Drexel University
Environmental Science, Engineering, and Policy
Weekly Seminar Series

Fall 1999

September 24, 1999
Dr. Scott Meiners, Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources at Rutgers/New Brunswick
"Multiple effects of the forest edge on old field community structure."

October 1, 1999
Dr. Robert Bullard, Director, Environmental Justice Resource Center
Clark Atlanta University
"Environmental Justice"
Note special time and place: 7:30 PM, 2020 MacAlister Hall, 33rd and Chestnut Streets

October 8, 1999
Dr. Hernan Quinodoz, Consulting Engineer
"Groundwater Modeling With Incomplete Information"

October 15, 1999
Dr. Richard W. Gullick, American Water Works Service Company
"The Use of Sorbents to Retard Organic Contaminant Transport Through Soil-Bentonite Cutoff Wall Containment Barriers"

October 22 , 1999
Mr. Tom Pedersen, Camp Dresser & McKee, Cambridge, MA
"ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems: Industry, Municipality and University Applications"

October 29, 1999
Frances Davis, Esq. and Susan LeGros, Esq., LeGros Law Partners
"Issues in Presentation of a Groundwater Case - Discovery and Trial"

November 5, 1999
Dr. Lisamarie Windham, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Rutgers University/Newark
"Phragtal Dimensions: Roles of Phragmites australis (common reed) in an urban landscape"

November 12, 1999
Dr. Daniel J. Goode, U.S.G.S., Malvern
"Ground water flow in fractured sedimentary rocks in Pennsylvania: Model applications and earthquake effects"

November 19, 1999
Dr. Richard Clark, Dept. of Earth Science, Millersville University "Measurements of Ozone and Fine Particles in the Philadelphia Urban Plume Using a Tethered Balloon Facility."

November 26 , 1999
Holiday - no seminar

December 3, 1999
Dr. David Lang, Jefferson University, School of Medicine, "Epidemiology of Urban Asthma"

December 10, 1999
Dr. Mark LeChevallier, American Water Works Service Company
"Growth of Biofilm Bacteria in Drinking Water Distribution Systems"


Winter 2000

January 14, 2000
Mr. Jay Bhatt, Hagerty Library,
Drexel University, "Using electronic resources available from the Hagerty Library website for effective environmental research"

January 21, 2000
Dr. Taha F. Marhaba, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology, "Rapid Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Water"

January 28, 2000
Dr. Paul Chrostowski, CPF Associates, Inc., Takoma Park, MD,
"Solving Environmental Mysteries with Forensic Science"

February 4, 2000
Dr. Joan B. Rose, Department of Marine Sciences, University of South Florida,
" Risks Associated with Virus Contamination of Ground and Surface
Water from Septic Tanks"

February 7, 2000 2000 Darcy Lecture (Monday, 4 PM, Nesbitt 111)
Dr. M. James Hendry, University of Saskatchewan, "Transport and Geochemical Controls on Solues in Clay Aquitards"

February 11, 2000
Dr. David Velinsky, The Academy of Natural Sciences,
"Nutrient Fluxes in a Tidal Freshwater Wetland"

February 18, 2000
Dr. James E. Pizzuto, Department of Geology, University of Delaware, "History, Geology, and Computational Hydraulics: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding Stream Geomorphology in the Mid-Atlantic Region"

February 25, 2000
Dr. Edward J. Bouwer, Dept. of Geography and Environmental
Engineering, Johns Hopkins University,"Water Quality Improvements During Riverbank Filtration at Three Midwest Utilities"

March 3, 2000
Dr. Owen Petchey, Rutgers University, "Perturbing protist popululation: Effects of Environmental Variability on Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems"

March 10, 2000
Dr. Tamar Barkay, Dept. of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Cook College, Rutgers University, "The Role of Microbial Transformations in the Geochemical Cycling of Mercury"


Spring 2000

March 31, 2000
Safety Training for SESEP Graduate Students

April 7, 2000
Dr. Aarne Vesilind, Bucknell University
"There is No Such Thing as Environmental Ethics"

April 14, 2000
Reggie Harris, USEPA Region III
"Stressed Communities: A New Model for Environmental Action"

April 21, 2000
Dr. Anthony S. Wexler, University of Delaware
"Atmospheric Nanoparticles:  Chemical analysis and lung deposition"

April 28, 2000
Dr. James Spotila, Drexel University, SESEP
"Greening the Green: The U.S. Army's Environmental Program"

May 5, 2000
Dr. Walter Bien, Drexel University, SESEP
"Ecology of the New Jersey Pine Barrens"

May 12, 2000
Dr. Zoltan Szabo, U.S. Geological Survey
"Geochemistry in confining units of the New Jersey Coastal Plain and implications for chemical evolution, water movement, and water supply"

May 19, 2000
Dr. Sylvan Kaufman, Harvard University
"Intrepid colonists find new lands to settle: Plant invaders and habitat invasibility"

May 26, 2000
Dr. Reed M. Maxwell, Geosciences and Environmental Technologies Division, LLNL, and SESEP, Drexel University
"Is it Safe to Drink? Risk-Based Assessment and Management of Contaminated Groundwater"

June 2, 2000
Dr. Richard Reina, Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Drexel University
"Turtle cry-babies turn salt water into fresh."