Environmental & Water Resources Engineering Seminar Series
Spring Semester, 2008
Mondays, 3-4 pm. In 642 Environmental Sciences & Engineering (except as noted).
Jan 14
Total Value Equivalency: Using Economics to Choose the Type and Scale of Environmental Projects (Case study of Green Bay, WI)
Dr. William S. Breffle
Associate Professor of Natural Resource Economics
Michigan Technological University
Jan 21 No seminar, Martin Luther King Day
Jan 28
From lichens to entire watersheds: interactions between biology and hydrology
Dr. Thomas G. Pypker
Assistant Professor
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
Feb 4
Water quality interventions for the prevention of diarrhoeal diseases in developing countries
Dr. Thomas Clasen
Senior Lecturer
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
University of London
Feb 11 (rescheduled for March 31)
Water Resource Characterization and Remote Sensing Data Analysis using Geostatistical Techniques
Dr. Tyler Erickson
Research Scientist
Michigan Tech Research Institute (Ann Arbor)
Feb 18 TBD
Feb 25
Applying Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing to Green Roofs and Pavement Design
Dr. Amlan Mukherjee
Assistant Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University
March 3 (two seminars)
Modeling the influence of atmospheric stability on air-water exchange of persistent bioaccumulative toxics in the Great Lakes
Mr. Mark Rowe, Mr. David Tobias, and Dr. Judith Perlinger
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University
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Mechanism(s) of Pathogen Destruction in Compost Latrines located in the Developing World
Dr. James R. Mihelcic, Mr. Danny Hurtado, Ms. Josephine Kaiser, and Ms. Jessica Mehl
Civil & Environmental Engineering
Michigan Technological University
March 10
No seminar, spring break
March 17
Impact of Tank Parameters on Energy Conservation in Municipal Water Distribution Systems
Mr. Santosh Ghimire
Environmental Engineering Doctoral Student
Michigan Technological University
March 24 (Monday) (World Water Day)
7 p.m. at the Rosza
The Great Lakes Water Wars
Author Peter Annin
http://www.greatlakeswaterwars.com/
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March 25 (Tuesday)
Time and place to be announced
Temperature in the Great Lakes
Jay Austin
Assistant Professor Large Lakes Observatory Department of Physics University of Minnesota, Duluth
March 31
Water Resource Characterization and Remote Sensing Data Analysis using Geostatistical Techniques
Dr. Tyler Erickson
Research Scientist
Michigan Tech Research Institute (Ann Arbor)
April 7
(note time and room change, 4 p.m. U113 Minerals & Materials Building)
Photochemistry in the Atmosphere at Summit, Greenland
Dr. Greg Huey
Associate Professor
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Georgia Institute of Technology
April 14
Fen wetland restoration in Colorado
Dr. Rod Chimner
Assistant Professor
School of Forest Resources and Environmental Science
Michigan Technological University
April 21
Improving Forecasts of Flood Risk by Incorporating Climate Variability into Bulletin 17B LP3 Model
Ms. Ashwini Kashelikar
Environmental Engineering M.S. Student
Michigan Technological University
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Information-theoretic model selection in aquatic biogeochemical modeling
Mr. Cory McDonald
Environmental Engineering Doctoral Student
Michigan Technological University
April 28 No seminar, final exams
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