* Indicates BWRC affiliated faculty

Transitioning from Hind-casting to Forecasting: Advancing
Computational Models to Enable Predictive Simulations for
Public Safety and Resource Management, FEAS Dean's Research Fund
Principal Investigator: Leon Boegman*, Ryan Mulligan*

Internal Solitary Wave-induced Sediment Re-suspension
and Offshore Infrastructure Loading, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Leon Boegman*

Photosynthetically-enhanced eco-engineered treatment systems, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

Wastewater Treatment Systems Under Changing Climate, NRC New Beginnings
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

Biogeocementation of the Victoria Junction Tailings Basin, Innovative Solutions Canada Phase 1
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

Developing Solutions for the Optimization of Ravensview
WWTP Anaerobic Digester Biogas Generation, Mitacs Accelerate
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

Advanced Molecular Tools for Characterizing Microbial
Structures, Processes and Interfaces in Engineered and
Natural Environmental Systems, NSERC RTI
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

Paleolimnology and Environmental Change, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Brian Cumming*
Role of Climate Change and Fire on the Landscape of Cape
Breton Highlands National Park, Collaborative Research Agreement
Principal Investigator: Brian Cumming*

Babine Lake, British Columbia - Sockeye Salmon nursery
ecosystem structure, function and productive capacity: An
integrated fisheries, limnological, and paleolimnological
assessment, Pacific Salmon Commission
Principal Investigator: Brian Cumming*

Cellulose Nanocrystal Reinforced Polymer Composites, NSERC Engage
Principal Investigator: Michael Cunningham*

Dispersion of Cellulose Nanocrystals in Aqueous Media, OCE
Principal Investigator: Michael Cunningham*

Examining the Mechanisms for Antibiotic Resistance
Development in Drinking Water Systems, Way Memorial Trust Award
Principal Investigator: Yves Filion*

Storm Water Quality Field and Modelling Study in the
Town of Jasper, AB. - Parks Canada, RMC, Canadian Defense Academy Research Program
Principal Investigator: Yves Filion*

Dissolution Rates of REE-bearing Fluorocarbonate Minerals and Environmental Impact, NSERC & NT Geological Survey
Principal Investigator: Heather Jamieson*

Dry Stack Tailings: Influence on Water Quality, NSERC & NT Geological Survey
Principal Investigator: Heather Jamieson*

Multi-element Water Contamination from Silver Mining
Principal Investigator: Heather Jamieson*

PermafrostNet, NSERC Strategic Partnership
Principal Investigator: Scott Lamoureux*
UnWELL: Assessing the Presence of, and Implications for,
Antimicrobial Resistant Organisms in Private Drinking
Groundwater Wells in Ontario
Principal Investigator: Anna Majury*

Physico-Chemical Characterization of a Biodegradable
Flocculant for Oils Sands Tailings Ponds, SGS Doctoral Award
Principal Investigator: Louise Meunier*

High Resolution Nearshore Wave and Current Modelling to
Investigate Nonlinear Wave Effects on Velocity Profiles and
Sediment Transport, US Office of Naval Research (ONR-Global)
Principal Investigator: Ryan Mulligan*

Modelling Waves, Storm Surge, and Tides in the Gulf of
Maine and Bay of Fundy, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Principal Investigator: Ryan Mulligan*

Protecting Canada’s Coasts from Extreme Waves and
Water Levels
Principal Investigator: Ryan Mulligan*

Understanding of Hydrodynamics and Sediment Dynamics
Along Coral Reef-Lined Coasts
Principal Investigator: Ryan Mulligan*

A Hybrid Mesocosm-ecosystem Facility for Aquatic
Ecotoxicology
John R. Evans Leaders Fund, Canadian Foundation for Innovation and Ontario Research Fund for Small Infrastructure, Ontario Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science
Principal Investigator: Diane Orihel*

Determining the Effects of a Pipeline Spill in Canadian
Boreal lakes: Experimental Additions of Diluted Bitumen
(dilbit) to In-situ Enclosures at the IISD-Experimental Lakes
Area, NSERC Strategic Partnership
Principal Investigator: Diane Orihel* - Queen's Lead

Integrated Aquatic Animal Responses to Petroleum
Products in the Environment for Freshwater Aquatic Risk
Assessment
Principal Investigator: Diane Orihel*

Advanced Multiplex Technology for Pathogen Detection
and Recognition, National Defence Canada IDEaS
Principal Investigator: Zhe She*

Environmental Footprints of Human Trace Metal Use: From
Sources to Sinks
Principal Investigator: Bas Vriens*

Demonstration of Smoldering Combustion Treatment of
PFAS-impacted Investigation-Derived Waste
Principal Investigator: Kela Weber*

Development and Validation of Analytical Methods for
Comprehensive Profiling of Perfluoroalkyl and
Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Firefighting Foam Impacted
Environmental Matrices
Principal Investigator: Kela Weber*

Understanding the Effects of Underwater Munition
Disposal
Principal Investigator: Kela Weber*

Investigating Mechanisms of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Pathogenicity by Multi-scale Modeling of Metabolism and
Macromolecule Expression, Research Initiation Grant
Principal Investigator: Laurence Yang*
2018 - 2019

Target-based multiple-scale change detection from time series remotely sensed environmental data, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Dongmei Chen*

Wholly Green: Sustainability through a Systems Approach, NSERC Brockhouse
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*
Co-Investigators: Philip Jessop*, Michael Cunningham*, Warren Mabee*

CO2-Triggered Agents for Forward Osmosis, NSERC Strategic Partnership.
Principal Investigators: Philip Jessop*,
Co-Investigators: Pascale Champagne*, Michael Cunningham*

Energy Cost Savings in Canadian Water Distribution Systems Through Data Analytics, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Yves Filion*

Triphenyl phosphate and ecosystem toxicity, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Louise Winn*

The Development of CO2-Switchable Polymers as Draw Solutes for Forward Osmosis, Mitacs Accelerate
Principal Investigator: Philip Jessop*
Co-Investigators: Pascale Champagne*, Michael Cunningham*

Integrated wastewater treatment for bioresource and bioenergy recovery, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

Field Testing of Novel Technologies for Restoring Challenging Contaminated Sites, NSERC CRD
Principal Investigator: Jason Gerhard
Co-Investigators: Kela Weber*

Fate and effects of metallic nanoparticles in wetland systems, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Kela Weber
Biogeocementation-Biologically catalyzed reactions to create rock-like tailing deposits, NSERC Engage & OCE VIP I
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*

The WELLness Project, Enhancing well water safety and stewardship in rural communities through a novel approach to science-community collaboration
Principal Investigator: Anna Majury*
Co-Investigators: Paul Hynds, Sarah Dickson, Corinne Schuster-Wallace, Roberto Melano
Methods for automated detection of bacteria in drinking water
Principal Investigator: Stephen Brown*

Environmental fate of a hydrolytically degradable cationic flocculant to remediate oil sands mature mine tailings,NSERC Discovery & Queen's SGS PhD. Award
Principal Investigator: Louise Meunier*
Towards a mechanistic prediction of methane ebullition fluxes from northern peatlands
Principal Investigator: Lee Slater lslater, Kevin Mumford*

The Role of Gases in Groundwater Contamination and Remediation, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Kevin Mumford*

Impacts of stray gas migration on shallow groundwater: insights from laboratory experiments and numerical modelling, NSERC Strategic Partnership
Principal Investigator: Kevin Mumford*

Detection of intact pathogenic bacteria using nanoplasmonic sensors, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Carlos Escobedo*

Contamination of river beds by oil spills and impact on fish habitats, NSERC Strategic Partnership
Principal Investigator: Ana da Silva*
Co-Applicants: Stephen Brown*

Remunicipalization the future of water services
Principal Investigator: David McDonald*
Co-Applicants: Susan Spronk, Satoko Kishimoto, Emanuele Lobina, Erik Swynedouw, Mildred Warner

Public Water/Public Banks
Principal Investigator: David McDonald*

Sustainable Water Main Asset Rehabilitation & Replacement Planning, NSERC Discovery
Principal Investigator: Yves Filion*
Soil remediation using in-situ thermal treatment, Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF)
Principal Investigator: Bernard Kueper*
Co-Applicants: Kevin Mumford*

Forecasting effective site characterization and early remediation performance.
Principal Investigator: Michael Kavanaugh
Co-Applicants: David Reynolds, Bernard Kueper*, Kevin Mumford*, David Major, Peter Kitanidis

Remediation of soil and groundwater impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, NSERC Collaborative Research and Development
Principal Investigator: Bernard Kueper*
Co-Applicants: Kevin Mumford*, Kela Weber*

Analysis & Prediction of Legacy & Emerging Contaminant Discharge & Mixing in the Great Lakes Receiving Environment, FEAS Dean's Research Fund
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*
Co-Applicants: Leon Boegman*, Yves Filion*, Geof Hall*

Deterioration and Long Term Performance of Buried Infrastructure, CFI Leading Edge Fund
Principal Investigator: Ian Moore
Co-Applicants: Yves Filion*, Neil Hoult and Richard Brachman*
Fairfield Water System Process Review. Funded by Mitacs Career Connect- Loyalist Township
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne (Lead)* and Geoffry Hall*
Co-Applicants: Jyoti Kotecha*

Water Management Program and Process Reviews- Salmon River Project. Funded by Mitacs Career Connect- Qunite Conservation Authorities
Principal Investigator: Geoffry Hall* (Lead) and Pascale Champagne*
Co-Applicants: Jyoti Kotecha*

Water Management Program and Process Reviews consolidation of assessments. Funded by Mitacs Career Connect- Quinte Conservation Authorities
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne (Lead)* and Geoffry Hall*
Co-Applicants: Jyoti Kotecha*

Fractured Rock Aquifer. Groundwater lab, FEAS Dean Research Fund
Principal Investigator: Kent Novakowski*
Co-Applicants: Pascale Champagne*, Geoffrey Hall*, Bernard Kueper*, Steven Liss, Xudong Liu, Kevin Mumford*, Juliana Ramsay*, Kela Weber*

Passive constructed wetlands and small municipal wastewater systems. An approach for meeting national effluent regulations, NSERC CRD
Principal Investigator: Pascale Champagne*
Co-Applicants: Geoffry Hall*, Bruce Anderson*