Long-Term Geophysical Monitoring of a Bioswale along I-95: Implications for Future Monitoring, Design, and Maintenance
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Dr. Gina Ginevra Pope, Ph.D University at Buffalo - Department of Geology
On Wednesday September 18, 2024, join us first monthly meeting of the season. Our presentation this month will be “Long-Term Geophysical Monitoring of a Bioswale along I-95: Implications for Future Monitoring, Design, and Maintenance ”. Dr. Pope joined UB’s geology department in May 2023 as a clinical assistant professor. Her specialty is hydro-geophysics, and specializes in using electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) to image water movement in the subsurface. She graduated with her Ph.D from Temple University in 2023, got her MS in geology from Baylor University in 2017, and her BS in geology from SUNY Brockport in 2015. This talk focuses on her dissertation research. During her time at Temple, she was part of a team of geologists, environmental engineers, and geochemists working with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and AECOM on the installation of required stormwater control measures along I-95 to reduce combined sewer outflow. Dr. Pope brought in the perspective of a geophysicist, and showed how using ERT can help us understand stormwater infiltration into the subsurface. Notably, her use of ERT showed that assumptions made pre-construction were incorrect, and lead to an over-designed (more expensive) basin. Dr. Pope accomplished her research using an ERT monitoring system she built herself, and collected close to 15,000 ERT surveys in 4 years.
