Dates Set for 2010-2011 AEESP Distinguished Lectures by Dr. Dave Dzombak

The AEESP Lectures Committee is pleased to announce the schedule for the 2010-2011 AEESP Distinguished lecture tour by Dr. Dave Dzombak.  Dr. Dzombak will be visiting 18 Environmental Engineering and Science programs in North America during a whirlwind tour.  Dr. Dzombak is the Walter J. Blenko, Sr. Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and Director of the Steinbrenner Institute for Environmental Education and Research.  He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, a Diplomat of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers, a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and a member of the National Academy of Engineering.  His research interests include water chemistry, fate and transport of chemicals in surface and groundwater, wastewater treatment and reuse, contaminated soil and sediment  remediation, abandoned mine drainage remediation and geologic sequestration of carbon dioxide.  Dr. Dzombak will be offering two lectures during his tour:  Need and Challenge of Alternative Water Sources for Use in Electric Power Production and Geologic Sequestration of CO₂: Evaluating and Monitoring Seal Rock Integrity.  For more information please contact the host school contacts or Dr. Sarina Ergas (sergas@eng.usf.edu).