Sarah Plummer, 2012, Chemical Engineering

Sarah Plummer ’12

At the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics in Trieste, Italy, I worked as an intern for the Department of Geophysics. For my main project, I researched methods of aquifer recharge in the Friuli-Venezia Giullia region. Due to changing climates, increaseing agriculture, and an overall decreasing ground water level, aquifer recharge has become a necessity in Northern Italy. My project focused on aquifer levels, composition, and soil chemistry in Torrate, a test area set on the region’s resurgence line. Here, seismic, electromagnetic, and geochemical modeling is conducted in order to characterize the aquifer system and determine the best method of aquifer recharge.