SEEDS - Sharing Environmental Engineering Discoveries Symposium 2026

2 Annual EVEN Graduate Research Symposium
Date: Thursday March 5
Time: 12:15 - 2:00 pm (poster presentations 12:45 - 1:45 pm)
Location: EVEN Wing
Poster Session
All attendees will cast votes to recognize the most informative and most creative posters.
This symposium is scheduled in place of the weekly EVEN seminar, so current EVEN graduate students and faculty are strongly encouraged to participate.
Objectives
- Build community among current EVEN graduate students
- Encourage collaboration among EVEN research groups
- Showcase current EVEN research initiatives
- Engage with prospective graduate students and assist in recruitment efforts for EVEN Visit DayÌý Ìý
This Year's Presenters
Gillian Gallager - "How do elevation and topographic aspect shape seasonal snowpack accumulation in the Southern Rockies?"
Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýWinner - Best overall poster
Naman Rastogi - "Title"
Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýWinner - Most aesthetic poster
Vanessa MaybruckÌý- "Decision Support for Pharmaceutical Indicator Compounds during Water Reuse"
Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýWinner - Best Poster Pitch Performance
Matthew HelmsÌý-Ìý"UV 222nm as Pretreatment For Reverse Osmosis: Impacts on Reverse Osmosis Biofouling"
Ìý Ìý ÌýÌýÌýWinner - The "Clear as Drinking Water" Award
Mackenzie BowdenÌý-Ìý"Chemical Mixture Toxicity and Metagenomic Profiles Temporally Co-Vary in Wastewater from a Municipal Sewer"
Betsy Farris - "Supporting Landfill Methane Monitoring from Space"
Maddie FerrebeeÌý-Ìý"Utilizing UVC LEDs to prevent biofilm growth within drinking water distribution systems"
Leah Flint -Ìý"Intact Cast Iron Tubercule Isolation Techniques for Drinking Water Distribution System Coupon Tests"
Melanie Gamboa - "Relevance of tailing in UV inactivation curves: An artifact of UV resistance"
Surya GodaÌý- "Using CONTAM to Model Infiltration of Wildfire Smoke Into 200 Homes to Determine Influential Parameters on Concentrations Indoors"
Ryan McKeownÌý-Ìý"UVLED/Chlorine for UV Advanced Oxidation"
Rachel MiddletonÌý-Ìý"Supraglacial Water Mapping as a Window into Surge Hydrology: Linking Surface Water, Drainage Efficiency, and Surge Dynamics on Negribreen Glacier, Svalbard"
Kristina Strezoska Petrov -Ìý"Characterization and Control of Indoor Air Quality in Urban Public School Classrooms in Industrial Shadows"
Dorian SchwartzÌý-Ìý"Assessing indoor thermal comfort in Colorado schools"
Abstract Submission
If you are a current graduate student and plan to participate with a poster, sign up here and include your title and topic. Deadline for submission: Monday March 2. If you intend to print a new poster, please allow sufficient time for printing!
Cost
Free for EVEN graduate students and students from other programs that are advised by EVEN faculty members. Lunch will be provided. Ìý
Sponsor
Environmental Engineering Program, University of Colorado Boulder