Congratulations to the 2011 ESE Symposium Poster Competition winners! Please share with your department/program. Everyone that participated did an excellent job! Graduate 1st Place Title: Discovering Material Recovery Scenarios for Industrial Machinery: A Case-Based Approach Authors: William Z. Bernstein, Devarajan Ramanujan, Mikko Koho, Fu Zhao, Karthik Ramani Program / Department: Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering (Tampere University of Technology), and Environmental and Ecological Engineering 2nd Place Title: An Experimental Investigation of Coal and Biomass Gasification in a Laboratory Scale Optically Accessible Gasifier Authors: Indraneel Sircar, Anup Sane, Brent Rankin, Rohan Gejji, Daniel Guildenbecher, Robert Lucht and Jay P. Gore Program / Department: Mechanical Engr. 3rd Place Title: Parameterization of Perennial Bioenergy Feedstock Grasses Miscanthus x giganteus and Upland Shawnee Switchgrass Cultivar in the SWAT Model Using a Multi-Disciplinary Approach Authors: Elizabeth Trybula, Cibin Raj, Jennifer Burks, Indrajeet Chaubey, Sylvie Brouder, and Jeff Volenec Program / Department: Ecological Sciences and Engineering, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Agronomy, Political Science, and Earth and Atmospheric Science Undergraduate 1st Place Title: Effects of Surface Coal Mining on Stream Flow in Island Branch Watershed in the Southern Appalachian Forest Region Author: Stephen Kelly Program / Department: Environmental and Ecological Engineering 2nd Place Title: Algae: A Solution for Limiting Nutrient Runoff Authors: Alexandro Bazan, Kelly Eastman and Christopher Klinkhamer Program / Department: Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences 3rd Place Title: Biodigesters as a Source of Alternative Energy Production Authors: Ben Veenhuizen, Ethan Slagle, Dan Kotek, and Kirk Alter Program / Department: Building Construction Management Thank you, Christal Musser Program Coordinator Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Purdue University Hansen Room 114 201 S. University Street West Lafayette, IN 47907 765-494-2102 musser@purdue.edu<mailto:musser@purdue.edu> http://www.purdue.edu/dp/ese