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Dear Scholars, Judges (Session Co-Chairs) and Participants, Cheers for our successful PEOPLE 2024 Virtual Symposium — We brought together 114 students and young professionals who gave 79 oral presentations in 16 technical sessions. This year’s event provided a unique opportunity for them to exchange ideas and findings, practise communication skills and grow collaboration and networks….

November 25-26, 2024, Zoom Meeting Thank you for presenting at the PEOPLE 2024 Online Symposium! The Zoom meeting link will be circulated later. To ensure the smooth operation of the symposium, please follow the guidelines below. Arrive at your session 10 minutes in advance: show presence to co-chairs and please test audio and screen sharing…

In the past two weeks, NRPOP Lab had the pleasure of welcoming Dr. Ning Chen, a distinguished research scientist from the Canadian Light Source, to lead two insightful workshops titled “X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy (XAFS): A Molecular Scale Approach in Geoscience, Materials Science, and Energy Study.” Image: Dr. Ning Chen (NRPOP Lab, 2024) Dr. Chen, with…

The 2025 Cold Regions Specialty Conference under the 2025 CSCE Annual Conference will take place at the Fairmont Hotelin Winnipeg, Manitoba, from May 28th to 30th, 2025. This specialty conference will focus on the development and advance in different aspects of civil engineering in cold regions. Topics include but are not limited to the following:…

Dear Colleagues, We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Fall Online Symposium of the Network on Persistent, Emerging, and Organic Pollution in the Environment (PEOPLE Network). This symposium is dedicated to student researchers and young professionals and focuses on “Emerging Contaminants and Hazardous & Noxious Substances: Seeking Solutions for a Climate-Challenged World”. We invite you…

This study, led by Dr. Yiqi Cao, a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervision of Dr. Baiyu (Helen) Zhang and Dr. Bing Chen, elaborates on the unequal marine biofragmentation processes between petroleum-based polyethylene (PE) and bio-based polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) plastics. The team found PE plastic rarely releases fragments, while PHB disintegrates quickly, gradually forming fragments resembling…

The NORMAN network has officially opened registration for its various Working Groups (WGs), inviting professionals worldwide to join these critical collaborative platforms. The key areas covered by the available working groups are listed below. List of Working Groups: WG-1 Prioritisation (Valeria Dulio, Peter von der Ohe, Nikiforos Alygizakis) WG-1 Sub-group Groundwater (Valeria Dulio, Peter von der Ohe,…