UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1357

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  roundtable_info:
    - day: 'Wednesday, September 3'
      endingtime: '2:30'
      starttime: '2:00'
      zoomlink: 'https://fsu.zoom.us/j/94146212371'
  approximately_how_many_hours_a_week_would_the_research_assistant: '10 hours a week'
  are_you_currently_looking_for_students_: 'Yes'
  confirmation_1: '1'
  contact_email_fsu_email: johnstainbrook1@gmail.com
  contact_email_fsu_email2: ''
  contact_email_fsu_email_if_affiliated_: mye@fsu.edu
  faculty_advisor_confirmation: ''
  faculty_advisor_name: ''
  faculty_advisor_s_fsu_email: ''
  fsu_college: 'Arts and Sciences'
  fsu_department_if_applicable_: 'Department of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science'
  headshot_optional_: '63291'
  if_the_project_location_is_off_campus_does_the_student_need_to_p: ''
  mentoring_philosophy: 'The role of the mentor is to teach UROP students fishing rather than give them fish. The project will help student first have a sense of scientific research and then practice how to do research with assistance from the mentor and the mentor’s graduate students. The ultimate goal is to train students how to do critical thinking and independent research. The students will also work as a team with graduate students and post-docs to develop team-work skills.'
  mentor_handbook_and_faqs: '1'
  name_of_other_faculty_collaborator_if_applicable_: ''
  number_of_assistants_needed_faculty_postdoc_max_6_graduate_stude: '3'
  other_faculty_collaborator_s_preferred_pronouns: ''
  overall_research_project_description: 'We have a project funded by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) to work on Lake Munson located in south Tallahassee. The lake has been experiencing a number of environmental problems such as harmful algal blooms (HABs), and the recent one occurred in 2022. There has been several lake management efforts, and the latest one was lake drawdown, which emptied the lake from November 1, 2022 to May 17, 2024. The drawdown may help mitigate algal blooms by disrupting the life cycle of the organisms. During the drawdown, nutrient-rich sediments can be de-watered, compacted, and oxidized to from a hardened crust over the lake bottom. Our project is to explore another way to combat lake eutrophication. We will use so called moringa f-sand to remove nitrate, phosphate, and bacteria. The project will involve making moringa f-sand in lab, deploying the moringa f-sand in the lake and lake’s inflow and outflow, and monitoring reduction efficiency of nitrate, phosphate, and bacteria.'
  please_add_any_additional_information_here: ''
  please_provide_a_link_to_your_publications_a_video_clip_or_a_web: 'https://youtu.be/99HNgoSE9BQ?si=hRvGmW0pSuZXoV8l'
  please_select_the_choice_that_most_accurately_describes_your_exp: In-person
  please_select_the_location_of_your_project_: 'On FSU Main Campus'
  position_availability_for_student_research: 'Flexible schedule'
  position_title: Faculty
  primary_research_mentor_name: 'Ming Ye'
  project_keywords: 'Lake Munson, Lake Jackson, Moringa F-sand, Adsorption, Sandbags'
  relevant_student_major_s_: 'Environmental science, environmental engineering, biology, chemistry, or chemical engineering'
  research_mentor_preferred_pronoun2: He/Him/His
  research_mentor_pronouns: He/Him/His
  research_mentor_supervisor_if_different_from_above_: 'John Stainbrook'
  research_tasks_for_student_research_assistant_s_: 'The UROP students will be involved in three research tasks as follows: (1) develop moringa f-sand in lab, (2) deploy moringa f-sand in Lake Munson, and (3) collect water samples and measure the concentrations of nitrate, phosphate, and bacteria (mainly E. Coli) in lab. The nitrate and phosphate concentrations will be measured by using an ion chromatography, and the bacteria concentrations will be measured by using a microscope or a fluorometer. The three tasks are independent to each other, and a student can be involved in either one or multiple tasks. '
  roundtable_times_and_zoom_links: ''
  skills_that_research_assistants_may_need_: 'Laboratory skills of biology and inorganic chemistry are needed for Tasks 1 and 3 for making Moringa f-sand and for lab measurements, respectively. Field skills will be needed for Task 2, and this task can be labor intensive to deploy sandbags in the lake. '
  title_of_the_project: 'Combating Lake Eutrophication by Using Moringa F-Sand to Remove Nutrient and Bacteria'
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  urop_performance_evaluation: '1'
  urop_poster_presentation: '1'
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_2: Mr.
  when_potential_research_assistants_are_reaching_out_via_email_wh: ''
  when_students_are_reaching_out_via_email_what_is_your_preferreda: Dr.
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_round2: 'Yes'
  would_you_like_to_participate_in_the_urop_research_mentor_roundt: ''
  year: '2025'