The seminar always starts at 3.00 pm in Ames Hall Room 234 unless noted otherwise. For disability information, contact Ms. Denise Nowlin (dnowlin@jhu.edu).
January 31
Prof. Benjamin Zaitchik,
Johns Hopkins University
The Evolving Water Balance of the Nile River Basin
Host: Kai Loon Chen
February 7
Prof.
Ellen Silbergeld, Johns Hopkins University
An Ecological Perspective on Industrial Poultry Production
Host: Grace Brush
February 14
Prof. Mark Wiesner,
The Charles and Mary O’Melia Lecture in Environmental Science
A Risk Forecasting Framework for Nanomaterials
February 21
Prof. Timothy Ginn, University of California, Davis
Particle Tracking-based Modeling and Column Data Tells about Filtration Theory Performance, Nano-colloid Filtration and Deposited Colloid Distributions
Host: Markus Hilpert
February 28
Prof. Young-Shin Jun, Washington University in St. Louis
Nanoscale Insights into Grand Challenges in Energy and the Environment: Key Reactions at CO2–Brine–Mineral Interfaces during Geologic CO2 Sequestration
Host: Kai Loon Chen
March 6
Prof. Thanh (Helen) Nguyen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Rotavirus: Deposition, Aggregation and Inactivation Kinetics
Host: Markus Hilpert
March 13
Dr. Margaret Walls, Resources for the Future
Policy Analysis with an Economic Agent-Based Model of Land and Housing Markets on the Urban Fringe
Host: Seth Guikema
March 27
Dr. Carl Adams, Jr.,
Earnest and Agnes Gloyna Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Engineering
Innovative Cost-Effective Control Device for Wastewater VOC Emissions
April 3
Mr. John Quinn, Constellation Energy
Constellation Energy's View of Present and Emerging Environmental Issues
Host: Ben Hobbs
April 10
Abel Wolman Lecture at the National
Research Council, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Michael Kavanaugh, Geosyntec Consultants
Tradeoffs in Water Quality Management: Risk, Economics, and Equity
April 17 (jointly hosted with the JHU Global Water Program)
Prof. Benito Mariñas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Science and Technology Advances for Safe Global Water
Host: Kai Loon Chen
April 24
Dr.
Thomas Wilbanks, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Perspectives from Sustainability Science about Energy Sustainability
Host: Ben Hobbs
May 2 (Wednesday 3
pm, Special Seminar jointly hosted with E2SHI, Clipper Room in Shriver Hall)
Prof. David Jhirad, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS
Smart Energy Globalization: Implementing Innovative Solutions
Host: Ben Hobbs