Emerging Contaminants Short Course 2024

Speakers & Bios   |   Schedule   |   Registration & Cost   |   Location   |   Sponsors

The Opus College of Engineering will host the 2024 Emerging Contaminants in Water and Wastewater short course on Tuesday, Oct. 22 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm CST via Microsoft Teams. Continuing education credits are available in the form of 6.0 PDHs for Professional Engineering licensure or 6.0 CEC hours for wastewater and municipal waterworks DNR credit. 

Speakers & Bios

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Dr. Patrick McNamara

Dr. Brooke Mayer

Martin Griffin

Zihao Lu

Dr. William Mitch

Dr.Jacelyn Rice-Boayue 

Dr. Jorge Gonzalez Estrella

Dr. Lauren Stadler

Dr. Martin Page

Dr. Phillip Potter

Schedule

 

9:00 am    

Welcome

Dr. Patrick McNamara & Dr. Brooke Mayer

9:10 am   

Thermal Treatment of PFAS-containing Materials

Dr. Phillip Potter, EPA

9:50 am      

Madsewer PFAS Initiative: PFAS, the District, and You - Update on District sampling efforts

Martin Griffin, Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District

10:20 am

 

PFAS Case Study - City of Marinette

Gabrield Aschbacher

10:50 am

Break

11:00 am

 

Cleaning up after the pandemic: How old and new quaternary ammonium compounds affect anaerobic digestion

Zihao Lu, Marquette University

11:30 am

An approach for physical removal of Harmful Algal Bloom (HAB) biomass and intracellular contaminants from inland surface waters

Dr. Martin Page, USACE

12:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm

Exploring Higher Molecular Weight Byproducts of Chlorine Disinfection

Dr. Bill Mitch, Standford University

1:45 pm

 

Model-informed surveillance of antibiotic residues and their contribution to antibiotic resistance vulnerabilities

Dr. Jacelyn Rice-Boayue, North Carolina State

2:25 pm

Break

2:40 pm

Microplastics in wastewater: occurrence, fate, and methods for extraction and quantification

Dr. Jorge González Estrella, Oklahoma State University

3:20 pm

 

Monitoring and managing antimicrobial resistance in urban water systems

Dr. Lauren Stadler, Rice University         

4:00 pm

Adjourn

 

Registration & Cost

REGISTRATION

Cost is $105 per attendee

2nd member from same institution: $65

Students: $30

Donations: Unlimited             

 

Location

Hosted by the Water Quality Center and Marquette University through Microsoft Teams.
Links will be emailed to registered attendees.       

 

Sponsors

Thank you to our 2024 Emerging Contaminants Short Course sponsors! If you are interested in becoming a sponsor, sponsorship packages can be found below. Contact Dr. Patrick McNamara with any questions or to purchase a package. 

2024 Gold Sponsors: Marquette University Water Quality Center and Water Equipment and Policy I/UCRC Research Center

Water Quality Center WEP 

 

Sponsorship Packages:

Gold Sponsorship - $2,000: Sponsorship includes registration for 5 members of the sponsoring organization, recognition as Gold Sponsor on slides posted at beginning of course, during breaks, and end of course.

Silver Sponsorship - $1,000: Sponsorship includes registration for 2 members of sponsoring organization, recognition as Silver sponsor on slides posted at beginning of course, during breaks, and end of course.

Bronze Sponsorship - $500: Sponsorship includes recognition as Bronze sponsor on slides posted at beginning of course, during breaks, and end of course.