Alandra Kahl, a chemistry/mathematics/ engineering senior, was recently awarded a Palumbo grant to display a poster presentation of her project ‘The Remediation of Mine Drainage Using Chitosan Microspheres’ at the 2006 American Chemistry Conference held in Atlanta, Georgia. She focused on researching the kinetics of binding of chitosan microspheres with regard to ferrous and ferric iron, aluminum, manganese and sulfates for use in remediation of mine drainage.