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The University of Michigan Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
is pleased to announce the 2001 Walter J. Weber Jr. Distinguished
Lecture in Environmental Sciences and Engineering.
This annual lecture series will bring one of the world's foremost experts
in environmental engineering and science to campus to share his or her work and
vision. We hope you will be able to join us.
This seminar is made possible through the generous support of Professor
Walter J. Weber, Jr., Ph.D., P.E., D.E.E. Dr. Weber has been a member of
Michigan faculty since 1963 and is currently the Gordon Maskew Fair and
Earnest Boyce Distinguished University Professor. He also serves as
Director of the College of Engineering's Institute for Environmental
Sciences, Engineering, and Technology as well as the Great Lakes and
Mid-Atlantic Hazardous Substance Research Center.
The second annual Walter J. Weber Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Environmental
Sciences and Engineering will be delivered by
James J. Morgan. Dr. Morgan
is Marvin L. Goldberger Professor of Environmental Engineering Science at
the California Institute of Technology. He was the founding editor
of Environmental Science and Technology and is also a recipient of the
American Chemical Society Award for Creative Advances in Environmental Science
and Technology.
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JAMES J. MORGANMarvin L. Goldberger ProfessorEnvironmental Engineering Science California Institute of Technology |
Dorothy L. & Harry E. Chesebrough Auditorium, Chrysler Center, University of Michgan, North Campus |
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As the century turns it can prove instructive to see where we have been in water quality management and to try to peer into an environmental future that will need to be created by the present and coming generation of water professionals. From my perspective as an aquatic chemist sprung from the tradition of civil engineering, and following a path through environmental engineering, water chemistry, and aquatic chemistry one unifying theme in water quality for the century just ended is the importance of the particle/aqueous interface in both natural waters and treatment processes. The health of ecosystems and the protection of our sources of water supplies both depend to a high degree on our understanding of adsorption equilibrium and rates, degradation of pollutants on particle surfaces and in solution, and the aggregation and capture of small particles in water. Examples of research accomplishments in these areas will be presented. Of course, chemistry is but one discipline critical to water quality management and technology. The environmental engineer has the responsibility for integration of chemical understanding with knowledge of transport processes, microbiology, ecology, and earth sciences (among others) to enhance water quality. |
Schedule (all events will take place in Chrysler Center)
2:00 - 3:00 PM EWRE Graduate Student Poster Session
3:00 - 5:00 PM Walter J. Weber Jr. Student Award for Exellence
in Environmental Sciences
and Engineering Presentation and Distinguished Lecture
5:00 - 6:00 PM Reception
2000
Perry L. McCarty
2000 Martin D. Johnson
Hirotaka Saito Last modified: Fri Dec 14 12:31:26 EST 2001