Environmental Engineering Seminar Series

West Valley Site Overview and Engineering Challenges

2/22/19

Senior project manager for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority discusses Western New York's former nuclear reprocessing facility, the West Valley Site, and some of the environmental and engineering challenges associated with it.

E-waste as the end product of our digital revolution

1/28/19

University of Toronto Department of Earth Sciences Professor Miriam Diamond describes research she and colleagues conducted on electronic waste in Ontario, Canada, and discusses the national, provincial and international policy implications

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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
Yu's Seminar Page		Environmental Degradation of Polymers: An example of Polyacrylamide and An Outlook for Plastics

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