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Other Conference Presentations and Invited Talks

·              Gregory V. Lowry, Tanapon Phenrat, Fritjof Fagerlund, Hye-Jin Kim, Navid Saleh, Tissa Illangasekare, Robert D. Tilton (2007).  “Controlled placement of polyelectrolyte modified engineered nanomaterials in the subsurface: Correlating modifier layer properties and geochemistry with mobility”.  Keynote Lecture at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Hydrology Division, San Francisco, CA, December 10-14.

 

·              Gregory V. Lowry, Tanapon Phenrat, Fritjof Fagerlund, Hye-Jin Kim, Navid Saleh, Tissa Illangasekare, Robert D. Tilton (2007).  “Delivering Reactive Nanoparticles to Subsurface DNAPL Source Zones”.  To be presented at the SERDP Partners in Technology Symposium, Washington, D.C., December 4, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “Hydrogeochemical Parameters Controlling the Emplacement, Reactivity, and Longevity of Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron (NZVI) for in-situ Groundwater Remediation”.  Keynote Lecture at the 3rd International Symposium on Permeable Reactive Barriers and Reactive Zones, Rimini, Italy, November, 8-9, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “Optimizing the Reactivity and Mobility of Reactive Nanomaterials for In Situ Groundwater Remediation”.  To be presented at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, November 2, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “Nanoparticle and Geochemical Properties Controlling the Mobility of Surface-Modified Nanomaterials in the Environment”.  To be presented at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University, October 3, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “Assessing Nanomaterials Fate in the Environment”.  Presented at the American Bar association Teleconference on RCRA, CERCLA, and Nanotechnology, American Bar Association Section of Energy, Environment, and Resources, July 11, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “Surface Functionalized Reactive Nanoparticles for in situ DNAPL Source Zone Treatment”.  Stanford University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, March 16, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “The role of surface coatings on the fate and mobility of nanomaterials in the Environment”.  Duke University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, February 21, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2007).  “Occurrences and fate of nanomaterials in the groundwater”.  Presented at the US EPA National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory in RTP, NC, February 22, 2007.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2006).  “In Situ DNAPL Remediation using Zero-valent Nanoiron”. Presented at the International Symposium on Environmental Implications and Applications of Nano-sized Materials, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, December 14-15, 2006.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2006).  “The Mobility and Fate of Nanomaterials in the Environment.”  Presented at the 2006 Nanoscale Science and Technology Grantee Conference, National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia, December 4-6, 2006.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2006).  “NZVI for groundwater remediation: the importance of surface coatings for mobility and targeting.”  In the Proceedings of the EPA Region 5 Nanotechnology for Site Remediation Workshop.  US EPA  Region 5. Chicago IL, September 6-7, 2006.

 

·              Lowry, G.V.  (2006).  “Environmental Fate and Transport of Nanomaterials.”  In the Proceedings of the Nanotechnology and OSWER: New Opportunities and Challenges.  US EPA OSWER.  July 12-13, 2006.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2006). “Fate and Transport of Nanomaterials in the Environment.” Presented at Nanotoxicology 2006, Boston MA, April 25, 2006.

 

·              Lowry, G.V. (2006).  “Surface-functionalized Reactive Nanoparticles for Groundwater Remediation.”  Presented at the University of Delaware, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering March 10, 2006.

 

·              G. V. Lowry, B. Dufour, H. Kim, Y. Liu, S. Majetich, K. Matyjaszewski, T. Phenrat, N. Saleh, K. Sirk, R. Tilton (2005). “Groundwater Remediation Using Nanoparticles.”  Presented at the Franco-American Workshop: Nanotechnologies for a sustainable environment.  Rice University, Houston, TX December 15-16, 2005.

 

·              G. V. Lowry, Y. Liu, S. Majetich, K. Matyjaszewski, T. Phenrat, N. Saleh, K. Sirk, B. Dufour, R. Tilton, B. Veronesi Lowry (2005).  “Environmental Nanotechnology: A block copolymer-based strategy delivers nanoiron to subsurface DNAPL.”  Presented at the University of Minnesota, Department of Civil Engineering, November 4, 2005.

 

·              Lowry, G. V. (2005).  “Nanoiron in the Subsurface: How far will it go and how does it change? US EPA Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation, Department of Commerce, Washington, DC, October 20-21, 2005.

 

·              Lowry, G. V., Reible, D.D., Novitsky, M.  (2005).  In situ cap and treat technologies for contaminated sediments ARW NATO workshop on Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments, Bratislava, Slovak Republic, May 18-21, 2005.

 

·              Lowry, G. V. (2004).  Nanoscale ZVI for DNAPL Source Zone Treatment: Targeted Delivery and Iron Longevity, US Department of Defense Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Washington DC.  December 2, 2004.

·              Lowry, G. V. (2004).  Nanoscale ZVI for DNAPL Source Zone Treatment: Targeted Delivery and Iron Longevity, Alcoa Inc. Workshop on is situ remediation of CVOCs, Pittsburgh, PA.  November 11, 2004.

·              Yueqiang Liu, S.A. Majetich, R.D. Tilton, D.S. Sholl, and G.V. Lowry (2004) “Aqueous-phase TCE Dechlorination by Nanoscale Fe0 Particles: Effect of Iron Properties on Reaction Pathways and Products Formed.”  Presented at the 42nd Annual Pittsburgh-Cleveland Catalysis Society Spring Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, June 18.

·              Lowry, G. V. (2004)  ”Nanomaterials: Novel Applications for DNAPL and PCB Impacted Sites”.  Presented to the Three Rivers Chapter of the Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers.  Pittsburgh, PA, April 8.

·              Lowry, G., Tilton R., Majetich S., Matyjaszewski, K. (2004) “Developing Functional Fe0-based Nanoparticles for In Situ Degradation of DNAPL Chlorinated Organic Solvents”.  Division of Industrial Engineering and Chemistry, 227th  American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA, March 27-April 1.

·           Lowry, G. V., Murphy, P. J. (2004)  “Development and In Situ Application of Sorbent/reagent-amended “Active” Sediment Caps for Managing HOC-contaminated Sediments”.  Presented at the Technology Benchmarking Workshop for Sediment and Floodplain Remediation, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, March 25-26.

·           Lowry, G. V., Johnson, K. M., Murphy, P. J. (2004)  “Nanoscale Zero-valent Iron: Developing Remedial Alternatives for DNAPL- and PCB-impacted Areas”.  Presented at Johns Hopkins University, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, Baltimore, MD.

·              Lowry, G. V.  (2003) “Managing the Risk of PCB-contaminated Sediments without Dredging: Developing In Situ "Active" Sediment Caps”.  Presented at The Ohio State University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Columbus, OH.

·           Lowry, G. V. (2003) “In Situ Remediation of CVOCs: ISCO and Nanoscale Iron”.  Presented at the Alcoa Chlorinated Solvent Remediation Workshop.  November 17, 2003.

·           Lowry, G. V. (2003) “Next generation in situ sediment caps: Sorbent/reagent-amended active caps to contain and treat PCB-contaminated sediments”.  Presented at Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry North American 24th Annual Meeting.

·           Stolaroff, J., Keith, D., Lowry, G. V. (2003)  “Carbon Dioxide extraction from ambient air using alkali-metal hydroxide solutions derived from concrete waste and steel slag”.  Presented at the American Chemical Society 35th Central Regional Meeting.  Pittsburgh, PA October 19-22.

·              Liu, Y., Majetich, S., Lowry, G. V. (2003) “TCE Dechlorination by Iron Nanoparticles: Effect of the Surface Oxide Layer Growth on the TCE Dechlorination Rate”.  Presented at the American Chemical Society 35th Central Regional Meeting.  Pittsburgh, PA October 19-22.

·                     Lowry, G. V., Johnson, K. M., (2003) “In Situ Containment and Treatment of PCB-contaminated Sediments Using Fe(0)- and Coke-amended “active” Sediment Caps”. Presented at the EPRI: In-situ Contaminated Sediment Capping Workshop.  Cincinnati, OH, May 12-14. In EPRI technical report #1005508 titled Current Practices in In-Situ Contaminated Sediment Capping, published Dec. 2003.

·                     Lowry, G. V., Redden, G., (2003) “Transport, Targeting, and Applications of Metallic Functional Nanoparticles for Degradation of DNAPL Chlorinated Organic solvents”. Presented at the Department of Energy FY03 EMSP Principle Investigator Workshop.  Richland, WA, May 6-7 (//www.pnl.gov/emsp/fy2003/presentations/redden_george_86981.pdf).

·              Lowry, G. V. (2003) “Fe(0) and Coke as “Active” Cap Media for PCB Destruction/Sequestration”, EPA Technology Innovation Program Internet Seminar Archive (http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/capping_031203/)

·                     Johnson, K.M., Lowry, G.V. (2002)  “Sediment Management through Subaqueous Capping: "Active" Sediment Caps for in situ PCB Destruction”. 34th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Newark, NJ, September 20-21.

·                     Kim C.S., Shaw S., Lowry G.V., Rytuba, J.J. & Brown, Jr. G.E. (2002) “Mercury Speciation in Bulk and Colloidal Mine Wastes: Origins, Influences, and Implications”. 12th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland August 18-23.

·                     Lowry G.V., Kim C.S., Shaw S., Rytuba J.J. & Brown, Jr. G.E. (2002)  “Understanding the Complexity of Colloid-facilitated Hg transport from Mine Wastes using Modern Microscopic, Spectroscopic, and Macroscopic Techniques”. AEESP/AAEE Conference 2002, August 10-14, Toronto, Canada.

·                     Kim, C.S., Shaw, S., Lowry, G.V., Rytuba, J.J., Brown, Jr., G.E. (2001) “Determining Hg Speciation in Natural Environmental Systems Using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) Spectroscopy”. Presented at the EPA Workshop on the Fate, Transport, and Transformation of Mercury in Aquatic and Terrestrial Environments, West Palm Beach, FL., May 8-10. 

·                     Reinhard, M., Lowry, G.V., McNab, W., Ruiz, R. (1999) "In Situ Destruction of Chlorinated Hydrocarbon Compounds Using Treatment Wells Equipped with Pd Catalysts". Presented at Innovative Clean-up Approaches: Investments in Technology Development, Results, and Outlook for the Future, Bloomingdale, IL, November 2-4.

·                     Lowry, G.V., Reinhard, M.,(1998) "Dehalogenation of Chlorinated Solvents Using a Palladium Catalyst and Hydrogen Gas". Presented at the 1998 Annual California Water Environment Association Conference, Oakland, CA, April 21-24.

·                     Lowry, G.V., Eykholt, G., (1995) "Kinetics of Enhanced Dechlorination of TCE Using Zero-Valent Iron". Presented at the Midwest Environmental Chemistry Conference, Columbus OH.

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