{"id":26891,"date":"2020-09-24T09:22:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-24T13:22:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/?p=26891"},"modified":"2025-07-08T15:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T19:17:18","slug":"congratulations-to-all-our-graduate-students-who-successfully-defended-their-thesis-over-the-summer-semester","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/2020\/congratulations-to-all-our-graduate-students-who-successfully-defended-their-thesis-over-the-summer-semester\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to all our graduate students who successfully defended their thesis over the summer semester!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Congratulations to all our graduate students who successfully defended their thesis over the summer semester!\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Going back to May of this year, here are the students who have successfully defended their thesis:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Xiaoyuan Geng (PhD)<\/strong>, May 4, 2020, supervisor:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/mitchell-scott\/\">Scott Mitchell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Development of operational methods to predict soil classes and properties in Canada using machine learning<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Katherine (Katia) McKercher (MSc)<\/strong>, June 5, 2020, supervisor:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/jesse-c-vermaire\/\">Jesse Vermaire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The development and application of a universal trait-based model for rapid bioassessment of freshwater systems using diatoms<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Tess MacMillan (MA)<\/strong>, June 23, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/ballamingie-patricia\/\">Trish Ballamingie<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/john-milton\/\">John Milton<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Role of Regulations in Decisions Regarding the Transition to Organic, Biodynamic, and Sustainable Agriculture Productions:\u00a0 The Case of Niagara Vineyards<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Alexa D\u2019Addario (MSc)<\/strong>, July 28, 2020, supervisor:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/jesse-c-vermaire\/\">Jesse Vermaire<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Are Aquatic Invertebrates Retaining Microplastics in the Ottawa and Rideau Rivers?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Madelaine Bourdages (MSc)<\/strong>, Aug. 25, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/jesse-c-vermaire\/\">Jesse Vermaire<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/biology\/people\/jennifer-provencher\/\">Jennifer Provencher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Plastic ingestion, retention, and transport in animals from the eastern Canadian Arctic<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Luis Padilla-Ramirez (MSc-DS)<\/strong>, Aug. 31, 2020, supervisor:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/gruberstephan\/\">Stephan Gruber<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Evaluating the effect of accordance method choice on the selection of ground surface temperature models in a subarctic environment<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Jennifer Humphries (MSc),<\/strong> Sept. 2, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/burn-chris\/\">Chris Burn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/humphreys-elyn\/\">Elyn Humphreys<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Evaluating the impact of snow fencing on snow conditions and ground temperatures along the Dempster Highway, Yukon, Canada<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ada Loewen (MSc)<\/strong>, Sept. 4, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/gwi\/people\/greg-crocker\/\">Greg Crocker<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/derek-mueller\/\">Derek Mueller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Landfast Sea Ice Break-up Processes in Admiralty Inlet, NU<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Emmelie Paquette (MSc)<\/strong>, Sept. 17, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/ljubicic-gita-j\/\">Gita Ljubicic<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/derek-mueller\/\">Derek Mueller<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Potential impacts of sea ice and ship traffic change to caribou sea ice crossing areas surrounding King William Island, Nunavut, Canada<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Julie Neelin (MA)<\/strong>, Sept. 18, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/jennifer-ridgley\/\">Jennifer Ridgley<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/people\/simpson-sheryl-ann\/\">Sheryl-Ann Simpson<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Welcoming Refugees and the Virtue of Hospitality:\u00a0 An Analysis of Refugee Resettlement through Private Sponsorship in Small-Town Eastern Ontario<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations is further extended to Madelaine Bourdages, Ada Loewen, and Emmelie Paquette who are all continuing on in our PhD program this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going back to May of this year, here are the students who have successfully defended their thesis: &nbsp; Xiaoyuan Geng (PhD), May 4, 2020, supervisor:&nbsp; Scott Mitchell &nbsp; Katherine (Katia) McKercher (MSc), June 5, 2020, supervisor:&nbsp; Jesse Vermaire &nbsp; Tess MacMillan (MA), June 23, 2020, supervisors:&nbsp; Trish Ballamingie and John Milton &nbsp; Alexa D\u2019Addario (MSc), [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":"news-student"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26891","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26891"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26891\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26896,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26891\/revisions\/26896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/geography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}