Welcome!

Welcome to the Summer Professional Symposium! This event is a chance for SENS MSs (Energy Security and Regenerative Sustainability) and MWS students to present their work, using either the 3-minute thesis format or a longer (10-12 min) recorded or in-person talk.

Presentations are judged on their quality and clarity by SENS faculty, staff, students, and guests, and the top choices are awarded a small prize (and bragging rights). After watching the students' presenations, please use this judging form to score them.

The symposium will be a hybrid event, held in-person in Room 1261 at the National Hydrology Research Centre (NHRC; 11 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon; view map) and via Zoom. We will be using this Zoom meeting link for all parts of the symposium. If you leave the symposium at one point, you can rejoin later using the same link.

After the symposium, please join us for a pizza celebration at Boffins Public House (106-111 Research Drive, Saskatoon; view map) from 4pm to 6pm, where we will announce prizes for the best presentations. There is paid parking available across the road from Boffins.

If you intend to join us in person for the presentations and for the pizza celebration at Boffins that will follow, please use this form to register. Note that you must register to gain entrance into the building.

Schedule

August 30, 2023

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9:00-9:15 AM	Registration and Coffee
9:15-9:45 AM	Welcome and Opening Remarks Elder Roland Duquette Dr. Karsten Liber
9:45-10:15 AM	Alumni Ambassadors Discussion Panel Abimbola Daramola, Shashank Kumar, and Shea Shirley
10:15-10:30 AM	Refreshment Break
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Session 1: Master of Water Security (in person at NHRC or join online) Please use this judging form to score the presentations.
12:00 - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 - 3:30 PM	Session 2: Master of Sustainability (in person at NHRC or join online) Please use this judging form to score the presentations.
3:30 - 4:00 PM	Break and walk to Boffins Social House (106-111 Research Drive, Saskatoon)
4:00 - 6:00 PM	Prizes and pizza at Boffins Social House (please register here). For security purposes, you must register at Innovation Place before attending the mixer. To register your attendance, please click here.

Presentation Sessions

Session 1: Master of Water Security (10:30 AM - 12:00 PM; Chair: Dr. Andrew Ireson)

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Presentation formats:

Pre-recorded Three-Minute Thesis (3MT)
10-12 Minute Pre-Recorded Presentation (10PR)
10-12 Minute In-Person Presentation (10IP)

Student	Title	Partner Organization	Format
Brooke Forbes	Locating Social Perceptions of Genomically Enhanced Microbes for Bioremediation of Oil Sands Process-Affected Water	Genomics Research for Optimization of constructed treatment Wetlands (GROW)	3MT
Andrea Knibbs	GREEN Isotope-Based Hydrograph Separation Project	Multi-purpOse Slope Testing (MOST) Facility, Global Institute for Water Security	10PR
Durre Shahwar	Green Roof Design Testing and Modeling for Hydrological Performance	Multi-purpOse Slope Testing (MOST) Facility, Global Institute for Water Security	3MT
Nagaraj Thanushkodi	Development of Spring Snowmelt, Rainstorm and Mixed Population Flood Frequency Curve for Hydrometric Stations in Manitoba Watersheds	Manitoba Transportation and Infrastructure	10PR
Jessica Simpson	Trend Analysis of Temperature and Precipitation as a Driver of Floods in Alberta Based on the Hydro-Climatic Historical Data and Future Climate Scenarios	Alberta Environment and Protected Areas	3MT
Abdullahi Dini	Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in Gaoua, Burkina Faso: A Preliminary Assessment using CMIP6 Model Outputs	University of Fada N'Gourma	3MT
Salil Tendulkar	James Smith Cree Nation Groundwater Resource Vulnerability	James Smith Cree Nation	10PR
Len Hingley	The first year of a two-year project using Bowen Ratio Energy Balance measurements to develop a new crop coefficient curve for irrigated field peas (Pisum sativum L.) in Alberta, Canada	Alberta Agriculture and Irrigation	3MT
Taylor Josephy	Waterpoint mapping for decision-making in Zimba District, Zambia	Department of Rural Water Supply and Sanitation, Zimba District & The SAM Project	3MT
Evan Westad	Water Security in Buried Valley Aquifers	University of Saskatchewan	10IP

Session 2: Master of Sustainability (1:30 - 3:30 PM; Chair: Dr. Jim Robson)