Environmental Engineering Seminar Series
Speakers and Dates
2020-2021
| February 12, 2021 | Lu Liu, PhD; Reinaldo Alcalde, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Research Associate; Postdoctoral Research Scholar |
| Houston Advanced Research; California Institute of Technology | |
| Zoom | See email for invite |
| February 26, 2021 | Mim Rahimi |
| 12:00 p.m. | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Massachusettes Institute of Technology | |
| Seminar Title | Electrochemistry for climate change mitigation: The emergence of electrochemical carbon capture |
| February 26, 2021 | Joshua Jack |
| 12:00 p.m. | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Princeton University | |
| Seminar Title | Rethinking the carbon economy: A quest for decarbonization via hybrid CO2 valorization |
| March 12, 2021 | Yalin Li, PhD & Pinfeng Yu, PhD | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Postdoctoral Research Associate; Post-doctoral Research Fello | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign; Rice University | ||
| Li's Seminar Title | Advancing the sustainability of engineered systems through experimentation adn quantitative sustainable design | |
| Yu's Seminar Title | The good viruses: Phage-based biofilm engineering for water treatment and reuse |
| April 9, 2021 | Boya Xiong, PhD | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Assistant Professor, Civil, Environmental and Geo-Engineering | |
| University of Minnesota | ||
| Xiong's Seminar Page | Environmental Degradation of Polymers: An example of Polyacrylamide and An Outlook for Plastics |
| April 30, 2021 | Jenny E. Zenobio, PhD; Amanda N. Quay, PhD | |
| 12:00 p.m. | Chancellor, Postdoctoral Fellow ; Graduate Research Assistant | |
| University of California, Irvine; Stanford University | ||
| Zenobio's Talk Title | Reductive Destruction of Persistent Organic Pollutants by Bimetallic Nanoparticles | |
| Quay's Talk Title | Behavioral Responses to Environmental & Policy Changes in Agricultural Systems |
2019-2020
| September 13, 2019 | Charles Werth, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Professor and Bettie Margaret Smith Chair |
| Department of Civil, Architecture and Environmental Engineering | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | University of Texas at Austin |
| Seminar Page | Electron Shuttle REcycling Allows Bacteria to Survive by Reducing Metal Oxides Trapped in Soil and Sediment Pore Spaces too small for Cell Access |
| September 27, 2019 | Michael Bergin, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Professor |
| Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Duke University |
| Topic | Low-cost sensors and deep learning: The future of improving environmental and human health |
| October 25, 2019 | Ameet J. Pinto, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, | |
| Affiliated Faculty, Marine and Environmental Sciences | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Northeastern University |
| Seminar Page | How do we manage the Drinking Water Microbiome? |
| November 8, 2019 | Shenqiang, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, | |
| Affiliated Faculty, Marine and Environmental Sciences | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Northeastern University |
| Seminar Page | How do we manage the Drinking Water Microbiome? |
| January 31 | Yinyin Ye, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Pacific Northwest National Laboratory | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | |
| Seminar Page | The Fate and Detection of Human Viruses in Water Environments |
| February 14 | Kaoru Ikuma, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering | |
| Iowa State University | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | |
| Seminar Page | Environmental Microbiology: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly |
| February 21 | Melina Bautista, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Postdoctoral Research Fellow |
| CIvil and Environmental Engineering Department | |
| University of Michigan | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | |
| Seminar Page | Improving dirnking water quality by leveraging the microbiome |
2018-2019
| May 10, 2019 | Andrea I. Silverman, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil & Urban Engineering | |
| NYU Tandon School of Engineering | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Global Health |
| NYU Collge of Global Public Health |
| May 3, 2019 | Abul Basar Baki, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Clarkson University |
| Seminar Page | Nature-like Fishpasses for Aquatic Connectivity of Riverine Systems to Conserve and Restore Fish Habitat |
| April 26, 2019 | Teng Zeng PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Syracuse University |
| April 19, 2019 | Corey A. Krabbenhoft, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Postdoctoral Associate |
| College of Arts and Sciences and RENEW Institute | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | University at Buffalo |
| Seminar Page | Recognizing the Role of Anthropogenic Stressors in Aquatic Ecosystem Function |
| March 29, 2019 | James N. Jensen |
| 11:00 a.m. | Professor |
| Department of Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | University at Buffalo |
| Seminar Page | Optimizing Solar Thermal Disinfection Troughs: Trisectrices, Nephroids and Humanitarian Engineering |
| March 15, 2019 | Joannes J. Westerink |
| 11:00 a.m. | Joseph and Nona Ahearn Professor in Computational Science and Engineering |
| Joseph and Nona Henry J. Massman Chairman | |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering & Earth Sciences |
| University of Notre Dame | |
| Seminar Page | Towards heterogeneous Process, Scale and Model Coupling in Simulating the Hydrodynamics of the Coastal Ocean |
| March 8, 2019 | Dan Li, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Earth and Environment |
| Boston University | |
| Seminar Page | Urban Heat Island: New Perspectives on an Old Topic |
| Feb 22, 2019 | Lee Gordon, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Senior Project Manager |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | New York State Research and Development Authority |
| Seminar Page | West Valley Site Overview and Engineering Challenges |
| Feb 8, 2019 | Yingje Hu, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Geography |
| University at Buffalo | |
| Seminar Page | Exploring Geo-Text Data: Place Names, Place Relations and Place Sentiments |
| Nov. 16, 2018 | Miriam Diamond, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Earth Sciences |
| University of Toronto | |
| Seminar Page | E-waste as the end product of our digital revolution |
| Nov. 2, 2018 | Anne Mikelonis, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Environmental Engineer and Researcher |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) |
| EPA's National Homeland Security Research Center | |
| Decontamination and Consequence Management Division |
| Oct. 26, 2018 | Kristine Stepenuck, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Extension Assistant Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resrouces |
| University of Vermont | |
| Seminar Page | The role of citizen science in natural resource management and policy |
| Oct. 12, 2018 | April Z. Gu, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | School of Civil and Environmental Engineering |
| Cornell University | |
| Seminar Page | S2EBPR enables sustainable nutrient removal with carbon footprint reduction |
| Oct. 5, 2018 | Mark J. Rood, BCEEM, FAEESP, FAWMA |
| 12:00 p.m. | AAEES 2018 Kappe Lecturer |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering |
| Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering | |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Sept. 28, 2018 | Le Wang, PhD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Professor |
| 223 Jarvis Hall | Department of Geography |
| University at Buffalo |
2017-2018
| November 3, 2017 | Josh Feldmann, Chief, Operation Branch David Schulenberg, Chief, Planning Branch Andrew Hannes |
| 12:15 p.m. | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |
| October 27, 2017 | Ali Farhadzadeh, PhD, PE |
| 12:15 p.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Civil Engineering | |
| Stony Brook University |
| October 20, 2017 | Dr. Callie Babbitt |
| 12:15 p.m. | Associate Professor |
| Golisano Institute for Sustainability | |
| Rochester Institute of Technology | |
| Seminar Page | Resource and waste implications of evolving product ecosystems |
| 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 |
| October 6, 2017 | Hongyi Li, PhD |
| 12:15 p.m. | Associate Professor |
| Land Resources and ENvironmental Sciences | |
| Montana State University |
| September 21, 2017 | Louis Licht, PhD, PE |
| 3:30 p.m. | President & CEO |
| Ecolotree Inc. |
| September 8, 2017 | John D. Sivey, PhD |
| 12:15 p.m. | Risher Endowed Professor of Chemistry |
| Towson University |
2016-2017
| April 14, 2017 | Kamelia Atefi Monfared, PhD |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering | |
| University at Buffalo | |
| Seminar Page | Geo-environmental implications of underground fluid injection operations |
| April 7, 2017 | Ali Farhadzadeh, PhD, PE |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering |
| Stony Brook University | |
| Seminar Page | 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 | |
| Seminar Page | 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 | |
| Seminar Page | 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 | |
| Seminar Page | Tackle grand environmental challenges through atmospheric observations and modeling |
| March 3, 2017 | Dr. Paula Mouser |
| 11:00 a.m. | Assistant Professor |
| Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering | |
| Ohio State University | |
| Seminar Page | 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 |
| February 20, 2017 | Ian Bradley |
| 11:00 a.m. | PhD Candidate, Environmental Engineering |
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |