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Speaker Schedule for April 12, 2012

    


Time

BellSouth Auditorium

Meeting Rooms 1/2

Meeting Rooms 3/4

Seminar Room 2

7:30

Registration

Hydromechanics
Moderator: Larry Murdoch

Emerging Contaminants
Moderator: Dora Chiang

Groundwater
Moderator: Bruce Campbell

 

8:30

Hydromechanical Well Testing Using a 3D Fiber Optic Extensometer
Skawski, Glenn

1,4 Dioxane: Use, Characteristics, and Treatment
Rossabi, Joseph

Development and Application of a Groundwater Flow Model of the Crouch Branch and McQueen Branch aquifers, Chesterfield County, SC
Campbell, Bruce

 

8:55

Estimating Changes in Water Content from Displacement Measurements
Freeman, Clay

Intrinsic Aerobic Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane
Chiang, Dora

Occurrence of EDB, DBCP, other VOCS, and Radium in Groundwater from the Upper Coastal Plain Aquifers near McBee, South Carolina
Landmeyer, James

 

9:20

Characterizing the Hydromechanical Response of a Fracture under Pumping and Ambient Stresses
Hisz, Dave

Biodegradation of 1,4-Dioxane under Anaerobic Conditions
Francisco Barajas

Erosion and Heavy Mineral Deposit from Reactor Water Discharge
Killeen, Terrence

 

9:45

Hydrogeology and Stress Distribution in the Vicinity of the Homestake Mine
Ebenhack, Johnathan

Environmental Presence and Remediation of Perfluroinated Chemicals
Huang, Qingguo

Locating and Characterizing PCB Contaminated Groundwater
Hahn, David

 

10:10

Environmental Implications of Fracking in North Carolina
Murdoch, Larry

Toxicity, Persistence and Mobility of Commercial Nano-Scale Zero Valent Iron
Chiang, Dora

Comparison of Supercritical and Dissolved CO2 Injection Schemes
Ruprecht, Catherine

 

10:35

Break

10:50

Please move to the Main Ballroom

11:00

Keynote Talk: Transport of Viruses in Partially Saturated Soil and Groundwater , S. Majid Hassanizade

11:50

Lunch

Remediation
Moderator: Ron Falta

CWTS
Moderator: Jim Castle

Geophysics
Moderator: Stephen Moysey


Project Management
Workshop

12:50

REMFuel: Remediation Evaluation Model for Hydrocarbon Fuel Sites
Falta, Ronald

Water Depth and Treatment Performance of Free Water Surface Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems for Simulated Fresh Oilfield Produced Water
Alley, Bethany

3D Multi-channel GPR Imaging of a Lab-scale Infiltration Experiment
Mangel, Adam

Part 1

1:10

ISCO or ISCR – Site-Specific Factors to Consider when Selecting a Remedial Approach
Lakwhala, Fayaz

Evaluation of Coal-Bed Methane Produces Water in Western Alabama for use as a Water Resource during Drought
Beebe, Alex

Improved Imaging of Electrically Conductive Solute Plumes using a New Strategy for Physics-based Regularization of Resistivity Imaging Problems
Oware, Erasmus

Part 2

1:30

Potential Benefits of ISCR as Evidenced by 1,2-DCA Experiences
Mueller, Jim

Treatment of Oilfield Produced Water Using a Pilot-scale Constructed Wetland Treatment System
Pardue, Michael

Impact of the Indian Monsoon on Near Surface Electrical Conductivity
Matz, Daniel

Part 3

1:50

Applying Advanced Diagnostic Tools to Study ISCR Performance
Chiang, Dora

Treatment of Selenium in Pilot-Scale Constructed Wetland Treatment Systems: Effects of Temperature and Nutrient-Amendment Mass Loading Rate
Van Heest, Peter

Evaluation of Transient Electromagnetic Induction Measurements as a tool to Delineate Soil Management Zones in Agricultural Fields 
Gangrade, Sudershan

Part 4
2:10

Contaminant Mass Transfer during Boiling in Fractured Clays
Liu, Xiaoling

Bioavailability and Analytical Measurements of Copper Residuals in Sediments
Willis, Ben

Inflatable Load Cell: A Device to Measure Pressure Change in Unconsolidated Material
Webber, William

 

2:30

Break

 

Methods
Moderator: Bill Slack

Biodegradation
Moderator: Andy Alexander

Creative Inquiry
Moderator: John Wagner

Project Management
Workshop

2:45

Passive Reactive Captors – Assessment and Design
Slack, William

A Case Study of Low-Cost, Green/Sustainable, Bioremediation of PCE in Groundwater using Milk Solution: Laboratory- and Field-Scale Pilot Tests
Alexander, Andrew

Evaluation of Groundwater Discharge in Streambeds through Subsurface Temperature Gradients
Smith, Joshua

Part 5

3:05

Injection Methods Optimize In-Situ Remedial Efficacy
Hicks, Patrick

Application of Edible Oils (VOS™) in the Vadose Zone for Sustainable Treatment of cVOCs by Reductive Dechlorination
Noonkester, Jay

The Dam Removal Effect on Erosion and Deposition of Sediment on Twelve-Mile Creek
Douglass, Ben

Part 6

3:25

Vapor Intrusion Barriers
Miller, Joel E

Microcosm Experiments for Characterizing Aerosolized Amendment Delivery during Bioaugmentation/Biostimulation in Unsaturated Material
Hall, Richie

Measuring Pressure Changes in a Sealed Well
Creel, Matthew

Part 7
3:45
Break
Panel Discussion: Sustainability of the Profession of Geology

Creative Inquiry
Moderator: Rich Warner

Creative Inquiry
Moderator: John Wagner

 

4:00

  

Introductions

Panelist Presentations

Discussion  

Detailed Mapping of Amphibolite Bodies in the Clemson Experimental Forest
Grayson, Alex

A Study of the Foraminifera from the Giant Cement Quarry in Harleyville, South Carolina
Jarvis, Alexis

 
4:20

Geothermometry of Migmatites in the Clemson Experimental Forest
Phillips, Colin

Biostratigraphy and Paleontology of the Lower Lag Deposit of the Harleyville Formation
Buchanan, Corey
 

4:40

 

 

 

5:00

Door Prize Drawings in BellSouth Auditorium

5:15

Mixer at Geology Museum

 Posters

Development of a Mercury Load Model using TOPMODEL Simulations of Surface and Subsurface Flow at McTier Creek, South Carolina
Benedict, Stephen

Numerical Simulation of Ground-Water Flow within the Atlantic Coastal Plain Aquifers of North and South Carolina
Campbell, Bruce

Simulation of Surface and Subsurface Flow in the McTier Creek Watershed, South Carolina, using TOPMODEL and GBMM
Feaster, Toby

Treatment of PCE Source Areas in Piedmont Aquifers using ZVI and Emulsified Oils
Mancini, Tony

My Health & Environment – Environmental Public Health Tracking
Corley, H. Reed

Examples of using a Membrane Interface Probe to Delineate VOC Source Areas
Wixon, Stephen and Dan Madison

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