Civil and Environmental Engineering Graduate Students Mini-Symposium

April 11, 2008; 2:30 PM- 5:30 PM

CIVIL ENGINEERING

 

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Venue - B-100, Engineering Reearch Complex (Groundwater Modeling and Visualization Lab)

Microbiology Session:

2:30-2:45 Kelvin Wong: Removal of viruses and microbial indicators by an anaerobic MBR treating animal waste

2:45-3:00 Amanda Herzog: Detection limits

3:00-3:45 Fan Yang: Kinetics and equilibrium studies of copper sequestration by Ralstonia pickettii strains

3:45-4:00 Farhan Ahmad: Can micro-PCR be accomplished in 60 seconds or less

Chemistry Session:

4:00-4:15 Rebecca Hullman: Fate of pharmaceuticals in water and wastewater chlorination

4:15-4:30 Wenqian Shan: Polyelectrolyte multilayer based nanofiltration system for controlling colloidal fouling

4:30-4:45 Gregoire Seyrig: Freeze drying of PCR mixes in microchannels

Hydrology Session:

4:45-5:00 Moumita Mukherjee: Numerical modeling of subsurface injection in an instrumented landfill model

5:00-5:15 Stephen Sirotko: Practical application modeling using IGW 5.0 in Osceola County, Michigan

5:15-5:30 Hassan Abbas: Peturbation modeling of groundwater flow systems