Spring 2023 CEAE Speaker Schedule

DateTimeSpeakerAffiliationTitleMeeting Location / Link

Seminar Series

Jan. 18 Professor Aditi BhaskarCEAE, CU BoulderSeminar cancelled on account of CU closure due to inclement weatherNA

WATER 
(BOASE series)

Jan. 1912:30-1:30 p.m.Cliff DavidsonSyracuse University The Interactions of Airborne Particles with SurfacesSEEC S228
   Passcode: Spring23
EVEN
Jan. 2511:15 a.m.-
12:15 p.m.
Rich Koehler, PhD, PH
 
CEO, Visual Data Analytics, LLC, Erie, COUsing Temporal Configuration to Visualize and Analyze
Streamflow Properties — Theory and Application
 (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
Jan. 2612:30-1:30 p.m.TBD—Air Quality Faculty Search Air Quality CandidateVirtual
   Passcode: Spring23
EVEN
Jan. 271-2 p.m.Asaad Faramerzi TBDECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
Feb. 111:15 a.m. -​12:15 p.m.Assistant Professor Ryan WebbDepartment of Civil, Architectural and
Construction Management,
University of Wyoming, Laramie
Extending the Vadose Zone: Characterizing the Role of Snow
for Liquid Water Storage and Transmission in Streamflow Generation   
 (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
Feb. 212:30-1:30 p.m.

Emily Barnes Franklin

Colorado State University

Dynamics of Anthropogenic Influence on Aerosol Formation and Composition
from Remote to Urban Environments: Advancing DataScience-Driven Chemical Analysis for Climate and Public Health

Virtual
   Passcode: Spring23
 
EVEN
Feb. 31-2 p.m.Prof. Trevor Carey  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
Feb. 312-1 p.m.panel discussion of community organizers,
fair housing advocates and social science researchers from West Street Recovery, Texas
Housers, and the University of Colorado Boulder
 "Hurricane Harvey Aid and Recovery Equity for
People of Color Communities"
Climate Justice Series
Feb. 811:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Ms. Carolyn Gombert,
hydraulic engineer
Sedimentation & River Hydraulics Group,
USBR, Denver
Go with the flow (hyporheic, that is): Processes Controlling
Thermal Regimes in Secondary Channel Features on the
Willamette River
 (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
Feb. 912:30-1:30 p.m.Jessica OakesAir Quality CandidateRespirable Particles in the Lung: From Wildland Fires to Treatment of Pulmonary DiseasesVirtual
   Passcode: Spring23
 
EVEN
Feb. 101-2 p.m.Prof. Farshid Vahedifard  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
Feb. 1511:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Professor Aditi BhaskarCEAE, CU BoulderHydrologic Changes with Urban Development
in the Denver Metropolitan Area
 (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
Feb. 1612:30-1:30 p.m.

Tianren Wu

 

Human-Oriented Built Environment Lab (HOBEL)
École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL; Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne)


A Breath of Indoor Air: Interactions of indoor air pollutants with building systems and occupants
Virtual
   Passcode: Spring23
 
EVEN
Feb. 17 Professor Ian Moore PhD, PEng, FRSC, FCAE, FEIC, FCSCE 

Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering, Queen's University

Buried but not forgotten: experiments examining the geomechanics of backfill erosion and trenchless pipe installation

ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
Feb. 2211:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Assistant Professor Nishant MalikSchool of Mathematical Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology

Complex Networks-based Analysis of Spatiotemporal Climate  

 (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
Feb. 2312:30-1:30 p.m.

Kelvin Bates, PhD

Atmospheric Chemistry Modeling Group (ACMG) at Harvard University
NOAA Climate & Global Change Postdoctoral Fellow

Particulate pollution as miniature chemical reactors: balancing the budgets of organic aerosol, reactive nitrogen and organic acids in the atmosphere. 

Virtual
   Passcode: Spring23
EVEN
Feb. 23

1-2 p.m.

Ryan Hurley*

Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University

Using X‐rays to Study the Micromechanics of Granular Materials Across Time and Length Scales
Abstract

ECAD 109 (Clark Conference Room)GEGM
(BOASE series)
Feb. 241-2 p.m.

Nicholas Brink

Geotechnical Engineer, Stantec

An overview of geotechnical modeling in major civil projects
Abstract

ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
March 111:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Associate Professor Paul Block
Mr. Max Beal, PhD candidate
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, University of Wisconsin—Madison
Leveraging Hydroclimatic Processes and Satellite Remote Sensing for Monitoring and Forecasting of Harmful Algae in Small Inland Lakes
 (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
March 212:30-1:30 p.m.Assistant Professor Joshua JackUniversity of MichiganDecarbonizing the built environment: Waste
CO2 valorization and resource recovery
via integrated electrochemical-biological
technologies
TBDEVEN
March 31-2 p.m.Prof. Giuseppe Buscarnera  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
March 811:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Andrew Verdin, PhD
hydrologic scientist
Stantec, Minneapolis, MNInnovative Flood Mitigation Planning and Modeling to Address Climate Change and Extreme Precipitation (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
March 912:30-1:30 p.m.Nick ClementsAir Quality CandidateTBDTBDEVEN
March 101-2 p.m.Associate Professor Ben MasonResearch civil engineer at the USGS’s Geologic Hazards Science Center and associate professor at Oregon State University’s College of EngineeringGeotechnical observations from the 18 September 2022 M6.9 Chihshang, Taiwan earthquakeECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
March 1511:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Assistant Professor Katherine LiningerFluvial Geomorphology Group,
Department of Geography, CU Boulder
The Hard Science of “soft” Geomorphology: Ecogeomorphology and Carbon Dynamics in River Corridors (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
March 1612:30-1:30 p.m.Emmalee BiesiadaEVEN graduate studentIntroducing PEGI (Peroxide Enhanced Germicidal Irradiation): A Radical New Method for Disinfection of the Built EnvironmentSEEC S228
   Passcode: Spring23
EVEN
March 171-2 p.m.Aaron Leopold  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
March 2211:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Ms. Danielle Tijerina,
PhD candidate
Civil and Environmental Engineering,
Princeton University
Using Intercomparison to Evaluate Continental-Scale Hydrological Models (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
March 23 

Sangsuk Lee 

 

Brooke Marten 

 

EVEN Graduate 鶹Ժ

Investigation of organic solute rejection in reverse osmosis and nanofiltration with machine learning and molecular fingerprints 

Sustainable Resource Recovery from Organic Waste: Developing and Evaluating Novel Strategies for Municipal Solid and Liquid Wastes 

  
March 29   Spring Break WATER 
(BOASE series)
April 511:15 a.m. -
12:15 p.m.
Matt Lurtz,
PhD Candidate
Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering, CSU, Fort Collins
  (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
April 612:30-1:30 p.m.Assistant Professor Lauren StadlerRice UniversityFrom Drain to Data: The Power of Wastewater 
Monitoring for Disease Surveillance
SEEC S228
   Passcode: Spring23
 
EVEN
April 71-2 p.m.Prof. Bret Lingwall  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
April 1211:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
  Hydrologic Sciences Symposium (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
April 1312:30-1:30 p.m.Jacqueline Gerson, PhDpostdoc CU Boulder, assistant professor MSU (fall 2023)The fate, transport, and impact of mercury from
artisanal gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon
TBDEVEN
April 141-2 p.m.Prof. Manolis Veveakis  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
April 1911:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Scott Pottervice president, chief hydrogeologist,
Arcadis, Newtown, Pennsylvania
  (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
April 2012:30-1:30 p.m.

Nadia Jorgenson 


Anna Ulanova

EVEN graduate students

GAC adsorption of preformed DBPs for wastewater reuse 

EcoGenoRisk: Computational Tool For Synthetic Biology Risk Assessment 

SEEC S228
   Passcode: Spring23
EVEN
April 21 Prof. Kevin Franke  ECCE 1B47
 
GEGM
(BOASE series)
April 2611:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Professor Shemin GeDept. of Geological Sciences, CU Boulder  (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)
April 2712:30-1:30 p.m.

Bryan Liu

Tehya Stockman 

EVEN graduate students

Enhancing Contaminant Degradation Using
Low Wavelength Driven AOPs in Water Treatment

TBD

SEEC S228
   Passcode: Spring23
EVEN
May 311:15 a.m. -
​12:15 p.m.
Professor Mary HIllDepartment of Geology,
The University of Kansas
  (Engineering Building)

meeting ID: 988 6137 9124
password: water
WATER 
(BOASE series)

May 4

12:30-1:30 p.m.    

Ayush Shahi and
Katie Frankhauser 

EVEN graduate studentsImproving ion exchange for drinking water processes

TBD

SEEC S228
   Passcode: Spring23

EVEN

Key

EngSci = Engineering Science
EVEN = Environmental Engineering
GEGM = Geotechnical Engineering & Geomechanics
RISE = Resilient Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity
SESM = Structural Engineering & Structural Mechanics

*Special joint seminar with the Rocky Mountain Mechanics Seminar Series in the mechanical engineering department.