RemTEC 2021 Agenda

Track 1

PFAS Treatment Advances

Session Chair:
Dr. Stephen TerMaath, Air Force Civil Engineer Center (AFCEC)

Sponsored by

2.5 AIA LU/Elective

2 PDH

0.2 IACET CEU

Track 2

Waterfront Remedial Solutions

Session Chair:
Patricia Catherwood-Reyes, ITRC

2.5 AIA LU/Elective

2 PDH

0.2 IACET CEU

Session Keynote

Tackling the PFAS Challenge Through R&D

Session Keynote

Rapid-Flow Engineered Media to Prevent Sediment Contamination from Stormwater

Dr. Richard Luthy, Stanford University

Platform

Granular Media for Photocatalytic Degradation of PFAS

Dr. Megan Hart, University of Missouri - Kansas City

Platform

Forging a New Don River Through the Port Lands: Strategies for Soil Remediation and Re-Use

Dr. Don Forbes, Waterfront Toronto

Platform

PFAS Destruction in One Dimensional Bench-Scale Permeable Reactor Barriers Containing Zero Valent Nickel-Iron Activated Carbon Nanocomposites

Dr. Mahsa Modiri Gharehveran, Purdue University

Don River Restoration Remedial Design and Action

Mr. Howard Cumberland, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform

Sustainable and Destructive Remediation Strategy for PFAS Impacted Water via Foam Fractionation and Electrochemical Oxidation

Dr. Nasim Pica, CDM Smith

Platform

Sustainable Remediation: Rethinking In Situ Remedy Alternatives at Waterfront Sites

Dr. Victor Magar, Ramboll

Platform

Successful Pilot Test for Treating and Recycling Fire School Simulator Water

Ms. Nicole Bolea , ECT2

Platform

Pneumatic Flow Tube Mixing for Sediment Stabilization and Beneficial Use for Waterfront and Coastal Development

Mr. Eric A. Stern , Tipping Point Resources Group

Track 3

PFAS Forensics

Session Chair:
Dr. Ramona Iery, CIV USN (USA)

1.5 AIA LU/Elective

1.25 PDH

0.1 IACET CEU

Track 4

Remediation Case Studies from Around the World

Session Chair:
Dr. Ravi Naidu, CRC Care

Sponsored by

1.5 AIA LU/Elective

1.25 PDH

0.1 IACET CEU

Session Keynote

Ultrahigh-Resolution Forensics on PFAS-Contaminated Groundwater for Source Tracking and Allocation

Dr. Jens Blotevogel, Colorado State University

Session Keynote

Investigation and Remediation of Complex Fractured Bedrock Sites

Dr. Gary Wealthall, Geosyntec Consultants (United Kingdom)

Platform

Let’s Keep it Simple: Forensic Insights from the Total Oxidizable Precursor Assay

Dr. David Sedlak, University of California, Berkeley

Platform

Field Performance of Sulfidized Nanoscale Zero Valent Iron (S-nZVI) and Comparison to Traditional nZVI

Dr. Denis O'Carroll , University of New South Wales (Sydney, Australia)

Platform

Practical Application of PFAS Forensics

Dr. Dylan Eberle, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform

Compression of the Remediation Space-Time Continuum: A Sustainability Story from Brazil

Dr. James Henderson , Corteva Agriscience

Track 5

PFAS Analytical Challenges and Opportunities

Session Chair:

Dr. Natalie Capiro, Auburn University
Dr. Lydia Dorrance, Geosyntec Consultants

2.5 AIA LU/Elective

2 PDH

0.2 IACET CEU

Track 6

Remediation Case Studies from the O&G Industry

Session Chair:

Dr. Cristin Bruce, Shell Global Solutions

Sponsored by

2 AIA LU/Elective

2 PDH

0.2 IACET CEU

Session Keynote

Assessing and Mitigating Bias in PFAS Levels During Ground and Surface Water Sampling

Dr. Jennifer Field,Oregon State University

Session Keynote

Electrokinetic-Enhanced Bioremediation: Applications in Physically Heterogeneous Settings

Dr. Richard-Thomas Gill, Shell Global Solutions International B.V. (United Kingdom)

Platform

A Science-Based Approach to Understanding and Managing Environmental Risk from PFAS

Dr. Marc Mills, US Environmental Protection Agency

Platform

Innovative Remediation Solutions to Aggressively Remediate LNAPL Plumes

Mr. Chuck Whisman, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform

Developing PIGE into a Rapid Field-Screening Test for PFAS

Dr. Graham Peaslee, University of Norte Dame

Platform

NSZD Case Study 1: Compositional Effects from Natural Source Zone Depletion at Site with a Light End Crude Oil Spill

Mr. Andrew Kirkman, BP

Platform

Commercial Availability of EPA-Approved and Non-Standard PFAS Analytical Methods

Ms. Taryn McKnight, Eurofins

Platform

NSZD Case Study 2: Natural Source Zone Depletion Estimated Based on Compositional Change

Dr. George Devaull, Shell

Platform

Use of ASTM 7968 to Measure PFAS in Soils at Three Sites

Dr. Carolyn Acheson, US Environment Protection Agency

Platform

Ex Situ Nanocatalysis Approaches to Treat O&G Produced Water Holding Ponds

Dr. Michael Wong, Rice University

Track 7

PFAS Thermal Treatment Challenges and Opportunities

Session Chair:
Ms. Jacki McManus, Department of National Defense, Government of Canada

Sponsored by

1.25 AIA LU/Elective

1.25 PDH

0.1 IACET CEU

Track 8

Lines of Evidence Approaches in Remediation: Technical and Legal Perspectives

Session Chair:
Mr. Nick Garson, Senior Project Manager Environmental Remediation, Boeing

Sponsored by

1.25 AIA LU/Elective

1.25 PDH

0.1 IACET CEU

Session Keynote

Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Thermal Treatment – Innovative and Traditional Solutions

Session Keynote

Lines of Evidence to Assess Natural Attenuation: What Have We Learned

Platform

Dr. Dave Major, Savron

Platform

Dr. Elodie Passeport, University of Toronto
Dr. Silvia Mancini, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform

Hydrothermal ALkaline Treatment (HALT): An Innovative Technology for Complete Destruction of PFAS in Contaminated Water and Soil

Dr. Timothy Strathmann, Colorado School of Mines

Platform

A Legal Perspective on Lines of Evidence: Can You Admit Them

Mr. David G. Mandelbaum, Greenberg Traurig, LLP

Track 9

1,4 Dioxane

Session Chair:

Dr. E. Erin Mack Ph.D, Corteva Remediation Group
Dr. Claudia Walecka-Hutchinson, The Dow Chemical Company

Sponsored by

1.5 AIA LU/Elective

2 PDH

0.2 IACET CEU

Track 10

Vapor Intrusion

Session Chair:

Mr. James L'Esperance, Northrop Grumman Corporation

2 AIA LU/Elective

2 PDH

0.2 IACET CEU

Session Keynote

A, B, Cs of 1,4-Dioxane Removal: Adsorption, Biodegradation and Catalysis

Dr. Shaily Mahendra, University of California, Los Angeles

Session Keynote

Summary of IITRC's Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Guidance

Mr. Matt Williams, Michigan EGLE

Platform

Bacterial Cometabolism of 1,4-Dioxane: “Omic” insights and Practical Applications

Dr. Michael Hyman, North Carolina State University

Platform

Building Behavior and How it Relates to the Subsurface

Mr. Steve Caulfield, Turner Building Science & Design

Platform

Cometabolic Treatment of 1,4-Dioxane

Mr. David Lippincott, APTIM

Platform

Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Systems – A simplified approach for calculating radius of influence and building specific attenuation factors

Mr. Paul Nicholson, Geosyntec Consultants

Platform

Compound Specific Isotope Analysis for Documenting In Situ Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane

Mr. Peter Bennett, Haley & Aldrich

Platform

An Evaluation of the Attenuation Factor for VI Screening in California

Mr. Matthew Lahvis, Shell Projects and Technology (US)

Platform

Results from a 1,4-Dioxane Biogeochemical Reactor Field Pilot Test

Mr. Jeff Gamlin, Jacobs

Platform

Three-Dimensional Numerical Model of Vapor Intrusion for Design of Subslab Depressurization Systems

Dr. Eric Suuberg, Brown University

ITRC Training Workshop
PFAS: Key Regulatory, Technical and Risk Communication Issues

Kate Emma Schlosser, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

Dr. David Adamson, GSI Environmental

Kristi Herzer, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation

Lisa McIntosh, Woodard & Curran

ITRC Training Workshop
A New Understanding of 1,4-Dioxane Risk and Treatment

Heather Barbare, Colorado Department of Public Health and Evnironment

Dr. Janet Anderson, GSI Environmental

Bill DiGuiseppi, Jacobs

Sandra Dworatzek, SiREM

Chuck Neslund, Eurofins