The Environmental Engineering and Science (EES) program presents a series of Friday seminars every quarter except summer quarter. They are open to the public and cover a wide range of topics related to environmental science issues. Speakers come from various backgrounds including industry, faculty, and current students.
| Winter 2008 Seminar Schedule |
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title |
date |
| Mike Connor, Executive Director, San Francisco Estuary Institute (SFEI), Oakland, CA |
How will San Francisco Bay challenge environmental engineers for the next 40 years? |
January 11 |
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Hank Boucher, CDM, Sacramento, CA |
The Folsom dam safety and flood damage reduction project: The role of NEPA and CEQA in the planning process |
January 18 |
| Ashok Gadgil, Senior Scientist, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA |
Affordable safe drinking water for the developing countries |
January 25 |
| Chris Scholin, MBARI, Moss Landing, CA |
Engineering the future of ocean observatories: Molecular probe technologies, sensor systems and platforms |
February 1 |
| Dr. David Werner, University of Newcastle-on-Tyne, United kingdom |
Incorporating the micro-scale in biogeochemical models of the fate of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in sediment |
February 8 |
| Jim Cloern, USGS, Santa Cruz, CA |
Ecological surprises from long-term observbation: Examples from San Francisco Bay |
February 15 |
| Patricia Holden, UC Santa Barbara |
Molecular biological analysis of coastal creek water quality in Santa Barbara, CA |
February 22 |
| Arlene Blum, Visiting Scholar, Center for Institutions & Governance, UC Berkeley |
The Fire retardant dilemma: Balancing human health, environmental safety,and fire protection |
February 29 |
| Ron Oremland, USGS, Menlo Park, CA |
The Ecology of Arsenic: A Melodic melodrama with 10 more "Ms": murder, mayhem, mobility in malodorous mono muds, microbes, Mars and minimal methane |
March 7 |
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