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| Inaugural IAH NSW sponsorship award recipient, James Patterson, UNSW |
19 July 2008
Groundwater researchers have recently been recognised by a sponsorship award and commendations from the International Association of Hydrogeologists NSW Branch.
UNSW groundwater research student James Patterson was awarded sponsorship to present his research at the upcoming IAH 26th Congress in Japan (October 26 to November 1, 2008) congress in Japan. Several researchers from UNSW will also be presenting their research at the event.
The inaugural sponsorship was awarded to Patterson for the abstract of his research presentation entitled "Development of an integrated conceptual model of a connected surface water groundwater system using a hydrochemical approach at Maules Creek, NSW, Australia." His Honours project was supervised by Dr Martin Andersen and Professor Ian Acworth at the UNSW Water Research Laboratory.
James now works as a Research Consultant at the Institute for Sustainable Futures, Sydney University of Technology.
The IAH-NSW committee congratulated James and wished him well for the upcoming congress in Japan.
Two additional applicants were highly commended for abstracts that demonstrated an impressive standard of research:
- Moya Tomlinson (Ecosystem Management, University of New England) was commended for an abstract titled "A typology of groundwater habitats based on groundwater regime" This research is timely given significant knowledge gaps in the Groundwater Dependent Ecosystem area.
- Anna Greve (Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW) for was commended an abstract titled "Monitoring depth of soil cracking in irrigated fields based on directional dependence of electrical current flow". This research is technically advanced with significant implications for irrigated agriculture.
Download the IAH NSW sponsored presentation:
Patterson J., Andersen M.S. & Acworth R.I. (2008): Development of an integrated conceptual model of a connected surface water-groundwater system using a hydrochemical approach at Maules Creek, NSW, Australia. Submitted to the Annual IAH conference in Toyama, Japan 2008.
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