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E&EM Doctoral Candidates Defend Research Proposals
November 2, 2001
During the Fall 2001 semester, two E&EM doctoral candidates, Teresa Pohlman and Abdulaziz Al-Buainain, successfully defended their doctoral research proposals before examining committees.
Article on Cleaning Up Urban Rivers Published in Pollution Engineering Magazine
November 2, 2001
Many urban rivers across the nation suffer from high levels of pollution from industrial effluents, municipal waste discharges, urban runoff and other sources. While pollution sources in some cases have been reduced, severely contaminated sediments in many rivers may still adversely affect aquatic life and limit recreational and economic uses of the rivers.
Record Number of E&EM Students Graduate in 2001 Ceremonies
November 2, 2001
The George Washington University graduation ceremonies in May 2001 featured a record number of graduates at the masters and doctoral levels in the Environmental and Energy Management program.
Dr. Daisy Ligon Defends Research
November 2, 2001
E&REM doctoral candidate Daisy M. Ligon recently defended her doctoral research on “Use of Dynamic Simulation and Other Computer-Aided Analytical Tools to Improve Environmental Impact Assessments.”
General Discusses Corps of Engineers Environmental Programs at GW Symposium
November 2, 2001
Major General Hans Van Winkle, Director of Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was the featured speaker at a May 25, 2001, symposium co-sponsored by the Environmental and Energy Program, GW School of Engineering and Applied Science, and the American Society of Engineering Management.
E&EM Program Establishes New Brownfields Redevelopment Web Site
November 2, 2001
Utilizing the latest in flash technology, E&EM doctoral student Elvin Yuzugullu produced a new web site this past summer providing information on GW’s three-year, EPA sponsored brownfields research project.
E&EM Involved in NEPI 2001 Environmental Summits
November 2, 2001
Several members of the E&EM family were involved in the 2001 Environmental Summit sponsored by the National Environmental Policy Institute (NEPI) during the period March 7-9, 2001, and in the NEPI’s National Contaminated Sediments Dialogue symposium, held at the National Press Club on November 1, 2001.
Planning Begins for International Environmental Conference in Shanghai, China
November 2, 2001
Several E&EM faculty members and students are helping to organize the International Conference on Energy and Environment, which will be held in May 2003 in Shanghai, China.
E&EM Discusses Corps of Engineers on CNN Radio Show
January 19, 2001
Lieutenant General Vald Elvin R. (“Vald”) Heiberg III, former commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and E&EM lead professor Jonathan P. Deason were featured on the CNN radio talk show “GW Washington Forum” on March 10, 2001.
E&EM Doctoral Student Jerry Sherk Publishes Two New Papers
January 19, 2001
E&EM doctoral student Jerry Sherk recently published two papers in influential archival journals. The first paper, entitled “The Regulated Riparian Model State Water Code: Perspectives on the Relationship Between Water Quantity and Water Quality,” was published in the journal Rivers.
New Approach to Cleaning up Urban Rivers Presented at Brownfields Conference
January 19, 2001
A new approach to cleaning up contaminated urban rivers was presented by E&EM Professor Jonathan Deason at the EPA Brownfields 2000 conference in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
GW Artists Present Environmental Performance at Lisner Auditorium
January 19, 2001
GW dance choreographer Maida Withers, produced a spectacular dance, music and visual performance entitled Aurora/2001: Dance of the Auroras – Fire in the Sky at GW’s Lisner Auditorium, on February 15 & 16, 2001. Aurora/2001 was a multidimensional performance that took the audience on a poetic voyage through space from the Sun through Earth’s auroras, the mystic luminaries of the Arctic and Antarctic skies known as the northern and southern lights.