17th annual meeting of the american ecological engineering...
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Welcome and Plenary Session ‐ Empire RoomInvited Speakers:
Location:
Winter Hession Shrestha
Jennings Withers Tamkin
Robinson Connell Houston
Law Hoffman Holzbauer‐Schweitzer
Lunch ‐ Invited Speaker:
Location:
Elkins Schramski Capps
Jackson Blersch Jayakaran
Panda O'Keefe TBD
Joan Nassauer ‐ University of Michigan Joe Mulligan and Chelina Odbert ‐ Kounkuey Design Initiative
Integrating stoichiometric thinking into socio‐ecological systems: Relationships among ecology, wastewater infrastructure, and environmental regulations
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17th Annual Meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society
Integrating hydrologic, cultural, and socioeconomic elements in a watershed to optimize GSI efficacy
TBD
Willow Room
Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Ligotti Hall 1
Ligotti Hall 1
Building a research‐scale aquaponics system ‐ Recovering nutrients for food production
Can riparian forest cover cool streams that have warmed in the sun?
Arrival, Attendee Pick‐up and Registration at The Classic Center (300 N Thomas St., Athens, GA 30601), The Foundry Building (Refer to attached map)
Geospatial technology‐based Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle habitat suitability analysis in Florida for conservation decision support
Residential food production: Solar Decathlon 2017
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Sustainable Food SystemsEcological Connectivity
Engineering food security in the Anthropocene
Socio‐Cultural Dimensions
Taste of Athens ‐ Grub and Pub Crawl
1:30‐2:30 PM
Ecological Engineering for Adapatation in the Anthropocene
The devil's in the ditches: Spatially‐explicit tools for multi‐scale prioritization to restore aquatic connectivity
Moderator: Duncan Elkins Moderator: John Schramski Moderator: Anand Jayakaran
"Ecological Engineering for Adaptation in the Anthropocene"
10:30 ‐ 11:50 AM Concurrent Technical Sessions
Characterization and sorption capacity of four biochars for stormwater filtration
Application of the high definition stream survey on the Harpeth and Falling Water River
Stormwater Management
Effects of different soil media, vegetation, and hydrologic treatment on nutrient and sediment removal and greenhouse gas dynamics in roadside bioretention systems
Ecological Restoration Innovations in Measurement and Data Collection
Monday, May 22
Using carbon isotopes to measure the reduction of hydrocarbons by bioretention
Measuring water quality Impact of a coastal plain stream restoration during construction
What is natural anyway? Toward a hybrid design approach for restoring streams in the anthropocene
D'Olive watershed restoration rrojects to reduce sedimentation in Mobile Bay
UAV‐based LiDAR for agricultural and environmental mapping
Using Bowen's Ratio to calculate crop coefficients for a shrub/carr wetland
8:30 ‐ 10:30 AM
7:00 ‐ 9:00 AM8:00 AM
Hosted by the University of Georgia ‐ Athens, Georgia ‐ The Classic Center Link to our website
Continental Breakfast, Registration and Poster Set‐up at The Classic Center in The Foundry Building (Refer to attached map)
Moderator: Stephanie Houston
4:00 ‐ 8:00 PM
Evaluating low impact development best management practices as an alternative to traditional urban stormwater management
Informal Gathering and Sponsor Table Set Up at The Classic Center in The Foundry Building
Tuesday, May 23
Student Design Competition Meeting ‐ Willow Room
4:00 ‐ 6:00 PM6:00 PM
Noon
Restoring old fields: Plant community responses to burning, tilling, and mowing
Correlating watershed remote sensing observations with source water quality
Darryl Haddock ‐ West Atlanta Watershed Alliance
Moderator: Greg Jennings Moderator: Cully Hession
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Balcom Lammers Wituszynski
Haase Keys Winfrey
Goo Govenor Hitchcock
Lewis Stroth Francis
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Aguilar Bledsoe
Lewis Castano
Burchell Swan
Probabilistic floodplain mapping as a template for planning urban revitalization
Tackling resiliency resistance: Lessons learned from three years of flood recovery on Colorado’s Front Range
Climate change game model ‐ A tool to deliver better public policies to adapt to climate change
Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Ligotti Hall 1
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Repleneshing Silver Springs with a multifunctional wetland park
Metagenomic analysis of an ecological wastewater treatment plant's microbial communities and their potential to metabolize pharmaceuticals
Wastewater Treatment and Resuse
Rare earth element tracers reveal fine sediment mobilization and deposition in a first order stream
Net‐zero water: Residential greywater filtration
Tuesday, May 23 ‐ Continued
Moderator: Ian Balcom Moderator: Roderick Lammers Moderator: Daniel Hitchcock
Moderator: Michael Burchell Moderator: Brian BledsoeStudent Design Competition
Evaluating ecohydrological function and water quality benefits to support green infrastructure decision‐making in coastal South Carolina
Improving biodiversity of urban waterfronts: Algae in cement to increase biofouling and colonization
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Urban Ecosystems
Older stormwater biofilters lose plant diversity but not functional diversity
The influence of local landscape features on birds in a residential neighborhood of a large midwestern city
Assessing the impacts of large wood on flooding dynamics in a headwater Appalachian stream
Urban Planning and Resilience
Constructed treatment wetlands for tropical conditions: A Costa Rica case study
Constructed Wetlands
Concurrent Technical Sessions4:10 ‐ 5:10 PM
2:40‐4:00 PM
Fluvial Geomorphology
Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Can strategic location of constructed wetlands designed to treat low strength rural wastewater accelerate improvements in watershed health?
Buses Return to The Classic Center
Long‐term evaluation of a stormwater wetland park: Vegetation diversity through hydroperiod restoration
9:15 PM
5:45 PM
Dedicated time slot for students to attend concurrent technical sessions or work on the design competition.
Odum School of Ecology Welcome Dinner Reception at Terrapin Brewing Co.6:00 ‐ 9:15 PMBuses Depart from The Classic Center for Terrapin Brewing Co.
Full spectrum analytical channel design with the capacity/supply ratio (CSR)
Alternative on‐site wastewater treatment technologies to reduce biochemical oxygen demand, total suspended solids, and total nitrogen from high strength commercial wastewater
A new intermediate complexity model for predicting channel evolution in stream networks
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Peterson Wind Robinson
Risse Schueler Williams
Hall Jacobs Hickman
Calabria Bell Johnston
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Bhattacharjee
Kline
Stephens Davis
Hoffman Huynh
10:40 AM ‐ Noon Ligotti Hall 1 Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Moderator: Steven McCutcheonStream Habitats and Environmental Flows
McCutcheon Proteomics of phytoremediation
Moderator: Tim Stephens
Local Field Tours
Plants for vegetated channels in nurseries: Evaluation of seven aquatic plant species for susceptibility to five species of Phytophthora
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Urban Innovation and Revitalization
Regenerative stormwater conveyance: predictions and reality
Engineering design of green roofs for stormwater controlModeling effects of anthropogenic barriers on salt marsh migration under sea‐level rise in coastal Georgia
Poster Session (See presentation list on page 5) ‐ Cypress Room4:00 PM ‐ 6:00 PM
Low flow trends at southeast U.S. streamflow gages
Water supply system modeling for evaluating alternatives to balance instream and off‐stream flow needs
Indicator bacteria, sediment, and antibiotic‐resistance gene transport via runoff from vegetable plots amended with manure
Research needs related to living shorelines in the Southeast; A new role for ecological engineers
Fate and transport of antibiotics and nutrients in dairy manure management systems
Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Habitat provision associate with environmental flows
Using a second generation biofuel crop for phytostabilization of contaminated military lands
Phytometabolism of sulfamethazine by Arabidopsis thaliana
Noon
Moderator: Natasha Bell Moderator: Joshua RobinsonAntibiotics and Nutrients in Agricultural ApplicationsResilient Coastlines
Ligotti Hall 1
The Turner Field Redevelopment: A landmark opportunity for green infrastructure and urban stormwater management
Life cycle impacts of a commercial rainwater harvesting system and sustainability analysis using a modified eco‐efficiency framework
Ecological engineering design for coastal bioengineered structures
Persistence of culturable antibiotic‐resistant Escherichia coli from manure amended vegetable fields
Using EC to understand mechanisms that drive plant alliance shifts in coastal settings
Moderator: Mark Risse
Wednesday, May 24
Identification of primary habitat and water quality stressors of aquatic macroinvertebrates across West Virginia using a genus‐level index of biodiversity
Phytoremediation Student Design Competition
Dedicated time slot for students to attend concurrent technical sessions or work on the design competition.
1:30 PM ‐ 4:00 PMLunch
Concurrent Technical Sessions9:00 ‐ 10:20 AM
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Bartholomew Cubas Walteros
Kurki‐Fox Horne Aird
Uribe Roy Turk
Schmidt Morshed
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Nairn Witarsa Panda
Beutel Lansing Samples
Fuhrmann Hasan Weber
Panda Hassanein Page
Ligotti Hall 1 Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Ligotti Hall 1 Ligotti Hall 2 Willow Room
Moderator: John Paul Schmidt Moderator: Alex Horne Moderator: Jeff Turk
Effective depth controls the nitrate removal rates in a water supply resevoir with a high nitrate load
Can we acheive needed nutrient BMPs using River Diversion Wetlands (RDWs) to remove nutrients and reverse eutrophication in lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, and the coastal oceans?
10:40 ‐ 12:00 PM
Forested wetland conservation on the Coastal Plain in Georgia
Contamination Analysis and Remediation Bioenergy and Applications
Processing the archive of publicly available satellite imagery for inland water quality monitoring
State Botanical Gardens Field TripBusiness Meeting
Thursday, May 25
1:00 ‐ 2:00 PM12:00 ‐ 1:00 PM
2:30 PM
The use of hypolimnetic oxygenation to restore ecosystem function in the bottom of lakes and reservoirs
Lunch
Ecological applications of Google Earth Engine: A multi‐petabyte catalog of satellite imagery and geospatial datasets with planetary‐scale analysis capabilities
Nutrient Removal and Analysis Engaging Education
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Moderator: Robert Nairn Moderator: Stephanie Lansing Moderator: TBD
Ecological Engineering: Source of inspiration for an innovative approach in elementary, middle and high school curriculum
Wetland Restoration and Management
Bio‐slurry in plant mircobial fuel cells for electricity generation
Creating bioenergy from algal flow way using anaerobic digestion
Effects of the oxidation‐reduction potential on sediment ammonia desorption in surface waters
9:00 ‐ 10:20 AM
Lake Tahoe aquifer contamination susceptibility analysis through fully‐automated DRASTIC groundwater assessment model development
Stream recovery in a mining‐impacted watershed‐ecotoxic metal removal in passive treatment systems through targeted mechanisms in multiple process units
Functional diversity of Andean wetland vegetation and its role in water supply
An environmental course design: philosophy and causality for the understanding, planning, and management of environmental systems
Model development To assess transformation of inorganic nutrient to microalgal biomass
Nutrients, agriculture, and bioenergy: Innovations to close the nutrient loop
Prioritizing the location of greeen infrastructure to maximize effectiveness of stormwater mitigation for the City of Sandy Springs
Concurrent Technical Sessions
Geospatial Analysis and Applications for Decision Support
Characterizing the background water quality for natural wetlands in North Carolina and the implications on wetland management
Impacts of historic groundwater alteration and recovery on wetland soil functions in isolated cypress domes of west central Florida
Large‐scale Mississippi River diversions designed for coastal restoration: What is the eutrophication risk?
Potential sinkholes risk probability analysis through automated geospatial modeling
A wastewater treatment wetland at a school monitored for performance in Washington, D.C.
Nitrate addition as an ecotechnology to reduce mercury bioaccumulation in aquatic ecosystems: the Occoquan Resevoir case study
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EmilyBeatty Mark R. Kettle Creek Battlefield: Natural channel design alternative for Kelly Creek
Jessica T. R.BenjaminAbhinavLawrenceKevinEthanBrittanyBrockJeffreyCourtneyEugeneAyellaCristinaBryanPeterPeterPeter
Mulligan Joe Flood resilience in slums: Community‐responsive adaptation in Kibera, NairobiMattMaryAdrianDerrickClaireAdrianDhanuskaDanielleMichelleAustinYan Groundwater fluxes estimation: A thermal balance approach
Poster Title
Effect of Guar on removal and Treatment of catfish waste Runoff, sediment yield, and hydrologic modeling of na ve prairie and encroached EasternRedcedar Watersheds
Efficiency of a new nano‐iron product to boost biogas production Studying the effec veness of a greywater filtra on system at improving water quality in a living building
Modeling impacts of sea‐level rise, oil price and managementstrategy on sustaining Mississippi delta marshes with hydraulic dredging Development of a vegeta ve based LID suitability index for coastal coun esof South Carolina
Measuring water quality impact of a coastal plain stream restoration during construction Improving drainage system design in bioreten on areas for op mal performance
Water scavenging in Appalachia
Analysis of hydraulic reten on me for modeling removal of pollutantsin abBioreten on basin
Inventorying low impact develop best management practices on Georgia's coastEffects of baseflow response to spatial arrangements of infiltration facilitiesScrubbing H2S from farm‐based anaerobic digestive systemsBorn resistance of salt cedar (Tamarix spp)as a tool for water managementBarriers to ubiquitous American adoption of large‐scale anaerobic digestion
Furthering a sustainable campus: Research inspired by HampshireCollege's living buildingUnmanned aircraft vehicle use in aerial sprayingImpact of control structures on the restoration of wetland hydrology within the Great Dismal Swamp State Park
Modeling the impact of manure applica on prac ces: Phosphorous discharge from the Maumee WatershedA preliminary comparison of microclimates in two exhibit tropical rain forestsRestoring milkweed: Balancing ecosystem services with pest managementPre‐Treatment of algae from an algal turf scrubber for anaerobic digestionAdvancing equity: Comparing water violations in rural versus urban Virginia
Monitoring of a floa ng treatment wetland retrofit on a stormwater pond usingcon nuous, mul ‐point‐in‐situ sampling methodsA unique biofuel option from a novel algal ecotechnologyAn ecological survey of a novel urban estuarine ecosystem in Baltimore, MarylandA full scale model living bulkhead design tested for deployment on Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.
Novel eQUEST simula on of indoor ver cal flow constructed wetlands and impacts on HVAC performance
WinterWood‐RamirezWozniakZhou
MayMay
RaymondRubischSaenzSandersShillingtonWiegmanWijesinghe
GrutterKamrathKastKeirnLawMaile‐MoskowitzMarcilloMaxwellMay
Poster Reception ‐ Wednesday, May 24th from 4:00 ‐ 6:00 PM
Poster PresentersBanach
BrownChoatChoudhuryDavisDomineyDonahue
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Registration
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