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

Fall 2001

Friday, September 21, MS Thesis Presentation, 10 AM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Vince Saba, MS Candidate , Environmental Science
"The Survival and Behavior of Freshwater Turtles after Rehabilitation from an Oil Spill"

Thursday, September 27, **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Dennis Greene, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering
"Numerical Simulation of Chlorine Disinfection Processes"

Friday, September 28, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Ms. Diane Mastrull, Reporter, The Philadelphia Inquirer
"On the Sprawl Watch"

Tuesday, October 2 ***2001 Darcy Lecture***, 4:30 PM, 109 Matheson Hall
Dr. Mary Hill, U.S. Geological Survey, Boulder
"Guidelines for Effective Model Calibration-Any Model!"

Thursday, October 4, **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Ms. Jaclyn Dispensa, Ph.D. Applicant, Environmental Science
"Media`s Social Construction of Environmental Issues"

Friday, October 5, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Gary Burlingame, Philadelphia Water Department
"The Sensory Side of Tap Water Quality"

Thursday, October 11, **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Mr. Clay Emerson, MS Candidate, Environmental Engineering
"Stormwater Modeling in Valley Creek Watershed"

Friday, October 12, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Kimberly Schulz, School of Environmental Science and Forestry at Syracuse
"Many Paths to Redfield? Aquatic Nutrient Use Efficiency and Why Herbivores Might Care"

Thursday, October 18 **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Mr. Dave Eherts, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Science
"In Vitro Alternatives to the Draize (Live Animal) Skin and Eye Irritation Assays"

Friday, October 19, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Puneet Srivastava. Academy of Natural Sciences
"Watershed Optimization of Best Management Practices Using AnnAGNPS, GIS, and a Genetic Algorithm"

Thursday, October 25 **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Mr. Baohua Xiao, Ph.D. Applicant, Environmental Science
"Competitive Sorption of Chemical Mixtures on Soils"

Friday, October 26, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Ms. Carolyn Green, Vice President of Health, Environment, and Safety, Sun Oil Company
"Operations Excellence: The Key to Environmental Performance"

Friday, November 2, 10 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Robert Ryan, Ph.D. Applicant
Ph.D. Research Proposal
"Impacts of Urbanization on Hyporheic Zone Characteristics, Nutrient Uptake Dynamics, and Community Metabolism of Valley Creek"

Friday, November 2, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Steve McGovern, Consultant, Mantua, NJ
"Tier II Auto Emission Regulations and Technology Requirements for Attainment"

Thursday, November 8, **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Mr. Tim Bartrand, Ph.D. Applicant, Environmental Engineering
"CFD Modeling of Ozone Contactors"

Friday, November 9, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Uta Krogmann, Rutgers University, Department of Environmental Sciences
"Land Application of Sewage Sludge (Biosolids): Scientific and Public Policy Issues"

Thursday, November 15**Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Ms. Lijie Li, PhD Applicant (PhD Thesis Proposal)
"Effects of Initial Microbial Density on Disinfection Efficiency in a Dynamic System"

Friday, November 16, 9 AM , 2020 MacAlister Hall (Preregistration is required)
SESEP/Olin Workshop
"Environmental Technology for Air Pollution Control"

Friday, November 23, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Holiday - No Seminar

Thursday, November 29 **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Ms. Luanne Steffy, MSES Candidate
"Effects of Land-Use Changes on the Aquatic Communities of Valley Creek"

Friday, November 30, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Ed Rodgers, Environment Reporter, NJN NEWS
"On the Environmental Beat - The Society of Environmental Journalists"

Thursday, December 6 **Graduate Brown Bag Seminar**, 12:30 PM,, 519 Nesbitt
Mr. Tom Armstrong, Ph.D. Applicant, Environmental Science
"A Quantitative Risk Assessment for Legionella"

Friday, December 7, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Arthur L. Baehr, U.S. Geological Survey, Trenton, NJ
"Spatial Variability of Recharge and Shallow Ground Water Quality"


Winter 2002

Thursday, January 3, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Douglas Jerolmack, BSEnvE
"Observations of the Effects of Density-Coupling on Dispersion in a Model Aquifer"

Friday, January 4, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Jay Bhatt, Hagerty Library, Drexel University
"Using Electronic Resources Available from the Hagerty Library Website for Effective Environmental Research"

Thursday, January 10, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Jason Marie, MSEE Candidate
"Use of Microbial Risk Modeling to Determine the Benefit of Topical Antimicrobial Products"

Friday, January 11, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Bruce Lindsey, U.S. Geological Survey, Lemoyne, PA
"Pathogens and Indicator Organisms in Non-community Supply Wells in Pennsylvania"

Thursday, January 17, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
No seminar

Friday, January 18, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Jianwei Huang, Ph.D., Lockheed Martin/REAC
"Phytoremediation of Soils Contaminated by Toxic Metals and Radionuclides"

Thursday, January 24, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Elizabeth L. Rich, Ph.D. Candidate
"The Effect of a Norway Maple (Acer platanoides) Invasion on the Structure of the Forest Understory"

Friday, January 25, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Jennifer Richmond-Bryant, Ph.D., University of North Carolina
"Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Human Exposure to Aerosols."

Thursday, January 31, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Jorge Matos, Ph.D. Candidate
"Modeling the Effects of Streambed Heterogeneity on Surface-Subsurface Exchange"

Friday, February 1, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Hal Avery, Ph.D., Drexel University
"Ecological Research of the Desert Tortoise"

Thursday, February 7, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Barbara Bell, Ph.D. Applicant
"The Effects of Crude Oil on Freshwater Turtles"

Friday, February 8, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Michael Piasecki, Ph.D., Drexel University
"Optimal Control of Effluents using the Adjoint"

Thursday, February 14, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Jonathan Essoka, PhD Applicant
"Whose Environmental Justice? An Analysis of the Organizational Structure of Environmental Justice Groups in the United States"

Friday, February 15, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Charles N. Haas, Ph.D., Drexel University
"Risk Assessment of Exposure to Inhaled Anthrax Spores"

Thursday, February 21, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Min Li, Ph.D. Applicant
"Characterization of the Chemical Composition of Organic Aerosols in North Philadelphia"

Friday, February 22, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
No seminar

Thursday, February 28, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Tiffany Crawford, MSEP Candidate
"Some Like it Cold: The Effects of Temperature and Hypoxia on Eurypanopeus depressus"

Friday, March 1, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Catherine Gatenby, Academy of Natural Sciences
"Not Just Another Pretty Rock: Conserving Freshwater Mussels Beds and Maintaining Water Quality"

Thursday, March 7, 12:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Barbara Bell, PhD Applicant
"The Effects of Crude Oil on Freshwater Turtles"

Friday, March 8, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Wan Y. Shih, Drexel University, Dept. of Materials Engineering
"d31 Gradient Peizoelectric Transducers for Sensor Applications"

Wednesday , March 13, 1:30 PM, MacAlister 2019-2020
Christopher Crockett, PhD Applicant
Ph.D. Dissertation Proposal
"The Concentration and Resuspension of Cryptosporidium Ooocysts by Sediments"


Spring 2002

Thursday, March 28, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Ms. Lynnette Saunders, Ph.D. Applicant
"The Larval Odonate Community as an Indicator of Important Constructed Wetland Parameters"

Friday, March 29, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Amit Basu, Ph.D., Drexel University
"An Analysis of Pre-college Environmental Science Education"

Thursday, April 4, 10 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
[Moved to June 20]
Ms. Mijin Kim, Ph.D Candidate
"The Study of Landfill Microbial Communities Using Landfill Gas and Landfill Gas Condensate"

Friday, April 5, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Timothy J. Reilly, U.S. Geological Survey, Trenton, NJ
"Biochemical properties of diatoms as an indicator of surface-water influence on ground-water quality: Examples from lakeside communities in Northern New Jersey"

Thursday, April 11, 2:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Ms. Tanasri Sihabut, Ph.D. Applicant
"Noise Control Efficiency of Fiberboard Made From Oil Palm Frond"

Friday, April 12, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Kirsten L. Findell, Ph.D.
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Lab, Princeton University
"Atmospheric Controls on Soil Moisture-Boundary Layer Interactions"

Thursday, April 18, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Bryan Wallace
"The Importance of Egg Position and Clutch Metabolism in Leatherback Turtle Nests"

Friday, April 19, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
William Toffey, Philadelphia Water Department
"A 20-Year History of Philadelphia`s Biosolids Program"

Thursday, April 25, Time TBA, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Ms.Meshagae Hunte, Ph.D. Applicant
"A Baby Bug`s Life in a Jamaican Stream"

Friday, April 26, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Joseph Highland
Environ Corporation
"Actors: Are They at Risk from Exposure to Theatrical Smokes and Fog?"

Thursday, May 2, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Rob Ryan, Ph.D. Candidate
"Utilization of Anthropogenic Modification of Stream Flow in a Small Urbanizing Watershed"

Friday, May 3, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Qizhong Guo, Ph.D., Rutgers University
"Hydraulic Research for Urban Storm Water Management"

Thursday, May 9, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Brian Marengo, M.S.E.E. Candidate
MS Thesis Presentation
"Using a Three Dimensional Hydrodynamic Model to Evaluate Drinking Water Intake Location as a Means of Preferential Selection of Fluvial Source Water to Minimize Pathogens in a Potable Water Supply"

Friday, May 10, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Dr. Gbadebo Oladosu, Drexel University
"Economics of Climate Change"

Thursday, May 16, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Ms. Anika McKessey, Ph.D. Applicant
"Ecology of New Jersey Pine Barrens"

Friday, May 17, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Michael Serfes and Mr. Steven Spayd
New Jersey Geological Survey
"Arsenic Occurance, Sources and Mobilization Mechanisms in Ground Water of the Newark Basin in New Jersey, and Treatment Options"

Thursday, May 23, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Flavius Lilly, Ph.D. Applicant
"Urban Air Pollution and Asthma Morbidity"

Friday, May 24, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
No seminar

Thursday, May 30, 2:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Joshua Ray, MSES Candidate
"Acid Mine Drainage: Treatment Ponds and Productivity"

Friday, May 31, 2 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall
Kellogg J. Schwab Ph.D.
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
"Epidemiology and Environmental Detection of Norwalk-like Viruses, one of the leading causes of viral gastroenteritis worldwide: What is in that Glass of Water and Ham Sandwich?"

Thursday, June 6, 1 PM, 505 Nesbitt Hall

Ms. Jaclyn Dispensa, Ph.D. Applicant
"Zoning Policies and Prevention of Sprawling Development: Do They Really Work Together?"

Ms. Liesel H. Turner, MSEP Candidate
"Forestry Certification as a Voluntary Initiative: An Analysis of Certification Adoption by Timber Companies"

Ms. Tiffany Crawford, MSEP Candidate
"TMDLs in Valley Creek ... What are they?: An assessment of the adequacy of TMDLs for the Valley Creek Watershed in Chester and Montgomery Counties, Pennsylvania"

Friday June 7, 2002, 9:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Jason Marie, MSEE Candidate
MS Thesis Presentation
"Use of Microbial Risk Modeling to Determine the Benefit of Topical Antimicrobial Products"

Thursday, June 20, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt
Ms. Mijin Kim, Ph.D Candidate
"The Study of Landfill Microbial Communities Using Landfill Gas and Landfill Gas Condensate"

Thursday, June 27, 11:30 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Baris Kaymak, Ph.D Candidate
"Effects of Initial Microbial Density on Disinfection Efficiency and Explanatory Mechanisms"

Wednesday, July 10, 1:30 PM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Thomas Armstrong. Ph.D. Applicant
Ph.D. Thesis Proposal
"Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment for Human Inhalation Exposure to Legionella"

Wednesday, August 7, 9:00 AM, 519 Nesbitt Hall
Mr. Dennis P. Greene, Ph.D. Candidate
Ph.D. Defense
"Numerical Simulation of Chlorine Disinfection Processes in Non-Ideal Reactors"