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Chats in 4-D:

Building Plumbing

Speakers: Amy Pruden, Andrew Whelton, Charles N. Haas, Lutgarde Raskin, Patrick Gurian

International Research Best Practices

Speakers: Christine Prouty, Colleen Naughton, Deborah Sills, Kevin Orner, Nicholas Tooker

International Experiential Learning: Opportunities and Perspectives

Speakers: Christine Prouty, Colleen Naughton, Deborah Sills, Kevin Orner, Nicholas Tooker

Demystifying the NSF Program Director Position

Speakers: Karl Rockne, Maya Trotz

Public Policy and AAAS

Speakers: Daniel Oerther, Greg Lowry

Advancing Environmental Engineering Education in the 21st Century

Speakers: Anjali Mulchandani, Elliot Douglas, Patrick McNamara

Diversity in Environmental Engineering

Speakers: Joel Ducoste, Kimberly Jones, Lee Blaney, Maya Trotz, Morgan Brown

Grand Challenges in Environmental Engineering

Speakers: Joel Ducoste, Kimberly Jones, Lee Blaney, Maya Trotz

How Environmental Engineers Can Help Communities Facing Environmental Justice Challenges: Case Studies

Speakers: Jacqueline MacDonald Gibson, Maya Carrasquillo, Riley Mulhern

Wednesday morning, May 15, Track 3
Industrial Waste Treatment:

Understanding the mechanisms of removal of UV-quenching substances in landfill leachate via Fenton’s oxidation

Speaker: Sudeep Popat

Reduction in required reagents and sludge generation in Fenton’s oxidation of landfill leachate through forward osmosis and humic acid recovery

Speaker: Syeed Md Iskander

Marine waste extract as cost-effective nitrogen supplement to improve the biological treatment of acid mine water

Speaker: Subhabrata Dev

Wednesday afternoon, May 15, Track 3
Curricular Innovation I:

The future of engineering education might surprise you

Speaker: Brad Allenby

Peer Instruction for Environmental Engineering Education

Speaker: Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

Teaching Sustainable Engineering and Driving Creative Sustainable Solutions Using a Design Thinking Approach

Speaker: Lisa Stabryla

An Integrated Approach to Undergraduate Environmental Engineering Education

Speaker: Elliot Douglas

Advancing the Environmental Engineering Grand Challenges for the 21st Century by Improving STEM Education

Speaker: Jennifer Benning

Wednesday afternoon, May 15, Track 3
Curricular Innovation II:

Learner-Centered Teaching: Using Buffet Assessment of Blended, Flipped, Modified Mastery Instruction

Speaker: Daniel Oerther

Integrating Green Infrastructure Class to Undergraduate Curriculum: Challenges and Opportunities

Speaker: Sanjay Mohanty

Integrating Numerical Modeling Instruction into Environmental Engineering Coursework for Senior Undergraduate Students

Speaker: Hannah Rolston

Metagenomics in Environmental Engineering:  Experimental, Statistical, and Educational Approaches

Speaker: Yu Miao

A service learning model for environmental education – the UCONN E-Corps

Speaker: Maria Chrysochoou

Thursday morning, May 16, Track 2
Pathogens I:

Inactivation of Enteric Pathogens Under Ambient Conditions

Speaker: Jennifer G. Becker

Transformed Legionella for Process Validation

Speaker: Saleh Aloraini

Elevated Pathogenic Indicator Bacteria and Antibiotic Resistance Genes after Hurricane Harvey’s Flooding in Houston

Speaker: Pingfeng Yu

Thursday afternoon, May 16, Track 2
Pathogens II:

Inactivation of P22 Bacteriophage and E. coli Bacteria using UV-LEDs with and without Advanced Oxidation

Speaker: Brooke Mayer

Effect of temperature and tank materials on microbial characteristics of rainwater stored for domestic use

Speaker: Xiaodong Zhang

Near Real-Time Monitoring of Virus Particles with Flow Virometry in Water Reuse Applications

Speaker: Nicole Rockey

Integrated Cell Culture-Mass Spectrometry Method for Monitoring Infectious Human Viruses in Environmental Samples

Speaker: Yinyin Ye

Rearing insects on waste: evaluating opportunities and risks for fecal sludge management

Speaker: Heather Bischel

Thursday afternoon, May 16, Track 2
Antibiotic Resistance:

Drivers and barriers of antibiotic resistance in urban and natural environments

Speaker: Zhi Zhou

Effects of wastewater treatment on the prevalence of antimicrobial resistance

Speaker: Xiaoxiao Cheng

International Transect of the Antibiotic “Resistome” in Raw Sewage versus Treated Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent

Speaker: Emily Garner

Evaluating Shifts in Bacteria Carrying Antibiotic Resistance Genes during Wastewater Treatment Using Long Nanopore Sequencing Reads

Speaker: Dongjuan Dai

Exposure of environmental level pesticides stimulates and diversifies evolution toward antibiotic resistance

Speaker: Yujie Men