tristalee Mangin, Dr. Kerry Kelly, Dr. Darrah Sleeth
McKinney, Dallas
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences | Advisor: Jim Steenburgh
- “A New Lake Erie-Effect Snow Climatology”
- Authors: Dallas J McKinney, Zach Sefcovic, Jim Steenburgh
Miller, Edwin
College of Science, Chemistry | Advisor: Luisa Whittaker-Brooks
- “Chalcogen Substitution in Layered TiS2”
Mineau, James
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences | Advisor: John Lin
- “Can we detect urban-scale CO2 emission changes within medium-sized cities?”
- Authors: James Mineau, Derek V. Mallia and John C. Lin
Mosher, Stella
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Geography | Advisor: Mitchell Power
- “High-resolution sedimentary charcoal records of fire illustrate linkages between fire, climate, and vegetation in the Fynbos Biome, South Africa”
- Authors: Stella G. Mosher, Mitchell J. Power, Lynne J. Quick, Torsten Haberzettl, J. Tyler Faith
O'Brien, Kaedan
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Anthropology | Advisor: J. Tyler Faith
- “Isotopic Evidence of Seasonality and Migration in the Last Glacial Period of Kenya”
- Authors: Kaedan O'Brien, Katya Podkovyroff, Diego Fernandez, Lilian Ashioya, J. Tyler Faith
Olds, Baylee
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Geology & Geophysics | Advisor: Paul Brooks
- “Spatial Variability of Snow Accumulation and Ablation due to Elevation, Aspect, and Vegetation”
- Authors: Baylee M. Olds, Margaret A. Wolf, Logan R. Jamison, Paul D. Brooks
Olson, Casey
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences | Advisor: Daniel Mendoza
- “Indoor Air Pollution Across U Campus”
- Authors: Daniel Mendoza, Tabitha Benney, Casey Olson
Osei Owusu, Rexford
College of Architecture + Planning, City & Metropolitan Planning | Advisor: Alessandro Rigolon
- “Causes of green space inequities in American cities: A narrative review”
- Authors: Rexford Osei Owusu and Alessandro Rigolon
Purnell, Madelyn
College of Science, Biology | Advisor: Michael Werner
- “Adapting to Change: Evolutionary History of Extremophile Nematodes in the Great Salt Lake”
- Authors: Madelyn Purnell, Julie Jung, Michael Werner
Radwin, Mark
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Geology & Geophysics | Advisor: Brenda Bowen
- “Great Salt Lake Shore-Sediment and Water-Body Evolution: Cloud Processing of Landsat OLI and Sentinel MSI Reflectance Data from 1980’s to 2023”
- Authors: Mark Radwin, Brenda Bowen
Salmaso, Giulia
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | Advisor: Marc Calaf
- “Unfolding the link between forest canopy structure and flow morphology”
Sodja, Eric
College of Science, Biology | Advisor: Fred Adler
- “Modeling parasite aggregation in times of global environmental change”
- Authors: Eric Sodja, Fred Adler
Sokolowski, Kathryn
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Anthropology | Advisor: Tyler Faith
- “Systematic paleontology and paleoenvironmental implications of the Last Glacial Maximum mammals from Besaansklip, Western Cape Province, South Africa.”
- Authors: Kathryn Sokolowski, Kaedan O'Brien, J. Tyler Faith
Summers, Fiona
College of Humanities, Environmental Humanities Graduate Program | Advisor: Danielle Endres
- “Indigenizing the Junior Ranger Booklet in Collaboration with the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation.”
Tran, Dana
College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Advisor: Jennifer Weidhaas
- “Improving Munitions Wastewater Treatment”
- Authors: Dana Tran, Dr. Jennifer Weidhaas
Velasquez-Franco, Susana
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Geography | Advisor: Mitchell Power
- “Listening to Las Lagunas: a long-term disturbance perspective from a conflict zone in Colombia's tropical Andean forest.”
- Authors: Susana Velasquez-Franco ; Mitchell Power ; Richard Medina ; Simon Brewer
Warren, Ean
College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Advisor: Jennifer Weidhaas
- “Wastewater Surveillance of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria”
- Authors: Ean Warren, Jennifer Weidhaas, Jim VanDerslice, Scott Benson, Yue Zhang, William Brazelton, and Windy Tanner
Webb, Lindsey
College of Humanities, Other Department/Program | Advisor: Wendy Wischer
- “In Search of Blue Sky”
- Authors: Wendy Wischer, John Lin, Lindsey Webb
Wen, Zihao
College of Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering | Advisor: Xiaoyue Cathy Liu
- “Telematic data-enabled Campus Fleet Assessment and Interactive Visualization”
- Authors: Zihao Wen, Gabrielius Kudirka, Xiaoyue Cathy Liu, Bei Phillips Wang
Wilks, Stefania
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Geography | Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- “Communicating in 3D: Printing scaled models of pollen for education and outreach.”
Winward, Natalie
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Geography | Advisor: Andrea Brunelle
- “Utilizing paleoecological reconstructions to inform fire-disturbance restoration and land management”
- Authors: Natalie Winward, Jesse Morris, Andrea Brunelle
Wolf, Meg
College of Mines & Earth Sciences, Geology & Geophysics | Advisor: Paul Brooks
- “Variability of Groundwater Storage in Headwater Catchments of the Upper Colorado River Basin: Improving Our Understanding of Why Runoff in Mountain Environments is Highly Variable”
- Authors: Margaret A. Wolf, Logan R. Jamison, Courtenay Strong, Paul D. Brooks
Yagüe, Blanca
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Anthropology | Advisor: Shane Macfarlan
- “Diet diversity of Indigenous families: a comparative study between urban and rural dwellers in the Colombian Amazon”
Yau, Eden
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering | Advisor: Chen Wang
- “Recycling U Hospital Packaging Waste into Filaments for 3D Printing”
- Authors: Eden Yau, Raymond Lunde, Grant Musgrave, Chen Wang
Yerman, Anahi
College of Social & Behavioral Science, Anthropology | Advisor: Shane Macfarlan
- “The Good, Bad and Necessary: Variable effects of ecological shocks in Mexican ranching communities.”