Tag Archives: Bioremediation

Bioremediation Research Course

Posted on April 28, 2014 by Jacob Windsor

Over the course of this past year I have been working with Dr. Brokaw on the effects of remaining hydrocarbons on vegetation following bioremediation of a crude oil spill. This project was renewed back in 2010 after nearly a decade … Continue reading →

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Wrap up – Sort of

Posted on May 19, 2013 by Samantha

Well, this could be my last blog for this project, or not! Although we have worked a lot on pushing to complete our research it was just not feasible to get all of our samples run before graduation, or the … Continue reading →

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The Last Blog… A Reflection of a Tall Grass Prairie

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Emily Adams

This has been quite a year for me and Samantha, and our research with Dr. Brokaw.  We have learned a lot, about our research area in Oklahoma, about the ACU Biology Department (that has so graciously welcomed a couple crazy … Continue reading →

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That moment when….

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Emily Adams

This has been quite a semester for this project. It’s been a relatively discouraging process; I have often felt as though I wasn’t getting anywhere. Yeah, I supposedly know how to use a gas chromatograph. Yeah, I know what the … Continue reading →

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Faith and Trust

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Samantha

While setting up my samples to run overnight in the lab I am always fearful. What if I did something wrong? What if this thing falls over (It’s pretty tall)? What if the cyclohexane evaporates and the heating mantle causes … Continue reading →

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Back to a routine….maybe

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Samantha

During the first week of school Dr. Brokaw taught me how to use the computer program that I will need to do the Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) of our Tallgrass Prairie vegetation plots. The program is called Canoco. It is … Continue reading →

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Prairie Research: Background Information

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Samantha

I thought I would give some background information on the research Emily and I are working on. Today’s post will be the background, and my next post will explain the methods we are using in our research, hopefully breaking this … Continue reading →

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At the Nature Conservancy’s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Samantha

This summer Dr. Brokaw and I took a trip to the Nature Conservancy’s Tall Grass Prairie Preserve to collect new data for our bioremediation research.  I enjoyed getting the experience in field research. The first few days were spent collecting … Continue reading →

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