Saturday
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Battery-Inspired Systems for Capturing Salinity Gradient Energy
Discussion Leaders: Emily Marron (University of California, Berkeley, USA) and Brandon McAdams (National Energy Technology Laboratory, U.S. Department of Energy, USA)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Opening Remarks
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
Christopher Gorski (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Battery-Inspired Systems for Capturing Salinity Gradient Energy and More"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Impacts on Water Quality from the Sink to the Beach
Discussion Leader: William Tarpeh (Stanford University, USA)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:00 pm
Chia-Chen Wu (University of Michigan, USA)
"Transmission and Growth of Opportunistic Pathogens in Point-of-Use Drinking Water Filters"
8:00 pm - 8:05 pm
Discussion
8:05 pm - 8:25 pm
Sydney Ulliman (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
"Assessment of Optically-Based Measurements of Organic Matter for Differentiation of Source Waters and Treated Wastewaters"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm
Stephanie Spahr (Stanford University, USA)
"Enhanced Removal of Trace Organic Contaminants from Urban Stormwater in Biochar-Amended Infiltration Systems"
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm
Megan May (MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography, USA)
"Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria at the Beach"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Mechanisms and Materials: Transformations and Pollutant Abatement
Discussion Leader: Garrett McKay (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:30 am
Kyle Moor (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
"1 O2 Phosphorescence as a Probe for 3 DOM* : Assessing Triplet Reactivity with Common Molecular Probes"
9:30 am - 9:35 am
Discussion
9:35 am - 9:55 am
Wenbo Shi (Yale University, USA)
"Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes: Production and Applications for Environmental Sustainability"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Christine Egli (Eawag - Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Switzerland)
"Mapping Photochemical Modifications of Amino Acids in Aquatic Extracellular Enzymes"
10:20 am - 10:25 am
Discussion
10:25 am - 10:45 am
Boya Xiong (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
"Moringa Oleifera F-Sand Filters for Sustainable Water Purification"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Poster Session
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Unknown Unknowns: Elucidating Environmental Contaminants Using Nontarget Analysis
Discussion Leader: Jill Kerrigan (University of Delaware, USA)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 2:00 pm
Andrew Maizel (Colorado School of Mines, USA)
"Nontarget Approaches to Assessing the Environmental Mobility of Fluorinated Substances"
2:00 pm - 2:05 pm
Discussion
2:05 pm - 2:25 pm
Corey Carpenter (Cornell University, USA)
"Identifying Nontarget Emerging Contaminants Using Highly Resolved Temporal Sampling"
2:25 pm - 2:30 pm
Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
