Monitoring and Research Department 2021 Seminar Series
 
 
 
  Date   Subject
       
  January 29, 2021 report SCAN: Sewer Coronavirus Alert Network
      Dr. Alexandria Boehm, Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Stanford University, Stanford, California
 
  February 26, 2021 report Predictive Analytics: The Next Steps in Water Resource Recovery Facilities Operation and Optimization
      Katya Bilyk, Senior Associate for Hazen and Sawyer, Raleigh, North Carolina
 
  March 26, 2021 report Nutrient Recovery Performance and the Optimization of Biological Phosphorus Removal at the F. Wayne Hill Water Resources Center
      Dr. Gayathri Ram Mohan, Department of Water Resources, Gwinnett County Government, Lawrenceville, Georgia
 
  April 30, 2021 report Using Watershed-based Permitting Approaches to Address Excess Nutrients
      Danielle Stephan, USEPA, Office of Wastewater Management, Water Permits Division, Washington, D.C.
 
  May 28, 2021 report Recent Advancements in Granular Activity Sludge Processes
      Dr. Belinda Sturm, Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
 
  June 25, 2021 report Biochar in Soil and Environmental Applications
      Dr. Wei Zheng, Principal Research Scientist/Adjunct Faculty, Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
 
  July 30, 2021 report Urban Water Management for the 21st Century
      Dr. Glen Daigger, Professor of Engineering Practice, University of Michigan Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Ann Arbor, Michigan
 
  August 27, 2021 report DC Water’s Bloom Biosolids Marketing
      James Fotouhi, Bloom Distribution Lead, Resource Recovery, District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority, Washington, D.C.
 
  September 24, 2021 report SUSTAINABILITY: Still Relevant or a Paradigm in Crisis
      Dr. Kuldip Kumar, Principal Environmental Scientist, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
 
  October 29, 2021 report Best Practices in Kinetic Rate Testing and Data Interpretation to Measure EBPR Health – A Water Research Foundation Study
    Dr. Leon Downing (presenter), and Patrick Dunlap, Black and Veatch, and Dr. April Gu, Cornell University
 
  November 19, 2021 report Planning for Regional Climate Change Impacts
      Dr. Thomas A. Wall, Senior Infrastructure & Preparedness Analyst, Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, Illinois
 
  December 10, 2021 report An Update on the Five Years of the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy
      Trevor Sample, IEPA Coordinator on the Illinois NLRS Steering Committee, Springfield, 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: 10:30 A.M.

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