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The North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute was founded in 1965 by authority of Congress as one of the 54 Institutes throughout the nation and is administered through the United States Geological Survey. The Institute's office is located in the College of Engineering and Architecture of North Dakota State University (NDSU), the land grant university of the State.

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North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute Sponsors a Day of Seminars in Bismarck

The North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute sponsored a day of seminars by WRRI Research Fellows and advisors at the North Dakota Heritage Center, Bismarck, on April 15th, 2008. The presentations can be viewed online or downloaded from the link:

http://www.swc.state.nd.us/4dlink9/4dcgi/redirect/index.html

The second text section down pertains to the WRRI seminars.  Select “here” for a menu of talks.

The advisory committee of the Institute consisting of Bill Schuh of North Dakota State Water Commission, Gregg Wiche of US Geological Survey, and Mike Sauer of North Dakota Department of Health has been instrumental to host the event in Bismarck. There were twelve presentations attended by more than sixty water professionals.

Each year the Institute, supplemented by 15% match from the North Dakota State Water Commission, grants fellowships to graduate students at North Dakota universities for research in water-resource related areas on a competitive basis.

Standing (left to right): Mike Sauer (WRRI Advisoyr committee member), Sita Krajangpan (Fellow), William Schuh (WRRI ACM), Thunyalux Ratpakdi (F), Achintya Bezbaruah (Faculty Adviser), Eakalak Khan (FA), Jay Thompson (F), Edward Dekeyser(FA), Breanna Paradeis (F), Mary Schuh (F), Donald Kirby (FA), Harjyoti Kalita (F)

Sitting (left to right): Marinus Otte (FA), Dimuthu Wijeyaratne (F), Ryan klapperich (F), Scott Korom (FA), Rubiya Shabnam (F), Julia Zhao (FA), G. Padmanabhan (WRRI Director)

Phil Gerla (FA), Yuhui Jin (F), Damion Knudsen (F), and Gregg Wiche (WRRI ACM) could not join the group and missed the photo opportunity.

Presentation Schedule

NORTH DAKOTA WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH INSTITUTE
GRADUATE-FELLOW PRESENTATIONS
April 15, 2008
North Dakota Heritage Center
612 East Boulevard Ave., Bismarck ND

8:45 Introduction - Bill Schuh, ND State Water Commission

8:50 The North Dakota Water Resource Research Institute- Dr. G. Padmanabhan, Director

9:00 Morning Session - Moderator Gregg Wiche, USGS, Bismarck

9:05 Yuhui Jin and Julia Zhao: Simultaneous determination of multiple-bacteria using fluorescent nanoparticles

9:30 Damion Knudsen and Bernhardt Saini-Eidukat: High resolution site characterization for ground water monitoring.

9: 55 Breanna Paradeis and Donald Kirby: Community composition and function of wetlands located in restored prairie

10:20 Break

10:45 Ryan Klapperich and Scott Korom: Electron donor potential of eastern North Dakota shale formations 

11:10 Harjyoti Kalita, Achintya Bezbaruah, Bret Chisholm:Ion-imprinted polymers: A new approach to remove arsenic from drinking water

11: 35 Phil Gerla, Corey Askin, Bill Lenarz, and Andy Bongard: Hydrological balance and water quality of springs and seeps at Pigeon Point Preserve, Ransom County, North Dakota

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Afternoon Session - Moderator Mike Sauer, ND State Health Department

1: 05 Rabiya Shabnam, Achintya Bezbaruah: Groundwater decontamination with metal nanoparticles and microorganisms encapsulated in biopolymer microreactors

1:30 Sita Krajangpan, Achintya Bezbaruah, Bret Chisholm: Efficacy of novel polymer coated iron nanoparticles in trichloroethylene (TCE) degradation

1:55 Dimuthu Wijeyaratne and Marinus Otte: Chemical fingerprinting of sediments and water of the Souris River for identification of diffuse pollution sources

2:20 Break

2:35 Thunyalux Ratpukdi and Eakalak Khan: Fractionation of natural organic matter in water from the Red River and the Moorhead water treatment plant, Minnesota using a novel solid phase extraction technique

3:00 Mary Schuh and Francis Casey :Farm-scale reconnaissance of estrogens in subsurface waters

3:25 Jay Thompson, Achintya Bezbaruah: Pesticide remediation and treatment using nanoscale zero-valent iron

3:50 Adjourn

Recent Publications by the Institute, Fellows and Faculty

Jin, Y., Zhao, X., Wu, M.  Determination of bacteria using luminescent nanoparticles, Pittcon 2006, Orlando, FL, March 2006

Jin, Y., Parisien, J., Wu, M., Zhao, X., Simultaneous Detection of Multiple Bacterial Cells Using Fluorescent Nanoparticles, Pittcon 2007 Chicago, Feb 2007.

Philip J. Gerla, William Lenarz. Effect of Land Cover and Pattern on the Quality of Groundwater Discharged from Spring and Seeps at Pigeon Point, Southeastern North Dakota. Technical Report No: ND07-01, North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute, 2007

Jennifer L. Newbrey, Wendy L. Reed. West Nile Virus Antibodies in Free-Living North Dakota Incterids. Technical Report No: ND07-02, North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute, 2007

Christopher B. Hall, Eakalak Khan. A comparative Study of Immobilized  Nitrifying and Denitrifying Bacteria for Ammonia Removal of Sludge Digester Supernatant. Technical Report No: ND07-03, North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute, 2007

Michael G. Newbrey, Allan C. Ashworth. Climate Change and Evolution of Growth in North American Hiodontidae, Esocidae, and Percidae. Technical Report No: ND07-04, North Dakota Water Resources Research Institute, 2007