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Sediment Collection at UMD Stormwater Ponds Members of Dr. Johnson’s research group braved the elements in January to extract sediment cores from four frozen storm water ponds on UMD’s campus. Sediment collected from the cores will provide preliminary data to support a pending project which would investigate the risk due to sediment-associated contaminants in storm water ponds in the Duluth area. L-R: Xianben Zhu, Abdiqadar Mohamud, Brian Beck, and Paul Kimpling
Assistant Professors Dr. Eshan Dave, and Dr. Eric Musselman, and Lab Coordinator Mark Roberts escorted 15 students on a tour of the US Steel Minntac mine in Mountain Iron, Minnesota. The students were able to observe and tour the mining pit, crushing, and processing facilities. They also met with key personnel on site and were able to get questions answered and discuss employment opportunities with US steel. Lunch was provided by US Steel after the tour. It was a great experience for the faculty and the students.
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