ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES
SPRING SEMESTER, 2004
Fridays, 11 am, Lopata Hall, Room 100
(unless otherwise stated)

January 13
Cupples II, 212
Zhiwen Yuan, PhD Candidate, Carnegie Mellon University
"Thermodynamic Yield Prediction and Stoichiometry for Organic Chelating Agents Degraded via Oxygenase Pathways"
 
January 23 Dr. H.G. Schwartz, Senior Professor, Member NAE
"Environmental Engineering and Politics - Strange Bedfellows"
 

January 30
Dr. J. Liu, Science Fellow, Monsanto
"Nanoscience Research In Catalysis: Challenges and Opportunities"
 

Tuesday,
February 3
9 am:Clopton Aud.; Medical Campus
2 pm: A-B Hall, School of Law

Dr. Herbert Needleman, U of Pittsburgh
"Effects of Early Childhood Lead Exposure" ( 9 am)

"Bridging the Gap Between Research and Policy:Childhood Lead Poisoning as a Case Study" (2 pm)


February 13
Stacey Hawkey, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
"What every Engineer Should Know About Pollution Prevention"
 
February 20

Dr. Glenn Morrison, Univ. of Missouri, Rolla
“Indoor air pollution: transport, chemistry and personal exposure”
 

Thursday,
February 26
2 pm, Room 300, Lab Sci. Bldg.
(Sesquicentennial Env Initiative)
Dr. J. Schnoor, U of Iowa, Member NAE, Dr. F. Morel, Princeton Univ., Dr. A. Kaplan, Hebrew University, Dr. G. Kishore, VP, DuPont
"Plant Sciences: The Environment and Sustainability"
 
Tuesday, March 2,
2 pm, Room 300, Lab Sci. Bldg.
(Sesquicentennial Env Initiative)
Dr. S. K. Friedlander, UCLA, Member NAE;
"Aerosol Science Engineering:  The Enabling Discipline"
Dr. J. Samet, Johns Hopkins University;
"Aerosols and Health Effects"
Dr. J. H. Seinfeld, Caltech, Member NAE;
"
Aerosols and Global Climate"

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March 12
Spring Break
 
March 19 Denice Shaw, Senior Scientist, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA)
Status and Trends of Environmental Monitoring
 
Monday, March 22
2:30 pm
Cupples II, Rm 100
Dr. J. Helble, Univ. of Connecticut
(joint seminar with Chemical Engineering)

"Fine Particle Formation and Its Implications for Human Health"
 
April 2
 
Dr. John Novak, Virginia Tech
"C
ations and activated sludge, implications for flocculation and digestion"
April 9 Dr. Ken Kemner, Argonne National Laboratory "X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Microprobe Investigations of Mineral-microbe Interfaces and biogeochemical Processes"
Thursday
April 15, 3 pm

Dr. S. Frankel, Purdue University
"
Large Eddy Simulation of Turbulent Reacting Flows:  Applications from Soot to Noise"
 
Wednesday,
April 21, 2 pm
Whitaker Hall
(Sesquicentennial Env Initiative)
M. M. Crow
, President, Arizona State University
; D. H. Marks, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M. B. McElroy, Harvard University; F. M. Orr, Jr., Stanford University. Moderator: M.S. Wrighton, Chancellor, WUStL
"Educational Practices and The Environment"

 

Botanical Gardens
Thursday,
April 22, 8:30 am to 5 pm
C. Buescher, Sr. Prof., WUStL, R. Criss, WUStL, W. Lowry, WUStL
"Colloquium on Water: Our Rivers - A Sustainable Resource"
 
Wednesday
April 28, 11 am
CupplesII, 212
 
UG Student Design Presentations
Advisor: George Schillinger
 
 

April 30

Dr. R.P. Singh, Visiting Professor, George Mason Univ.; Professor, Civil Engineering, IIT Kanpur
"
Growing Population and Its Impact on the Environment of Ganga Basin"

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