Monitoring and Research Department 2014 Seminar Series
 
 
 
Date Subject
     
  January 31, 2014 report What is Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)?
    Professor Michael David, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 
  February 21, 2014 report Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (District) Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Nitrification Upset and Response
    Mr. Brett Garelli, Deputy Director of Maintenance and Operations, Maintenance and Operations Department (M&O), Mr. Joseph Cummings, Assistant Treatment Plant Operator I, M&O and Ms. Auralene Glymph-Martin, Senior Environmental Microbiologist, Monitoring and Research Department (M&R), District, Chicago, Illinois
 
  March 28, 2014 report Research in Algae for Nutrient Uptake
    Professor Belinda Sturm, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Laurence, Kansas
 
  April 25, 2014 report Generating Energy through Co-Digestion Using Anaerobic Digesters at Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities in the City of Fort Worth
      Dr. Ana J. Pena-Tijerina, Technical Services Manager, Village Creek Water Reclamation Facility, Fort Worth, Texas
 
  May 30, 2014 report Flourescence Spectrocopy to Quantify Treatment of Wastewater by Ozonation and Advanced Oxidation Processes: On Line Measurement of Trace Organics Removal
    Professor Gregory Korshin, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle Washington
 
  June 27, 2014 report Maximizing Community Value: Social, Environmental and Financial Benefit/Cost Analysis at Seattle Public Utilities
    Mr. Tim Steel, Principal Economist, Seattle Public Utilities, Seattle, Washington
 
  July 25, 2014 report Chicago Beaches Innovative Water Quality Monitoring Approach to Predict Water Quality
Ms. Meredith Nevers, Research Ecologist, United States Geological Survey, Porter, Indiana and Brendan Daley, Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois
 
  August 22, 2014 report Fate of Engineered Nanomaterials in Wastewater Biosolids, Land Application and Incineration
    Professor Paul Westerhoff, School of Sustainable Engineering and The Built Environment, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
 
  September 26, 2014 report Using Thermal Energy in Treated Wastewater Effluent for Building Heating and Cooling
Mr. Gary Thalken, Sanitary Engineer, Waste Water Treatment Plant, Lincoln, Nebraska
 
  October 24, 2014 report Science of Climate and Change
    Professor David Archer, Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
 
  November 21, 2014 report 2014 Report Card for Illinois Infrastructure-Including Wastewter Sector
  Mr. Patrick Lach, President of the Illinois Section, American Society of Civil Engineers, Chicago Illinois
 
  December 12, 2014 report District’s Endeavor to Implement Enhanced Biological Phosphorus Removal Update
    Dr. Joseph Kozak, Supervising Environmental Research Scientist, Monitoring and Research Department, District, Chicago, Illinois
 
 
     
 


RESERVATIONS REQUIRED (at least 24 hours in advance):  PICTURE ID REQUIRED FOR PLANT ENTRY

CONTACT:  Dr. Heng Zhang, Assistant Director of Monitoring and Research,
EM&R Division, (708) 588-4264 or (708) 588-4059

LOCATION:  Stickney Water Reclamation Plant, Lue-Hing R&D Complex,
6001 West Pershing Road, Cicero, IL 60804; TIME: 1:30 P.M.

(Note:  These seminars are eligible for Professional Development Credits/CEUs)