Amanda Sain, Water Interface PhD student, recently traveled to New Orleans, LA to present her research at the 2014 Water Quality Technology Conference ®. The research she presented is an overview of the techniques used …
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Congratulations to Amanda Sain for receiving the honor of being named an outstanding master’s degree student by the Virginia Tech Graduate School.
Amanda’s research is focused on the intersection of water quality and air quality with an emphasis on aqueous inorganic constituents, specifically Manganese. She has a passion for looking into where water and public health intersect so that drinking water continues to be safe and accessible.
Should the cleanest potable water be available at higher prices than other potable water sources? GRAD 5414 Water for Health seminar students weigh in!
Should there be federal incentives to industries, communities, or private citizens for protecting environmental water resources and adopting recycle/reuse strategies? GRAD 5414 Water for Health students weigh in!
Should consumers be part of the water quality/safety monitoring system – and how could they play a role? GRAD 5414 Water for Health students weigh in!
Do the benefits of water reuse/recycling outweigh the perceived and real risks? GRAD 5414 Water for Health Students weigh in!
Consumers may have noticed that they have several options for purchasing water…..they can choose from distilled, purified, or even spring water at the grocery store. Throughout my undergrad studies I remember pipetting distilled water into concoctions my professor was anxiously waiting for us to “cook up,” but never did I really think about the differences in [...]
Georgianna Mann, a graduate student in Food Science and Technology and student affiliated with the Water INTERface, travelled to New Zealand to investigate the issues of water availability and quality on the New Zealand dairy industry. She spoke with farmers, a dairy cooperative, and dairy representatives at the New Zealand Field Days, the largest agribusiness [...]
Happy Holidays everyone! Check out this photo Dr. Davy recently posted over on our Facebook page. Brings back good memories of the Water INTERface Interdisciplinary Research class (i.e. GRAD 5134). This course was by far the best practical experience we could have had in cross-disciplinary research activities; we all worked hard and learned more about each other [...]
A Tribute to IGEP Water INTERface at Virginia Tech: A Team with a Mission As the first graduate of the IGEP Water INTERface program at Virginia Tech, I am proud to contribute this posting in recognition and support of the program and its dedicated team of faculty and students. When I started my PhD program [...]
