Spring 2008 Seminar Series
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
In Cooperation with Department of Chemistry and Environmental Science and Rutgers University – Newark Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

2/12/2008 Tuesday 11:30 to 1
Tiernan Hall 373
Dr. Rita Thornton, NJDEP
Trace Metals and Particulate levels in Newark Pre-schools and Inferences on Environmental Justice  

2/19/2008 Tuesday 11:30 to 1

Tiernan Hall 373
Dr. Nathan Yee/Dept. Env. Sci., Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Geomicrobiology of Selenium  

2/22/2008 Friday 11:30 - 1

Cullimore Lect. Hall II
Dr. Naomi Ehrich Leonard
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Princeton University
Mobile Sensor Networks:  Cooperative Sensing and Control  

3/3/2008 Monday 11:30 to 1

Colton Hall 210
Dr. Neville A. Parker, Ph.D., P.E.
Herbert G. Kayser Professor of Civil Engineering
Director, CUNY Institute for Transportation Systems, The City College, New York
Topic: TBD    

3/11/2008 Tuesday 11:30 to 1
Tiernan Hall 373
Dr. Judith Weis, Dept. Biology, Rutgers University, Newark
Salt Marsh Plants and Metal Dynamics in Contaminated Wetlands    

4/4/2008 Friday 11 to 1

Eberhardt 112
Dr. Dan Watts, Dr. Kam Sirkar, Dr. Som Mitra, Dr. Lee Slater, NJIT
NSF ADVANCE SEMINAR SERIES: New Opportunities for Research in Emerging Contaminants in the Water Environment: Sensing, Behavior, and Treatment    

4/8/2008 Tuesday 11:30 to 1

Tiernan Hall 373
Dr. Evert Jan Elzinga/Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences at Rutgers-Newark
The role of adsorption in metal and uranyl partitioning during calcite crystal growth    

4/16/2008 Wednesday  11:30 to 1

Tiernan Hall 373
Dr. Richard G. Lathrop, Jr. Director, Walton Center for Remote Sensing & Spatial Analysis; Rutgers University, New Brunswick      
Remote Sensing and Spatial Analysis in Environment Science

For additional information, contact Prof. Lisa Axe, 973-596-2447, email: axe@njit.edu