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Archived Seminars

Fall 2023

Fall seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm in the L.G. Rich Auditorium.

 

August 25 David Freedman Welcome Back Seminar Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium
September 1 Laura He EEES Annual Lab Safety Awareness Clemson University Rich Lab Auditiorium

September 7 (Thursday

3:30 pm)

Jaime Padgett From Fragility and Losses to Risk Mitigation at the Nexus of Waterfront Industries and Fenceline Communities Rice University Watt Family Innovation Center - Auditorium (1st Floor)
September 15 Sean Scuras Biological Wastewater Treatment Process Intensification Garver Rich Lab Auditorium
September 22 Byoung Ryong Jeong (Visiting Professor) Horticultural Plants in Controlled Environment in Gyeongsang National University (GNU) Clemson University Via Zoom
September 29 Jerry Wylie Environmental Consulting as a Career: Challenges, Opportunities, and How to Prepare SynTerra Rich Lab Auditorium
October 6 Ram Pendyala Emerging Transportation Technologies: A Panacea or a Predicament Arizona State University Rich Lab Auditorium
October 17 Holly Flynn and Dale Hitchcock SRNL Fusion Research Review Aiken, South Carolina Rich Lab Auditorium
October 20 Jim Baciak Introduction to the Consortium for Nuclear Forensics University of Florida Rich Lab Auditorium
October 27 Mik Carbajales-Dale Formatting Documents Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium
November 3 Jesus de la Garza Tiger Grant Symposium Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium
November 10 Irene Velez-Torres Just Energy Transitions in the Global South: Between Old Inequalities and New Green Assets University of Valle, Colombia Rich Lab Auditorium
November 17 Ezra Cates Municipal Solid Waste Management in the United States: Is it garbage? Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium
December 1 Elizabeth Carraway/Kelly Best Lazar Microplastics Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium
December 8 Chris Weber Perspectives in Drinking Water Aesthetics Anderson Regional Joint Water System Rich Lab Auditorium

Spring 2023

Spring seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm at Brackett Hall 100.

 

January 13 Christophe Darnault Environmental Fluid Mechanics and Geoscience Processes: Flow, Transport, and Mechanics in Porous Media Clemson University Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
January 20 Brady Flinchum Using Near-surface Geophysical Measurements to Reveal Critical Zone Architecture Clemson University Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
January 27 Whitney Huang Some (Useful) Statistical Tools for Environmental Research Clemson University Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
February 3 David Bennett Drinking Water Treatment Using Reverse Osmosis: A Case Study Wooten Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
February 10 David Barbeau, Jr. The Earth System through the Lens of Geochronology University of South Carolina Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
February 17 Gary Machlis A Framework for Research on Recurrent Acute Disasters Clemson University Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
February 24 Charles Gooding EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard Program Clemson University Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
March 6 (Monday) Allison MacKay When in Ohio...Linking Water Quality Parameters to Algal Toxin Fate during Drinking Water Treatment Ohio State University Watt Family Innovation Center - Auditorium (1st Floor)
March 10 Tyler Hardin Coal Ash basin Closure and Groundwater Remediation Duke Energy Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
March 17 Christopher Sobecki Cooling Tower Power from Visual Imagery, Optimization, and Physics Inforned Machine Learning SRNL Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
March 24 Spring Break No Seminar Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
March 31 Vidya Samadi "Dancing with Models" - The Journey fo Building Deep Neural Network Models in Surface Hydrology Clemson University Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
April 7 Tanju Karanfil Microwave Reactivation of PFAS-Laden GACs Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium
April 14 Will Nading, Tony Reid Expansion of Pendleton WWTP Goodwyn Mills Cawood Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100
April 21 Kyle Barber Developing Ex-Situ Smoldering Remediation Systems Savron Solutions Brackett Hall Auditorium Room 100

Fall 2022

Fall seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm at Rich Lab Auditorium.

 

August 26 David Freedman Welcome Back Seminar Clemson University Rich Lab
September 2 Don Webster Structure and Mixing of a Turbulent Meandering Chemical Plume Georgia Institute of Technology Watt Family Innovation Center - Auditorium (1st Floor)
September 9 Jesus de la Garza Tiger Grant Symposium Clemson University Rich Lab
September 16 Wendy Wert Converting Waste into Resources: Environmental Challenges and Sustainable Solutions Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Rich Lab
September 23 Laura He Safety Refresher Clemson University Rich Lab
September 30 Jared Hartwig, Colby Cash Examples of Hazen's Water and Wastewater Treatment Projects in South Carolina Hazen and Sawyer Rich Lab
October 7 No Seminar Rich Lab
October 14 Ph.D Students One Minute Madness Clemson University Rich Lab
October 21 Robin Brigmon Biomining - Critical Minerals and Materials Recovery Using Microorganisms Savannah River National Laboratory Rich Lab
October 28 Mort Barlaz Understanding and Predicting Temperatures in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills North Carolina State University Rich Lab
November 4 George Lasche Resolution of Public Radiation Alarms - Insights and Experiences Snakedance Scientific, LLC Rich Lab
November 11 Sudeep Popat Finding Value in Your Work Clemson University Rich Lab
November 18 Cliff Davidson The Interactions of Airborne Particles with Surfaces Syracuse University Rich Lab
November 25 Thanksgiving Break No Seminar
December 2 Chelsea Wald Pipe Dreams: The Urgent Global Quest to Transform the Toilet https://chelseawald.com/ Rich Lab

December 9

Craig Zeller

Remedial Strategy to Address TCE Contamination

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

 Rich Lab

Spring 2022

Spring seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm Online via Zoom and at Brackett Hall.

 

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

January 14

Perry McCarty

The Essential Expansion of Environmental Engineering and Science Education

 Stanford University

Online Only

January 21

 

Documentary: Rotten

A Sweet Deal: Exploited workers, altered ecosystems, political power plays: Behind the scenes, Big Sugar is anything but refined.

Clemson University

Online Only

January 28 Bruce Logan Daily Energy Use and Carbon Emissions: Challenges of Slowing Climate Change Penn State University Online Only
February 4 Caye Drapcho Algal C Capture (and A History of Algae at Clemson) Clemson University

Brackett Hall/Virtual

February 11 Frank Holleman Power and People Southern Environmental Law Center Brackett Hall/Virtual
February 18 Susan Richardson Improving Drinking Water Safety: Addressing New Impacts and Identifying Important Toxicity Drivers University of South Carolina Brackett Hall/Virtual
February 25 Charles Ichoku Climate and Wildfires in North America Howard University Brackett Hall/Virtual
March 4 Susan Cutter Equitable Risk Reduction and Disaster Inequality University of South Carolina Online Only
March 11 Nicole Martinez An Overview of the Radium Dial Workers and on-going Follow-up Clemson University Brackett Hall/Virtual
March 18 David Wright The NRC: Who We Are and What We Do US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Brackett Hall/Virtual
March 25 No Seminar Spring Break Clemson University Brackett Hall/Virtual
April 1 Mark Krystofik Circular Economy (Remanufacturing)/ Clemson's Energy Visualization and Analysis Center (CEVAC) Clemson University Brackett Hall/Virtual
April 8 Suzanne Witt Electrochemical Oxidation of PFAS Using Boron-Doped Diamond Electrodes Fraunhofer USA Center Midwest Brackett Hall/Virtual
April 15 Geisianny Moreira Development of an ACE2-based biosensor for point-of-need saliva detection of SARS-CoV-2 Clemson University Brackett Hall/Virtual
April 22 No Seminar
April 29 Russell Callahan Bedrock composition and subsurface weathering control forest drought response in the southern Sierra Nevada, California University of Wyoming Online Only

Fall 2021

Fall seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm Online via Zoom at Rich Lab.

 

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

August 20

David Freedman

Welcome Seminar

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual

August 27

 

Laura He

Safety Refresher

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual

September 3 David Freedman

‟Improved Approaches for Assessing Natural Attenuation of 1,4-Dioxane”

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual

September 10 Tom Sharkey Resilliency Clemson University (IE)

Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual

September 17 David Dzombak Sustainable Mining Carnegie Mellon University Virtual via Zoom
September 24 Sudeep Popat Stabilization of Source-separated Urine Using Electrochemically Synthesized Hydrogen Peroxide Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
October 1 Muriel Steele Wastewater Treatment Charlotte Water Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
October 8 Mike Bentel PFAS Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
October 15 Fall Break No Seminar
October 22 Cynthia Barnett The Sound of the Sea: Seashells and the Fate of the Oceans University of Florida Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
October 29 Brandon Ross Sustainability, Resiliency, and...Adaptability? Civil Engineering Rih Lab Auditorium/Virtual
November 5 Connor Parker A Tale of Two Metals: Wetland Uranium & Iron Cycling Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
November 12 EEES Ph.D. Students 1-Minute Madness Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
November 19 Tom O'Halloran In Situ Observations of the Carbon and Albedo Climate Benefits of Switchgrass Versus Loblolly Pine Bioenergy Plantations Clemson University Rich Lab Auditorium/Virtual
November 26 Thanksgiving Break No Seminar
December 3 Ashok Mishra Increase in Risk of Extreme Events under Climate Change Clemson University Virtual via Zoom
Spring 2021
Spring seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm Online via Zoom.

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

January 15

Mik Carbajales-Dale

Industrial Assessment Center - a day in the life

Clemson University

Virtual

January 22

Ron Falta

Underground Thermal Energy Storage for Electricity Generation

 

Clemson University

Virtual

January 29

Brian Powell

Examination of actinide subsurface transport from lab to field scales: influence of redox reactions and organic ligand complexation

Clemson University

Virtual

February 5

Debabrata Sahoo

Towards Sustainable Water Resources Management in South Carolina in a Regulatory Environment: Challenges and Approaches

Clemson University

Virtual

February 12 Andrew Metcalf Screening of: Unbreathable: The Fight for Healthy Air Documentary Virtual
February 19 Lauren Stadler Surveillance of Houston's Wastewater to Track Community SARS-CoV-2 Infection Dynamics Rice University Virtual
February 26 R. Karthikeyan Murky Waters: Bacteria and Beyond Clemson University Virtual
March 5 Brooke Mayer Bioinspired Phosphorus Recovery: Conversion and Adsorption to Close the P Loop Marquette University Virtual
March 12 Kristina Keating Nuclear Magnetic Resonance in the Vadose Zone Rutgers University Virtual
March 19 Spring Break No Seminar
March 26 Ph.D. Students 3-Minute Thesis Talks Clemson University Virtual
April 2 Stefanie Whitmire Aquatic Ecosystems in Managed Landscapes Clemson University Virtual
April 9 Daniel Kaplan Large Seasonal Fluctuations of Groundwater Radioiodine Speciation and Concentrations in a Riparian Wetland SRNL Virtual
April 16 Eric McLamore

Data-Informed Intuition: Stories of contamination and inequity

Clemson University Virtual
April 23 Xavier Comas Imaging the Critical Zone Using Near-surface Geophysics: Applications in Peatlands, Karst Environments, and Fractured Rock Florida Atlantic University Virtual

Fall 2020

Fall seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm Online via Zoom.

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

August 21 David Freedman Welcome Back Seminar Clemson University Virtual

August 28

Laura He

Lab Safety Refresher

Clemson University

Virtual

September 4

Rob Nerenberg

Unique Behavior of Counter-Diffusional Biofilms

University of Notre Dame

Virtual

September 11

Rebecca Muenich

Under the Radar – Accounting for Large Scale Animal Agriculture to Address Nutrient Pollution

Arizona State University

Virtual

September 18

Xing Xie

Water Disinfection Using Locally Enhanced Electric Field Treatment (LEEFT)

Georgia Institute of Technology

Virtual

September 25 Zelma Jackson-Maine Challenges in Cleanup of Groundwater on the Hanford Reservation University of Washington Virtual
October 2 Documentary  Kiss the Ground Narrated by Woody Harrelson Virtual
October 9 EEES Students 3 Minute Thesis Talks Clemson University Virtual
October 16 David Freedman Clemson Wastewater SARS-CoV-2 Monitoring Clemson University Virtual
October 23 Jennifer Mosser An Introduction to the U.S. Public Health Service U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Virtual
October 30 Kyle Bibby Viruses in Wastewater - from CrAssphage to SARS-CoV-2 University of Notre Dame Virtual
November 6 Anca Delgado Microbial Chain Elongation Arizona State University Virtual
November 13 Lucia Rodriguez Freire Remediation New Jersey Institute of Technology Virtual
November 20 Srikanth Pilla The Rational Design of Lignin-derived Polymer Structures Engineered for Chemical Recycling Clemson University Virtual
November 27 Thanksgiving Break No Seminar
December 4 Megan Hoover

Exploring the chemistry of uranium dioxide through quantum-mechanical modeling

Clemson University Virtual

Spring 2020

Spring seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm in Brackett 100.

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

January 17

Yongshen Chen

Perspectives on Future Water and Wastewater Treatment

Georgia Institute of Technology

Brackett 100

January 24

Sally Ng

Chemical Lifecycles of Organic Nitrates Formed from Oxidation of Monoterpenes

Georgia Institute of Technology

Brackett 100

January 31

George Wells

Leveraging Metabolic Versatility and Modularity in the Microbial World for Sustainable Nutrient Removal and Resource Recovery

Northwestern University

Brackett 100

February 7

Diana Vanegas

Participatory Frameworks in Applied Research: Alternative Approaches for Addressing Intractable Problems of Marginalized Communities

Clemson University

Brackett 100

February 14

Andrea Hicks

Nutrients in the Circular Economy - Examples of Recovering Nutrients Sustainably

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Brackett 100

February 21

Jordan Abell

From Dust to Dust or Dirt to Dirt: Applications of Sediment Geochemistry and Modeling from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic to the Pliocene

Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty

Brackett 100

February 28

Mike Perlmutter

Remediation

Jacobs

Brackett 100

March 6

Sudeep Popat

Anaerobic Technologies for Energy Recovery from Waste Organics: Understanding Microbiomes to Channel Electrons to Desired Products

Clemson University

Brackett 100

March 13

Cameron Colby

 

Energy for the Future: Discussion Forum

Clemson University

 Brackett 100

March 20

Spring Break

 

March 27 

 

No Seminar

April 3

EEES Seminar delivered via YouTube

Frank Hollerman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQCVOFClACI

DELPF Symposium 2016: Water Law & Policy, Introduction & Coal Ash Panel

 

Duke University School of Law

Webcast

April 10

EEES Seminar delivered via Canvas

Christophe Darnault

Subsurface Flow/Transport

Clemson University

Virtual via Canvas

April 17

EEES Seminar delivered via Canvas

Brave Blue World Documentary

Water Resources

 Clemson University

Virtual via Canvas

April 24

EEES Seminar delivered via Canvas

 

Yawar Hassain

 

 Geophysics

 Clemson University

Virtual via Canvas

Past seminars that have a recording for viewing are linked in the title.

Fall 2019

Fall seminars are held on Fridays at 2:30 pm in the Rich Lab Auditorium.

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

August 23

Dr. Freedman

 Welcome Back

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium

August 30

Laura He

Safety Overview

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium

September 6

Members  of the Clemson Chapter of EWB

The Clemson University Chapter of Engineers without Borders – An Update on Current Projects

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium

September 13

EEES Grad Students

Three Minute Talks

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium

September 20

Rob Wilson

Tips for an Interesting Engineering Career

InnovaWest LLC

Rich Lab Auditorium

September 27

Dan Matz

Environmental Engineering in Practice

Bunnell Lammons Engineering

Rich Lab Auditorium

October 4

Tad Goetcheus, P.E.

Environmental Health & Safety Engineering – Unlimited Applications

HRP Associates Inc.

Rich Lab Auditorium

October 11

Nancy Love

Rethinking America's Urban Water Infrastructure: Resource Efficiency, Access, and Public Health

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Rich Lab Auditorium

October 18

Fall Break No Seminar

 

 

 

October 25

Glenn Daigger

Activated Sludge Process Milestones of the Modern Era: A Tribute to Dr. Thomas M. Keinath

 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Rich Lab Auditorium

November 1

Ezra Cates

Per / polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS): "Why They Threaten Our Water Supplies and How Photocatalysis Can Help"

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium

November 8

Francis de los Reyes

Challenges and Opportunities in Global Sanitation: Systems Analysis and the Case of Mechanized Pit Emptying Technologies

North Carolina State University

Rich Lab Auditorium

November 15

No Seminar

 

Rich Lab Auditorium

November 22

Caye Drapcho

Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System (STARS)

Clemson University

Rich Lab Auditorium

November 29

Thanksgiving Holiday

 

Spring 2019

 Date

Speaker

Topic

Institution

Location

Friday, Jan 11

Ph.D. students 3-minute talks

 TBA

Brackett 100

Thursday, Jan 17

Faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Thursday, Jan 24

Faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Thursday, Jan 31

Faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Thursday, Feb 7

Faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Thursday, Feb 14

Faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Thursday, Feb 21

Faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Thursday, Feb 28

Back up date for faculty candidate

 TBA

Rich Lab Auditorium

Friday, Mar 8

Mohamed Ateia

 TBA

Clemson University

Brackett 100

Friday, Mar 15

Marc Deshusses

 High and Low Tech Approaches to Decentralized Sanitation in Less-Developed Countries

Duke University

Brackett 100

Friday, Mar 22

 

Spring break – no seminar

 

Friday, Mar 29

John Pearce

 TBA

Medical University of South Carolina

Brackett 100

Friday, Apr 5

Mark Johnson

 TBA

Clemson University

Brackett 100

Friday, Apr 12

Geoffrey Smith

 TBA

University of Georgia

Brackett 100

Friday, Apr 19

Thomas Johnson

San Diego (CA) North City Water Reclamation Facility Integrated Dynamic Modeling

Jacobs

Brackett 100

Friday, Apr 26

Gregory Wellman, Jr.

 TBA

Eastman Chemical Company

Brackett 100

Fall 2018

Fall seminars are held in the Rich Lab auditorium on Fridays at 2:30 pm.

August

Day Topic Speaker
24       Welcome Back / Introductions Dr. David Freedman
31 Lab Safety Overview

September

Day Topic Speaker
07 Solving a Water Quality Problem at the Anderson Regional joint Water Authority with Ozone Tony Reid, PE, BCEE
14

Reviving Microbial Fuel Cells: Peroxide as an Alternative Product to Electrical Power

Dr. Sudeep Popat
21

Amending Anaerobic Bioreactors with Pyrogenic Carbonaceous Materials

Dr. Douglas F. Call
28

A Multi-Scale Perspective of Geochemical Fate of Contaminants in Natural Systems

Vijay Vulava

October

Day   Topic                                                           Speaker
05  Zirconium Stable Isotope Fractionation during Magmatic Fractional Crystallization
Mauricio Ibanez-Mejia
12

Embracing Uncertainty: Breakthrough Method for Simulating the Response of a Complex Environmental System to Nonstationarity

Dr. Vijay Samadi
19

Craig will discuss cleanup strategies and progress at two nearby Superfund sites. TO BE HELD in HARDIN 100

Craig Zeller (EPA) 
26

AEESP Lecture: Converting Urban Organic Waste Streams into Sustainable Resources with Novel Anaerobic Bioprocesses To be held in Hardin 100

Dr. Lutgarde Raskin

November

Day  Topic                                                           Speaker
02

Of Glowing Pigs and Cat Scans:
Nuclear Facility Animal Control

Esteban Picazo
16 Who's in your Water Dr. Ameet J. Pinto
30

Laboratory and Field Studies of Neptunium and Uranium Vadose Zone Transport

Kathryn Peruski and Brennan Ferguson

Spring 2018

January 2018

Day Topic Speaker
19 “Years Of Living Dangerously”  A Dangerous Future - Documentary
26 Climate Change and Coastal Urbanization: A Recipe for Disaster for Coastal Ecosystem and Human Health Geoff Scott (University of South Carolina)

February

Day Topic Speaker
02 Multiscale Spatiotemporal Data Integration for Environmental Monitoring Haruko Wainwright (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab)
09 Video showing of documentary “What Comes Out” made by Grace Beeler, North Carolina State University
16 GENERALIZED ELLIPSOMETRY BASED METHODS TO MEASURE AND VISUALIZE THE DEPOSITION OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES ONTO MODEL ROUGH SURFACES Negin Kananizadeh (Clemson University)
23 CLEAN WATER:  THE POWER OF THE LAW Frank Holleman (Southern Environmental Law Center)

March

Day   Topic                                                           Speaker
02  Unraveling Organochlorine-respirers and Organochlorinel Paige Novak (University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
09 New Technologies for Acid Rock Drainage Treatment Katherine Zodrow (Montana Tech of the University of Montana)
16 A New Look at the Rare Earth Elements in the Georgia Kolins Crawford Elliott (Georgia State University)
30 Resource Recovery form Wastewater Using Bioelectrochemical Systems:  Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow Zhen He (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)

April

Day  Topic                                                           Speaker
06 The Wavelength Dependence of UV Water Treatment:…….are UV LEDs the Future? Karl Linden (University of Colorado Boulder)
13 Development of LaGrangian Microsensors for Evaluating Light in Microalgal Photobioreactors Joel Ducoste (North Carolina State University)
20 TBA Frank Dunnivant (Whitman College)

2017

January

Day Topic                                                            Speaker
13 Revealing a Hidden Mountain Range in Early North America Ruth Aronoff
19 From Borneo to the Middle East:  The Power of Karst Paleoclimate *Hydro Candidate - Stacy Carolin
26 Reducing Secondary organic Aerosol Formation from Gasoline Vehicle Exhaust *EES Candidate - Yunliang Zhao

February

Day Topic                                                            Speaker
02 Using Multiscale Measurements to Understand Air Pollution:  From Laboratory to Field Studies  *EES Candidate - Andrew R. Metcalf
09 Sandblasting the Landscape:  A Look into the Miocene-Pleistocene Central Asian Wind-Erosion and Dust Transport Record *Hydro Candidate - Alex Pullen
16 Ecgeomorphology of River Deltas:  Insights from Laboratory Experiments *Hydro Candidate - Anastasia Piliouras
23 Mitigating Urban Air Pollution and Energy Demand Using Numerical and Experimental Approaches *EES Candidate -  Zheming (Jeremy)Tong 

March

Day Topic                                                            Speaker
02 Stories in Sand: Unraveling the Past to Inform the Future *Hydro Candidate - Kelly Lazar
03 Exploring the Behavior of Biocomplex Systems and the Unintended Effects of Humans-Opportunities, Tools, and Challenges Rafael Munoz-Carpena
10 Direct-Push Jet Injection and 3-D Printed Conceptual Site Models – The Evolution of Two Innovative Technologies Chapman Ross
17 Life Cycle Assessment: Viewing Industrial Processes and Products with a System Lens Mary Ann Curran
24 *Spring Break* No Seminar
31 Model Calibration, Validation, and Uncertainty Quantification in Scientific Computing: State-aware Calibration of Computer Models Sez Atamturktur (Clemson University)

April

Day Topic  Speaker
07 Water Supply Challenges in the U.S. Edward Bouwer
14 TCE Source Control Cleanup at the CTS Superfund Site in Asheville, NC Craig Zeller
21 Role of Bioelectrochemical Systems in Managing Water-Energy Nexus Issues Abhijeet Borole
28 Applications of GIS and UAV in Environmental Science Suresh Muthukrishnan

August

Day Topic Speaker
25         Welcome Back/Introductions                                        Dr. David Freedman

September

Day Topic Speaker
01 A Primer on Geotechnical and Environmental Services Work at Bunnell-Lammons Engineering (BLE) Dan Matz, Dan Osbourne and Trevor Benton (Bunnell-Lammons Engineering, Inc.)
08 Alternative Approaches to Improving Water Quality in Impaired Waters – New Approaches to TDML Development Graham Rich (Renewable Water Resources)
15 Gravity-driven hydraulic fractures Leonid Germanovich (Georgia Tech)
22 Managing Water Quality Through Innovations In Sediment Assessment And Remediation Danny Reible (Texas Tech University)
29 Radiation Protection:  How Did We Get Here, and Where Are We Going Donald Cool (Electric Power Research Institute)

October

Day   Topic                                                           Speaker
06  Radiation-Based Processes and Materials for Advanced Water Treatment Technologies Ezra Cates (Clemson University)
13 Applications of Multivariate Statistics and Associated Analyses in Microbial Ecology Vijay Shankar (Clemson University)
20 Flexible Biochemical Platforms or Resource Recovery From Waste Kartik Chandran (Columbia University)
27 Improving Water Efficiency:  7 Common Process Improvements Paul Bowen (Coca-Cola)

November

Day  Topic                                                           Speaker
03 Racial Disparities in Access to Municpal Water Service:  Water Quality, Health Impacts, and Costs Jackie MacDonald Gibson (UNC-Chapel Hill)
10 Cancelled  
17 Biofuel and Bioproducts Yi Zheng (Clemson University)

December

Day Topic                                                               Speaker
01 Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Performance Assessments – A Multi-Discipline Program Kent Rosenberger (Savannah River National Laboratory)

2016

January

Day Topic Speaker
08 Changing our views on old ideas to promote sustainable remediation: Fe(III) reduction does not inhibit the complete reductive dechlorination of tce Kevin Finneran
15 A Bird’s Eye View of Educational Research Cindy Lee
22 Research in Decision Making and Education for Sustainability Leidy Klotz
29 CO2 From the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Tim DeVol

February

Day Topic Speaker
05 Flood Frequency Estimation and Floodplain Policy John Grego
11 Environmental Implications of Landfill Leachate Organic Matter Stephanie Bolyard
18 CONTRIBUTION OF SEAWATER-SPECIFIC PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION OF ALGAL TOXINS AND BIOMOLECULES Kimberly M. Parker
25 Integrating Microbial Communities Into Drinking Water Systems Nadine Kotlarz

March

Day Topic Speaker
04 The Role of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Understanding Perluoroalkyl Acid Contamination at Aqueous Fil,-Forming Foam Impacted Sites Chris Higgins
11 Expanding the Versatility of Membrane Distillation via Materials Innovation Shihong Lin
25 The Role of ‘the Big Picture’ in Environmental Protection over the Last 50 Years Ben Dysart

April

Day Topic Speaker
01 International Opportunities for Environmental Professionals: Case Study in Brazil James Henderson
08 The Water-Energy Nexus and its Extension into Other Critical Resources Gary Amy
14 Photocatalysis for Air Pollution Control and Energy-Related Applications Jean M. Andino
15 Plastic Waste Inputs from Land into the Ocean: Can We Come Together to Solve this Global Problem? Jenna Jambeck

August

Day Topic Speaker
19 Welcome Seminar David Freedman and Ezra Cates (Clemson)
26 Lab Safety Seminar Sam Forrest (Clemson)

September

Day Topic Speaker
02

Integrating Tiny Houses into the American Urban Fabric: A Comparative Case Study of Land Use Policy Change in the Carolinas

Krista Evans (Clemson)
09 Linking Mantle to Microbe in Serpentinite-Hosted Systems Susan Lang (USC)
16 The Global Challenge for Water Supply: Is Seawater Desalination a Sustainable Solution? Menachem Elimelech (Yale)
23 Photovoltaics: Sustainable Energy Conversion Technology for Sustainable Global Economic Growth Rajendra Singh (Clemson)
30 Microbes making electricity: Using electrodes to probe the respiratory metabolism of dissimilatory iron-reducing bacteria Sudeep Popat (Clemson)

October

Day Topic Speaker
07 Molecular Biogeochemistry for Critical Environmental Issues: Climate Change, Nano-Material Pollution And Antibiotic Resistance Yu Yang (U of Nevada-Reno)
14 Leadership Lessons Learned In Three Decades Of Nuclear Work Thomas D'Agostino (Fluor)
21

Lignocellulosic Biomass Utilization Through a Hybrid Conversion Platform and a New Algae Cultivation Technology for Wastewater Treatment

Zhiyou Wen (Clemson)
28 Everything You Wanted To Know About AOPs But Were Afraid To Ask Gary Hunter (Black and Veatch)

November

Day Topic Speaker
04 TBA David Mencin (UNAVCO)
11 Advanced materials for water treatment Danmeng Shuai (George Washington University)
18 Research Opportunities in Dominica Scott Brame (Clemson)
25 Thanksgiving break No Seminar

2015

January

Day Topic Speaker
09 Inhibitory and Synergistic Interactions During Biodegradation of Chlorinated Organic Compounds David Freedman (Clemson)
16 Field study of groundwater transit times and pollutant nitrogen fluxes at the groundwater-stream interface in the North Carolina coastal plain David Genereux (Dept. of Marine, Earth, & Atmospheric Sciences; North Carolina State University)
23 Cindy Lee (Clemson)
30 Visual Feedback Todd MacDonald (Clemson)

February

Day Topic Speaker
06 Barr von Oehson (Clemson)
13 Christopher Sanborn (University of Connecticut; Physics)
20 Tim Strathmann
27 Science During Crisis: An Introduction to the DOI Strategic Sciences Group Gary Machlis (Clemson)

March

Day Topic Speaker
06 Frank Hollerman (Southern Environmental Law Center)
13 Delef Knappe

April

Day Topic Speaker
03
10
17
24

August

Day Topic Speaker
21 Welcome Back Seminar
28 Safety Seminar Sam Forrest
31 TBA

September

Day Topic Speaker
04 TBA Matthew Heun & Becky Haney
11 TBA Patricia Carbajales
18 TBA
25 Engineers Without Borders Nathan A. Conroy

October

Day Topic Speaker
02 TBA Morgan Young
09 TBA Dan Kaplan
16 Evaluating Ecohydrological Function and Green Infrastructure to Support Low Impact Development in Coastal South Carolina Hitchcock
23 Advancing Carbon Management Technologies in the Energy Sector Gerald Hill
30 Kappe Lecture Jay Banner

November

Day Topic Speaker
06 TBA Alex Chow
13 TBA Patricia Carbajales
20 TBA Baoxia Mi
27 Thanksgiving Break

December

Day Topic Speaker
04 TBA