Archives: Monthly Archives: May 2016
Engineering Centennial Lecture Series: Micobial Ecology and Metabolic Pathways of the Re-engineered Nitrogen Cycle
 Engineering Centennial Lecture Series Friday, April 29, 2016 • 11:15AM – 12PM • CAST 212 Micobial Ecology and Metabolic Pathways of the Re-engineered Nitrogen Cycle Dr. Kartik Chandran Assoc. Professor, Dept. of Earth and Environmental Engineering, Columbia University  Abstract: Engineered wastewater treatment systems can provide an interesting framework to pose and answer questions […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Understanding the Information Embedded in Observations and Regional Air Quality Model Outputs
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, April 22, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Understanding the Information Embedded in Observations and Regional Air Quality Model Outputs Huiying Luo Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering Program, University of Connecticut  Abstract: In the United States (U.S.), regional scale air quality models are being used to […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Trace Element Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer at the Base of Aquatic Food Webs
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, April 15, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Trace Element Bioaccumulation and Trophic Transfer at the Base of Aquatic Food Webs David Buchwalter Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University  Abstract: Many human activities result in trace element contamination in aquatic ecosystems. […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Ecophysiological Controls and Precipitation Seasonality in Amazonia
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, April 8, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Ecophysiological Controls and Precipitation Seasonality in Amazonia Jung-Eun Lee Assistant Professor of Earth, Environmental and Planetary Sciences, Brown University  Abstract: It is unclear to what extent seasonal water stress impacts on plant productivity over Amazonia. Using new […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Removal of Neutral and Ionic Organic Contaminants by Polymeric Resins – Predictive Modeling and Catalytic Reduction
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, April 1, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Removal of Neutral and Ionic Organic Contaminants by Polymeric Resins – Predictive Modeling and Catalytic Reduction Huichun (Judy) Zhang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Temple University  Abstract: Emerging organic contaminants are a growing […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Technical Entrepreneurship: A New Paradigm in Engineering Education
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, March 25, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Technical Entrepreneurship: A New Paradigm in Engineering Education Christos Christodoulatos Professor and Vice Provost of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Stevens Institute of Technology  Abstract: There is a general perception that academic entrepreneurship (AE) and innovation refers mainly […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Surfactant Enhanced In-Situ Chemical Oxidation for Soil and Groundwater Remediation
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, March 4, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Surfactant Enhanced In-Situ Chemical Oxidation for Soil and Groundwater Remediation Geeta Dahal EthicalChem  Abstract: During In situ chemical oxidation (ISCO) oxidant solutions are typically delivered into the subsurface for contaminant destruction. Contaminants available to the oxidants, […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Integrating Ecosystem Engineering into Ecological Restoration
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, March 11, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Integrating Ecosystem Engineering into Ecological Restoration Beth Lawrence Assistant Professor, Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut  Abstract:Ecosystem engineers are organisms whose presence or activity alters their physical surroundings or changes the flow of resources, […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Climate Change Effects on Soils: Molecular and Microscale Reactions and Processes
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, February 26, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Climate Change Effects on Soils: Molecular and Microscale Reactions and Processes Nikolla Qafoqu Chief Scientist, Earth Science Division, Pacific Northwest National Lab  Abstract: Climate change (i.e., high atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations (1400 ppm); increasing air […]
CEE & ENVE COLLOQUIUM SERIES: Mercury Redox Transformations in Groundwater
 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING SPRING 2016 COLLOQUIUM SERIES Friday, February 19, 2016 • 12:15 PM • CAST 212 Mercury Redox Transformations in Groundwater Nathan Yee Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rutgers University  Abstract: The disposal of mercury (Hg) containing wastes has contaminated large areas of sediment and groundwater in […]
