ENST faculty and students participated in presentations, breakout sessions, and a research poster competition.
The College of Agriculture and Natural Resources' Fourth Annual Cornerstone Event took place on Wednesday, October 12, and was titled, "Optimize Urban Environments Through Design, Green Technology, and Community Engagement." The day was full of insightful presentations, breakout sessions, and a research poster competition.
The Keynote presentation was given by Kate Orff, RLA, FASLA, who is the Founding Principal of SCAPE. She focuses on retooling the practice of landscape architecture relative to the uncertainty of climate change and creating spaces to foster social life, which she has explored through publications, activism, research, and projects.
During the poster session, nearly three dozen students presented original research on topics ranging from making energy out of wood waste to managing storm water in urban forests.
In the Optimizing Urban Environments category, first place went to ENST's Sarah Na for her poster titled, "Renewable Energy from Fermented Food Waste." Two other ENST students received runners-up recognition for their poster presentations in the same category: Qianyao Si for "Exploring Internet of Things (IoT) Sensors for Monitoring Stormwater Dynamics at Three Urbanized Campus Catchments in College Park, MD," and Sarah Ponte for "Managing Stormwater with Urban Forests: Transpiration Rates and Whole-Tree Water Use by Deciduous Species in Maryland, USA."
Additionally, ENST's Danielle Delp was awarded first place in the Healthy Watersheds & Chesapeake Bay category for her poster titled, "Pairing Bioenergy and Bioremediation on Farms: Anaerobic Co-digestion of Algae with Manure and Food Wastes."
More information on this year's Cornerstone Event with speaker lists and all poster session winners can be found on AGNR's website here.
