Student Independent Research Projects
Advisor: Andrew de Wet
The following is a list of the student independent research projects
I have supervised over the last few years:
1990-1991:
Klaff, Tamir (Geosciences) (co-supervised with Dorothy Merritts)
Heavy Metal Contamination in Soils at Baker Campus, Lancaster, Pa.
1991-1992:
Bell, Ashley (Geosciences).
Study of Lead Concentrations in Soils Near Highways in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, since the Staged Reduction of Leaded Gasolines.
Bisch, Sean (Chemistry major)
An inquiry into Stream Water Chemistry in York County, Pennsylvania.
Miner, Laura (Chemistry major) - this study is under STS (STS490).
Land-use Planning and Policy in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster
County, Pa.
1992-1993:
Shawn Tollin (Geosciences)
Water and Sediment Geochemistry of Acid Mine Drainage: Big Lick
Tunnel, Dauphin Co. and Rausch Creek, Skhuylkill Co., Pa.
1993-1994:
Matthew Audet (Geosciences)
A Geographic Information System's Approach to Site Analysis at the
Proposed Narvon Hazardous Waste Facility, Lancaster County, PA.
Denise Muriceak (Geosciences)
Assessment of Historical Land-use Patterns and Projection of Future
Growth and Development in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania:
An Application of Geographical Information Systems.
Amy Smith (Geosciences)
Assessment of the Relative Importance of Point Sources and Non-Point
Sources of Nutrient Pollution in the Conestoga River, Lancaster County,|
Pennsylvania.
Carolyn Coffey (Government) - this study is under STS (STS490).
Land-use Changes in Lancaster County from 1950-1990 and Future
Projections based on Dynamic Modeling.
1994-1995:
Mike Sievert (Geosciences)
The Historical Land-uses of the Baker Campus Area and their Impacts on the Environment.
Sarah Robinson (Geosciences) (Home Institution Advisor)
The Use of Landsat Imagery to Document Land Use Changes in the Galveston Bay
Area, Texas.
This study was part of a KECK funded research project at Trinity University, Texas.
Project advisors: Glenn Kroeger, Trinity U.; Bill Fox, Williams College, and Richard
Stenstrom, Beloit College.
Student Publications:
de Wet, A. and Bisch, S., Environmental implications of the proposed pumped
hydrostorage plant at Cuffs Run in York County, PA., 1992 GSA Abstracts with
Programs, Northeastern Section.
Tollin, Shawn , Geochemical Study of Acid Mine Drainage of the Big Lick Tunnel Area,
Williamstown, Pa., 1993 GSA Abstracts with Programs, Northeastern Section.
Audet, Matthew R., A Geographic Information System's Approach to Site Analysis
at the Proposed Narvon Hazardous Waste Facility, Lancaster County, PA.,
1994 GSA Abstracts with Programs, Northeastern Section.
Muriceak, Denise R., Assessment of Historical Land-use Patterns and Projection of
Future Growth and Development in East Hempfield Township, Lancaster, Pennsylvania:
An Application of Geographical Information Systems., 1994 GSA Abstracts with Programs,
Northeastern Section.
For more information: andy.deWet@fandm.edu
