The 2004 Walter J. Weber, Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Science and Engineering

 

The University of Michigan Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering is pleased to announce the 2003 Walter J. Weber Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Sciences and Engineering. This annual lecture series brings one of the world's foremost experts in environmental engineering and science to campus each year to share the results of their work and their vision for the future. 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 Concentrations in Environmental Sustainability or ConsEnSus Program.

The fifth annual Walter J. Weber Jr. Distinguished Lecture in Environmental Sciences and Engineering will be delivered by Jerald L. Schnoor.

 

Environmental Grand Challenges

Jerald L. Schnoor, Ph.D., P.E., DEE

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and
Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research
The University of Iowa

April 2, 2004
University of Michigan, North Campus

ABSTRACT

Environmental problems are many indeed. But which problems are the most important, the most intractable, and will require the greatest ingenuity to solve? Where can we contribute as environmental engineers, scientists, and policy experts? This lecture will reflect on seven Environmental Grand Challenges for the 21st century as judged from the standpoint of sustainability.

We will discuss the following environmental challenges and what technological or societal/cultural advances are necessary to make progress over the next few decades.

• Water, our most precious resource
• Emerging Chemical Contaminants
• Global Climate Change and Energy Choices
• Biodiversity and loss of species
• Genetically Modified Organisms and the Biological Revolution
• Global Poverty
• Sustainability and the Future
 

Schedule (all events will take place in EECS)

2:00 - 3:00 PM EWRE Graduate Student Poster Session
3:00 - 5:00 PM Distinguished Lecture and Presentation of the Walter J. Weber, Jr. Student Award for Excellence in Environmental Sciences and Engineering   (1200 EECS)
5:00 - 6:00 PM Reception

Prior Walter J. Weber, Jr. Distinguished Lectures

2000 Perry L. McCarty
2001 James J. Morgan
2002 Garrison Sposito
2003 Joan Rose

Walter J. Weber, Jr. Student Award for Excellence in Environmental Sciences and Engineering

2000 Martin D. Johnson
2001 Michael L. McCormick
  2002 T. Michael Keinath
2003   Lawrence D. Lemke
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