Environmental Engineering Seminar Series

As part of the graduate seminar series, the CSEE Department welcomes different speakers from academia throughout the spring and fall semesters to present their work. The goal of the seminar series is to give our students and faculty an opportunity to learn more about current cutting edge research and challenging applications in environmental and water resources engineering.

Speakers and Dates

2017-2018

September 8, 2017 John D. Sivey, PhD
12:15 p.m. Risher Endowed Professor of Chemistry
  Towson University
Chlorination and Bromination of Disinfection By-Product Precursors: Catalysis by "Spectator" Ions and Other Caveats to Conventional Wisdom
September 21, 2017 Louis Licht, PhD, PE
3:30 p.m. President & CEO
  Ecolotree Inc.
Current Developments in Poplar-Based Phytoremediation
October 6, 2017 Hongyi Li, PhD
12:15 p.m. Associate Professor
  Land Resources and ENvironmental Sciences
  Montana State University
Understanding Water-Energy-Ecology Nexus from An Integrated Earth-Human System Perspective
October 13, 2017 Dr. Beth L. Parker
12:15 p.m. Professor, School of Engineering
  Director, G360 Institute for Groundwater Research
  College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
  University of Guelph
Understanding Risks and Remediation Potential for Industrial Contaminant in Sedimentary Rock Aquifers Using High Resolution Field Characterization Methods
October 20, 2017 Dr. Callie Babbitt
12:15 p.m. Associate Professor
  Golisano Institute for Sustainability
  Rochester Institute of Technology
Resource and Waste Implications of Evolving Product Ecosystems

2016-2017

April 14, 2017 Kamelia Atefi Monfared, PhD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Professor
  Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
  University at Buffalo
Geoenvironmental Implications of Underground Fluid Injection Operations
April 7, 2017 Ali Farhadzadeh, PhD, PE
11:00 a.m. Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering
  Stony Brook University
Lake Erie's Storms, Seiches and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy
March 31, 2017 Eleni Kyriakidou, PhD
11:00 a.m. Assistant Professor, Chemical and
  Biological Engineering
  Univeristy at Buffalo
Rational Design of Catalytic and Hydrocarbon materials to Meet Automotive Emissions Regulations
March 10, 2017 Damian E. Helbling, PhD, PE
11:00 a.m. Assistant Professor, School of Civil and
  Environmental Engineering
  Cornell University
Organic chemical contaminants in the aquatic environment: new tools for the characterization and remediation of impacted environments
March 6, 2017 Dr. Kang Sun
10:00 a.m. Postdoctoral Research Fellow
  Havard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Tackle Grand Environmental Challenges through Atmospheric Observation and Modeling
March 3, 2017 Dr. Paula Mouser
11:00 a.m. Assistant Professor
  Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering
  Ohio State University
From the Land Down Under: Environmental Bioprocesses in the Engineered Shale System
February 22, 2017 Dr. Sara Haig
11:00 a.m. Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
  Civil and Environmentail Engineering/ Pediatrics
  University of Michigan
Understanding the Effects of Abiotic & Biotic Parameters on the Health of Water Treatement Systems and the People They Serve
February 20, 2017 Ian Bradley
11:00 a.m. PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering
  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Development of Biological Processes for Nutrient Recovery and Renewable Energy Production from Waste Streams in the 21st Century
February 17, 2017 Dr. Ruo-Qian (Roger) Wang
11:00 a.m. Postdoctoral Scholar
  Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  University of California, Berkeley
Data-Driven Analysis for Furture Water Infrastructure
December 19, 2016 Dr. Kang Sun
12:00 p.m. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
  Cambridge, MA
Observing Air Quality and the Climate at the Molecular and Global Level
December 2, 2016 Andrew Whelton, PhD
12:00 p.m. Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering,
  Environmental and Ecological Engineering
  Purdue University
The Freedom Industries Chemical Spill, West Virginia
November 18, 2016 Sara Behdad, PhD
12:00 p.m.
 Assistant Professor, Industrial and Systems
  Engineering Department, Mechanical and
  Aerospace Engineering Department
  University at Buffalo
Alleviating E-waste Challenges through Controlling Consumer Behavior
November 11, 2016 Nancy G. Love, PhD, PE
12:00 p.m.
 Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering,
  University of Michigan
A Balancing Act: Assessing the Fate of Emerging Contaminants in Urine-derived Fertilizers That Reduce Nutrient Loads and Achieve Nutrient Recovery
October 14, 2016 Greg Characklis, PhD
12:00 p.m.
 Professor,Environmental Science and Engineering
  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Managing the Financial Risks of Water Scarcity: Modeling Coupled Human-Natural Systems
October 7, 2016 Zoe Hamstead, PhD
12:00 p.m.
 RENEW/Urban and Regional Planning
  University at Buffalo
Urban ecology approaches for socially-equitable sustainability and resilience planning
September 30, 2016
 Kyle Bibby, PhD
12:00 p.m.
 Assistant Professor
  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  University of Pittsburgh
Detection and Inactivation of Emerging Viruses in Wastewater
September 23, 2016
 James Jensen, PhD
12:00 p.m.
 Professor
  Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering
  University at Buffalo
A Tale of Two Regions: Water and Sanitation in Uganda's Refugee Settlements and Northern Tanzania
September 16, 2016
 Blaine Pfeifer, PhD
12:00 p.m.
 Professor
  Cihemical and Biological Engineering
  University at Buffalo
Detection and Inactivation of Emerging Viruses in Wastewater