Program for Thursday, May 30th: Talk View

PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY, MAY 30TH: TALK VIEW

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08:30-08:35

Session Introduction

William Strosnider

08:35-08:50

Integration of Coastal Wetlands into Shoreline Infrastructure for Flood Mitigation in McKay Bay,

Megan Kramer, Mauricio Arias

08:50-09:05

Something's fishy here: Considering the role of coastal stormwater retention ponds as habitat for

Levi McKercher, Mariah Livernois, Matthew Kimball, William Strosnider

09:05-09:20

Chesapeake Beach Wetland Restoration for Improved Stormwater Management

M. Tagle, B. Blair, A. Quigley, D. Pressley, E. Speierman, P.I. May

09:20-09:35

Flood mitigation design strategies and recommendations to address sea level rise in a coastal municipality on Chesapeake Bay,

Garrett Busse, Esme Chu, Zachary Diaz, Lucy Hayes, Peter May

09:35-09:50

Oysters and algae, ecologically engineered design interventions on a former steel mill site converted to a global logistics center near Baltimore,

Davis, Randolph, Fleming, May, Carmichael, McCullough, Zivojnovich

08:30-08:35

Session Introduction

Emine Fidan

08:35-08:50

The Implications of Bottled Water Reliance in Rural West Virginia and Kentucky

Albi, Krometis, Ling, Cohen, Xia, Gray, Ellis, Dudzinksi

08:50-09:05

The Syracuse Urban Food Forest Project: community-engaged restoration with edible landscapes for environmental and food

Stewart Diemont, Anne Bellows, Matthew Potteiger, Kat Korba

09:05-09:20

Microbial Contaminants in Floodwaters and the Drivers Influencing Water Quality

Emine Fidan, Natalie Nelson, Brian Reich, Angela Harris, Ryan Emanuel

09:20-09:35

Intensified Treatment Marsh for Nitrogen Removal in Hurricane Disaster Relief Effort

Abigail Neufarth, Rafael Vazquez-Burney, Jordan Gamez

09:35-09:50

Ecological Engineering Ethics: A Robust Standard of Care

Holly Yaryan Hall, Joshua Robinson, Philip Ellis, Amy Nguyen

08:30-08:35

Session Introduction

David Tilley

08:35-08:50

The power of artificial intelligence embodied in large language models to advance ecological engineering, design, teaching and

David Tilley

08:50-09:05

Prediction of Gravel Streambed Embeddedness in Virginia based on Machine Learning and Regression

Emma Oare, Jonathan Czuba

09:05-09:20

Predicting floodplain dissolved oxygen concentrations using deep learning methods

Harrison Myers, Tiffany Chin, Rebecca Diehl, Eric Roy, Kristen Underwood

09:20-09:35

Leveraging Machine Learning and Explainable AI for Enhanced Understanding and Water Quality Monitoring: A Case Study of Lake

Sajad Soleymani Hasani, Mauricio Arias, Qiong Zhang, Hung Nguyen, Osama Tarabih

09:35-09:50

Objectively extracting floodplain-channel networks to understand water, sediment, and nutrient fluxes across

Sadia Afrin Khan, Muhammad Alif, Jonathan Czuba, Douglas Edmonds

10:10-10:15

Session Introduction

Eric Roy

10:15-10:30

Lessons from the ill-fated 2021 fertilizer import ban in Sri Lanka based on analysis of nutrient

Roy et.al

10:30-10:45

An Integrated Anaerobic/Aerobic Biological Treatment Process to Support Circularity in Controlled Environment

Ana Martin-Ryals, Kelsey Vought, Haimanote Bayabil

10:45-11:00

Cattail Bioproducts as Potting Media: Horticultural Suitability, Ecological Impacts, and Economic

Kyle Boutin, David Ripplinger, Marinus Otte

11:00-11:15

Technologies for Processing Animal Waste to Value-Added Products: Barriers and Opportunities

Rachele Franceschi, Amro Hassanein, Nancy Nunn, Danielle Delp, Stephanie Lansing

11:15-11:30

Natural materials as non-plastic alternatives in coastal sectors: Engineering solutions with traditional ecological

Livernois et.al

10:10-10:15

Session Introduction

Katherine Wardinski

10:15-10:30

Large Scale Pocosin Wetland Restoration - Design and Implementation

Carmen Tormey

10:30-10:45

Are All Reference Wetlands Created Equal? How Geomorphology Drives Hydrology Within Traditional Wetland Classification

Renee Price, David Kaplan

10:45-11:00

Dissolved organic matter dynamics in surface water and porewater during precipitation driven shifts of the terrestrial-aquatic interface in hydrologically dynamic

Wardinski et.al

11:00-11:15

Potential reductions in watershed nitrogen loads from ecological restoration of cultivated wetlands

A. Wiegman, C. Kennedy, C. Neill, R. Jakuba, M. Welsh, D. Millar, A. Buda

11:15-11:30

Estimating net phosphorus flux on restored, riparian wetlands in an agricultural landscape

T. Chin, X. Gillespie, E. Mehler, L. O'Brien, R. Diehl, K. Underwood, E. Roy

10:10-10:15

Session Introduction

Andrea Ludwig

10:15-10:30

Odum, Emergence and Ecological Engineering

Patrick Kangas

10:30-10:45

Cybernetic Landscapes and Urban Ecological Prostheses

Christopher Streb

10:45-11:00

Nature-Based Solutions for the Masses: Empowering Landowners with Small Solutions that Add Up to Big

Andrea Ludwig

11:00-11:15

Leveraging Charismatic Wildlife to Achieve Watershed-Based Goals

Katie Myers, Michelle Wood-Ramirez

11:15-11:30

Ecological Engineering and Self-Organization: Insights from Howard T. Odum

Mark Brown, David Tilley

12:30-12:35

Session Introduction

Megan Rippy

12:35-12:50

Analyzing Flaws in TR-55: Stormwater Management Implications for the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Briar Ownby-Connolly, Scott Harris, Matthew Connolly

12:50-13:05

A Role for Turf Replacement Programs, Conservation and Green Infrastructure in Combating Eco-grief

Megan Rippy, Kaitlin Fausey

13:05-13:20

Installation and Maintenance of Green Stormwater Infrastructure in the Upper Trinity Basin

Michelle Wood-Ramirez

13:20-13:35

A new approach to sustainable development: integrating green infrastructure in transportation

Fouad Jaber, Yufan Zhang

13:35-13:50

Plant adaptive strategy influences hydrologic services provisioning by nature based solutions for urban stormwater

Lauren Krauss, Meg Rippy

12:30-12:35

Session Introduction

Mauricio Arias

12:35-12:50

Stream Nitrate Load Monitoring for Watershed-Scale Assessment of Edge-of-Field Conservation

Gabriel Johnson, Thomas Isenhart

12:50-13:05

Environmental and management impacts of legacy nitrogen remediation with bioreactors

Sabrina Mehzabin, Kurt Stephenson, Daniel Fuka, Zachary Easton

13:05-13:20

Dissolved Nitrogen Removal in Biochar Amended, High Permeability Media for Urban Stormwater

Mark Vicciardo, Sarina Ergas, Mahmood Nachabe

13:20-13:35

Temperature-Dependent Nitrate Removal in woodchip media: the role of groundwater velocities and oxygen

Jing-An Lin, Molly Graffam, Ron Paulsen, Nils Volkenborn

13:35-13:50

Microbial Communities as a Pathway to Improved Woodchip and Corncob Bioreactor Design and

Taylor Vroman, Michelle Soupir, Adina Howe

12:30-12:35

Session Introduction

Daniel McLaughlin

12:35-12:50

Forest Restoration and Management for Water Resource Planning

McLaughlin, Cohen, Kaplan, Acharya, Sample, Shao, van Eerden

12:50-13:05

The valley and its stream: Linking geomorphology, hydrology, and downstream function using hydrogeomorphic

Nate Jones, Delaney Peterson, Ashleigh Kirker

13:05-13:20

Shifting Focus toward Holistic Watershed Management: Effects of Spatially Targeted Stream Restoration on Watershed-Scale Flood

Durelle Scott, Erich Hester, Lucas Goodman, Carly Federman, Morgan Oehrler

13:20-13:35

Urban riparian networks: the value of keeping them connected

Trisha Moore

13:35-13:50

Coupling Environmental Remediation and Ecological Restoration with Nature-Based Solutions on Derelict Mining

Robert Nairn, Dayton M'Kenzie Dorman, Justine McCann, Nicholas Shepherd

14:10-14:15

Session Introduction

Jay Martin

14:15-14:30

Microplastics Fate and Transport through Water and Sediment in a Large Constructed Wetland

Jessica Boyer, Jenna Brooks, Mauricio Arias

14:30-14:45

Carbon Sequestration in Two 30-year-old Constructed Wetlands

Daniel Ruane, Jay Martin, William Mitsch

14:45-15:00

Trace Metal Bioaccumulation in Planted Vegetation of a Mine Drainage Passive Treatment System and Potential Ecological

Olivia J. Mitchell, Leif H. Olson, Robert W. Nairn

15:00-15:15

WETLAND TREATMENT SYSTEMS FOR TREATING BOURBON STILLAGE AND WASTEWATER

Tiffany Messer, Katherine Ristola

15:15-15:30

Long term removal of nitrate in a large wetland treating diversion from an effluent-dominated stream: Prado Wetland, Orange County,

Alex Horne

14:10-14:15

Session Introduction

Nate Jones

14:15-14:30

A qualitative validation of the Stewardship Tool for Environmental Performance (STEP) for a sensitive Ohio watershed using USDA-ARS edge-of-field

Jacob Murray, Cherish Vance

14:30-14:45

Physical drivers of streamflow and drying across a physiographic gradient in the Southeastern US

D. Peterson, N. Jones, K. Zarek, S. Speir, A. Shogren, S. Godsey

14:45-15:00

Light Availability Estimates for River Surfaces in the Contiguous United States

Yohtaro Kobayashi, Cully Hession, George Allen

15:00-15:15

Integrating Watershed Nutrient Management with Lake Discharge Optimization for Nutrient Mitigation in Lake Okeechobee,

Osama Tarabih, Mauricio Arias

15:15-15:30

Prediction of benthic habitat quality via embeddedness across gravel-bedded river networks

Justus Hargett, Sierra Smith, Jon Czuba

14:10-15:30 Certified Ecological Designer

16:00-18:00

Comparison of analytical methodologies for the detection of PFAS in private drinking water supplies

Kyra Sigler, Leigh-Anne Krometis, Kathleen Hohweiler

Improving Agricultural Runoff Quality through Conservation Channel Designs

Benjamin Phillips

Analyzing impacts of long-term wetland plants on infiltration in established sites and development of future citizen science

Ella Harrell, Sebastian Hawkes, Megan Ransler, Dawn Dechand

Smart Stormwater Sensors for Efficient Stormwater Management Processes

Isabella Battish, Leanne Laohoo

Design of an interactive database documenting Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) incidence in private drinking supplies in

N. McLelland, L.-A. Krometis, E. Ling, K. Hohweiler, K. Sigler, A. Spiller

Occurrence of PFAS in the Stormwater Systems of four Virginia Coastal Communities

DiVita, Xia, Sample, Stout, Schoenholtz, Harrison, Blackburn

Application of field-scale decision tools and watershed models to improve water quality in Ohio

Emmitt Higgins, Jay Martin, Asmita Murumkar

Examining characteristics of cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms (HABs) in a eutrophic reservoir system through monitoring and

Laura Krueger, Trisha Moore, Aleksey Sheshukov

ECOLOGICAL ACCOUNTING AND MICROPLASTIC FLOWS FOR DIFFERENT FOOD WASTE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Katherine Porterfield, Micayla Schambura, Eric Roy

Aggregating river-network scale embeddedness predictions within local neighborhoods to predict sediment-sensitive

Heather Wall, Jonathan Czuba

Investigating the Net Freshwater Eutrophication Potential of a Stormwater Sand Filter through Life Cycle

Micayla Schambura, Kate Porterfield, Stephanie Hurley, Eric Roy

Restoring Greenbelt, Maryland: Ecological Engineering Solutions for Sustainable Stormwater

Anushka Tandon, Brandon Brown, Daniel Ding, Matthew Grden, Noah Lee, Peter I May

Traditional Stormwater Management vs Environmental Site Design (ESD): Modeling impacts of stormwater management practices on surface runoff in an urban

Maliha, Alsmadi, Sample, Wynn-Thompson, Miller, Shahed Behrouz

Exudate Analysis of Duckweed in the Presence of Sulfamethoxazole: Implications for Phytoremediation

Katherine McCullen, Dawn Dechand

Evaluating trends using Three Rivers QUEST (3RQ) data

Leslie Hopkinson, Sarah Nelson, Rachel Spirnak, Meilssa O'Neal

Modelling Arundinaria gigantea (Giant Rivercane) as a Culturally Important Nature-Based Solution for Ecosystem

Hailey Seago, Robert Nairn

Denitrifying bioreactors for legacy nitrate removal from springs in the Chesapeake Bay watershed

Michaela Foster, Leah Bianchini, Richard Melia, Zachary Easton, Natasha Bell

Assessing Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) characteristics for Bioenergy Production within a Circular

M.N. Nabulime, N. Lamar, S. Reitsma, A. Hassanein, S. Lansing

Assessing multiple ecosystem services for green stormwater infrastructure in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Lauren McPhillips, Christina Cheng

Designing Resilient Watercourse Crossings as a Multi-benefit Driver

Alejandra Gomez, Brian Bledsoe

Phosphorus retention via accretion on formerly farmed, restored riparian wetlands in Vermont

L. O'Brien, T. Chin, E. Mehler, X. Gillespie, R. Diehl, K. Underwood, E. Roy

Simulation of phosphorus flux potential under aerobic and anaerobic flood conditions in restored riparian wetlands on agricultural lands in central

E. Mehler, R. Diehl, K. Underwood, S. Buswell, T. Chin, E. Roy

High rate biofiltration for urban stormwater treatment: runoff mitigation of campus parking lots and an industrial marina in

Taylor Fulton, Kathleen Fast, Ryan Winston

Rethinking Stormwater Ponds with the Pond Shoreline Assessment Tool

Holly Yaryan Hall, Amy Nguyen, Joshua Robinson, Nolan Williams, Allie Mason

Prince George's County M-NCPPC Parking Lot Redesign For Decreasing TMDL Levels

J. Wimbush, A. Flores-Chevere, K. Boutselis, N. Johnson, D.P. May

Understanding Hydrology and Quantifying Nutrient Reduction in a Constructed Wetland Complex Treating Storm Flows from East Fork Little Miami River in

Sarah Wallentine, Jay Dorsey, Laura Lair, Rebecca McClatchey, Ryan Winston

Evaluating Stacked Agricultural Conservation Practice Effects at the Field-Scale in the Lake Champlain Basin of

Nisha Nadkarni, Joshua W. Faulkner, Harrison Myers, Eric D. Roy

Hybrid Constructed Wetlands for Enhanced Nitrogen and Phosphorus Removal from a Municipal Wastewater Treatment

Kimiya Yousefi, Randall Etheridge, Steve Hall, Natasha Bell

Characterizing topographic indices for model parametrization

Binyam Asfaw, Zachary Easton, Daniel Fuka, Amy Collick

Evaluation and Performance Assessment of Hybrid Constructed Wetlands for Sustainable Treatment of Aquacultural Wastewater: A Pilot-Scale

Ariel Lineberger, Randall Etheridge, Natasha Bell, Kimiya Yousefi, Steven Hall

Quantifying Recalcitrant Organic Phosphorus Mineralization in Freshwater Sediments to Assess its Contribution to the Development of Harmful Algal

Iffat Tasnim, Tasnuva Farnaz, Francisco Cubas

Rain Garden Revitalization: Sustaining the Public’s Connection to Green Infrastructure through a Student Branch of

A. Babinski, L. Elhamri, J. Smith, A. Grimm, M. Kacica, J. Tenandar

Response of Sediment and Microplastic Transport to Ecologic Restoration Processes in Headwater Stream

Tyler Smith, Cully Hession, Jonathan Czuba

Sowing water: the drop of the future that we can save

Sofia Solis Naranjo, Ronald Aguilar Alvarez

Demonstration and Evaluation of Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance (RSC) for Reducing Nutrient Pollution from Agricultural

Barbara Doll, Daniel Line, Jonathan Page, Jack Kurki-Fox

Removal of five commonly used antibiotics in agro-farm using ecological engineering techniques

Sushmita Roy, Md Tariqul Islam Shajib, Niroj Aryal

Adsorption and transport of GenX in biochar-amended soils

Md Tariqul Islam Shajib, Sierra Franco, Kiran Subedi, Niroj Aryal