ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES
SPRING SEMESTER, 2003
Fridays, 11 am, Room 202, Cupples II
(unless otherwise stated)
| January 17 | Liyun Xie, Doctoral Student "Examination of exopolysaccharides in heavy metal-laden wastewater biofilm." |
January 24 |
Dr. James Smith, USEPA "Concerns with the Beneficial Reuse in Agriculture of Residuals from Municipal Wastewater Treatment and Animal Feeding Operations" |
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Dr. Bruce Rittman, Northwestern University "Adaptation of Anaerobic Microbial Communities to Chlorinated Aromatics" |
February 7 |
Rui Chen, Doctoral Student "The effect of flame structure on soot formation in diffusion flames" |
| February 14 | Ben Kumfer, Doctoral Student "Application of flame design theory to carbon nanotube synthesis and particulate emissions from turbulent flames" |
February 21 |
Roy Haught, USEPA "Overview and Future Directions of Drinking Water Research at NRMRL, USEPA" |
February 28
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Dr. C.Y. Wu, University of
Florida "Control of Heavy Metal Emissions and Leaching from the Incineration of CCA Treated Wood" |
| March 7 | Spring Break |
March 11 Tuesday, 9 am Cupples II, Room 217
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Dr. Philip Singer, Univ. of North
Carolina AEESP Distinguished Lecturer "Formation and Control of Disinfection Byproducts in Drinking Water" |
| March 14 | Dr. Bill Arnold, University of Minnesota "Photochemical Fate of Pharmaceuticals in the Environment." |
March 21 |
Dr. David Pui, University of Minnesota "Experimental and Numerical Tools for Investigating Nanoparticles"
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| March 28 | Rhoda Jeremiah, Graduate
Student "A Kinetic Study of the Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide in Oil- Contaminated Shoreline Sediments: theoretical and experimental approach" |
April 4 |
Prakash Kumar, Doctoral Student Synthesis of Magnetic Nanoparticles & Transport Characteristics in Magnetic Fields
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April 8, Tuesday, 3 pm Cupples II, Room 100 |
ENV INDUSTRIAL PARTNERS
RECEPTION Dr. R.E. Pinckert, Boeing Corporation "Environmental Research at Boeing - Preparing for the Future" and John L. Stein, Anheuser-Busch, retired "The Continuing Evolution of Environmental Engineering" Poster Presentations by Graduate Students and Reception in Lopata Gallery following Seminars |
| April 11 | Dr. Tarek I. M. Sabry, Iowa State University "Review on the Existing Wastewater Treatment Plants in Egypt" |
| April 18 |
Dr. Daniel Giammar, WUStL "Carbon Storage and Sequestration in Deep Saline Aquifers: Rates and Products of Relevant Geochemical Reactions" |
April 25 |
Env Engr. UG Senior Design Project (Advisor: George Schillinger) |
May 2 |
B.J. Browning, Graduate Student "Preserve the St. Francis River Project." |