Events Archive

Green Week at Purdue
September 15 - 19, 2008
Research at the Intersection of Climate, Energy, and Environment. more...
Purdue Green Week Website here.

Alternative Transportation Challenge 2008 - 360 participants, pledged 13, 407 miles during green week.
September 15 - 19, 2008
Bike, bus, carpool, or walk your way around the Purdue-Lafayette area during Green Week and earn prizes, reduce your carbon footprint, and save greenbacks! Take the Alternative Transportation Challenge by registering (free) for prizes and to help us track mileage.
Alternative Transportation Challenge is a student club activity of the Boiler Green Initiative.
Organized by Boiler Green Initiative student group and Center for the Environment, with co-sponsors Energy Center and Purdue Climate Change Research Center.

Thomas Friedman Lecture
Friday, September 19, 2008
Elliot Hall of Music
For more details, see the news release.
Co-sponsored by the College of Engineering, Discovery Park’s Center for the Environment, Energy Center, and Climate Change Research Center, and the Office of the Provost

Site Fights: Handling Controversial Facilities
3:15 pm
Monday, September 8, 2008
Whistler 116
Join Dr. Rabbi Daniel P. Aldrich as he discusses the problems governments face when building controversial facilities that serve the needs of all citizens but have adverse consequences for host communities. For more information, see the PDF.

Sigma Xi lecture series on Climate Change and Global Sustainability
"Attaining Global Sustainability: What should we do?" by Dr. Peter Raven, Director of the Missouri Botanical Center
7:30 pm
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Loeb Playhouse
The Purdue Chapter of Sigma Xi is observing its 100th anniversary this year. To celebrate this event we are hosting a series of Distinguished Lectures on the theme of Climate Change and Global Sustainability.
The lecture is free and open to the public. A reception for Dr. Raven will follow the lecture.

Global Engineering Programs Seminar Series - Transboundary Water Issues in the Middle East: A Perspective
9:30 - 11:00 am
Friday, August 22, 2008
ME 255
Featuring:
Dr. Abdel Rahman Tamimi, Palestinian Hydrology Group - an internationally respected hydrologist and expert in transboundary water issues, is the Director General of the Palestinian Hydrology Group, a premier environmental NGO.
Dr. Mohammed Salahat, Hashemite University, Jordan - a pioneer in integrating soil science and hydrology, and a Hydropedologist at the Hashemite University, Jordan. Salahat is a Purdue alumnus (2006).

Ecological Sciences and Engineering Program Fall Kickoff Celebration
4:30 - 6:30 pm
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
3rd Floor, Exponent Building (Next to Northwestern Parking Garage - enter at side door after 5:00 pm)
Ecological Sciences and Engineering Interdisciplinary Graduate Students and Faculty are invited to a Fall semester welcome and kickoff party. Web

Nanotechnology & the Environment.
August 5-6, 2008.
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Indianapolis.
Hosted by Assessment of Nanomaterials in the Environment at Purdue. Contributors: Nanotechnology Center, Center for the Environment, Purdue University.
Website.

"Regional Level Behavior and Eco-Toxicity Variation of Persistent Toxic Substances"
Dr. Jingwen Chen
Dalian University of Technology
Environmental Science and Technology
Friday, June 6, 2008, 10:30 a.m.
2-425 Lilly Hall
(10:15 am for pre-visiting, coffee, refreshment)
Co-sponsored by Agronomy & C4E.
Flyer

Manufacturing, the Environment and Economic Development: Sustainability Strategies for the 21st Century. C4E session at CAM Summit, May 6, 2008 (Overview)
Discovery Park at Purdue University.
Session organized by Center for the Environment. 140 registered.

Agronomy Seminar: “Soil Biogeochemistry and Ecosystem Sustainability Following Oil Sands Reclamation”By Dr. Sylvie Quidea, University of Alberta
Monday, April 14 at 3:30 pm in LILY 2-425


Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series: Urban and Industrial Landscapes
"Uncertainty in Flood Inundation Mapping " by Dr. Venkatesh Merwade, School of Civil Engineering , Purdue
Tuesday, April 15
1:30 - 2:20 pm
Room CIVL 1252
Flyer


The Future of Energy University Listening Tour

By Michael Morris, CEO of American Electric Power

Wednesday, April 9, 3:00-4:30 pm in Fowler Hall, STEW

Mr. Morris has been traveling around the country gathering ideas from students on how we should approach the growing energy concerns.  He will have a 20 min. presentation on who he is, what is going on, etc. then have a Q & A session (if you have questions, please see go to http://www.tech.purdue.edu/newsandevents/dean_lecture.cfm to enter them in so they get asked to him).  After the Q &A, he wants to host a discussion with the audience and hear what some of your ideas are.  Purdue is his last stop on the tour, and then he is going home and not only writing a book about his findings at the different campuses, but also devising a new plan of action for U.S. energy. 

Agricultural Research Award Recipient for 2008: Rabi Mohtar

Monday, April 7 at 2:30 PM in the Deans Auditorium, Pfendler Hall

Congratulations to C4E member and Professor of Agricultural & Biological Engineering, Rabi Mohtar on receiving the 2008 Agricultural Research Award!  Please plan to attend the award celebration and hear Dr. Mohtar give an overview of his work in soil and water resource engineering.

Agronomy Seminar: “From Tara to Hestia: and other stops while searching for the global carbon sink

By Dr. Kevin Gurney, Assistant Professor of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences and Agronomy; Associate Director, Purdue Climate Change Research Center

Monday, April 7 at 3:30 pm in LILY 2-425

See attached flyer for abstract.

Sociodesign: An Analysis of Yue-Kong Pao Hall Building

By Lamis Behbehani, Patti & Rusty Rueff Department of Visual & Performing Arts and incoming ESE Ph.D. student

April 7-11 East Gallery, Pao Hall for Visual & Performing Arts (Gallery hours M-F, 11 am-5 pm)

Brown Bag Lecture: Tuesday, April 8 at 11:00 am

Reception Thursday, April 10, 6-8 pm

National Idea-2-Product Competition for Social Entrepreneurship. C4E Team, Ubershelter competed, April 4-5, 2008. Georgia Tech.


Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series: Urban and Industrial Landscapes
"Sustainable Manufacturing & Design " by Dr. Fu Zhao, Mechanical Engineering Department, Purdue
Tuesday, April 1
1:30 - 2:20 pm
Room CIVL 1252

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series: Urban and Industrial Landscapes
"Infrastructure Vulnerability to Natural Disasters: Designing a New City. " by Dr. Mete Sozen, Civil Engineering Department, Purdue
Tuesday, February 26
1:30 - 2:20 pm
Room CIVL 1252

Environmental Entrepreneurship Initiative, March 1, Discovery Park at Purdue University.
Student teams present for a share of $10,000 in funds toward development of their environmental services, processes, and products.
Schedule

C4E Special Seminar “Analysis of Protein Expression as a Multivariable System”
By Dr. Brian P. Bradley, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland
Monday, March 3, 9:30-10:30 am, STEW 318
Flyer

Bioethics Seminar Series
Dr. Barbara Karn, EPA Head of Research Grant Program for Nanotechnologies, will speak on "Nanotechnologies and Environmental Concern".
5:30 - 7 pm, February 8th
Burton Morgan Center 121.
Co-sponsored by C4E
Flyer

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series: Urban and Industrial Landscapes
"Urban Growth & Impacts on Rainfall " by Dr. Dev Niyogi, Agronomy Department, Purdue
Tuesday, February 12
1:30 - 2:20 pm
Room CIVL 1252

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series: Urban and Industrial Landscapes
"Urban Growth & Simulation" by Dr. Jie Shan, Civil Engineering Department, Purdue
Tuesday, January 29
1:30 - 2:20 pm
Room CIVL 1252

Tallgrass Priaire Restoration Research: Launching a Joint Purdue-The Nature Conservancy Initiative.
Dr. Helen Rowe, Research Professor, Center for the Environment at Purdue
Tuesday, January 29
3:30 p.m.
Deans Auditorium
Pfendler Hall
Flyer

Environmental Fate Modeling of Fluorinated Chemicals by Dr. Mark Russell, DuPont.
Monday, January 14
3:30 - 4:30 pm
Dean's Conf. Room, Pfendler Hall
Flyer

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series
Urban and Industrial Landscapes
Mega Cities and Sustainable Design by Dr. Larry Nies, Civil Engineering Department, Purdue
Tuesday, January 15
3:30 - 4:20pm
Room CIVL 1252

ESE Seminar: “Web-Based Decision Tools for Landscape Analysis”

By Bernie Engel, Professor & Head, Department of Agricultural & Biological Engineering at Purdue

Wednesday, November 28th at 3:30 p.p. in CIVL 1252

Special Seminar: “Product Lifecycle Management in Support of Globalization and Issues of Sustainability”

By Michael Grieves, Co-Director, Product Lifecycle Management Center of Excellence at Purdue and Director of Industry Research at the University of Arizona’s Department of Management Information Systems.

Thursday, November 29th   6-7 p.m. in the Krannert Auditorium (KRAN 140)

This talk is free and open to the public.

Cancer, Culture, and Community Colloquium, November 15 -16, Purdue University (announcement )
Terry Tempest Williams to speak November 15, 7:30pm in Fowler Hall
sponsored by Center for the Environment

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Symposium, Friday November 9, 9am - 5pm, Purdue University (Web site)
The ESE symposium is an interdisciplinary hosted by C4E, and organized by a committee composed of ESE graduate students as well as other students across the Purdue campus.  The committee has identified this year’s theme as “Keeping the world green: an interdisciplinary approach to sustainability”. The tentative schedule includes four distinguished speakers, a luncheon, a student poster presentation competition, and a workshop regarding responsible eco-consumers.

Ecotoxicology & Intensively Managed Landscapes

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar GRAD 590I/CE 597G (view schedule for all seminars)

November 7 , 3:30 PM, CIVL 1252

Presented by Maria S. Sepulveda, PhD, Forestry & Natural Resources and College of Civil Engineering, Purdue University

Special Seminar : “EPA's role at the cross-roads of science and engineering ”

by Walt Kovalick, EPA Region 5, Office of Technology

Wednesday, November 7 at 9:30 am in ABE 205

Followed by an open discussion time open to all faculty and students in ABE 301

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Biogeochemistry & Intensively Managed Landscapes

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar GRAD 590I/CE 597G (view schedule for all seminars)

October 24 , 3:30 PM, CIVL 1252

Presented by Timothy R. Filley, PhD, Associate Professor, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University

Summary:
Biogeochemistry can be viewed as a field of inquiry that seeks to explore and predict how biological interactions within the geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere control element distributions and impact the state of the earth system. A central theme of this talk on biogeochemistry and intensively managed lands is the response of terrestrial systems to land use /land cover change (agriculture and rangeland activity), hydrologic pulses (storm events), climate change (increased atmospheric CO2) and invasive species (earthworm activity) stresses.  These responses are tracked within litter and below ground organic matter reservoirs as well as aquatic fractions and studied to determine the specific effects upon soil and aquatic organic matter dynamics and microbial responses. 

Environmental Entrepreneurship Idea-to-Product Competition Information Session

Tuesday, October 16 at 5:30 pm in ABE 205

Any student interested in learning more about C4E’s Environmental Idea-to-Product competition should attend this information session.  For more information on the competition, see  http://www.purdue.edu/dp/environment/I2P/.

Opportunities for Integration of Human and Natural Systems through Research of Building Dynamic Systems.
October 18, 3:30 - 4:30, CIVL 1144.
Dr. Jelena Srebric, Pennsylvania State University.

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e-Enterprise Seminar: “Energy Systems Engineering -Making it Happen”

by Sandro Macchietto, Professor of Process Systems Engineering,

Dept. of Chemical Engineering & Chemical Technology, Imperial College

London

Thursday, October 18th at 10:30 am in MRGN 121

Abstract Excerpt:

” With reference to practical examples, the presentation will consider how the methods and approach of Process Systems Engineering can help in addressing energy problems at various levels: from the improvement of energy efficiency in traditional processes, such as distillation, to the development of novel energy production devices and processes such as biofuels, fuel cells and carbon capture processes, to the analysis of whole energy distribution networks and supply chains. The talk will also discuss how a large, research-oriented university can help tackle such a daunting challenge”  Contact loliver@purdue.edu for complete abstract and speaker bio.

Flyer (pdf)

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Special Seminar: “Environmental change and the conservation of Inupiaq Eskimo culture in Alaska”

by Henry Oyumick, Native Village of Unalakleet

Friday, October 19 at 4:00 pm in Lilly 2-425

Mr. Oyumick is a retired math/science teacher who is currently working on watershed issues in Unalakleet, Alaska.  He is a member of the Native Village of Unalakleet where he serves as a strong advocate for science learning and for the preservation of traditional ways of life in the Unalakleet area.  Mr Oyumick will be visiting Purdue from October 15 to October 19.  If you are interested in meeting with Mr. Oyumick, please contact Dr. Kevin Gibson at kgibson@purdue.edu.

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Greening the Region: Economic Prospects of the Wabash River

Monday September 24, 1:30-6:00 Purdue Ross-Ade Pavillion, 5th Floor Buchanan Club This event will look at the strategic value the Wabash River Corridor has in regard to achieving our local and state economic development goals. Please RSVP to: slambert@lafayette.in.gov or in writing to the address below Before September 17th. Read more about this event...

Stanton Lambert
Executive Director
Wabash River Enhancement Corporation
200 North 2nd Street
Lafayette , IN 47901

Generating Land Use Legacy Maps for Watershed Management

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar GRAD 590I/CE 597G (view schedule for all seminars)

September 5 , 3:30 PM, CIVL 1252

Presented by Bryan C. Pijanowski, PhD, Associate Professor, Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University

Summary:
By coupling spatial-temporal models, a backcast land use change model and a groundwater flow model, we have developed what we call “land use legacy maps”. I show how we quantify a land use legacy map, created from maps of past land use and groundwater travel times, and how it differs from a current land use map. These map differences can impact land use planning and watershed management decisions at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. This approach demonstrates that land use legacy maps provide a more accurate representation of the linkage between land use/cover and current water quality compared to current land use maps. Historical signatures of land use impacts on current water quality should be considered in land use planning and watershed management.

Seminar Flyer (8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17)
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Knowledge Infrastructure for Industrial Symbiosis: Progress in Information and Communication Technology

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar

Presentation by Gabriel B. Grant, Candidate for the degree of Master of Science

September 6, 2:30 PM, Stewart Center RM 318

Seminar Flyer and Abstract (pdf)

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Indoor Air Quality – Past, Present and Future

Tuesday, August 28, 2007, 1:30 PM, STEW 214 C&D

Presented by Ken Wai, PhD; Hinds International (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong

Summary

The present is in a transitional period as far as indoor air quality (IAQ) is concerned.  Before the turn of the century, people's awareness and concerns in IAQ were mainly in energy saving and industrial safety.  Since then, air quality, both indoor and outdoor, has been a popular topic of discussion and people are getting aware of the term Sick Building Syndrome (SBS).  In the foreseeable future, work efficiency and long term effects of IAQ on health will become the main concerns in management of all commercial buildings.  It is of the utmost importance for us to have a good and reliable standard based on which the future IAQ laws are drafted, legislated and enforced.  Such a standard must be unbiased in communication and reliable to be used for IAQ control and building management.  Based on these design concepts and criteria, discussions shall be made on how we develop and build automatic and computerized IAQ monitoring instruments and IAQ surveillance systems for continuous monitoring and controlling IAQ of modern commercial buildings.

Hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research and the Center for the Environment

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Potential Environmental Impacts of Biofuels in Indiana Agricultural Ecosystems

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar GRAD 590I/CE 597G (view schedule for all seminars)

August 29, 3:30 PM, CIVL 2117

Presented by John Bickham, PhD, Director Center for the Environment and Professor Forestry & Natural Resources

Summary:
The current interest in the development of biofuels stems from the desires to cut greenhouse gases and decrease dependence on foreign oil. Ultimately the value of these products will be influenced by a multitude of factors, including environmental ones. We are only beginning to understand the diversity of potential environmental effects, some beneficial and others detrimental that will be realized by the maturation of the biofuels industry. This talk focuses on some of the detrimental environmental effects of modifying our agricultural practices to produce biofuels and how they might impact other grand challenges in the environmental arena.  In addition, I will discuss some of the programs and initiatives in the Center for the Environment and in my own lab in FNR.

Seminar Flyer (8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17)
Click to review Dr. John Bickham's presentation file

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Generating Land Use Legacy Maps for Watershed Management

Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar GRAD 590I/CE 597G (view schedule for all seminars)

September 5 , 3:30 PM, CIVL 2117

Presented by Bryan C. Pijanowski, PhD, Associate Professor, Forestry & Natural Resources, Purdue University

Summary:
By coupling spatial-temporal models, a backcast land use change model and a groundwater flow model, we have developed what we call “land use legacy maps”. I show how we quantify a land use legacy map, created from maps of past land use and groundwater travel times, and how it differs from a current land use map. These map differences can impact land use planning and watershed management decisions at a variety of spatial and temporal scales. This approach demonstrates that land use legacy maps provide a more accurate representation of the linkage between land use/cover and current water quality compared to current land use maps. Historical signatures of land use impacts on current water quality should be considered in land use planning and watershed management.

Seminar Flyer (8.5 x 11 or 11 x 17)
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Ethics and Politics of Climate Change
Bioethics Seminar Series
November 7, 2007 (see Web site for location TBD)

Presented by Leigh Raymond, Associate Professor of Political Sciences and Associate Director of the Purdue Climate Change Research Center

Hosted by Purdue University Philosophy Department, and sponsored in part by Center for the Environment

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Ecological Sciences & Engineering Graduate Seminar Series GRAD 590I/CE 597G (view schedule for all seminars)

Bioethics Seminar Series, Philosophy Department, Purdue University, 2007-2008 academic year (Web site)

Tecumseh Project Seminar Series (Web site)

Purdue Climate Change Research Center Seminars (Web site)

Biological Sciences Seminars (Web site)

Forestry & Natural Resources seminars and workshops (Web site)

Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Seminars (Web site)

Environmental Engineering News and Events (Web site)

Agronomy Seminars and Events (Web site)

Patents Seminar Series, Libraries, Charlotte Erdmann 2007-2008 academic year (Web site)