tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19361178767486566272024-02-07T16:15:20.522-08:00Soil and Environmental Hydrogeochemistry at NCSUpolizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-74319890855966147652015-02-19T11:31:00.000-08:002015-02-19T11:31:32.837-08:00Soil Science Society of North Carolina Meeting<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hi everyone, this is Audrey. I know, long time no post. Everyone has been busy traveling or working in the lab with no time to blog. We have some exciting posts to share, so I hope you enjoy them! On January 20-21, the Soil Science Society of North Carolina held their yearly meeting which is one of the largest state meetings in the country. Believe it or not, North Carolina is one of the leading states in soil research. I had a poster looking at arsenic and lead levels in porewater and sediments of golf course and sod farm ponds across the Sandhills region of North Carolina.<br />
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Allison also had a poster on her current work looking at the effects on soil and crops from the coal ash spill from Duke Energy into the Dan River. This is, of course, a topic of extreme interest, so Allison had her work cut out for her answering all the questions. Overall, Allison won 3rd place for her poster, so congratulations to her!<br />
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And finally, Matt gave a talk on the cause and effects of arsenic loading into groundwater in Southeast Asia's and how soils play a role. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture, but he gave a great talk! Liz was the moderator for the Soil and Groundwater Contamination session as well. As you can see, we were an active group in this years meeting!</div>
polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-56779520601645303582015-02-04T12:23:00.001-08:002015-02-05T05:52:13.716-08:00Animal pictures for Audrey!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Audrey didn't get to make it on this trip to Cambodia, but she was insistent we take some good animal pictures. Audrey, these are for you!<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-19505350360737029242015-02-04T12:17:00.003-08:002015-02-04T12:17:55.777-08:00Our man Nuon, and other friends<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The best part about any trip to Cambodia is getting to spend quality time with friends and colleagues. We got some good time in the field with our friend Nuon, who works at Resource Development International. You've seen him in some other posts, but here are a few other pictures:<br />
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Plus we got to see our buddy Dina:<br />
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And a whole bunch of old friends from (many) years past:<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-84762354894407799612015-02-04T11:56:00.000-08:002015-02-04T11:56:46.438-08:00Filtering can take forever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Sigh...<br />
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Alas, there's always some fun to be had while we wait. Like jumping contests:<br />
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Or just randomly throwing things at other things:<br />
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Here come Nuon and Liz...<br />
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In preparation for the water crossing, Liz puts the YSI on her head:<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Sorry I didn't help, but documentation is important!<br />
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Liz and I (Matt) made a quick dash to Cambodia in January to collect targeted sediment samples, sample surface water and groundwater, and connect with colleagues and friends.<br />
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We only traveled for 10 days, but still brought our typical boatload of stuff:<br />
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Once we arrived, there was a lot of work to be done:<br />
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I mostly stood around and took pictures, but every once in a while I was allowed to do something important, like model gloves outside a gas shop in Phnom Penh or carry a dewar of liquid nitrogen in a crowded tuk tuk:<br />
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Overall, it was a successful trip, with a lot of great well drilling and sediment collection:<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-91785403484388118932014-12-16T11:14:00.001-08:002014-12-16T11:14:28.007-08:00Photoshoot!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
NC State's CALS Perspectives magazine is doing a story about some of our research with the <a href="http://duckworth.soil.ncsu.edu/">Duckworth lab</a>...and they recently staged a photoshoot of me and Owen. (The absurdity of the situation was not missed by the rest of our group members, who don't see the two of us in the lab very frequently!)<br />
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The story is not out yet, but we have some pictures to share! <br />
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Here, Owen claims I have dandruff on my shoulder, though I insist it's just lint from my well-worn sweater:<br />
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After the glamor shots, there was science to be done! It is unclear what Owen is putting into the glovebox:<br />
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Stop laughing Polizzotto!<br />
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Obviously, we were very focused on making what seem to be vital measurements:<br />
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Ahh yes, all in a day's work. Go team!<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-62399097945812014532014-05-01T12:15:00.001-07:002014-05-01T12:15:51.543-07:00DJ and Audrey Are Movie Stars!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
With Travis Gannon's group from Crop Science at NC State, we have been working on a publication for the <a href="http://www.jove.com/"><i>Journal of Visualized Experiments</i></a>, describing field methods for analysis of chemicals applied to soils. The exciting thing about JoVE is that along with a written publication, the journal professionally produces a movie about your work! We recently completed the video footage, and Audrey and DJ got to show off their exceptional on-camera skills. Some pictures of the shoot are below...and be sure to check back soon to see the final video!<br />
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We did the shoot at the Sandhills Research Station and had to start pretty early to get the field area prepared.<br />
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Audrey prepares to give her introductory remarks...which, of course, she delivered with precision.<br />
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DJ demonstrates lysimeter installation. <br />
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Audrey and DJ get ready to install some porewater samplers. The videographer liked to do most everything with his jacket on his head.<br />
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<br />Preparing for vacuum filtration...<br />
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DJ makes a pas over the field area to create some footage for general field 'maintenance'.<br />
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The final shot: DJ cuts open and sections the lysimeters.<br />
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From now on, DJ and Audrey can be contacted through their talent agents.</div>
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Christine and Allison presented their research at NC State's Undergraduate Research Symposium!<br />
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Christine's poster was entitled "Quantifying the Arsenic Adsorption Capacity of Alcan AAFS50 for Its Use in Household Treatment of Well Water".<br />
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It was a cold January morning near the NC Zoo as Liz finished the last of her winter well sampling!<br />
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We were lucky to have the help of Shuying Wang, Winston-Salem Region Hydrogeologist and well-sampler extraordinaire from the NC Division of Water Resources: <br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-29994295096718534352014-01-05T12:22:00.000-08:002014-01-05T12:22:30.359-08:00Rockin' it in Tampa<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
This post is a bit overdue, but in November, Liz, Audrey and I (Matt) delivered several presentations at the Soil Science Society of America annual meeting in Tampa.<br />
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Here's Liz at her poster:<br />
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And Audrey at her poster:<br />
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Liz, I, and a few others from the department ran in the 5k (with one derelict participant forgetting to register and not getting a race bib):<br />
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Owen Duckworth, biogeochemist extraordinaire, was the speed demon of the group.<br />
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The run brought out some SSSA magic, and Owen and I shared a touching scenic sunrise:<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-48121729590385447012013-10-28T07:39:00.003-07:002013-10-28T07:39:45.802-07:00Matt's pics from the beam<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Greetings, it's Matt here, with a few more pictures from the APS, to supplement Audrey's post.<br />
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First off, Audrey wasn't just blogging while we were here...she was working hard:<br />
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She and DJ spent a lot of time analyzing and discussing data:<br />
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The tricycles are definitely a nice option for late-night transportation:<br />
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And here are Audrey and DJ, each sitting on a small hippo (with a couple of confused onlookers...):<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-72049202496605461012013-10-27T21:38:00.002-07:002013-10-27T21:38:18.739-07:00Fun at the Argonne National Laboratory?Greetings from Chicago (sort of)! Matt, DJ and I (Audrey) are at the Argonne National Laboratory using the synchrotron for our Cambodia sediments and the MSMA turfgrass project. If you aren't well versed in the synchrotron, you can find information <a href="http://www.aps.anl.gov/About/APS_Overview/">here</a>. Don't worry, we're still learning more about it ourselves (well, except for Matt). Here is an aerial view of the whole system:<br />
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*photo courtesy of the APS*<br />
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As you can see, it is quite the setup. Here are some additional pictures from our trip so far:<br />
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This is actually where we put the sample in. We don't get to see this room very often and it closes with authority. The beam goes through the metal that transects the room. There are also cameras, mirrors, and other really scientific stuff that happens in here that perhaps Matt can explain more.</div>
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This place is so big that we need tricycles to get around. Yes, I'm serious. Here we are going to get lunch at the cafe down the path.</div>
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*Audrey*</div>
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Hi again, it's Audrey. If you've looked at our website lately, you may have noticed that we now have a lab photo! Well, we may have had a little too much fun with it, mostly with me instigating it. Yes, I fell to the ground and eventually threw Matt down with me. Do you notice how the undergrads are standing behind us looking at us like we're crazy? Anyway, I just wanted to share with you these fun pictures. Have a great Labor Day weekend!polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-60603543090667609602013-08-27T15:10:00.000-07:002013-08-27T15:10:11.316-07:00Audrey Names Fountain Pen Ink After Her Work<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hi guys, it's Audrey. I know, it's been awhile! To premise how this happened, I must say that my husband is really into fountain pens and ink. We all have our hobbies, right (mine is nail polish)? He also has a <a href="http://www.inkdependence.com/">blog</a> if you are interested in looking into it. We've been to several pen shows (yes, those really do exist) and we got to meet a new ink maker from Maryland named Tyler. Tyler is a young biochemist and is really interested in science and the periodic table, so much so that he named his first inks from it. You can purchase his inks on many popular fountain pen sites, as well as on his website <a href="http://www.organicsstudio.com/">here</a>. When I saw Tyler at the Raleigh pen show a few months ago, he wanted to give my husband some inks to review on his blog. He also happened to mention that he has a grey ink he has yet to name, and I immediately tell him to name it arsenic. Since he already has other elements in his collection, it fit right in, and is an accurate description of arsenic. I told him about all the work we do in our lab, and he included the last sentence about arsenic just for me on the box.<br />
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We found Tyler again a few weeks ago at the Washington DC Pen show where we got to take a picture featuring arsenic the ink. Thanks, Tyler!<br />
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<span id="goog_1326587965"></span><span id="goog_1326587966"></span>Hey It's Cory again. Last Wednesday, Liz, Allison, and I went to Allison Woods in Statesville, NC to collect some well samples and soil samples. The sampling location is on a property owned by Allison Woods Foundation non-profit organization which uses the several acres of woods, fields, and a lake for war reenactments, educational, and research purposes. We met with our friend, Joju from NCDENR Division of Water Quality at Allison Woods to show us where the monitoring wells were, how to get there, and to help us out with the sampling. <br />
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Before Joju showed us where to go, we thought we could meet him at the monitoring wells in our front-wheel 2WD drive mini-van because we were going to use our map and the directions we had. Well we took a wrong turn on one of the really narrow, dirt trail in the middle of the woods. When we realized we went the wrong way, we were headed down the side of a muddy hill on the wrong trail. We had to slowly turn the mini-van completely around on a muddy slope with like a 7 point turn. Then we had to make it back up this muddy trail to the edge of the woods so we figure out where we needed to go. Getting the mini-van back up the hill was the difficult part. The front wheels of the mini-van would loose traction on parts of the hill because of the mud sooo the mini-van would slide back down the hill about a foot or two occasionally. We were able to get the mini-van up the hill eventually but we did get a little muddy. Once back to the edge of the woods, we followed Joju to where we needed to go.<br />
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Joju allowed us to use his well pumps for all four of the monitoring wells which was really nice. It made the sampling go quicker since we usually just use our two pumps then switch them out after sampling a given well. The really deep (like 400 foot) monitoring wells at Allison Woods showed that water at that depth was well connected because the as we pumped the water out of one of the monitoring wells, the depth to water in a 400 foot well that was a few hundred yards lowered. The geology at Allison Woods was pretty cool too. The geology was a mix of Triassic Basin, felsic, a<span style="font-family: inherit;">nd mafic rocks in the soil and saprolite (soft bedrock) but was primarily <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">hornblende gneiss,
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-3644777162940609392013-08-13T08:13:00.001-07:002013-08-13T08:13:45.853-07:00Cory and Langtree Field Work continued<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hey It's Cory Connell and I'm one of three Summer 2013 undergraduate research assistants who are on Dr. Polizzotto's team. As a research assistant, I've worked in the field, lab, and on the computer. I prefer working in the field but it's always nice to be in air conditioning every once in a while. All of the work I've done this summer has been pretty neat. I've collected, analyzed, and prepared water & soil samples. Over the next few days I'll share a few of the summer sampling adventures with all of you. I'll start by mentioning a few things Christine forgot to include in the last blog post.<br />
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Christine covered most of what happened during the Langtree sampling trip on July 18. Langtree Peninsula was located at Davidson College's Lake Norman site. As we pulled up to the sampling location, it looked familiar to me and then I realized I had been there before for a crew regatta. Since I had been there before I knew where the bathrooms and outdoor showers were, which was nice since by the end of the day we were all dripping with sweat and wanted to rinse off. Also I think I probably smelled like a wet dog by the end of the day because not long after Christine and I went swimming, I collected and evaluated the soil in the overgrown field by the monitoring wells. I got some dirt, well soil to be politically correct, all over me along with some of this stuff:<br />
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In the overgrown field where I was getting the soil samples, I did not notice bushes of this stuff everywhere! A day or two after we went to Langtree is when I find out I got poison sumac all over my legs, arms, hands, and belly. Yes, my belly too, I had mosquito bites all over my ankles and belly from being outside early in the week so intelligent me decided it would be smart to scratch my angles and belly with my bare hands which were covered in poison sumac. I had to lather myself in anti-itch cream for the next week and a half. The clayey soil that was in the overgrown field had Rhodic soil properties (aka it was really red) these properties are most likely due to the dark colored mafic bedrock that these soils formed from. Here is a photo of the soil profile to a depth of 4 feet:</div>
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Even though a lot of things on the Langtree sampling trip did not go as planned I did enjoy myself and we were still able to collect a lot of well water and soil samples. When doing field work you can not expect everything to go according to plan every time so you improvise, work with what you have, and do the best you can. By the end of the day Liz, Christine, Allison, and I were all ready to get back to Raleigh though.</div>
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Hey! My name is Christine and I am one of three undergraduate researchers who came onto the Polizzotto team at the start of Summer 2013. It's now early August and we've done PLENTY in that time. While my fellow undergrads, Corey and Allison, have been on many a field day, I typically just hang back in the lab and do stuff there. HOWEVER, I finally went along on a field day a couple weeks back and it was definitely a less *cough* controlled environment. Langtree Peninsula is closer to Charlotte, so we all met at the lab at the crack of dawn so that we could arrive in time to meet our liason with DENR-DWQ, Joju Abraham. We met him just outside the gated entrance to the peninsula and then followed him by vehicle just a short distance down the road to our well sites. For those of you who don't know, a monitoring well looks like this:<br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/images/photos/east_denver_well.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://water.usgs.gov/ogw/gwrp/images/photos/east_denver_well.jpg" /></a></div> (Source: water.usgs.gov)
<br /><br />Looks innocent enough, right? WRONG! Some of these suckers go as deep as 600 feet and when you need to purge T-H-R-E-E well volumes before you can sample, these seemingly innocuous wells can be quite intimidating. In order to accomplish this well purge, we use a pump system. This is mainly comprised of a plastic tube of appropriate length, a power source (such as a car engine or some other electricity generating thing), and a device known as a controller that (you guessed it) controls the output of power and therefore controls the rate at which water flows out of the well from the plastic tube. The tube and the cord attached to the controller are lowered down into the well together and some initial measurements are taken to determine how long it will take for three well volumes to be emptied out, which can range from half an hour to 36 hours. At that point, we would simply hang back, relax, and take some readings using the YSI at appropriate intervals as the well was emptying.
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Which, as it turns out, does not often happen.
Our first technical difficulty occurred when Joju could not get his pump working (which later turned out to be a quick fix). Then, after we had split people and pumps up in order to tackle more sites, OUR controller broke. Fortunately, we managed to get some water samples before all the technology broke down, which were then filtered and treated at the site and stored in ice for the ride home.
We not only battled technology, but nature. Before that day, you could not have convinced me that any other kind of fly besides a horsefly could bite. This is a false assumption because while we were in an open field and therefore spared the danger of ticks, we WERE subject to the constant nibbling of small flies that ran abundant while a hot sun beat down on us. Corey and I did manage to evade both sun and flies for a little while though. While our deepest well was draining, Corey and I went down to the peninsula and jumped into the lake water, fully clothed and dangerous :D A summer camp was taking place around the peninsula, and so there were giant inflatables floating in the water for the kids to play on. Corey swam over the inflatables to climb on top and was quickly reprimanded by a camp life guard :)
We finally returned to the lab around 7:00 PM and, after some unloading and some filtering, we were finally able to call it a day. This is merely an abridged version of all that happened, but all in all, I found that field days can be fun and educational, in that you learn what to do, how to do it, and how stuff might blow up in your face anyway.polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-6727927676254432042013-01-28T13:54:00.000-08:002013-01-28T13:54:27.000-08:00Audrey wins 1st place!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to Audrey for winning 1st place in the overall poster competition at the Soil Science Society of North Carolina 2013 Annual Meeting! Audrey presented her work investigating arsenic loading to turfgrass systems following herbicide application. In addition to lasting fame and respect, this award also came with some cool cash, so be sure to get Audrey to cover the bill next time you're out with her!polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-36530127036915075452012-12-13T07:32:00.000-08:002012-12-13T07:32:21.374-08:00Mission Complete: Division of Water Quality SamplingSeasons Greetings Bloggers!
With my first semester over and the holidays approaching quickly, I find myself finally gaining my "graduate-student" feet. Skills and knowledge have been gained ranging from organization to conducting field work to academic wisdom, all of which are ready to be applied to these upcoming three semesters.
That being said, I recently got back with Audrey from sampling four wells in Union County, NC that belong to the Morgan Mill Division of Water Quality (DWQ) research station. Since Matt is in Bangladesh, it was up to me to make sure we had everything ready with the expert help of Audrey to keep me in check. It was a good way to get me thinking about what exactly it was we wanted to sample and how to go about doing and preparing for it.
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The sampling was primarily for the sake of the DWQ researchers, Joju Abraham and Andrew Pitner, however they were generous enough to let us learn from them and collect our own samples from their site. Due to illness, Audrey was confined to the hotel room, leaving me in charge of sampling that day (Watch out!). The technique for sampling was pretty much the same as in Cambodia, so I had the experience of what to do, which made everything go smoothly. I enjoyed watching how the research station sampled their well water and was intrigued to learn that they collected for similar types of samples, such as metals, nutrients and organic carbon (though they looked for total and we look for dissolved). Their protocol in how to collect was also similar to ours, however their equipment was just much larger! Larger pumps, larger bottles, larger tubing, etc.
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The conversations we had were quite enlightening. Both Joju and Andrew were genuinely interested in what we did as a lab and shared summaries of their own work. It was nice knowing that they were interested in seeing the data we would obtain from our own research later down the road and even from what we collected at their station. It reminds me that I am no longer just a student but also a fellow co-worker, which makes me even more eager for the research that is to come!
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With great weather and company, the day of sampling was a wonderful experience and left me ready to sample some more! Thanks to Joju and Andrew for teaching me about North Carolina's geological and hydrogeological environment, for showing me their sampling techniques at DWQ, and overall great company!
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-41568956815741401742012-10-28T06:05:00.002-07:002012-10-28T06:05:25.518-07:00Mama Audrey's Animal PostSince Liz posted earlier, she was not aware of the importance of an animal picture at the end of every post. Due to this, here is a whole post dedicated to the animals of Cambodia. Enjoy!<br />
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Liz Gillispie reporting here for the Polizzotto lab group! <br />
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With the patriarch of our lab no longer overseeing the work here in Cambodia, Audrey has been left in control and me as her humble grad servant, I mean student. Despite multiple pieces of equipment getting broken, excessive amounts of water being poured on the floors of the RDI lab, overuse of paper towels, and catching random lab workers clipping their finger nails with our nail clipper from the surface water kit, I'd say Audrey and I have things all under control.<br />
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Since all the well sampling and surface sampling has been completed, Audrey and I set out today to collect well water and rain water samples from various homes in the village on a main street that runs parallel to the Mekong. It was the same road where we collected much of our well samples from before. As Audrey and I collected the water, Dina, a local Khmi RDI member, talked with someone from each site to see how they used their water, how many people used it, whether they filtered/boiled it, and if anyone ever had stomach issues. All went smoothly and now Audrey is hard at work preparing to test each sample for fecal bacteria (I'd give the specific names but I can't spell them let alone pronounce them!).<br />
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Our lab was able to find some entertainment throughout the sampling process, however, such as watching Audrey attempt to get out of the mud, performing titrations for large gatherings of interested locals, working around the ambitious children who were bold enough to not stop touching our equipment, playing with tree leaves, and from a competition of long jump made my our driver Pon. We were exhausted by the end of the day and found ourselves completely ready for bed by 7:30 or 8:00 each night.<br />
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As our trip comes to end, I think we can all agree that we will truly miss the closeness of the families here and their generosity of welcoming us into their homes. There was not a day where we weren't greeted with a big smile from Da's Aunt at the local coffee shop or waved at by little children to and from RDI (Da is another Khmi member of RDI). Audrey and I were also blessed to have the chance to eat dinner with Da's family one night, which turned out to be a huge gathering (a typical evening dinner for them apparently). I was able to sit next to Da's grandfather, Grandpa Da, which was completely the highlight of my trip. That man is awesome. But I digress. The point is, family is important all around the world and you don't have to be related to be a part of one. So thanks to all the wonderful people that made us feel at home during our stay here at RDI!<br />
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-35810807476040152442012-10-20T05:50:00.001-07:002012-10-20T05:50:47.083-07:00Cambodia: Thick Thighs, Big Feet, Swollen Lips, and a (smelly) Rabbit<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Hello from Cambodia, I hope all is well. Our first (almost) week is already over, so time is flying by. As soon as we landed, we found out that the old king passed away. Apparently he had been ill for some time, so this was not a huge surprise (and he was 90!). His son has been in power for a few years, so this was not the current king.<br />
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Since the king passed away, all of Cambodia went into mourning. This meant that the lab was closed on our first sampling day which put us a day behind. The past few days have been really hectic trying to catch up on lost time, but after some long days in the field and nights in the lab, we are now mostly done with all of the well sampling. Next week we will be surface water sampling and collecting water for fecal indicator bacteria.<br />
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The 'wet' season is not so wet this year and river and wetland water levels are much lower than last year. Luckily the government has declared that the wet season will extend until December this year. Thanks.<br />
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A few other things happened while away:<br />
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-Liz and Audrey's room was a nesting ground for a large spider and cockroach. Matt had to keep coming in to shoo them away, but they kept coming back. In the end, Audrey's dirty socks got placed in some of the holes in the ceiling to capture these creatures, but unfortunately they got out. Audrey's socks are still in the ceiling holes.<br />
-Liz got a high five from a kid after Audrey got groped by one.<br />
-Audrey accidentally ordered Milo (iced chocolate milk) instead of coffee one morning...an international incident almost occurred as Matt suffered through caffeine withdrawal<br />
-There's not much space in the van due to all the thick thighs, big feet, swollen lips, and a (smelly) rabbit<br />
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(you know Audrey had to post her favorite animals of Cambodia. Shown here is a little dog named Pupsy)</div>
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polizzotto.labhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06258076036733970552noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936117876748656627.post-86801539552146655012012-09-18T07:11:00.001-07:002012-09-18T07:11:57.256-07:00The New Glovebox Is Here! The New Glovebox Is Here!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
OK, we've actually had it for a while, but are just now getting around to writing a post. We had a glovebox custom made by the Precision Instrument Machine Shop on campus. As you may be able to tell from the pictures below, this glovebox is a stainless steel monster. It allows us to conduct a wide range of experiments under anaerobic conditions, and two transfer chambers can be used to bring samples and equipment in and out.<br />
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