ERIE News

Recent News:

The 4th Annual Susquehanna River Symposium "Cultures at the Confluence: Native Americans, Ecology, and the Susquehanna Valley" will be from Friday, September 25 to Saturday, September 26, 2009 at Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA. ERIE faculty Don Grinde, professor and chair of the UB American Studies Department, will be presenting Saturday on American Indian Culture and Ecological Restoration in the Northeast.

ERIE faculty Sean Bennett and Alan Rabideau have been mentioned in the latest newsletter of the Canadian Geophysical Union (July 2009)for their presentations at the AGU Conference Session: Binational Principles and Practices of Stream and Ecosystem Restoration. The summary can be found on page 5.

ERIE's commissioned artwork Streams of Thought was unveiled on August 7th at the UB Center for the Arts at an artists reception. The work was a collaborative effort by artists Gary L. Wolfe and Priscilla Bowen. Click here to read about the artwork and the event.

ERIE is proud to announce the dates of their Summer 2010 Ecosystem Restoration Workshop on June 7 to 25. Click here for press release.

The ERIE Orientation, for both new and current trainees, was held on August 7, 2009. ERIE trainees presented brief summaries on their current research topics.

Dr. Robert Wells, of the USDA-Agricultural Research Service, traveled to Buffalo on July 27th to demonstrate the jet erosion testing device to ERIE IGERT trainees and professors. The device is used for testing determining the erodability and shear stress of stream beds and banks.

Read UB reporter aricle Best Places at UB for a Natural High.

ERIE director, David Blersch recently attended two conferences. At the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) Annual International Meeting in Reno, NV, David presented a paper entitled “Engineering autonomy in an algal turf scrubber technoecosystem” in the “Applications of Ecological Engineering” technical session. This paper described his results on work to develop an automated feedback control system for an algal-based wastewater treatment system. At the American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES) Ninth Annual Meeting in Corvallis, OR, he presented a poster entitled “Development of an Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Ecosystem Restoration at the University at Buffalo” in the general conference poster session. ERIE principle investigator, Dr. Alan Rabideau is a co-author. This poster described the programmatic structure initiated for the ERIE IGERT program. Both presentations were well attended and well received.

ERIE fellow, Robert Earle traveled to Missoula, Montana in June 2009 to take part in the 4th Annual Environmental Ethics Institute co-taught by Andrew Light and Christopher Preston.  This year's session focused on the themes of fire, restoration and wilderness in the age of climate change.

The American Geophysical Union's 2009 Joint Assembly, The Meeting of the Americas in Toronto, Ontario, Canada was held in Toronto, Ontario from May 24-27. ERIE faculty Dr. Sean Bennett co-convened a session entitled "Binational Principles and Practices of Stream and Ecosystem Restoration"; and fellow ERIE faculty Dr. Alan Rabideau gave an invited talk on "Interdisciplinary education, research, and training for ecosystem restoration." ERIE trainees Shannon Seneca and Stacey Blersch presented posters at the conference on "Evaluation of Zeolite Permeable Treatment Wall for the Removal
of Strontium-90 from Groundwater" and "A Conceptual Model for Stream Restoration in Western New York: A Developing Case Study in the Elton Creek Watershed", respectively. (5/2009)

ERIE Faculty Dr. Don Grinde Jr. presented his talk "The anthropological and ecological geneology of Iroquois traditional stories" at the third meeting of Native American & Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA) in from May 21-23. The conference was held at the University of Minnesota. NAISA is a new professional organization for scholars who work in American Indian/Native American/First Nations/Aboriginal/Indigenous Studies.(5/2009)

ERIE trainee, Robert Earle, presented the paper "Nature and Illusion" at the 10th Annual Michigan Statue University Philosophy Conference on April 5th, 2009. He also be presented the paper "Theistic Incentives to a Kantian Morality" at the Gonzaga Graduate Philosophy Conference on April 12, 2009.(3/2009)

ERIE faculty Dr. Joseph Atkinson presented "Particle Based Sediment Transport Modeling - A Tool for Contaminated Stream Remediation" at the Hong Kong IAHR annual meeting on April 3, 2009 and at teh Department of Civil Engineering at National Taiwan University on March 25, 2009.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in partnership with UB, presented its national training workshop, "Consulting with Indian Nations," on March 24-26. The Buffalo News article available. (3/2009)

ERIE faculty Dr. Joseph Atkinson presented "Ecosystem Restoration, Modeling and Management in the Great Lakes" at the Graduate Environmental Institure at National Taiwan University on March 24, 2009.

Nate Drag, ERIE trainee, presented a poster titled "Great Lakes Diplomacy: A Case Study in the Evolution of Binational Environmental Diplomacy and Governance" at Great Lakes Research Consortium Faculty Student Conference March 13, 2009 at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. He will also be giving a talk with the same title at the Crossing Borders Festival March 26 and 27 at Brock University in St Catherines, ON. (3/2009)

The University at Buffalo’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is pleased to announce the 2009 Summer Workshop Series, “Engineering for Ecosystem Restoration”, a set of three field-intensive academic and professional development courses focusing on the science and practice of ecosystem restoration. For more information click here. (3/2009)

ERIE faculty Dr. Joseph Atkinson presented "Ecosystem (Stream) Restoration in Western New York" at the Stream Naturalization Workshop for the Department of Civil and Structural Engineering at Hong Kong Polytechnic University on February 27, 2009.

Past Stories:

ERIE featured in Annual Report on Research Activity - from the University at Buffalo (10/2008)

UB conducts Ecosystem Restoration workshop series - from UB News Center (6/2008)

UB Adds Doctorate on Ecosystem (currently unavailable)- from Buffalo News (11/2007)

UB receives IGERT grant - from UB Reporter (11/2007)

Grant will fund Great Lakes education - from Business First of Buffalo (11/2007)