Welcome to the Civil and Environmental Engineering Departmental Seminar

Spring 2023

This seminar provides exposure to a broad variety of disciplinary topics presented by researchers, consultants, governmental organizations, NGOs, etc. It is also intended to bring different CEE programs together and illustrate the overlap between Structures, Geotech, Transportation, Water, and Environmental programs.

Date	Water/Environmental	Structures/Transportation/Geotech
12-Jan	Derrik Tollefson "Mind-Body Bridging for Self-Care" Professor, USU Department of Social Work Director I-System Institute for Transdisciplinary Studies Room NR 105
19-Jan	Robert Boes "Hydraulic infrastructure for a better world - research, teaching and consulting at the Laboratory of Hydraulics and Glaciology of ETH Zurich, Switzerland" Director of the Hydraulics, Hydrology, and Glaciology Lab at ETH Zurich ENGR 108
26-Jan	Lance Nielsen “DNAPL’s Revenge - The Fate of a Contaminated Aquifer” Hansen, Allen and Luce ENGR 108	Mohsen Esteghamati "A data-driven framework to support resilient and sustainable structural design" USU CEE Assistant Professor, Structures ENGR 106
2-Feb	Madeline Tennant "Operation and Maintenance of the Logan Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility" Logan City Wastewater Treatment Manager ENGR 108
9-Feb	Sarah Yarnell "Supporting Climate Resiliency in California's Headwaters and Stream Ecosystems" Senior Researcher, Center for Watershed Sciences, UC Davis NR 105
16-Feb	Daryl Sonntag "An overview of roadside vehicle emissions measurements: From the Volkswagen diesel scandal to identifying high emitting vehicles in Utah" Assistant Professor, Civil & Construction Engineering, Brigham Young University ENGR 108	Joel Smith and Skyler Allred "Old and Big Buildings" Reaveley Engineers
23-Feb	Shelly Halling and Melissa Scheaffer "Technical Writing Foundations" USU Engineering Education Department ENGR 108
2-Mar	Jerry Olds "Overview of Utah's Water Right System and Current Issues" Former Utah Division of Water Rights, State Engineer ENGR 108	James Dismuke "Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering for a Smelter Project in Indonesia" Seismic Practice Leader, Senior Associate Schnabel Engineering
9-Mar	Spring Break
16-Mar	Ziqi Song Public Transportation Electrification: Toward a More Sustainable Transportation System USU CEE Associate Professor, Transportation ENGR 108
23-Mar	Joanna Hou "Sustainable solutions for plastic pollution" USU CEE Assistant Professor, Environmental ENGR 108	Jeff Ban "Optimal Location and Sizing of Layover Charging Stations for Battery Electric Buses" Professor CEE, University of Washington ENGR 106
30-Mar	John Haddock Purdue University
6-Apr	Sarah Page "Emerging Issues in Utah Drinking Water" Utah Division of Drinking Water ENGR 108
13-Apr	Burdette Barker USU CEE, Assistant Professor, Irrigation ENGR 108
20-Apr	Student Presentations
27-Apr	Final exams

Upcoming Events/Jobs/Scholarships/Announcements

The syllabus for this class outlines the requirements for students enrolled in the course. If there are questions, please contact the instructor associated with your specific graduate program.

Bethany Neilson (Water; bethany.neilson@usu.edu)

Randy Martin (Environmental; randy.martin@usu.edu)

Andrew Sorensen (Structures; andrew.sorensen@usu.edu)

Ziqi Song (Transportation; ziqi.song@usu.edu)

Jim Bay (Geotech; jim.bay@usu.edu)

Class Time: 4:30-5:20

Locations for seminar will vary each week as each program hosts different speakers. In general the classrooms will be:

ENGR 108 (Combined CEE Seminars; Water and Environmental)

ENGR 106 (Structures, Transportation, Geotech)

Mohsen Esteghamati

Spring 2023 CEE-6800-001