2008

April 4, 2008
Passaic River Institute Montclair State University
Passaic River Institute Floatables Conference
Montclair State University, New Jersey

Thomas L. Newman II, P.E. presented Overview: The Floatables Problem (PDF, 1.8MB).

2007

New Jersey Water Environment Association
92nd Annual Conference
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Gary Grey will be presenting Cost of Phosphorus Removal at Passaic Basin Wastewater Treatment Plants (PDF, 1MB).

Robin Landeck Miller will be presenting NY/NJ Harbor Nutrient TMDLs Update.

2006

May 10, 2006
Federation of New York Solid Waste Association
Solid Waste/Recycling Conference and Trade Show
Bolton Landing, New York

Robert Mutch will be presenting IN SITU TREATMENT OF LEACHATE-IMPACTED GROUNDWATER: SEPARATING FACT FROM FICTION.

May 1-5, 2006
New Jersey Water Environment Association
91st Annual Conference
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Gary Grey will be presenting Wet Wet Weather Operations at the Township of Middletown Sewerage Authority (PDF, 3MB).

February, 2006
New York Water Environment Association

Gary Grey, Dennis Scannell, and Karl Scheible will be presenting Can Ultraviolet Light Disinfection be Effective on Combined Sewer Overflows? (PDF, 6.5MB).

2005

November 2, 2005
WEFTEC
78th Annual Water Environment Federation Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference
Washington, D.C.

Gary Grey and George Schillinger will be presenting INVESTIGATION OF NITRIFICATION UPSETS AT THE AMERICAN BOTTOMS REGIONAL WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (PDF, 1.4MB).

February 7, 2005
New York Water Management Association
NYWEA Annual Meeting
New York

Thomas L. Newman II, P.E. presented"Corona Avenue Vortex Facility Performance Evaluation." (1.6 MB)

2004

March 25, 2004
United States Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Research and Development
Council for Environmental Regulatory Modeling (CREM) - Webcast Seminar
New York, NY

Robin L. Miller is an invited speaker presenting"LIS3.0 and SWEM:
Mathematical Modeling Applied for Managing Nitrogen in the Long Island Sound."

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2003

November 16-19 2003
Water Environment Federation - TMDL 2003 Specialty Conference
Westin Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL

Sri Rangarajan, Ph.D. co-chaired with Margaret Stewart Workshop C: "Watershed-Based Trading- An Innovative and Cost-Effective Approach for Improving Water Quality" on Sunday
November 16, 2003 from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

James F. Fitzpatrick, presented " The Role of Mathematical Modeling in Developing a Nutrient TMDL for Long Island Sound" in Session 1: Models for TMDLs on Monday, November 17, 2003.

Sri Rangarajan, Ph.D., presented "Pathogen TMDL Development for Shellfish Harvesting" in Session 2: Development for Bacteria TMDLs on Monday, November 17, 2003.

John P. St. John, P.E. presented" Developing a Use Attainability Analysis for an Urbanized Waterbody" in Session 9A: Use Attainability Analyses Panel on Tuesday, November 18, 2003.

Robert C. Santore presented" Developing Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria for Metals Using the Biotic Ligand Model" in Session 9B: Developing Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria on Tuesday, November 18, 2003.

Robin Landeck Miller moderated Session 15B: Using Weight of Evidence Procedures in Assessing Contaminated Sediments in TMDLs Panel on Wednesday morning, November 19, 2003.

Andrew Thuman, P.E. moderated Session 16: Modeling Case Studies II on Wednesday afternoon, November 19, 2003.

November 9-13, 2003
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry - 24th Annual Meeting
Austin Convention Center
Austin, Texas
 

Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D., Robert D. Mutch, Jr., P.Hg, P.E., Kevin J. Farley, Ph.D., Joy A. McGrath, Ferdi L. Hellweger, C. Ingersoll conducted a short course titled "Characterization and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments" on Saturday November 9th from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Joy A. McGrath, Ferdi L. Hellweger, Thomas F. Parkerton, Ph.D., Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D. presented platform paper # 074 titled" Application of the Narcosis Target Lipid Model to Complex Mixtures Using Gasoline as a Case Study", on Monday, November 10, 2003 at the Session: Toxicity of Complex Mixtures.

Rooni Mathew, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, Kenneth J. Heim, Don P Galya, and Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D. presented platform paper # 181 titled "Site-Specific Water Quality Criteria for Copper-Validation and Application of the BLM" on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at the Session: Muddy Waters: Criteria & TMDL Development.

Paul R. Paquin, Darin. Damiani, Kevin J. Farley, Ph.D., Rooni Mathew, Robert C. Santore, Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D. presented platform paper # 199: "Metals Bioaccumulation and Effects: Consideration of Intracellular Speciation" on Tuesday, November 11, 2003 at the Session: Metals in the Environment: Dietary Concerns in Aquatic Systems .

Aaron Redman, Don Macalady, Diane Ahmann presented platform paper #352 " Speciation of Inorganic Arsenic in Natural and Synthetic Waters: Redox Transformations and Ligand-Metal Complexation" on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at the Session: Metals in the Environment: Chemistry & Fate Issues.

Paul Dombrowski, Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D., Kevin J. Farley, Ph.D., W. Long, J.D. Mahony presented platform paper # 436 " Computed and Observed Redox Chemistry of Methyl Arsenic Species" on Wednesday, November 12, 2003 at the Session: Metals and Metalloids.

Joy A. McGrath, Thomas F. Parkerton, Ph.D., Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D. presented poster session PM167 Assessing Toxicology: Critical Body Residue Approach, "Application of the Narcosis Target Lipid Model to Algal Toxicity Deriving Predicted No Effect Concentrations" on Monday November 10, 2003.

W. Ray Arnold, Robert C. Santore presented poster sesion PT154 Biotic Ligand Model, "Prediction of Acute Toxicity of Copper in Estuaries of the USA Using the Biotic Ligand Model" on Tuesday, November 11, 2003.

Ferdi L. Hellweger, Kevin L. Farley, Ph.D., Dominic M. DiToro, Ph.D., U Lall. presented poster session PW074 Phytoremediation: " Arsenic Transformation by Algae: The role of Phosphorus Luxury Uptake" on Wednesday, November 12, 2003.

November 3-5, 2003
8th International Conference on Estuarine & Coastal Modeling (ECM8)
Hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers
Monterey, CA

Nickitas Georgas, M.S. and Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D. presented "Estuarine
Salt Intrusion Mechanisms" in Session 6A: "Heat and Salt Transport" on
Tuesday November 4th.

Sri Rangarajan, Ph.D chaired a Workshop on "Microbial Source Tracking Techniques to Support Pathogen TMDL Development & Implementation" on October 11, 2003 from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

O. Karl Scheible co-chaired a workshop with G. Eliot Whitby and Gary Hunter on "Water Reuse: Meeting the Disinfection Requirements with UV" on October 12, 2003 from 8:30 to 5:00pm.

James J. Fitzpatrick, Richard R. Isleib, P.E., J. Mueller presented a paper on "The Use of Mathematical Modeling to Evaluate Strategies to Meet Water Quality Standards in a heavily Urbanized Tidal Bay" at Session 47- Surface Water Quality and Ecology: Watershed and Water Quality Modeling on October 14, 2003.

James J. Fitzpatrick, Richard R. Isleib, P.E., presented a paper on" A Post-Audit Analysis of the Impacts of Wastewater Treatment Plant Outfall Relocation on Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay and Cape Cod Bay Water Quality" at Session 66-Surface Water Quality and Ecology: Criteria Development and Human Health Issues on October 15, 2003.

June 23-26, 2003
World Water and Environmental Resources Congress
Hosted by American Society of Civil Engineers
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Honghai Li, Quamrul Ashan and Charles L. Dujardin presented "Assessing the Impact of Outfall Relocation by a Hydrodynamic and Pathogen Fate Model."

May 12-14, 2003
A Workshop on In-situ Contaminated Sediment Capping
Hosted by EPRI, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the U.S. Navy
University of Cincinnati, Ohio

Ferdi L. Hellweger, M. Gallucci, A. Jain, Devanshi K. Jackson, Ying Yi, and Barry J. Cheney presented a poster on "Model Helps Screen Remediation Alternatives at MGP Site." View the poster (ZIPPED PDF, 1.1 MB)

March 20-21, 2003
Hudson River Environmental Society - Hudson River Fishes and Their Environment
Marist College
Poughkeepsie, New York

Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Ferdi L. Hellweger presented "Circulation and Mixing in the Hudson River Estuary" at Session 1: Physical and Chemical Environment, on Thursday, March 30, 2003 at 10:30 a.m.

February 9-12, 2003
New York Water Environment Association - 75^th Annual Winter Conference & Exhibition
Marriot Marquis
New York, New York

Gary M. Grey, J. Mueller, S. Gibbons, and D. Chao presented "Maximizing CSO Capture Through Wet Weather Operations at WPCPs" at Session III-CSO/SSO, on Monday, February 10, 2003 at 4:00 p.m. View the presentation.

William E. McMillin, Jr., P.E., John P. St. John, P.E., W. Kurtz, and J. Mueller presented "New York City's Comprehensive Bioassessment of New York Harbor Use Attainment" at Session VIII-Environmental Science, on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 9:30 a.m.

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2002

December 10-12, 2002
POWER-GEN International
Orange County Convention Center
Orlando, Florida
Quamrul Ahsan,Ph.D., Honglai Li,Ph.D., Alan F. Blumberg,Ph.D. and Glen R. Piehler, Ph.D. presented "Addressing Practical; Environmental Permitting Issues Through the Use of Sophisticated 3-D Hydrothermal Models."

November 22, 2002
Greening Gotham's Rooftops: Greenroof Initiative for New York City
Hosted by Earth Pledge Foundation
New York, New York

Gary M. Ostroff, P.E. presented "Greenroofs - An Infrastructure Modeling Overview".

November 19, 2002
Remediation and Operational Safety: The U.S. Experience
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

Paul J. Anid, Dr.Sc. presented "Computer Modeling of Petroleum Product Releases to Surface Waters."

November 16-20, 2002
Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry (SETAC) - 23^rd Annual Meeting
Salt Lake City, Utah

Paul R. Paquin, Robert C. Santore, R. Arnold and C. Delos conducted a professional development short course on "Predicting the Toxicity of Metals to Aquatic Organisms: An Introduction to the Biotic Ligand Model" at Session 5 on Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Ferdi L. Hellweger, W. Saunders, D. Ames and J. Horsburgh conducted a professional development short course on "Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Water Quality Problems" at Session 8 on Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Rooni Mathew, Edward J. Garland and Paul R. Paquin presented a platform presentation on "Partitioning of PCBs and Importance of Fate and Effects" at Session SA8-PCB Fate & Effects in the Housatonic River, in Room 8 on Sunday, November 17, 2002 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Paul R. Paquin, Darin Damiani, Joy A. McGrath, Kuen B. Wu, Robert C. Santore and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D.  presented a platform presentation on "Consideration of the Dietary Route of Exposure to Metals in Assessing the Potential for Effects" at Session SP2-Fate & Effects of Metals: Regulation and Risk, in Room 2 on Sunday, November 17, 2002  from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Ferdi L. Hellweger, Kevin J. Farley, U. Lall, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "A Mathematical Model for Arsenic Transformation by Algae" at Poster Session PM9-Arsenic Fate & Effects, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Monday, November 18, 2002.

W.R. Arnold, Robert C. Santore, and C.M. Lee presented a poster on "Prediction of Acute Toxicity of Copper to Mytilus edulis using the Biotic Ligand Model" at Poster Session PM6-Fate & Effects of Metals: Regulation and Risk, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Monday, November 18, 2002.

Kevin J. Farley, Robin E. Landeck-Miller, Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., and John P. St. John, P.E. presented a platform presentation on "Mass Balance Model for Toxic Contaminants in New York/New Jersey Harbor" at Session MA9-Contaminant Mass Budgets in Urbanized Estuaries, in Room 9 on Monday, November 18, 2002 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Rooni Mathew, Robert C. Santore, Kuen B. Wu, Paul R. Paquin, A.C. Ryan, A Bianchini, C.M. Wood, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "Influence of Metal-Mixtures on the Bioavailability and Toxicity of Metals" at Interactive Poster Session IP05-Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, in Room 10 on Monday, November 18, 2002 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Kuen B. Wu, Valerie Navab, Rooni Mathew, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, J.S. Meyer, K.V. Brix, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a platform presentation on "An Application of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) Framework to Nickel" at Session TP8-Fate & Effects of Metals: Aquatic Biology, in Room 8 on Tuesday, November 19, 2002 from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Paul R. Paquin, Darin Damiani, Valerie Navab, Kevin J. Farley, Robert C. Santore, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "Development of a Physiologically-Based Pharmacokinetic (PBPK) Model of Metal Bioaccumulation by Bivalves" at Interactive Poster Session IP07-Fate & Effects of Metals: Aquatic Dietary Perspectives, in Room 11 on Monday, November 18, 2002 from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

R.B. Naddy, G.M. Dethloff, G.R. Stern, J.R. Hockett, W.A. Stubblefield, Kuen B. Wu, Paul R. Paquin, R.A. Bell, and J.W. Gorsuch presented a poster on "Influence of Varying Water Quality Parameters on the Acute Toxicity of Silver to the Freshwater Cladoceran, Ceriodaphnia dubia" at Poster Session PT5-Fate & Effects of Metals: Aquatic Biology, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, November 19, 2002.

Robert C. Santore, Elizabeth Sopher, Rooni Mathew, Paul R. Paquin, R. Gensemer, R. Naddy, Allen J. Medine, E. Curley, and K. Sierra presented a poster on "Use of the Biotic Ligand Model to Evaluate Bioavailability of Copper in Arid West Watercourses" at Poster Session PT5-Fate & Effects of Metals: Aquatic Biology, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, November 19, 2002.

November 13-16, 2002
National TMDL Science and Policy Conference
Hosted by the Water Environment Federation
Phoenix, Arizona

Srinivasan Rangarajan, Ph.D., P.E., Haiyi Lu, Charles Dujardin, and T. Gulbransen presented "Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Development Methodology for Waterbodies in New York State Closed to Shellfish Harvesting"

James J. Fitzpatrick presented "Estuarine Modeling: Applications in New York/New Jersey Harbor."

Srinivasan Rangarajan, Ph.D., P.E. chaired a post-conference workshop titled "Microbial Source Tracking Techniques to Support TMDL Development and Implementation."

October 29-31, 2002
Oceans 2002, Conference and Exhibition
Hosted by the Marine Technology Society, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and the Oceanic Engineering Society
Biloxi, Mississippi

Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., Honghai Li, Ph.D. and J. Blaha presented "An Operational Forecast Modeling System for the Mississippi Sound/Bight" during the Data Assimilation and Prediction Session on October 29, 2002.

Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E.,  Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Honghai Li, Ph.D. and J. Blaha also presented "The Calibration/Validation of a Mississippi Sound/Bight Model" during the Data Assimilation and Prediction Session on October 29, 2002.

October 1, 2002
New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program - Policy Committee Meeting
Hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Region 2
New York, New York

John P. St. John, P.E. presented "Presentation of Selected Indicators from Draft Targets and Goals Document."

September 29-October 2, 2002
National Oceanic Partnership Program Community Sediment Transport Model Workshop
Williamsburg, Virginia
Pravi L. Shrestha, Ph.D.,P.E., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Dihara Kaluarachchi, Honghai Li, Ph.D., and H. Laguette presented a poster session on "Modeling Sediment Stability in a Shallow Lake."

September 20-21, 2002
34th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference
New Brunswick, New Jersey
Paul Anid, Dr.SC. chaired a session on Watershed and Water Quality Modeling.

September 13, 2002
Hudson/Delaware Chapter of SETAC
Joy A. McGrath presented "Sediment Toxicity in the New York Harbor, Do We know the Cause?"

September 9-13, 2002
9th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage
Hosted by the American Society of Civil Engineers
Portland, Oregon

Srinivasan Rangarajan, Ph.D., P.E., M. Chowdhurry, J. F.Cassidy, and M. Siddique presented "Sewer System Modeling in the District of Columbia."

Thomas L. Newman, III, P.E., S. Rozelman, S. Gibbons, C. Vitasovic, and J. Kerr presented "Analysis of Operational Strategies and Real Time Control in an Urban Sewer Network."

August 21-23, 2002
Collection System Modeling Symposium
Hosted by the Metropolitan Sewerage District of Greater Cincinnati (MSDGC)
Cincinnati, Ohio

Srinivasan Rangarajan, Ph.D., P.E. presented "Status of Sewer System Modeling in New York City."  View handouts of the presentation (PDF- 3 MB)

July 8-10, 2002

ESRI International User Conference 2002
San Diego, California

Gary M. Ostroff, P.E. presented a custom thematic mapping and spatial analysis tool titled "Smart Maps for New York City Schools developed for the office of the Chancellor of the New York City School System."

June 16-21, 2002

Environmental Inorganic Chemistry - Gordon Research Conference

Andover, New Hampshire

Ferdi L. Hellweger, K. Farley, U. Lall, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "A Model for Arsenic Transformation by Algae"

June 3-4, 2002

National Symposium on Designating Attainable Uses for the Nation's Waters

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Washington, D.C.

John P. St. John, P.E. and W. Kurtz presented "Use Attainability Issues in New York Harbor."

May 12-16, 2002

Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry (SETAC) - Europe Annual Meeting

Vienna Austria

Robert Santore, Rooni Mathew, Paul Paquin, Kuen Ben Wu, Dominic Di Toro presented "Development of the Biotic Ligand Model for Zinc."

April 30, 2002
Thames River Water Quality Symposium
Hosted by the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Andrew Thuman, P.E. presented "Recent Water Quality Studies in the Thames River Watershed."

April 21-24, 2002

58th Annual Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference Symposium
Hosted by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Holiday Inn By the Bay
Portland, Maine

Glenn R. Piehler, Ph.D., James J. Fitzpatrick, M. Nannen, and J. Mueller presented "Marine Dissolved Oxygen Criteria For The Virginian Province: Is There A Disconnect Between Lab And Field Inferences?" during the afternoon session on Tuesday, April 23^rd.

T. Rotunno, Glenn R. Piehler, Ph.D., Laurie D. De Rosa, M. Billerman, and J. Mueller presented "Fish Propagation in New York Harbor: Evidence of Differential Activity from Synoptic Ichthyoplankton Sampling, with Emphasis on Urban Tributaries" during the afternoon session on Tuesday, April 23^rd.

Eileen T. La Rosa, William E. McMillin, Jr., P.E., Kristin Rusello, J. Mueller, N. Stark, and R. Stoecker presented a poster titled "The New York City Use and Standards Attainment Project: Overview of a Comprehensive Sampling and Analysis Program in New York Harbor."

April 6-10, 2002
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry
2002 International Environmental Conference
Montreal,Canada
Thomas W. Gallagher, P.E., Andrew J. Thuman, P.E., presented "Proposed U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Nutrient Criteria."

March 19-20, 2002

Fourth Biennial Freshwater Spills Symposium
Hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Sheraton Cleveland City Centre Hotel
Cleveland, Ohio

Joy A. McGrath give a presentation during the Residual Oil Toxicity session on Tuesday, March 19^th on applying a narcosis toxic unit concept to aqueous PAH concentrations to predict effects. Joy also participated on a panel discussion.

February 23-27, 2002
Watershed 2002
Water Environment Federation - Specialty Conference Series
Wyndham Bonaventure
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

Srinivasan Rangarajan, Ph.D., P.E. chaired Preconference Workshop D on "Watershed Modeling Tools to Support TMDL Development and Implementation" and also presented "A Framework for Developing Pathogen TMDLs for Waterbodies in New York State Closed to Shellfish Harvesting." View the presentation.

Srinivasan Rangarajan, Ph.D., P.E., J. Karr, D. Hackett, J. Schenk, and M. Stinson presented "Protocol For Verification of Urban Runoff Models"

William E. McMillin, Jr., P.E., John P. St. John, P.E., W. Kurtz and J. Mueller presented "Waterbody/Watershed Planning For New York City's Urban Watershed."  View handouts of the presentation (PDF- 5 MB)

February 11-15, 2002
American Society of Limnology and Oceanography and American Geophysical Union
2002 Ocean Services Meeting
Honolulu Hawaii

Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D. and Pravi L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E. presented "ECOMSED: Some History and Its Future."

February 7-8, 2002

Workshop on the Bioavailability of Metals in Surface Waters - Integrating Science and Regulations
Het Pand, Ghent, Belgium

Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, Dominic M. Di Toro, Kuen-Ben Wu, Christos Kavvadas, Rooni Mathew, and Valerie Navab presented "The Biotic Ligand Model - Predictive Model for Acute Aquatic Toxicity of Metals."

February 4-6, 2002
New York Water Environment Association - 74^th Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition
Marriot Marquis
New York, New York

P. Dombrowski, J. Nemish, K. Farley, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. and J. Mahony presented "An Investigation of Arsenic(III) and Arsenic(V): Theoretical and Analytical" at Afternoon Session X, University Forum - Student Paper Competition, on Tuesday, February 5, 2002 at 1:30 P.M.

Thomas L. Newman, III, P.E. and S. Rozelman presented "Analysis of Operational Strategies and Real Time Control in an Urban Sewer Network" at Morning Session XIV, CSO/SSO II - Technology/Design, on Wednesday, February 6, 2002 at 9:00 A.M.   View handouts of the presentation (PDF - 1.3 MB).

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2001

November 26-27, 2001

Arsenic in Drinking Water - An International Conference at Columbia University
Columbia University
New York, New York

Ferdi L. Hellweger, K. Farley, U. Lall, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "Arsenic Fate and Transport Modeling in Lakes: Approach and Preliminary Results"

November 11-15, 2001

Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry (SETAC) - 22^nd Annual Meeting
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Maryland

Paul R. Paquin, Robert C. Santore, R. Arnold and C. Delos conducted a professional development short coarse on "Predicting the Toxicity of Metals to Aquatic Organisms: An Introduction to the Biotic Ligand Model" at Session 5 on Sunday, November 11, 2001 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Ferdi L. Hellweger, W. Saunders, and G. Carter conducted a professional development short course on "Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Water Quality Problems" at Session 9 on Sunday, November 11, 2001 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Paul R. Paquin co-chaired Session: MP9 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, in Room 9 on Monday, November 12, 2001 from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Paul R. Paquin, V. Zoltay, Kuen-Ben Wu, Valerie Navab, Rooni Mathew, Robert C. Santore and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Alternative Approaches for Modeling the Physiological Response of Aquatic Organisms to Acute Metal Toxicity" at Session TA1 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Aquatic Biology, in Room 1 on Tuesday, November 13, 2001.

R. Gensemer, R. Naddy, K. Brix, D. DeForest, Paul R. Paquin and Robert C. Santore presented "Evaluating Copper Toxicity to Daphnia magna in Waters Greater than 400 mg/L Hardness" at Session TA1 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Aquatic Biology, in Room 1 on Tuesday, November 13, 2001.

Rooni Mathew, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. and J. Mitchell presented a poster on "Estimating the Competition of Other Metals to the Binding of Copper to NOM" at Poster Session PTA19 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, November 13, 2001.

J. Mahony, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., T. Shadi, K. Rader and P. Dombrowski presented a poster on "The Chemical Immobilization of Silver in Sediments when Acid Volatile Sulfide is not Present" at Poster Session PTA19 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Tuesday, November 13, 2001.

Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., Joy A. McGrath and Ferdi L. Hellweger presented "The Intrinsic Toxicity of Narcotic Chemicals and PAHs in Pure Phases and Mixtures" at Session WA4 -Aquatic Toxicology, in Room 4 on Wednesday, November 14, 2001.

Joy A. McGrath, Ferdi L. Hellweger, W. Stubblefield and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Predicting the Effects of Weathering on Crude Oil Using Narcosis Theory: Case Studies" at Session WA4 -Aquatic Toxicology, in Room 4 on Wednesday, November 14, 2001.

Robert C. Santore co-chaired Session WP2 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, in Room 2 on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Kuen-Ben Wu, Valerie Navab, Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "An Application of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) Framework for Cadmium" at Session WP2 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, in Room 2 on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

J. Mahony, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., T. Shadi and K. Rader presented "The Partitioning of Silver at Picomolar Concentrations to Humic Material" at Session WP2 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Chemistry, in Room 2 on Wednesday, November 14, 2001 from 2:10 p.m. to 5:30 p.m

Robert C. Santore, Rooni Mathew, Valerie Navab, V. Zoltay, Paul R. Paquin, Kuen-Ben Wu, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "Application of the Biotic Ligand Model to Acute Metal Toxicity for Aquatic Organisms" at Interactive Poster Session IP4 - The Biotic Ligand Model: State of the Science and Future Perspectives on Wednesday, November 14, 2001

Ferdi L. Hellweger, Joy A. McGrath, W. Stubblefield, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented a poster on "Dissolution, Weathering and Toxicity of Exxon Valdez Crude Oil" at Poster Session PWA18 - Chemistry & Toxicity of Sediments in Estuarine & Coastal Regions, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Wednesday, November 14, 2001.

W. Adams, K. Brix, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., Paul R. Paquin, H. Allen, P. Campbell, D. DeForest and A. Green presented "An Alternative Approach to PBT for Assessing Hazard of Metals and Metal Compounds" at Session HA5 - PBT's in Aquatic Ecosystems, in Room 5 on Thursday, November 15, 2001.

R. Gensemer, H. Tillquist, M. Gerath, K. Brix, D. DeForest, Paul R. Paquin and Robert C. Santore presented "The Relevance of Default Water Quality Criteria Duration Periods for Streams in the Arid West" at Session HP3 - Water Quality Criteria, in Room 3 on Thursday, November 15, 2001.

K. Brix , W. Adams, R. Arnold, Paul R. Paquin and Robert C. Santore presented a poster on "Aqueous and Dietary Copper Toxicity to Bivalve and Echinoderm Larvae" at Poster Session PHA05 - Fate & Effects of Metals: Dietary Perspective in the Aquatic Environment, all day in the Exhibit Hall on Thursday, November 15, 2001.

November 5-7, 2001

Seventh International Conference of Estuarine and Coastal Modeling
Tradewinds Sirata Beach Resort Hotel
St. Pete Beach, Florida

Richard R. Isleib, P.E., James J. Fitzpatrick, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "The Utility and Limitations of Grid Aggregation in Water Quality Modeling."

October 25, 2001

New Jersey CSO Long-Term Control Plan Workgroup Meeting
Hosted by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Lawrenceville, New Jersey

William E. McMillin, Jr., P.E. presented "Case Study - Paerdegat Basin" on Thursday, October 25^th.  View the presentation (PowerPoint - 1.7 MB).

October 22-25, 2001

SETAC-Latin America - 4^th Annual Meeting
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Robert C. Santore presented a short course on "Predicting the Toxicity of Metals to Aquatic Organisms: Introduction to the Biotic Ligand Model."

October 13-17, 2001

WEFTEC 2001
Water Environment Federation 74th Annual Conference & Exposition
Georgia World Congress Center
Atlanta, Georgia

O. Karl Scheible, Joy A. McGrath,and Edward J. Mignone presented "Conducting UV Equipment Dose Verifications: Lessons Learned from Real World Experiences" on Tuesday, October 16^th at 9:30 A.M.

October 1-2, 2001

Understanding Total Maximum Daily Loads, Tools and Techniques for Achieving Reasonable TMDL-Based Limits
Sponsored by Government Institutes Division, ABS Group Inc.
Washington, DC

D. Katz, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., Thomas W. Gallagher, P.E., and Andrew Thuman, P.E. trained instructors.  Brochure and Registration Information

September 24-25, 2001

2001 Joint CSO/SSO Specialty Seminar and Exhibit
Sponsored by the New England Water Environment Association and the New York Water Environment Association
Westchester Marriott
Tarrytown, New York

Dennis E. Scannell and F. Schuepfer presented "Sampling & Monitoring Program for the Corona Avenue Vortex Facility" during Session C- NYC Demonstration Projects on Tuesday, September 25^th.

June 18-21, 2001

33rd Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference
Organized by Manhattan College and Columbia University

HydroQual was a sponsor of the Conference
Manhattan College
Riverdale, New York

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Imali D. Kaluarachchi, Paul J. Anid, Ph.D., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Cohesive Sediment Resuspension: Experimentation and Analysis."

John P. St. John, P.E., Charles L. Dujardin, P.E., Robin L. Miller, W. Kurtz, and R. Gaffoglio presented "A System-Wide Eutrophication Model of New York Harbor, Long Island Sound and New York Bight"

Gary M. Ostroff, P.E. presented "Integration with GIS of Large-Scale Water Quality Projects in the New York City Area."

Ferdi L. Hellweger presented "Mathematical Modeling Of Toxics Fate, Transport and Bioacccumulation Using GIS."

May 20-24, 2001

World Water & Environmental Resource Congress
Sponsored by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute
of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Orlando, Florida

William E. McMillin, Jr., P.E., John P. St. John, P.E., Glenn R. Piehler, Ph.D. and W. Kurtz presented "Integrated Methods to Assess Compliance with Designated Uses and Water Quality Standards" during the TMDL Issues session.

Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Imali D. Kaluarachchi and Patricia M. Kehrberger presented "A High Resolution Nested Model of Newark Bay and Adjoining Rivers" in the Multidimensional Numerical Modeling session.

Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., and J. Lewis presented "Circulation, Sediments and Water Quality Modeling in the Northern Gulf of Mexico" in the Computational Modeling of Sedimentation Processes session.

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Paul R. Paquin, Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Maureen C. Migliorini presented "Modeling Contaminated Sediments in a Shallow Bay" in the Erosion, Deposition, and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments session.

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Imali D. Kaluarachchi, Paul J. Anid, Ph.D., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Cohesive Sediment Resuspension: Experimentation and Analysis" in the Cohesive Sediment Dynamics session.

May 2001

SETAC-Europe - 11^th Annual Meeting
Madrid Spain

Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, Kuen-Ben Wu, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D., H. Allen, and S. Klaine presented "Modeling The Mitigating Effects of NOM on Copper Toxicity to Aquatic Organisms."

March 15-16, 2001

Workshop on Persistent, Bioaccumulative and Toxic Chemicals: Assessing the State of the Science
Sponsored by the Water Environment Research Foundation in collaboration with the Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry and the Great Lakes Environmental Center
Hyatt Regency Crystal City
Arlington, Virginia

Ferdi L. Hellweger and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Modeling the Distribution and Fate of PBTs in the Environment."

March 4-7, 2001

TMDL Science Issues Conference 2001
Sponsored by the Water Environment Federation and
the Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
St. Louis, Missouri

Thomas W. Gallagher, P.E. was an invited speaker and round table discussion group member for the General Modeling Issues Session relating to Point Source Modeling and Wasteload Allocations.

February 4-7, 2001
New York Water Environment Association - 73^rd Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition
Marriot Marquis
New York, New York

John P. St. John, P.E., William E. McMillin, Jr., P.E., Glenn R. Piehler, Ph.D. and W. Kurtz  presented "Integrated Methods to Assess Compliance with Designated Uses and Water Quality Standards in New York Harbor" at Morning Session VII - Environmental Science, on Tuesday, February 6, 2001 at 9:30 A.M.

January 28-31, 2001
New England Water Environment Association - 72^nd Annual Conference
Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts

Ferdi L. Hellweger and Gary M. Ostroff, P.E.  presented "www.ComCarto.com - An Internet Map Server" at Session No. 14 - Working with the Internet and Computers on January 30^th.

January 28-30, 2001
A Biotic Ligand Model Colloquim: The Biotic Ligand Model (BLM): Current Status and Future Direction
Sponsered by the Eastman Kodak Company, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), International Copper Association, Ltd. (ICA), and the Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF)
Washington, DC

Robert C. Santore presented "Acute Data Sets for BLM Fresh Water Testing."

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2000

December 23-24, 2000
Tech Transfer 2000: Bangladesh
Hosted by the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology
Dhaka, Bangladesh

Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., Honghai Li, Ph.D., and Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D.. presented "Modeling Storm Surges in the Bay of Bengal" during the Environmental Technology session.

December 3-6, 2000
Sea Grant Conference on Dredged Material Management, Options and Environmental Considerations
Hosted by MIT Sea Grant
Cambridge, Massachusetts

During the Sediment Toxicity and Risk Assessment Tools Workshop, Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. made a presentation on "Equilibrium Partitioning and Sediment Quality Criteria Development" and served as a panelist in a round table discussion.

November 12-16, 2000

Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry (SETAC) - 21^st Annual Meeting
Nashville Convention Center
Nashville, Tennessee

Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. spoke at the Monday morning plenary session and presented his views on what environmental toxicologists, chemists, and engineers have done right, have done wrong, should not have done, and did not do.

Ferdi L. Hellweger, K. Farley, Darin Damiani, and Paul J. Anid, Ph.D. presented "Toxic Fate and Bioaccumulation Modeling Inside GIS" on Monday, November 13^th at the afternoon session on Understanding & Living with TMDLs.

Ferdi L. Hellweger, Eugenia M. Naranjo, and Gary M. Ostroff, P.E. presented a seminar on "The Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Water Quality Problems."

Robert C. Santore, Paul R. Paquin, K. Ben Wu, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Validation of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) in Natural Waters with Bioassay Results from Water Effect Ratio Studies."

Paul R. Paquin, K. Ben Wu, Robert C. Santore, Rooni Matthew, and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Application of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) of Acute Toxicity to Alternative Exposure Scenarios."

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Paul R. Paquin, Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and Maureen C. Migliorini presented "Evaluating the Stability of Contaminated Sediments in a Shallow Bay."

November 11, 2000
International Seminar on Arsenic, Environment and Floods - Problems and Prospects in Bangladesh
Sponsored by The Bangladesh American Public Affairs Front
Queens Hospital Center
Jamaica, New York

Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., Honghai Li, Ph.D., and Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D.. presented "Forecasting Storm Surges in the Bay of Bengal, An Effective Modeling Tool for Mitigating Natural Disaster: A Case Study."

November 2-3, 2000

Developments in Water & Wastewater Law - A Seminar for Public Agency Attorneys
Sponsored by the Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies (AMSA)
The Sheraton Crescent Hotel
Phoenix, Arizona

Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "From Lab to Permit: Understanding the Basics of How Water Quality Standards Are Developed" and "Wet Weather and Nutrients: Special Concerns for Special Problems."

Thomas W. Gallagher, P.E. presented "The Science Behind Daily Loads (TMDLs): Implications for Drinking Water and Wastewater Agencies."

November 1-3, 2000
Chemistry, Toxicity and Bioavailability of Copper and Its Relationship to Regulation in the Marine Environment
A Workshop hosted by The Second Office of Naval Research /SPAWAR Systems Center
U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis, Maryland

Paul R. Paquin, Viktoria Zoltay, Richard P. Winfield, K. Ben Wu, Robert C. Santore and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Use of the Biotic Ligand Model (BLM) in a Model of Survival Time for Fish" on November 2^nd.

October 24-26, 2000
New York Business Council - 2000 Annual Environmental Conference
Albany, New York

K. Mooney and Andrew Thuman, P.E. presented "TMDL's - Federal Changes/Impacts on Permittees."

October 24-25, 2000
Symposium Evaluating Estuarine Habitat in the New York /New Jersey Harbor
Hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (New York District), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 2), the New York-New Jersey Harbor Estuary Program, the Nation Marine Fisheries Service (James J. Howard Marine Laboratory, Sandy Hook, NJ), and the National Park Service (Gateway National Recreation Area)
New York, New York

James J. Fitzpatrick, Richard R. Isleib, P.E., J. Mueller, and G. Appicella presented "The Proposed Use of Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling as a Basis for Assessing Estuarine Habitat Change in Jamaica and Flushing Bays, New York and the Role of Habitat Quality Goals in New York City's Use and Standards Attainment Project" during Session 2 on October 24^th.

October 14-18, 2000

WEFTEC 2000
Water Environment Federation 73^rd Annual Conference & Exposition
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, California

James J. Fitzpatrick was a presenter in a WERF workshop titled "Assessment of Availability and Use of Water Quality Models," providing an overview of available hydrodynamic, receiving water, and fate and transport models, on Saturday, October 14^th.

October 10-12, 2000
Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) - Sediment Seminar II
St. Simon's Island, Georgia

Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Review and Comparison of Existing and Developing Standards, Criteria, and Screening Guidelines for Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) Sites."

September 11-14, 2000
Oceans 2000 MTS/IEEE Conference and Exhibition
Sponsored by the IEEE Oceanic Engineering Society and the Marine Technology Society
Rhode Island Convention Center
Providence, Rhode Island

Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E. and J.K. Lewis, Ph.D. presented "Modeling Hydrodynamics of the Mississippi Sound and Adjoining Rivers, Bays and Shelf Waters."

August 4, 2000
What Do The Proposed Watershed Planning Rules Mean?
A conference sponsored by the Association of Environmental Authorities
Middlesex County Utilities Authority, New Jersey

Patricia M. Kehrberger presented "TMDLs and Existing Water Quality (EWQ), Chapters 3 and 5 of the Proposed Rule."

July 30 to August 2, 2000
American Society of Civil Engineers - 2000 Joint Conference on Water Resources Engineering and Water Resources Planning & Management
Hyatt Regency
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Ferdi L. Hellweger, Eugenia Naranjo, Gary M. Ostroff, P.E. and Paul J. Anid, Ph.D. presented "A Shared Environmental Geographic Information System to Build an Inter-Agency Relationship."

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. and Ferdi L. Hellweger presented " A Three-Dimensional Model for Cohesive Sediment Dynamics in Shallow Bays."

July 23-27, 2000
International Association for Hydraulic Research (IAHR) - Hydroinformatics 2000
Fourth International Conference on Hydroinformatics
Holiday Inn
Iowa City, Iowa

R. E. Uittenbogaard and Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D. presented "3D Modeling Horizontal Transport and Vertical Mixing in Lake Victoria."

July 17, 2000
Institute of Engineering, Pulchowk Campus

Katmandu, Nepal

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and S. Ramireddygari presented "Sediment Transport Studies as a Precursor to Modeling Contaminant Fate and Transport."

July 9-12, 2000
Watershed 2000
Water Environment Federation - Specialty Conference Series
Hotel Vancouver
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ferdi L. Hellweger, Eugenia Naranjo, Gary M. Ostroff, P.E., R. Veneros and Paul J. Anid, Ph.D. presented "SWMOD: A Simple GIS Based Toxics Modeling Framework."

William E. McMillin, Jr., John P. St. John, P.E., R. Gaffoglio and W. Kurtz presented "New York City's Urban Watershed Use and Standards Attainment Project." View a Slideshow of the presentation. Read the paper (PDF - 1.8 MB).

July 3-14, 2000
Leonardo da Vinci International Advanced School

Bologna, Italy

James J. Fitzpatrick was an invited lecturer at the 2000 Summer Course on "Processes in the Coastal Zone: Links to Management Issues."

June 26-30, 2000
ESRI - 20^th Annual International User Conference
San Diego Convention Center
San Diego, California

Eugenia Naranjo, Ferdi L. Hellweger, L. Wilson, and Paul J. Anid, Ph.D. presented "Mapping Risk from Mining Activities: A Case Study of Oruro, Bolivia."

June 21-23, 2000
National Community Sediment Transport Model Workshop
Sponsored by the U.S. Geological Survey
Woods Hole, Massachusetts

Parmeshwar L. Shrestha, Ph.D., P.E., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and S. Ramireddygari presented "ECOMSED: A 3-D Time-Dependent Hydrodynamic and Sediment Transport Model."

May 7-10, 2000
Collection Systems Wet Weather Pollution Control Conference
Water Environment Federation - Specialty Conference Series
Rochester Riverside Convention Center
Rochester, New York

Thomas L. Newman II, P.E., William M. Leo, P.E. and R. Gaffoglio presented "Characterization of Urban-source Floatables" at Session 2 on the afternoon of May 8, 2000. View the Presentation. (PDF, 2MB)

May 1-5, 2000
New Jersey Water Environment Association (NJWEA)
85th Annual Conference and Exposition

Tropicana Casino and Entertainment Resort
Atlantic City, NJ

Charles L. Dujardin, P.E. presented "Total Maximum Daily Load - What This Means to You" at the Morning Session - Watershed Management on Thursday, May 4, 2000.

April 28-30, 2000
TechTransfer 2000 - North America Convention

Atlantic City Convention Center
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., Honghai Li, Ph.D. and Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D.. presented "Forecasting Storm Surges in the Bay of Bengal, An Effective Modeling Tool for Mitigating Natural Disaster: A Case Study."

April 27-28, 2000
Society of Environmental Toxicology And Chemistry (SETAC)
Hudson/Delaware Chapter, Annual Meeting

Prallsville Mills
Stockton, New Jersey

Ferdi L. Hellweger presented a short course entitled "Geographic Information Systems (GIS)."

April 25-26, 2000
Minnesota Water 2000 - 7^th Biennial Conference
Minnesota Convention Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Edward J. Garland, P.E., James J. Szydlik, C. Larson and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Advanced Eutrophication Modeling of the Upper Mississippi River, Lock and Dam No. 1 Through Lake Pepin," on Tuesday, April 25^th during Session C scheduled for 1:30-2:50 P.M.

April 9-12, 2000

Gulf of Mexico Symposium 2000
Mobile Convention Center
Mobile, Alabama

Quamrul Ahsan, Ph.D., P.E., Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D. and James K. Lewis presented "Modeling Hydrodynamics and Sediment Transport of Mississippi Sound and Adjoining Rivers, Bays and Shelf Waters," on Monday, April 10^th, during the Regulatory/Management Planning Track Session at 1:30-3:30 P.M.

March 26-31, 2000
System Interoperability Standards Organization
2000 Spring Simulation Interoperability Workshop
Holiday Inn International Drive Resort
Orlando, Florida

Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D.,  B. Nicholas Kim, S. O'Neil, R. Schaffer, M. Calef, J. Lewis, P. Stein, S. Rajan, T. Curtin, S. Numrich, W. Smith, and P. Maassel presented "Use of Orthogonal Curvilinear Grids for the Representation of the Littoral Ocean Environment." (PDF of Paper - 950 KB)

J. Lewis, P. Stein, S. Rajan, Alan F. Blumberg, Ph.D., and B. Nicholas Kim presented "Spatial and Temporal Scales of Variability in Temperature, Sound, Speed and Acoustic Propagation in the New York Bight Region: An Application to Battle Field Simulations."

March 26-30, 2000
American Chemical Society - 219^th National Meeting and Exposition
San Francisco, California

Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. and J. F. Capitani presented "Mechanism of Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation I. - Approach and Accuracy of the Quantum Chemical Tools," during the Environmental/Regulatory Issues sessions on Computational Methods in Environmental Chemistry (ENVR, COMP, GEOC) on Tuesday, March 28^th at 9:30 A.M.

J. F. Capitani and Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. presented "Mechanism of Hydrogen Sulfide Oxidation II. - Application of Quantum Chemical Tools and Mechanism Plausibility," during the Environmental/Regulatory Issues sessions on Computational Methods in Environmental Chemistry (ENVR, COMP, GEOC) on Tuesday, March 28^th at 10:00 A.M.

March 16, 2000
Disinfection 2000: Disinfection of Wastes in the New Millenium
Water Environment Federation - Specialty Conference Series
New Orleans, Louisiana

O. Karl Scheible presented "UV Equipment Verification," at 10:45 during Session 3 - UV Symposium: Design and Review of World UV Issues.

February 24-25, 2000
International Conference on Stormwater and Urban Water Systems Modeling
Toronto Airport Hilton
Toronto, Ontario

Thomas L. Newman II, P.E. presented "A Methodology to Design and/or Assess Underflow Baffles for Floatables Control," on Thursday, February 24, 2000 at 9:30 A.M. (Download a PowerPoint version of the presentation - 924 KB, Read the Paper (PDF - 202 KB))

William E. McMillin, Jr. and Tarig A. Omer presented "A Simplified Modeling Approach for Simulating Rainfall-Runoff, Projecting Pollutant Loads and Analyzing Treatment Performance," on Thursday, February 24, 2000 at 3:45 P.M.

January 30 to February 2, 2000
New York Water Environment Association - 72^nd Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition
Marriot Marquis
New York, New York

John P. St. John, P.E., Charles L. Dujardin, P.E. and Robin L. Miller presented "East River Tidal Barrier: Solution to Water Quality Problems in New York Harbor?" at Afternoon Session XI - Environmental Science II, on Tuesday, February 1, 2000 at 3:30 P.M.

Charles L. Dujardin, P.E., John P. St. John, P.E., Peter J. Young, P.E. and Robert D. Smith, P.E. presented "The Feasibility of Beach and Bathing Waters Along the Hudson River" at Morning Session XIV - New York City Area Issues - I, on Wednesday, February 2, 2000 at 10:30 A.M.

Richard R. Isleib, P.E. conducted a poster presentation of "Boston Harbor Wastewater Treatment and Outfall Relocation: A Tool for Evaluating Environmental Impact."

January 23-26, 2000
New England Water Environment Association - 71^st Annual Conference
Marriott Copley Place
Boston, Massachusetts

Ferdi L. Hellweger presented "Water Quality and GIS: An Overview of Current Technology" at Session No. 19 - Technologies for the Future: GIS/Internet/Intranet. (Download a PowerPoint version of the presentation - 572 KB)

January 19, 2000
Experts Workshop: Review of the State-of-the-Science Regarding PBT Concepts and Metals and Metal Compounds
Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPRI, ICA, ILZRO, NiPERA in collaboration with ICME.
Crystal City Marriott
Arlington, Virginia

Dominic M. Di Toro, Ph.D. spoke on the subject of "Toxicity and Bioavailability" at Session II: State of the Science for Assessing PBT For Metals. View the Minutes (PDF, 1.4 MB)