ENVIRONMENTAL SEMINAR SERIES
SPRING SEMESTER, 2006
Fridays, 11 am, Lopata Hall, Room 101  (unless otherwise stated below)

 

 January  20
 2:00pm		 Dr. Mark Wiesner, Rice University
"Applications and implications of nanomaterials: challenges for environmental engineers"  
Refreshments to follow seminar from 3 - 4pm.
(JOINT SEMINAR WITH CHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND CENTER FOR MATERIALS INNOVATION)
 
 January  27
Dr. Bill Retzlaff, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
"G.R.E.E.N. - Green Roof Environmental Evaluation Network"
 
 February 3
 

Soubir Basak, Doctoral Student
Synthesis of Magnetic Nanomaterials: Applications in Nanomedicine
 
 February 10

Dr. Jeanne Van Briesen, Carnegie Mellon University
 Statistical and Molecular Microbiological Research to Elucidate Complex Systems involving Polychlorinated Biphenyls
 
 February 17

Dr. Dan Luo, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological and Environmental Engineering Cornell University
Nucleic Acid Engineering: Using DNA as a Generic instead of a Genetic Material
 
 Feb 24
Dan Zitomer, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
 Temperature-Phased Anaerobic Digestion
 
 Mar 3


Biplab Mukherjee, Doctoral Student
"Dispersion of Crude Oil in Saline Water"

 
 Mar 10 Dr. Charles Werth, University of Illinois
"A Pore-Scale Study of Biomass Growth Effects on Transverse Mixing Limited Reactions In Groundwater During Bioremediation"
 
 Mar 17 Spring Break
 
 Mar 24 Jingkun Jiang, Doctoral Student
Nanoparticle Synthesis and Charging Studies
 
 Mar 31 Dr. Ye Zhuang, Program Manager, EERC, North Dakota
Mercury and PM Issues Related to Coal Combustion Systems
 
 April 7 Dr. T. Prabhakar Clement, Auburn University
 "Development and Application of Reactive Transport Models - Present Status and Future Challenges"
 
 April 14 Dr. Dionysios (Dion) D. Dionysiou, University of Cincinnati
"Advanced Oxidation Technologies and Nanotechnologies for Water Purification"
 
Monday, April 17
2:30 pm, Cu II, Room 100
Dr. Shankar Chellam, Univ. of Houston
"Bacterial Fouling of Microfiltration Membranes"
(Joint Seminar with Chemical Engineering)
 
 April 21
12:30 pm		 Dr. L. Thibodeaux, Lousiana State University
Keynote Presentation:
 "Katrina/Rita Disaster-environmental chemistry impacts plus the proximate and historical causes"
Earth Day Celebrations and Open House
 
 April 28 Dr. Peter Raven, Director, Missouri Botanical Garden
 Title: To be announced
 
April 28, 4 pm
Cu II, Room 202


Dr. J. Fishman, NASA Langley
 Synthesis of Satellite Data into an Integrated Global Observing Strategy for Air Quality

 
Monday, May 1
2:30 pm, Cu II, Room 100
Dr. Jaehun Chun, Princeton University
Molecular Scale Behavior in Aerosols and Colloids
(Joint Seminar with Chemical Engineering)
 
Monday, May 8
2:30 pm, Cu II, Room 100
Dr. Hae-Kwon Jeong, University of Illinois
"Nanostructured Materials for Advanced Applications"
(Joint Seminar with Chemical Engineering)

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