On October 23, 2008 faculty from Purdue's West Lafayette and Calumet campuses participated in a day-long event at Purdue Calumet to strengthen multi-campus collaboration. The Water Institute at Purdue University-Calumet in collaboration with the Center for the Environment and Energy Center organized a Great Lakes Water Quality Conference. The event marks a significant effort to further faculty research in water issues in the Great Lakes region.
Dr. Ashok Gadgil, senior staff scientist and deputy director of thae Environmental Energy Technologies Division at the Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, delivered the keynote address titled, "Global Water Solutions through Technology." The workshop included presentations as well as a brainstorming session.
9:00 a.m.
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Breakfast and Introductions |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Welcome address by Ralph Rogers, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs |
| 9:40 a.m. |
Introduction by George Nnanna, Director of the Purdue Calumet Water Institute |
| 9:55 a.m. |
M. Cristina Negri, Agronomist/Environmental Engineer, Argonne National Laboratory, Presentation: Natural Systems for Water Remediation. |
| 10:05 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 10:20 a.m. |
Dr. Kathryn L. Rowberg, Associate Professor of Chemistry, Presentation: “Prediction of Aquatic Phototoxicity of Substituted Polyaromatic Hydrocarbons” |
| 10:35 a.m. |
Dr. Chandramouli Viswanathan, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering,
Presentation: “Total Maximum Daily Load for Salt Creek, Indiana” |
| 10:50 a.m. |
BREAK |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Dr. Ron Turco, Director of the Indiana Water Resources Research Technology Institute and Professor of Agronomy, Presentation: “Overview of Capabilities in Water Sciences and Engineering at Purdue University West Lafayette” |
| 11:25 a.m |
Dr. Chad Jafvert, Professor of Civil Engineering, Presentation: “Sediment Research at a Former Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) on the Grant Calumet River” |
| 11:40 a.m. |
Cory Troy, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Presentation: “Measurement and Modeling of Lake Michigan Thermal Structure” |
| 11:55 a.m. |
LUNCH |
| 1:15 p.m. |
BREAK |
| 1:30 p.m. |
Dr. Ashok Gadgil, Senior Scientist and Deputy Director, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Presentation: Global Water Solutions through Technology |
| 2:30 p.m. |
Round Table Network Session |
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| For additional information on the Purdue Calumet/West Lafayette Water Quality Working Group, please contact energy@purdue.edu. |
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