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Beth Parker Named 2019 AGU Fellow

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The American Geophysical Union (AGU) has announced the 2019 Class of AGU Fellows and will honor the 62 prominent scientists on Wednesday December, 11th at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting in San Francisco, California.

AGU Fellows are recognized for their “scientific eminence in the Earth and space sciences. Their breadth of interests and the scope of their contributions are remarkable and often groundbreaking. Only 0.1% of AGU membership receives this recognition in any given year.”

Dr. Beth Parker has been recognized as an AGU Fellow for her ground-breaking work that has markedly advanced conceptual models and methods to understand contaminants in fractured porous geologic media. Dr. Parker has applied these methods at diverse types of aged contaminated industrial sites in Canada and the United States. Her work advances science and supports science-based decision-making concerning groundwater contamination and water management.

Congratulations to Dr. Beth Parker and all of the 2019 AGU Fellows on this prestigious recognition!

Read the full AGU news release here.

Heron Instruments demonstrates cutting-edge well inspection camera to G³⁶⁰ Group

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Heron Instruments Inc. visited the G³⁶⁰ Group recently to demonstrate their dipper-See EXAMINER Vertical Downhole Inspection Camera. This robust and cost effective tool will allow G³⁶⁰ researchers easy examination of boreholes to identify fractures or caverns, locate obstructions, and precisely position downhole instruments such as pressure transducers and temperature probes. The self-contained system packs into a single case that allows easy shipment to field sites around the world.

Visit Heron Instruments’s blog post here to see real footage from the demo and to learn more!

Two G³⁶⁰ Papers Awarded ‘Top Downloaded Article of 2017- 2018’ by Wiley

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Steven Chapman and Beth Parker received a ‘Top Downloaded Article 2017-2018’ distinction by Wiley in Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation as co-authors on the paper “DyeLIF™: A New Direct‐Push Laser‐Induced Fluorescence Sensor System for Chlorinated Solvent DNAPL and Other Non‐Naturally Fluorescing NAPLs” also co-authored by Murray Einarson and Adrian Fure of Haley & Aldrich and Randy St. Germain of Dakota Technologies. The paper is an outcome of an ESTCP study “Direct-Push Optical Screening tool for High-Resolution, Real-Time Mapping of Chlorinated Solvent DNAPL Architecture” (ER-201121).

Amanda Pierce, Beth Parker, Robert Ingleton (University of Waterloo) and John Cherry received the same recognition for their paper “Novel Well Completions in Small Diameter Coreholes Created Using Portable Rock Drills.”

These papers are among the top 20 most read articles of 2017-2018 in Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation. Congratulations to each of the authors!

Beth Parker and UofG Researchers Lead Multimillion-Dollar Groundwater Studies Funded by Government and Industry Partners

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On Friday June 7th, G³⁶⁰ and University of Guelph Alumni Affairs hosted a free public event at the University of Guelph in celebration of our groundwater partnerships, and to announce two recently awarded NSERC-Industry grants in groundwater. Almost $11 million in funding by federal and local government, and industry partners will go towards groundwater research, including monitoring local Guelph bedrock aquifer wells to ensure safe, sustainable drinking water for Wellington County’s growing population.

Remarks by Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield, the City of Guelph’s Division Manager Water Services, Wayne Galliher, UofG Vice-President (Research), Malcolm Campbell, and Dr. Beth Parker spoke to the importance and impact of this research funding. Read the official press release issued by the University of Guelph, here.

This announcement was also reported in local news by the Guelph Mercury Tribune and Guelph Today.