Soil Science Seminar (SSC601/801)

Fall 2007 Schedule

Time: Wednesdays at 3:40 pm

Location: Williams Hall Auditorium (WMS 2215)

Refreshments served in the McKimmon Room (WMS 2223) at 3:15 pm.

Sept. 12: Michael Wood, President, The Catena Group, Hillsborough, NC. "Applying Principles of Soil Genesis and Morphology to Wetland Mitigation Sites."

Sept. 19: Dr. Nicholas George, Project Coordinator: Energy Crops for North Carolina, North Carolina Solar Center & Dept. of Crop Science, NCSU. "A Struggle for Agricultural Sustainability: Dryland Salinity and the Development of Perennial Woody Crops in Australia."

Sept. 26: Dr. David Crouse, Associate Professor, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "Soil-Science.info... Aggressive Recruiting to Grow Undergraduate Enrollment."

Oct. 3: Dr. Robert B. Jackson, Nicholas Professor of Global Environmental Change and Professor, Dept. of Biology and Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, Durham, NC. "How Soils Influence and Are Influenced by Global Change."

Oct. 10: Dr. Owen Duckworth, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "Effects of Biogenic Exudates and Minerals on the Biogeochemical Cycling of Trace Metals." (tentative title)

Oct. 17: Shaun Casteel, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "Corn Response to Manure from Poultry Diets Modified to Reduce Phosphorus." (tentative title)

Oct. 24: Dr. Joshua Heitman, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "Soil-Climate Interactions at Multiple Scales." (tentative title)

Oct. 31: Karl Schaeffer, Extension Associate: Waste Management. "Applications of Soil Science in Waste and Nutrient Management." (tentative title)

Nov. 7: NO Seminar: SSSA\ASA\CSSA National Meetings, New Orleans

Nov. 14: Sergio Abit, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "Influence of the Capillary Fringe on Groundwater Hydrology, Chemical Transport, and Microbial Migration: A Review."

Nov. 21: NO Seminar: Thanksgiving Holiday

Nov. 28: Porche Spence, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "The Collection of Residential Overland Runoff using a Passive Sampling System."

Dec. 5: Sergio Abit, Ph.D. student, Dept. of Soil Science, NCSU. "Evaluation of Nutrient Fates and Microbial Migration on a Vadose Zone, Capillary Fringe, and Shallow Groundwater Continuum under Various Simulated Hydrologic Conditions."