Research Higher Degree Seminars
The Tom Farrell Institute for the Environment is pleased to announce a new initiative to showcase cutting edge research by final-year higher degree candidates at the University of Newcastle in the fields of sustainable ecosystems and sustainable regions. Your attendance at and support for these presentations will materially assist the University’s research students in their career networking
2011 Seminars
23 March (click to open flyer)
Presenter 1: Pema Choden
Garbage makes mischief. Leachate quality analysis and passive treatment options (click to open presentation)
Presenter 2: Kylie Agllias
Family Estrangement. An examination of causes and consequences
2010 Seminars
26 March (click to open flyer)
Presenter 1: Annelie Moberg
Growing Green Gold from Pond Scum: Process Engineering Fundamentals in the Design of a High Performance Microalgae Photobioreactor
Presenter 2: Patrice Newell
Land Managers as Energy Providers: Pyrolysis potential to create sustainable land management in the Hunter Valley
21 May (click to open flyer)
Presenter 1: Sam Gorrick
Project Title: Repairing rivers by revegetation: Interactions between flow sediment and vegetation in longstem tubestock rehabilitation works in riparian areas
Presenter 2: Graeme Lucas
Project Title: Science finds, industry applies and [hu]man[kind] conforms – or do we? Applying actor network theory to look at the politics behind the science and technology of environmental sustainability
20 August
Presenter 1: Lynette Fletcher (click to open presentation)
Food availability, foraging aspects and population structure of the platypus (Ornithorhynchus anatinus) on the Central Coast of NSW
29 October
Please check back regularly for updates on topics and presenters
2009 Seminars
Cultural Drivers of Corporate Environmentalism - Sidsel Grimstad (PDF 471k)
Paleobiomechanics - Reconstruction of feeding ecology in extinct predators (click to open PDF flyer)
Modelling studies on the interactions between Co2 and Amines for application in Co2 capture - Debra Fernandez PhD Student, & The Kangaroo: managing a pesky icon - Janine Buist PhD Student (click to open PDF flyer)