One Month ago some students from Appalachian State University's environmental toxicology class and I visited the artificial wetland of Newland to run some tests on the water, plant life, and microbial life. We were led by Wendy Patoprsty, who is a local pioneer in organizing and launching artificial wetland projects for communities in Watauga and surrounding counties, to the wetland, which is located down elevation from the town's curbside drainage system inbetween where all the runoff flows and where the river recharge zone is. The environmental toxicology class is running test on the water and plant samples collected to determine what sort of contaminants are affecting the wetland ecosystem, and I am isolating and identifying the rhizobial bacteria collected from the site. There are some photos attached by a link over to the side of the blog for you to peruse at your convenience, and I hope to determine what Genera of bacteria are present in this wetland soon.
Thanks, enjoy, and don't be afraid to get muddy!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
My Background
I am an interdisciplinary student working from a perspective that merges business, science, and technology within a framework of planning. The concentration is Global Business Planning and the emphasis is on innovative design in regional development.
This accumulation of knowledge is a problem solving tool kit for issues affecting large groups of people on a local, regional, or global scale. The business side of the studies serves to paint a picture of the world’s financial and political environment. Comprehensions of geo-political landscapes reveal the unrealized potentials or inherent hindrances related to the industries, political entities, and natural environment at each given setting around the globe. The coupled working knowledge of how the different financial actors interact with their local industries and how these industries are dependent upon the locality’s natural resources puts me at an advantageous perspective to mediate between the community’s, business leaders’, and environmentally driven interests.
I hope to apply this investigation toward a continued understanding of resource transformation technologies with the eventual aim of benefiting supply chain management processes. By transforming compounds at each intermediary stage in the chain, companies can yield more input products for each proceeding tier while maintaining ecological integrity throughout the entire production process from start to finish. The benefits to companies will be reflected in profits and the benefits to human health and ecological integrity over time are insurmountable.
It is for the benefit of all these parties that I am conducting these bioremediation investigations for my thesis project.
This accumulation of knowledge is a problem solving tool kit for issues affecting large groups of people on a local, regional, or global scale. The business side of the studies serves to paint a picture of the world’s financial and political environment. Comprehensions of geo-political landscapes reveal the unrealized potentials or inherent hindrances related to the industries, political entities, and natural environment at each given setting around the globe. The coupled working knowledge of how the different financial actors interact with their local industries and how these industries are dependent upon the locality’s natural resources puts me at an advantageous perspective to mediate between the community’s, business leaders’, and environmentally driven interests.
I hope to apply this investigation toward a continued understanding of resource transformation technologies with the eventual aim of benefiting supply chain management processes. By transforming compounds at each intermediary stage in the chain, companies can yield more input products for each proceeding tier while maintaining ecological integrity throughout the entire production process from start to finish. The benefits to companies will be reflected in profits and the benefits to human health and ecological integrity over time are insurmountable.
It is for the benefit of all these parties that I am conducting these bioremediation investigations for my thesis project.
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