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Wednesday May 28, 2003 Animal Sciences/Agricultural Engineering
Building
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4:00-6:00p
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AEES Business Meeting, Room 0422
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6:00-8:00p
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Informal Social, Animal Sciences Lobby and Courtyard
Open Mic Night M.C.’d by Dr. Andy Baldwin, Plus a very
special musical appearance by SNAKEHEADS!!
– bring your instruments, stories, jokes, poems, and more!
Biological Resources Engineering Labs open for touring
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Thursday, May 29, 2003 Baltimore Room, Stamp
Student Union
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8:00-8:45a
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Registration, Coffee, Bagels, Donuts
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8:45-10:15a
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University
of Maryland Welcome, Dr. Thomas Fretz
Dean, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
AEES Welcome, Dr. William Mitsch, Society
President
Speaker Introduction, Dr. David Tilley,
Conference Organizing Chair
Plenary Speaker, Dr. B.C. "Bill"
Wolverton, Ecological Engineering
Pioneer, Wolverton Environmental Services, Inc., retired
NASA scientist
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10:15a
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Break
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10:30-11:50p
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Technical
Presentations: “Organic Systems Management”
10:30-10:50 Kevin
Luebke
Aquatic Ecosystem Restoration in Abandoned Mine
Lands of the Northern Anthracite Region, Pennsylvania: Selected Examples of
Engineering Planning for Ecology
10:50-11:10 Pinpetch Boonsook
Multi-soil-layering System for Upgrading the Septic
Tank Leachfields Systems
11:10-11:30 Erica Gaddis Brown
Remediation of a Sewage-laden Canal with Restorer
Technology in an Urban Area of Southeast China
11:30-11:50 Elizabeth Westhead
Growth of Benthic Algae on Dairy Manure
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11:50-1:30p
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Lunch
Provided, Baltimore Room, Stamp Student Union
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1:30-2:50p
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Technical
Presentations: “Ecological Cycles and Remediation”
1:30-1:50 Robert Hedin
Restoration of Mine Drainage Polluted Streams
Through the Production of a Marketable Iron Oxide Product
1:50-2:10 Cheri Higgins
Experimenting with Coal Combustion Products as
Wetland Treatment Liners
2:10-2:30 Daniel Hitchcock
Factors Contributing to the Optimization of Tritium
Phytoremediation at the Savannah River Site
2:30-2:50 Anna Mehrota
Using Iron Amendments to Reduce Net Mercury
Methylation in Wetland Sediments: Evidence from Models, Pure Cultures, and
Sediment Slurries
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2:50p
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Break
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3:05-4:45p
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Technical
Presentations: “Wetland Treatment Systems”
3:05-3:25 Alex Horne
A Wine Idea: Treatment and as the Entryway into
Winery Tasting Rooms
3:25-3:45 Aisling O’Sullivan
Constructed Wetlands for Treating Processed Mine Water-an
Irish Case Study
3:45-4:05 Kara Nelson
Inactivation of Waterborne Pathogens in
Engineered and Natural Systems
4:05-4:25 Jay Martin
Studying the Effect of Macrophyte Transpiration and
Harvesting on Nitrate Concentrations in Wetland Treatment Systems
4:25-4:45 Stephen Mbuligwe
Effectiveness of Engineered Wetland Systems (EWS’s)
in the Treatment of Anaerobically Pre-treated Domestic Wastewater
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4:45p
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Break
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5:00-6:00p
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Committee
Meetings
Animal Sciences/Agricultural Engineering Building
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6:00-7:00p
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Poster Presentations
Animal Sciences/Agricultural Engineering Building Lobby
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7:00p
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Outdoor
Dinner Buffet Provided
Animal Sciences Lobby and Courtyard
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Friday, May 30, 2003 Baltimore
Room, Stamp Student Union
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8:00-8:30a
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Registration
Coffee, Bagels, Donuts
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8:30-9:45a
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Panel
Discussion
“Visions and Synergisms for Ecological
Engineering”
Panelists:
Mr. Michael Klosterman, US Army Corp of Engineers
Dr. Nicolas Clesceri, National Science Foundation
Dr. Diana Jerkins, USDA National Research Initiative
Dr. Lee Mulkey, USEPA National
Risk Management Research Lab
Dr. William Mitsch, The Ohio State University
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9:45a
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Break
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10:00-11:20a
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Technical
Presentations: “Ecological Restoration”
10:00-10:20 Kirk Barrett
Bioengineering Stablization of an Eroding Streambank
along a Sanitary Landfill, Mill Creek, Cincinnati, Ohio
10:20-10:40 Tim Granata
Assessment of Geomorphologic and Hydrodynamic
Variable Before and After the Removal of a Low Head Dam
10:40-11:00 Kim Jones
Evaluation of an Ecological Engineering Approach to
Shoreline Restoration at Loyola Beach, Texas
11:00-11:20 F.D. Shields
Application of Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers to
Measurement of Water Flow Patterns in Inland Waters
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11:20-12:30p
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Lunch Break, Various lunch foods available throughout
Student Union
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12:30-1:50p
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Technical Presentations: “Ecological Modeling”
12:30-12:50 James Carleton
A Linear Systems View of Non-Steady State Flow and
Reaction in Wetlands
12:50-1:10 Christopher Keller
Hydraulic Considerations and Performance Modeling
for Treatment Wetland Design
1:10-1:30 David Gattie
Indirect Effects in Transport Networks
1:30-1:50 Arthur Johnson
Predictive Biology for Ecological Engineers
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1:50pm
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Break
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2:05-3:25p
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Technical
Presentations: “Sustainable Systems”
2:05-2:25 Stewart Diemont
Lacandon Maya Agriculture: An Ecologically
Engineered Indigenous System
2:25-2:45 Andrew Rudin
How Improved Energy Efficiency Increases Energy Use
2:45-3:05 Rebecca Stack
Rain Gardens
3:05-3:25 Toshiyuki Wakatsuki
Ecological Engineering for the
Restoration of Degraded Watershed in Tropical Asia and Africa
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3:25-4:25p
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Committee
Reports
Conclusion and Wrap‑up, Mark T. Brown,
New AEES President
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4:25
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Adjourn
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