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DESCRIPTION:BIORESOURCE ENGINEERING SEMINAR\n\n\nItem 1: Seminar by Ramesh 
 Murugesan\n\n...Identity theft – Things to understand\n\nEvery year around
  the world\, millions of people are victims of\nidentity theft. Globally\,
  ID theft is more than a trillion\ndollars/year industry. Hence\, it is im
 portant to understand what\nidentity theft is and how to prevent yourself 
 from becoming an ID\ntheft victim. My presentation will focus on different
  methods of ID\ntheft. It will help you understand the importance of your 
 identity\nand absorb tips to avoid ID theft.\n\nRamesh was born and raised
  in India and completed his undergraduate\nin food process engineering in 
 2003 at TNAU (Tamil Nadu\nAgricultural University)\, Coimbatore\,. He had 
 worked for several\nfood processing industries in various capacities for 5
  years. He\nstarted his master’s degree program in 2009 winter under the\n
 supervision of Dr. Valérie Orsat. Now\, he is in his first year of\nthe Ph
 D program with Dr. Valérie Orsat as his supervisor.\n\n\n\nItem 2: Seminar
  by Caroline Dufour-L’Arrivée\n\nImprovement of a Biofilter for Treating P
 iggery Wastewater\n\nBIOSORTM-Manure is an organic biofilter designed by t
 he Quebec\nIndustrial Research Center (CRIQ). It is used in North America 
 and\nin Europe to treat piggery wastewater. Microbial activities during\nt
 he treatment allow the conversion of ammonia (NH4+) into\nnon-polluting ga
 seous nitrogen (N2). However\, sometimes there are\nproblems with the trea
 tment and then nitrogen is converted into\nnitrogen dioxide (N2O). This is
  an undesirable gas since its\ngreenhouse effect is about 300 times strong
 er than that of the\ncarbon dioxide. Hence\, the aim of this study was to 
 minimize the\nN2O emission by controlling several operating parameters tha
 t\ninfluence the microbial activity in the reactor.\n\nMy PhD project will
  be on the operation of constructed wetlands to\ntreat urban run-off water
 . There are two industrial partners in the\nproject. My supervisor is Prof
 essor Suzelle Barrington. Before I\nstarted on my PhD I did a Master degre
 e on biological treatment of\nwastewater at Laval University\, department 
 of Civil Engineering\, in\npartnership with the Quebec Industrial Research
  Center (CRIQ). I am\nalso an agronomist (Laval University) and I biologis
 t (UQAR -\nRimouski).\n\n\n\nItem 3: Seminar by Deasy Nalley\n\nCoffee Pro
 duction in Indonesia\n\nIndonesia is the third largest coffee producer in 
 the world. Thus\,\ncoffee is one of the country’s main agricultural export
 s\, and its\nproduction plays an important role in the economy of the coun
 try.\nThis presentation aims to broaden our understanding of the coffee\ni
 ndustry in Indonesia. It will be divided into the following\nsections: (i)
  the geographic location of Indonesia\; the main\nregions of coffee planta
 tion\; and the climate of the regions that\nsupport coffee growth\, (ii) a
  brief history of the industry\;\nstarting with the original introduction 
 of seeds into the country\,\n(iii) the type of coffees grown and processin
 g methods used\, (iv)\nrelated problems faced by coffee farmers\, includin
 g diseases\naffecting the plantations as well as the economic problems\naf
 fecting the farmers’ incomes\, and (v) suggestions on how to deal\nwith th
 ese problems.\n\nDeasy Nalley is from Indonesia. She completed her Bachelo
 r of\nScience in Environmental Sciences with First-Class Honours at the\nU
 niversity of Calgary\, Canada\, in 2007. She is currently working\ntowards
  her Master’s degree at the Department of Bioresource\nEngineering\, McGil
 l University\, Canada\, working under the\nsupervision of Dr. Jan Adamowsk
 i. Her research is in the area of\ntrend estimation and analysis of hydrol
 ogical data using wavelet\nanalysis and the Mann-Kendall trend test.\n\n\n
 Item 4: Seminar by Kumaran Sivagnanam\n\nFood vs Fuel\n\nFood prices are r
 ising and the search for an explanation can\nquickly become a hunt for a s
 capegoat. Biofuel seems to have become\nthat scapegoat. Media comments abo
 ut biofuels has become louder and\nlouder\, to the point where it’s now di
 fficult to hear the real\ndebate. In this presentation the food vs. fuel d
 ebate will be\nsummarized.\n\nKumaran is currently in his 3rd year as a Ph
  D. student under the\nsupervision of Dr. Mark Lefsrud. His research is ab
 out butanol\nfermentation and proteomics.\n
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LOCATION:Raymond Building\, CA\, QC\, St Anne de Bellevue\, H9X 3V9\, 21111
  Lakeshore Road
SUMMARY:BIORESOURCE ENGINEERING SEMINAR
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