The Beaty Water Research Centre (BWRC) and LEADERS program began jointly hosting a Seminar Series in March 2019. Since its inception, the series has brought in a wide range of national and international professionals in academia, government and industry to speak on various water-related topics to our faculty and students. This includes 10 international speakers from the United States, Australia, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Hong Kong. We also encourage our new and junior affiliated faculty to present in the seminar series as a way of introducing themselves and their research to students and other researchers within the Centre to spark the beginnings of interdisciplinary collaboration.
April 14, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Bing Chen, Professor, Civil Engineering, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Title: Marine Oil Spill Response and Cleanup: Review and Progress
March 17, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Prameet Sheth, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University
Title: Sources of Multidrug Resistant Organisms - Throwing Everything at it Including the Kitchen Sink!
February 24, 2021
Speaker: Dr. Graeme Howe, Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, Queen's University
Title: Fundamental enzymology as a driving force for sustainable biocatalysis
December 2, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Satinder K. Brar, James and Joanne Love Chair in Environmental Engineering at York University
Title: Antibiotics in Wastewaters/Waters: a Perplexed Complexity
November 18, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Laurence Yang, Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering, Queen's University
Title: Modeling microbial stress responses to protect water quality
September 23, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Sarah Jane Payne, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Queen's University
Title: You can manage what you cant measure - Addressing manganese detection limitations in drinking water distribution systems.
February 26, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Bas Vriens, Assistant Professor, Geological Sciences and Engineering, Queen's University
Title: Stinking rich: gold-laden sewage
January 30, 2020
Speaker: Dr. Vanessa Speight, Professor, University of Sheffield
Title: What is the future of sustainable water in cities?
January 22, 2020
Speaker: Jamie Benidickson, Professor of Law, University of Ottawa
Title: Sewage and Society: From Public Health Challenges to Climate Change Opportunities
November 25, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Tissa Illangasekare, AMAX Distinguished Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Director, Colorado School of Mines
Title: Multi-scale Experimentation for Improved Understanding of Energy, Mass and Momentum Transfer Across Interfaces in Natural Systems - Challenges and Opportunities
November 4, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Donatella Termini, Professor, Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Italy
October 21, 2019
Speaker: Steve Usher, Senior Hydrogeologist
Title: Why a Geologic Framework Improves Engineering Performance: A British Columbia Case Study
October 9, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Ted Mao, Chief Technology Officer, Trojan Technologies
Title: Removing Roadblocks between Scientific Discoveries and Commercial Implementation in Wastewater Innovation
October 2, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Paul Hynds, Principal Investigator, Technological University Dublin.
Title: Random Forests and Kidney Failure: A statistical journey toward predicting pediatric Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome in the Republic of Ireland
September 18, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Saifur Rahaman, Associate Professor, Concordia University
Title: Membrane distillation for water reclamation and reuse: Opportunities and challenges
September 13, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Mohamed S. Ghidaoui, Chinese Estates Professor of Engineering, Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Title: Time reversal of waves and defect detection in underground water infrastructure
September 11, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Davina Passeri, Research Civil Engineer, U.S. Geological Survey
Title: Integrated modeling of coastal processes in a changing environment
July 30, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Vanessa Mann, BGC Engineering
Topic: Project share on the permeable reactive barrier design for the downstream toe of a tailings dam
July 3, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Hilmar Hofmann, Assistant Professor, Liminological Institute, University of Konstanz
Title: “Effects of physical processes in lake ecosystems”
June 19, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Lei Liu, Imperial Oil
Title: “More than Refining and Chemicals: an Overview of Imperial Environmental Research Program”
May 8, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Leigh McGaughey, Project Scientist, The River Institute
Title: “A finger on the pulse of the upper St. Lawrence River”
May 8, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Florent Chazarenc, Director of Research, IRSTEA
Title: “Towards the water resource recovery facility, ground breaking technologies and potential application in the French context”
April 25, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Elodie Passeport, Associate Professor, Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto
Title: “Processes governing the fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in constructed wetland systems”
April 23, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Cynthia Bluteau, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Quebec at Rimouski
Title: “Nutrient enrichment and ventilation during winter in the St. Lawrence Estuary”
April 17, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Christine Dow, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo
Title: “The hidden world of subglacial hydrology”
March 20, 2019
Speaker: Dr. Joe Manous, Director of the Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corp of Engineers (USACE)
Title: “21st Century Water Decisions – New Ideas vs. Old Issues”