ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, MANHATTAN COLLEGE

Dominic DiToro, Donald J. O'Connor Endowed Faculty Chair of Environmental Engineering

PRESENTATIONS 

Invited Lectures – Last Four Years

 2001

 1- Advanced Study Institute on Recent Developments in Coastal Eutrophication Research: Prediction,

    Decision Support Systems, and Management

        1.  Modern Eutrophication Models

        2.  Sediment Flux Modeling

    Supported by the Croucher Foundation

    The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. February 2001

2 - “The Chesapeake Bay Eutrophication Model”

    Seminar. Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering

    February 2001

2000

1 - “Bioavailability of Organic Chemicals and Metals in the Water Column and in Sediments”

    Experts Workshop on Review of the State of the Science, PBT Concepts and Metals and Metal Compounds,  

    Sponsored by US EPA and International Council of Metals in the Environment (ICME), January 2000,  Arlington         VA

2 - “Mechanism of hydrogen sulfide oxidation I. Methodology”

    American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA

    Computational Methods in Environmental Chemistry

    Division of Chemistry in Computers, Division of Geochemistry

    March 2000

3 - “Modeling Contaminant Fate in Aquatic Systems in the New Millennium”

    Gordon Conference, Environmental Sciences: Water, June 2000

4 - “A Sediment Flux Model for Manganese”

    American Chemical Society National Meeting, Washington DC,

    Division of Environmental Chemistry. Chemical Speciation and Reactivity in Water Chemistry and Water        

    Technology: A Symposium in Honor of James J. Morgan. August 2000

5 - “Review and Comparison of Existing and Developing Standards/Criteria/Screening Guidelines for MGP Sites”

    Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Conference

    Jacksonville FL, October 2000

6 - “Theoretical Approaches to Sediment Quality Guidelines Development and their Applications”
    A Short Course on the Collection, Analysis, and Interpretation of Sediment Quality Data

    Southern California Coastal Water Research Project (SCCWRP), Long Beach, CA.  October 2000

7 - The Safe Drinking Water Act & Clean Water Act:Short Course 

    1 - Understanding the Basics of How Water Quality Standards Are Developed

    2. Wet Weather and Nutrients: Special Concerns for Special Problems

  The Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies and the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies  (AMSA)

  Phoenix, AZ.  November 2000

9 - “Reflections on the History of SETAC. Virtues and Faults. Sins of Omission, Sins of Commission”

Plenary Lecture. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

21^th Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN November 2000

10 - “Sediment Toxicity Prediction”

    Conference on Dredged Material Management: Options and Environmental Considerations 

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Cambridge, MA December 3-6, 2000

1999

1 -“Narcosis and PAH Sediment Criteria”

    Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)  Conference, New Orleans, September 1999

2 - “A Mass Balance Model for Use in Evaluating Exposure Levels and Effects of Metals Downstream of Point

    Source Discharges”, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

    20^th Annual Meeting, Phil. PA November 1999

3 - “Long-Range Transport and Deposition: The Role of Henry’s Law Constant”

    Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)

    20^th Annual Meeting, Phil. PA November 1999

1998

1 - “PAH Sediment Quality Criteria: Narcosis Theory and EPA Guidelines”  Seminar Public Service Electric and Gas

      (PSE&G).  Newark, NJ. September 1998

2 - “PAH Mixture Criteria and the Narcosis Modal” SETAC Regional Meeting  Newark, NJ. Sept. 1998

3 - “Biotic Ligand Model and Silver Water Quality Criteria”

    SETAC Conference Charlotte, NC. 14-20 Nov. 1998

4 - Debate: Equilibrium Partitioning vs. Empirically Based Criteria

    SETAC Conference Charlotte, NC. 14-20 Nov. 1998

5 -`“Metals Criteria and Environmental Impacts”  International Corrosion Conference: Galveston TX, Feb. 1999

 6 - “The Biotic Ligand Model and its Applicability to Water Quality Criteria”  EPA Science Advisory Board: Wash. 

    DC, April 1999

7 - “Bioavailability of Metals in the Water Column and Sediment”  SETAC Europe Conference.  Brussels. May 1999

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