2023 AEESP Research and Education Conference
June 20-23, 2023 | Boston, MA
Hosted at Northeastern University by a planning team of New England universities.
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Wednesday, 21/June/2023 | ||
7:30am - 5:00pm |
Reg-W: Registration Desk Open Location: Curry Student Center - Main Atrium |
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8:00am - 9:15am |
Plenary 1: Accelerating Implementation of Environmental Sustainability through Financial and Policy Incentives Location: Ell Hall - Blackman Auditorium |
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9:30am - 10:30am |
Networking Coffee Break: Networking Coffee Break Location: Curry Student Center - Main Atrium |
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9:30am - 11:30am |
Workshop - W1: Best Practices for Achieving Tenure and Promotion Location: Shillman Hall - Room 420 |
Workshop - W2: Community Engaged Research (CER) 102: Building a Community of Scholars in CER Location: Shillman Hall - Room 220 |
Workshop - W3: Integration of Inclusive Teaching Practices for Neurodiverse Students in Engineering Location: Curry Student Center - Room 333 |
Workshop - W4: Impacts of Climate Change on Water Resources: Challenges and Needs at Regional and Global Scale Location: Curry Student Center - McLeod Suites (Room 318-320-322) |
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Workshop - W5: Equity in the Job Search: Tools to Successfully Navigate the Academic Job Search and Promote Equity in STEM Location: Egan Research Center - Raytheon |
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10:30am - 12:30pm |
Posters - Wed: Wednesday Poster Session Location: Curry Student Center - Main Atrium and Ballroom Chair: Matthew Eckelman Quantifying resilience, the ARez framework Microplastics are Ubiquitous but What About the Scientific Investigations on them? A point-of-use drinking water treatment technology to eliminate exposure to PFAS and phthalates Ion-Exchange Membrane Resistance Limits Selectivity Between Like-Charge Ions in Composite Membranes Fe(VI)/Fe(III) treatment of municipal wastewater for agricultural irrigation reuse Evaluation and Selection of Offline Solid Phase Extraction Cartridges for Multi-Residue Determination of Organophosphorus Pesticides. A Tale of Two Foulants: Combined Organic Fouling and Mineral Scaling during Reverse Osmosis Desalination Ferrate in Population Health Care: Enhanced Hospital Disinfection and Water Purification Wavelength Dependence of Direct Photolysis Quantum Yields of Pesticides Decomposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) at Low and High Temperatures: Fundamentals, Current Status, and Perspectives: Effect of Spatial Distribution and Size of Bioretention on Stormwater Reduction in Urban Storm Sewer System Janus Membrane with a Dense Hydrophilic Surface Layer for Robust Fouling and Wetting Resistance in Membrane Distillation: New Insights into Wetting Resistance Regression Machine Learning Models for Predicting DBPs Toxicity and Revealing Toxicity Drivers Selenium Recovery Via Bioelectrochemical Reactors A New Class of Polymeric Ligand Exchangers as High Capacity CO2 Capturing Sorbent with Simultaneous Sea Water Sequestration Biopolymer-based Electrochemical Detection of Manganese Ion Concentrations in Water Environmentally safe microcapsule based self healing materials Non-Reactive Phosphorus Removal and Recovery from Wastewater using Microalgae Systems Long term outdoor algal production on undiluted anaerobic digestate in the southeast US Significant performance variation among nucleic acid-based assays for genetically diverse norovirus surveillance Investigating the formation of difluorocarbene during PFOA degradation to engineer new PFAS degradation pathways An environmental life cycle assessment of the 2022 AEESP Conference Airborne microplastic exposure in marginalized urban communities: source and resuspension mechanisms Academic and Industry Collaboration to Engage Students in Remote Risk Assessment Workshop Electrolyte Properties Governing Ion Transport in Water-Salt-Amine Liquid-liquid Equilibrium Quantification of Particle Associated Viruses in Secondary Effluent for Water Reuse Assessing Drinking Water Affordability for Emerging Contaminant Regulations The Detection of Respiratory Viruses in Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning Units of University Buildings Effectiveness of Partial Electrode Coverage for Biofilm Removal from Polymeric Substrates. Biochar Engineering for the Extraction and Recovery of Critical Minerals from Acid Mine Drainage Investigating the Effect of Pretreatments to Overcome Microalgal Growth Inhibition on High-strength Anaerobic Digestate Decomposition of AFFFs-relevant polyfluoroalkyl substances (poly-PFASs) during drinking water disinfection Are nanoparticles usually useful for plant growth and alleviate heavy metals toxicity? Impacts of aeration on PFOA and PFOS removal and metal hydroxide floc formation in electrocoagulation Electrochemically-induced in situ degradation of legacy munitions and insensitive high explosives in manufacturing wastewater Photothermal Membrane Distillation for Enhanced Ammonia Recovery from Wastewater Gas Composition and Humidity Affect the Stability of Enveloped Viruses Impacts of Stagnation Time and Free Chlorine on the Stability of Lead(IV) Oxide (PbO2) on Lead Service Lines Improved salt removal capacity of manganese oxide electrodes using a phosphate buffer for brackish water desalination Mechanisms of Wheat Rhizosphere Responses to Biochar Soil Amendment: Applications of Metabolomics Approach for Sustainable Agriculture Ammonia recovery from dairy manure in bioelectrochemical systems towards sustainable manure processing Influence of Emerging Contaminants on Great Lakes Fish Gut Microbiomes Purified Chlorine Dioxide as an Alternative to Chlorine Disinfection to Minimize Chlorate Formation During Post-Harvest Produce Washing Evaluating the impacts of climate change on the strategies of rainwater harvesting for landscape irrigation with rain barrels/cisterns Integrating climate and health impacts in China’s power system operations Adsorption of agriculturally-relevant P-III containing oxyanions in heterogeneous media: the role of basicity Nitrous Oxide Inhibits Methylmercury and Methane Formation in Arctic Tundra Soil Tapping the unused energy potential of solar water pumps in India Temperature dependence of acids recovery from wastewater electro-fermentation Greenhouse gas emission and denitrification performance in woodchip bioreactors treating onsite wastewater Acid Generation Using Electrolysis for Lead Dissolution Integrity of HDPE geomembranes play a critical role on permeation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in solid waste management facilities The Effects of Treatment Extent on PFAS Discharge into the Environment. Carbonaceous material amended capsules significantly improve methane yield from encapsulated methanogens Addressing Wastewater Needs of Rural, Underserved Communities: A case study in the Alabama Black Belt Introducing a halo-acidophilic Hyperaccumulator Plant for Sustainable Recovery of Strategic and Critical Elements A Comprehensive Review of Drinking Water Countermeasures from Resilience and Cost Perspectives Cutting boards: an overlooked source of microplastics in human food? Inactivation Kinetics of Escherichia coli during Semi-infinite Exposure to Low-irradiance Ultraviolet-C Radiation Impacts of plumbing design and hydraulic conditions on the effectiveness of chloramine disinfection for control of opportunistic pathogens Meta-analysis of the effects of emerging contaminants on the spread of antibiotic resistance via horizontal gene transfer Improved management of fecal solids through alternative design of onsite sanitation systems The ratio of HF183:PMMoV for distinguishing old and new sources of fecal pollution to surface waters Beyond Linear Regression: A Case Study of Modeling COVID-19 Clinical Cases with Wastewater Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 for the City of Athens and Ohio University Campus Protein Phenotype-Dependent Virus Resistance to Free Chlorine Evaluation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) occurrence in pesticides using mass spectrometry and combustion ion chromatography (CIC) analysis Resource Circularity with Wastewater: An LCA of Wastewater to Urban Agriculture Evaluation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Iowa wastewater treatment facilities, treated effluent, and biosolids Bioplastic production from salty food waste Intermittent Heat Shocks Increase Generation of Longer Chain Volatile Fatty Acids During Anaerobic Digestion Development and evaluation of sample collection and DNA extraction workflow for in-field long-read Nanopore sequencing Effectiveness of Radio Frequency Plasma Technology in Water Treatment: Investigating the Degradation of Tannic Acid as a Model Contaminant Increased Air Exchange Rates Do Not Significantly Reduce Close-range Transmission of Influenza Virus in the Ferret Model Viral Inactivation Mechanisms in Emerging UV-LED Advanced Oxidation Processes Investigating foulant deposition mechanisms on cation exchange membranes during electrochemical stripping for ammonia recovery Quantitative comparison between epidemic and endemic wastewater virus concentrations and hospital electronic record systems data Daily micropollutant monitoring at a full-scale wastewater treatment plant reveals temporal trends in biotransformation rate constants influenced by chemical structure Techniques and Technologies to Remove Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) From Contaminated Soil and Water – A Literature Review on PFAS Remediation Options Watershed Management of Stream Crossings to Balance Stakeholder Interests Assessing the stability of ion-crosslinking of hydrogels to design stable and effective matrices for bacteria immobilization for wastewater treatment. Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles as additives for microwave-based sludge pre-hydrolysis Effective degradation of 1,4-dioxane in waters by low doses of electron beam irradiation Photodegradation of neonicotinoid insecticides nitenpyram, thiacloprid, and acetamiprid in water and soil environments Enhancing Pervaporation-based Organic Recovery through Machine Learning-Assisted Polymer Design Microbial community assembly of waste and wastewater treatment systems Enhanced Direct Photolysis of Organic Micropollutants by Far-UVC Light at 222 nm from KrCl* Excilamps Characterizing PFAS in Groundwater: Assessment of Tools and Fluorine Balances A Hybrid Modeling Strategy that Links Physicochemical Parameters to Microbial Kinetics, Internal Resistance and Performance of Bioelectrochemical Systems A comparative exposure assessment of antibiotic resistance determinants in biosolids Flowable nickel activated carbon cathodes for hydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells Direct sunlight photolysis of extracellular antibiotic resistance genes on surfaces What is the role of carbon catabolite repression in regulating microbial uptake and methylation of arsenic? Selective lithium transport over multi-valent ions in hydrophobic-polymer-modified cation-exchange membranes A Markov Decision Process Model for Implementation of Oxic-Anoxic Cycling in a Woodchip Bioreactor to Optimize Nitrate Load Reductions Minimizing nitrous oxide emissions from Revolving Algal Biofilms Life Cycle Assessment of a hydrogen supply chain for energy and agriculture in the Appalachian region Developing an Ozone Design Standard for Ohio PWSs to Streamline Innovation for Smaller Communities Phosphorus removal by Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems – a case study in Suffolk County, NY Spatial distribution and activity-based sorting of aerobic nitrifying bacteria as a function of nitrogen source, loading, and gradient concentration Geospatial vulnerability assessment of U.S. drinking water sources to anthropogenic iodine discharges Solar light induced photodegradation of MC-LR in water using Au-decorated Ni-Metal Organic Framework (Au/Ni-MOF) Thermal Reactivation of Spent Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Identifying Biotransformations of Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Performed by Wastewater Microbial Communities Short-term Lake Erie algal bloom prediction by classification and regression models Microplastic concentration, particle size, and composition in urban stormwater runoff Understanding the influence of countermeasures on drinking water resilience using integrated Fault Tree Analysis and System Dynamics Modeling Impacts of different UV wavelengths on antibiotic resistant bacteria and their genes collected from wastewater Evaluating the potential to circularize urban nutrient flows Effect of chlorine on resistome of a naïve drinking water: US versus Netherlands premise plumbing Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in two rural U.S. wastewater treatment plants during the COVID-19 pandemic Flushing Out the Truth: Investigating the Impact of Silver on Biofilm Formation in Shower Fixtures A hybrid anion exchanger immobilized with nanoscale zero valent iron for trace hexavalent chromium removal from drinking water An updated national survey of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and their precursors in biosolids Evaluating removal pathogens of emerging concern in an anoxic-oxic biofilter treatment configuration Examining the Influence of Consumption on the Cost of PFAS POU Treatment Devices Precision selenate management in the aquatic environment: Need, challenges, and opportunities High-throughput screening assay to understand the relationship between of polymer chemical structure and enzymatic activity Understanding micropollutant biotransformations occurring in traditional and emerging biological wastewater processes Atmospheric Measurements of Volatile Methyl Siloxanes in New York City Using wastewater surveillance to evaluate the effectiveness of university COVID-19 policies and the “campus spill-over” hypothesis Preparation of Bio-based Phosphate Fertilizer and Metal Adsorbents by Classified Utilization of Sludge Do smaller microplastics dissolve faster in sunlit waters? Mechanisms of disinfection byproduct removal by cold-air plasma Adsorption of a Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Suite using Modified Powder Activated Carbon (PAC) Landfill Leachate Induced Dissolved Organic Nitrogen and Its Impact on Algal Growth On the path of understanding the photochemical transformation of microplastics in rivers Life cycle environmental and economic evaluation of a novel integrated An-MBR system for resource recovery from swine wastewater Prevelance of Antimicrobial ressitance in water bodies of Chennai and their control Sociotechnical questions in offshore wind Evaluating the composition of microbial polyphosphate granules in full-scale enhanced biological phosphorus removal from domestic wastewater Optimizing Thermoelectric Generator Powered Microbial Electrolysis Cell Performance Treating Brewery Wastewater Attenuation of acid mine drainage water by a photosynthetic microbial mat Citizen Science: Sampling and Identifying Microplastics and their Polymer-Types in Sandy Beaches Innovative cohort-based research experience in Environmental Engineering course to promote science identity among undergraduate students Evaluating Membrane Performance in Electrochemical Stripping Reactor for Nitrogen Removal PFAS Removal from Aqueous Systems using Zeolite Sorbents Degradation of PFAS using HTL and Activated Nanoscale Alumina Effect of Operating and Environmental Chemistry on PFOS and PFOA Degradation by Graphene-Iron Based Nanohybrid Adaptation of the Leaching Environmental Assessment Framework (LEAF) to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Impacted Media Microplastics Removal in Water Treatment Plants Analyzing approaches of state agencies for implementation of innovative drinking water treatment technologies for PFAS in the United States Machine Learning Models to Predict Chlorine Inactivation of Viruses Mercury methylation and methylmercury demethylation activity during electrochemical-based biological sulfate treatment Meltwater quality in selected Alaskan mountain glaciers and its implications for Alaska Native communities Plant Uptake and Translocation of Emerging and Fugitive Compounds Using Intelligent Techniques – AI Methods for Food Security and Biosensing Role of hydroxyl radicals and singlet oxygen in the degradation of selected pharmaceutical compounds Community-Scale Wastewater Surveillance of Candida auris during an Ongoing Outbreak in Southern Nevada In-Situ Monitoring of Sulfate Radical-Induced Polymerization of Aromatic Pollutants Using Plasmonic Colorimetry Multi-modal synchrotron imaging techniques to probe the role of Mn and Fe in degradation of woodchips in denitrifying bioreactors Novel approach for sampling water for lead contamination to reduce costs and burden on marginalized communities. LRV Credit: Study planning and data reporting guidance for pathogen removal validation Evaluation of street-level PM2.5 predictions using WRF-Chem and MUNICH-SSH models in Baltimore, United States Multiyear and Multiscale Applications of WRF-GHG over the Contiguous US Statistical Downscaling of Coarse-Resolution PM2.5 Predictions from a 3-D Air Quality Model to 1-km over the Contiguous United States Mineral Growth Inhibition by Antiscalant Polymers: Kinetics and Morphology Model-Based Theoretical Evaluation of the Feasibility of Using Wastewater-Based Epidemiology to Monitor Monkeypox Aquatic photodegradation of phenolic contaminants and its relation with optical parameters of Dissolved Organic Matter Direct Reuse of Water Treatment Residual as a Coagulation Enhancement |
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12:30pm - 2:00pm |
Lunch break (Weds): Lunch break Location: Dining Hall - International Village |
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12:45pm - 1:45pm |
NSF Lunch: NSF Lunch Location: Curry Student Center - Mezzanine Lunch will be provided at the venue - attendance required RSVP in registration. |
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2:00pm - 3:00pm |
Wed1-1: Aerosols Location: Churchill Hall - Room 103 Chair: Tao Jiang Building dust as a matrix for environmental monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 Determination of Bipolar Ionization-Mediated Airborne Virus Inactivation Rates Stability of aerosolized SARS-CoV-2 on masks and transfer to skin Chemical characteristics of indoor aerosol particles and surface films Cellular response to delivery of airborne particles in different deposition patterns |
Wed1-2: Resource Recovery: Metals Location: Robinson Hall - Room 109 Chair: Hanqing Fan Direct lithium extraction from a high salinity brine in a continuous flow intercalative deionization system Is Graphitization of Plant Biomass a Sustainable Approach for Recovery of Indium from End-of-life Electronic Waste? Advancing lithium recovery from brines using membrane-capacitive deionization (M-CDI) modified with tailored biomimetic metal-organic framework (MOF). Leveraging Wood Chemistry for High-Performance Selenium Recovery with Reactive Evaporator Comparison of Nanofiltration and Electrodialysis for Lithium Magnesium Separation with a Unified Mass Transport Model |
Wed1-3: Microplastics: Characterization Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Aron Stubbins Raman Spectroscopy Coupled with Fractionated Membrane Filtration Improves the Quantification Reliability of Low Micrometer Microplastics Novel Approaches to Detect and Image the Smallest Plastics Surface-enhanced Raman imaging of microplastics as carriers for organic pollutants in the environment Eco-corona formation and impact on environmentally relevant micro- and nano-plastics An optimized acidic digestion for the isolation of microplastics from biota-rich samples and cellulose acetate matrices |
Wed1-4: Membrane Design Location: Hurtig Hall - Room 224 Chair: Cody Ritt Revolutionizing Ion Selective Polymetric Membrane Cation Sensors Design Using Machine Learning-Bayesian Optimization Layer-by-Layer Assembly of MoS2-Polyelectrolyte Sacrificial Membranes with Removal and Regeneration Capabilities Is partitioning rate-limiting? Integrating theory, experiments, and computational methods to advance selective membrane design Scaling up polymer brush membranes: relating brush properties to performance Thermosensitive polymer-grafted membrane for fouling resistance and reversibility |
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Wed1-5: Water: Distribution Location: Robinson Hall - Room 409 Chair: Joe Goodwill Electrochemical Reversal of Copper and Lead Solder Galvanic Couple by Free Chlorine A Novel Mechanism of Lead-Tin Solder Corrosion in the Presence of Nitrate Design and operation of a NIST laboratory facility to study opportunistic premise plumbing pathogen growth in hot water systems Understanding, forecasting, and managing Legionella and holistic water quality risks in the built environment: Towards proactive approaches Impact of Biofilm Presence on Lead Accumulation onto Plastic Potable Water Pipes |
Wed1-6: Wastewater Emissions Location: Behrakis Center - Room 010 Chair: Arpita Iddya Systematic and Quantitative Analysis of Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Municipal Wastewater Collection and Treatment Systems Global Methanogenic Potential and Implications in Sewer Microbiome Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Cold-Climate Wastewater Treatment Wetland. Relative greenhouse gas emissions potential and trends of shallow unit process open-water (UPOW) wetlands Wastewater Treatment Plants as Enablers of the Green H2 Economy: a Geospatial Feasibility Analysis |
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Wed1-7: Agriculture Location: Shillman Hall - Room 420 Chair: Timothy Vadas Bioaccumulation Evaluation of Antibiotics in the Controlled Environment Agriculture System Reconnaissance of oxygenic denitrifiers in agriculturally impacted soils Feasibility study of secondary effluent treatment for food production in the Navajo Nation. Nanotechnologies to promote sustainable agriculture in a changing climate Polymeric Agrochemical Nanocarrier Uptake and Translocation, Effects of Charge, Aspect Ratio and Plant Species |
Wed1-8: Microbiology: Ecology Location: Snell Engineering Center - Room 108 Chair: Hayley S. Clos The origin and evolution of methanogenesis and Archaea are intertwined Transcriptomic responses of complex nitrifying communities to changes in dissolved oxygen in a full-scale attached growth wastewater treatment system. Effects of Small Interference RNAs From Genetically Modified Crops on the Growth and Gene Expression of Soil Microorganisms A novel hybrid modeling strategy that links microbial population dynamics to microbial growth kinetics Statistical and Predictive Models for Virus Inactivation |
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3:15pm - 4:15pm |
Wed2-1: Microbiology: Biofilms Location: Churchill Hall - Room 103 Chair: Caitlyn Butler In situ Spatiotemporal SERS Measurements and Multivariate Analysis of Virally Infected Bacterial Biofilms Using Nanolaminated Plasmonic Crystals Influence of variable nitrogen availability conditions on biofilter biofilm communities and their seeding potential Elucidating the Role of Crosslinking on the Heterogeneous Diffusion of Polystyrene Nanoparticles of Different Sizes in a Model Biofilm. Understanding the balance between drift and selection in biofilm formation using agent-based biofilm modelling Biofilm Inhibition on Surfaces by Ultraviolet Light Sided-Emitted from Optical Fibers |
Wed2-2: Resource Recovery: Nutrients-1 Location: Robinson Hall - Room 109 Chair: Yilin Zhang Pond-In-Pond: An alternative wastewater treatment system for reuse Low-cost, microscopy-based tool for quantitative monitoring of microalgal communities at a wastewater nutrient recovery facility Community Structure and Function During Periods of High-Performance and Upset at a Full-Scale Algal Wastewater Resource Recovery Facility Characterization of Microbial Community Composition and Dynamics in a Carbon-Based Advanced Treatment Train for Potable Reuse Deployment of a CRISPR-associated transposon system to engineer an acid fermenter microbial community for resource recovery |
Wed2-3: Microplastics: Emissions Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Omar Tantawi Release of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Plastic Baby Food Containers and Reusable Food Pouches Microplastic inputs to the Narragansett Bay Novel Outlook in Understanding the Fate and Transport of Microplastics in Wastewater Treatment Plants Through Tracer Tests Effect of chain structure on the nano wear of photo-oxidized polyesters for potential release of nanoplastics Modeling Fragmentation and Additive Release from Polymers and Microplastics |
Wed2-4: Membrane Processes Location: Hurtig Hall - Room 224 Chair: Cody Ritt Electrofiltration-enabled Nitrate Reduction Reactivity of Carbon Nanotube Electrified Membrane for Water Treatment Electrothermal Membrane Distillation for Extraction of Water From Dialysis Effluent Comparing the productivity–selectivity performance across aqueous separation processes: membrane separation, adsorption, and solvent extraction Desalination and Water Reuse using High-Flux Pressure-driven Distillation Membranes High-performance large-area polymeric membranes with chlorine tolerance for water purification by pressure-driven distillation |
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Wed2-5: Water: Electrochemistry-1 Location: Robinson Hall - Room 409 Chair: Eliza Morgan Costigan Enhancing electrocatalyst stability for sustainable water treatment Advancing CO2 reduction efficiency through proton-accelerated electron transfer in an exchange membrane-electrode entity (E3) Electro-assisted Regeneration of Nitrogen-Selective Adsorbent Using Hybrid Electrochemical Ion Exchange Cell Thermodynamics and Performance Metrics of Selective Electrochemical Ion Separation DIET? – A Enrichment Study of Direct Interspecies Electrode Transfer in Electro-methanogenesis |
Wed2-6: Wastewater Processes Location: Behrakis Center - Room 010 Chair: Lea Winter Phosphorus attenuation and mobilization in filtration-based onsite wastewater treatment systems Integration of EBPR, endogenous denitrification, partial nitrification/denitrification and anammox for cost-effective nutrient removal Resilience of wastewater biofilm systems in simulated extreme wet weather conditions Improving Total Nitrogen Removal in Facultative Wastewater Treatment Ponds in Greater Minnesota via Predictive Wastewater Treatment A novel hybrid biogas upgrading reactor design enhancing CO2-CH4 bioconversion through continuous H2 additions |
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Wed2-7: Air: Emissions Location: Shillman Hall - Room 420 Chair: Jacob Feldman King Disentangling the Origins of Microbial Methane Emission from Temperate Forests Understand and predict oil and gas well integrity issues which lead to fugitive methane emissions Characterization and Quantification of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Landfill Gas from U.S. Landfills RELEASE OF ORGANIC ADDITIVES FROM BURNING OF HOUSEHOLD POLYSTYRENE WASTE Air Pollution Exposure Mitigation for the Protection of Impacted Communities |
Wed2-8: Equity: Data Location: Snell Engineering Center - Room 108 Chair: Amy Mueller Impacts of Database Biases on the Understanding of North Carolina Well Water Quality Making Data Analytics Less Biased: Applying the Wells-Du Bois Protocol for Achieving Systemic Equity Characterizing the chemical and microbial fingerprints of unsheltered homelessness in an urban watershed. Did a nocebo effect contribute to the rise in special education enrollment following the Flint, Michigan Water Crisis? Mobile Lead Initiative: Newark Water Coalition forged a new dawn for community owned and managed research projects |
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4:30pm - 5:30pm |
Wed3-1: Microbiology: Detection Location: Churchill Hall - Room 103 Chair: Alfred Navato Detection and Isolation of Infectious SARS-CoV-2 Omicron Variants Collected from Residential Settings Improved viral sequence identification through a multi-tool pipeline Development of lateral flow-based electrokinetic nano-Raman biosensors for rapid, sensitive SARS-CoV-2 detection in environmental samples Evaluating a workflow for detection and subtyping of disease targets from wastewater through ddPCR and quantitative metagenomics Validation of qPCR-Based Monitoring of Antimicrobial Resistance Genes sul1 and intI1in wastewater, recycled water, and surface waters across the United States |
Wed3-2: Resource Recovery: Nutrients-2 Location: Robinson Hall - Room 109 Chair: Michael Benjamin Eck Evaluating the Sustainability of New Organic Waste Infrastructure Options Using Multi-Objective Optimizations Effective nutrient recovery from digester centrate assisted by in situ production of acid/base in a novel electrochemical membrane system Optimization of the elution process in nitrogen recovery from urine via ion-exchange Examining the Mechanisms of Phosphate Capture by Metal Oxides Phosphorus Recovery from the Whole Digestate in an Electro Phosphorus Leaching and Precipitation Process |
Wed3-3: PFAS: Characterization Location: Mugar Life Sciences Building - Room 201 Chair: Manisha Choudhary PFAS Identification: Communicating Confidence in HRMS Applications Accumulation of PFAS at the surface microlayer and in naturally occurring foams Establishing a reproducible Raman spectral library for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances extracted in organic solvents Identifying Diagnostic Fingerprints for PFAS Source Allocation using Machine Learning Techniques Sunrise of PFAS Replacements – The Case of Fluorine-free Foams (F3) |
Wed3-4: Desalination Location: Hurtig Hall - Room 224 Chair: Anthony Philip Straub Temperature swing solvent extraction hypersaline desalination with stepwise release to advance the productivity-selectivity tradeoff Anti-scalants for mitigating silica scaling in membrane desalination: Effects of molecular structure and membrane process Sulfonated Polystyrene Membranes Near the Percolation Threshold for Hypersaline Electrodialysis Desalination Negative Pressure Membrane Distillation: A Novel Strategy for Wetting Mitigation Self-Sustained Inland Desalination with a Demonstration-Scale Membrane Distillation – Concentrated Solar Power/Photovoltaic System |
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Wed3-5: Water: Electrochemistry-2 Location: Robinson Hall - Room 409 Chair: Jeesth Delgado Vela Removal of disinfection byproducts through integrated adsorption and reductive degradation in a membrane-less electrochemical Selective Boron Removal Using Bipolar Membrane Assisted Electrosorption Translating electroplating knowledge to tackle aquatic selenite pollution Investigating Electrochemical Sulfur Recovery for Wastewater Treatment and Sustainable Manufacturing Probing the ion transport mechanisms for efficient saline water electrolysis |
Wed3-6: Wastewater Surveillance Location: Behrakis Center - Room 010 Chair: Xingyu Wang Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the occurrence and removal of antibiotics during wastewater treatment Assessing representativeness of wastewater-based epidemiology measurements with dynamic models of fecal shedding Assessing strategies for analysis of wastewater surveillance data from centralized wastewater treatment systems Integrated assessment of photo sequencing batch reactor system for overall reduction of fecal indicators as a potential human health threat Modeling the Feasibility of Measuring Novel Synthetic Opioids in Wastewater to Assess the Evolving Opioid Epidemic in the US |
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Wed3-7: Air: Quality and Exposure Location: Shillman Hall - Room 420 Chair: Qichen Wang Quantifying International and Interstate Contributions to Primary Ambient PM2.5 and PM10 in a Complex Metropolitan Atmosphere Health and Economic Impacts of Future Energy Transition Scenarios over the Contiguous U.S. The impacts of wildfires on air quality: not just particulate matter Evaluating the Co-Benefits of Using Corsi-Rosenthal Boxes to Improve Indoor Air Quality Using Non-Targeted Analysis Using High-Resolution Air Quality Data to Inform Infrastructure Management – A Case Study in the Boston MBTA |
Wed3-8: Environmental Systems Analysis Location: Snell Engineering Center - Room 108 Chair: Jim Chen Dynamic Systems Modeling for Sustainable Forest-Based Bioeconomy How to implement best practices and avoid common pitfalls in supervised machine learning for environmental research Proposing research to advance an emerging technology? Prioritize research and deployment through quantitative sustainable design (QSD) A Spatially Explicit Decision Tool for Retrofitting Aging Wastewater Treatment Infrastructure Towards Economic Feasibility, Energy Sustainability, and Social Justice Analytical Hierarchy Processes to Decide Between Water Reuse and Seawater Desalination |
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7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Gala: Gala Awards Dinner Location: New England Aquarium Dinner and awards with all conference attendees in the company of penguins, fish, sharks, and sea lions! |
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