The Twenty-First
International Conference
on Solid Waste Technology and Management
March 26-29, 2006
AGENDA
(updated March 22, 2006)
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Department of Civil Engineering Phone: 610-499-4042 Fax: 610-499-4461 Email solid.waste@widener.edu |
Founder:
Iraj Zandi, University of Pennsulvania
Chair:
Ronald L. Mersky,
Secretary:
Kathleen Donaghy,
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PRESENTATION SESSIONS SUMMARY
1A Landfill 1
1B Industrial and Hazardous Wastes
2A Bioreactor Landfills
2B Program Evaluation
2D Research Advances
3A Mining Wastes
3B Integrated Waste Management Studies
3C Remediation of Contaminated Sites
3D Use of Wastes in Construction Materials
4A Landfill 2
4B Environmental Impacts
4C Ash Treatment and Utilization
5A Agricultural Wastes
5B Recycling Technology
5C Landfill 3
6A Community Involvement
6B Thermal Processing and Energy
6C Sludge
6D Medical Wastes
6E Special Wastes
Poster Session 1
DETAILED AGENDA
1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Optional tour of Philadelphia
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Conference check-in and late registration
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Welcome Reception
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Conference check-in and late registration
8:00 a.m. – 8:50 a.m.
Coffee
8:50 a.m. – 9:20 a.m.
Opening Meeting
9:20 a.m. - 11:10 a.m.
Sessions 1
SESSION 1A
Landfill 1
“Compression Characteristics of Solid Waste After Dynamic Compaction,” Joseph J. Lifrieri, Senior Vice President, Paulus Sokoloski and Sartor, LLC, USA
“Geotechnical Properties of Ankara Clay as a Sanitary Landfill Bottom Liner Material,” Haluk Akgun, Professor, Regional Editor, PE, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Robert B. Wallace, PE, Corporate Practice Lead-Solid Waste, URS Corporation, USA
“Closure and After-care of Landfills in Finland and the United Kingdom,” Katarzyna Kreft-Burman, Senior Researcher, Finnish Environment Institute, Finland, Dr Darron W Dixon-Hardy, lecturer, School of Process, Environmental and Materials Engineering; University of Leeds, UK
“The Intermediate Soil Cover Effect on the Methanogenic Phase of MSW Degradation,” Liliana Márquez, Otoniel Buenrostro-Delgado, Luis Ochoa-Franco, Maricela Villicaña, Researchers/ Lecturers, Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolas de Hidalgo, Mexico
“Research and Development of a Model to Establish an Equitable Disposal Fee for Landfilling Bulk Loads of Mattresses,” John G. Calton, P.E., Executive Director, James J. Williams, Landfill Manager, Robert Zelley, CPG, , Pollution Control Financing Authority of Warren County M. Brendan Mullen, PE, Senior Associate, Hatch Mott MacDonald, USA
SESSION 1B
Industrial and Hazardous Wastes
“An Alternative Waste Management for Used Radiographic Film Using CO2 as a Decision Making,” Pattamawan Khunprasert, Ph.D. Candidate, National Research Center for Environmental and Hazardous Waste Management, Chulualonkorn University, Nurak Grisdanurak, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Chemical Engineering Dept. Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat Univeristy, Thailand
“Emission Characteristics of the Liquid Crystal Wastes Pyrolysis,” Yi-Chi Chien, Assistant Professor Dept. of Environmental Engineering and Science, Fooyin University, Taiwan
“Development of Mushroom Cultivation Technology Using Food Industrial Waste,” Masahito Yamauchi, Assoc. Prof. Civil Engineering Dept., Kagoshima National College of Technology, Samio Masuda, Assoc. Prof. Civil Engineering Dept., Miyazaki University, Magayoshi Yamada, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental System Engineering Dept., Nagaoka University of Technology, Megumi Mihara, Maato Kihara, Hideki Harada, Japan
“Environmental Pollution Control from Pulp and Paper Mill Effluent – A Study of COD Removal by Inexpensive Agro-based Adsorbents,” Rekha, Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India, Tony S. Singh, Post Doctoral Research Assoc., Washington State University, USA
“Liquid-phase Catalytic Hydrodechlorination of Tetrachloroethylene in Water-Alcohol Mixtures at Ordinary Conditions,” Neil C., Doctorate Student, Watary Nishijima, Prof., Mitsumasa Okada, Vice Pres. For Research, Tetsuji Okuda, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
“Mechanism of Hexavalent Chromium Reduction by Municipal Landfill Leachate,” Yarong Li, Ph.D. Student, Rose Amal, Prof., School of Chemical Engineering and Industrial Chemistry, The University of New South Wales, Gary K-C. Low, Director, Environmental Forensic and Analytical Science, Dept. of Environmental and Conservation, Jason A. Scott, Australia
SESSION 1C
Composting
“Modelling Compost Site Hydrology Using USEPA SWMM,” Ljubisa Kalaba, Graduate Student, Dr. Bruce G. Wilson, Assoc. Prof., University of New Brunswick, Canada
“Quantifying Waste Diversion Through Home Composting and Kerbside Collection,” Olympia Mitaftsi, Ph.D. Student, Stephen R. Smith, Director, Centre for Environmental Control and Waste Management Reader in Environmental Biochemistry, Imperial College, London, UK
“A Critical Assessment of Aerobic Composting as Part of Solid Waste Management Solutions for Irish Institutions,” Paul Dylan Hynds, Research Scholar, Patrick M. Grace, Senior Lecturer, Vincent A. Dodd, Academic Advisor, University College Dublin, Ireland
“Co-composting of Olive Mill Solid Waste and Chicken Manure,” Bassim Abbassi, Assoc. Prof. Al-Balqá Applied University, Jordan
“Challenges in Composting Food Wastes,” William F. Ritter, Prof. University of Delaware Bioresources Engineering Dept., USA
11:10 a.m. - 11:25 a.m.
Break
11:25 a.m. – 1:25 p.m.
Sessions 2
SESSION 2A
Bioreactor Landfills
“Seismic Velocity Analysis to Determine Moisture Distribution in a Bioreactor Landfill,” Andrea Catley, Masters Student, Dr. Paul Van Geel, Dr. Claire Samson, Assoc. Prof., Carleton University Dept. of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Canada
“Effect of Salinity on the Performance of Bioreactor Landfills,” Salem Alkaabi, Ph.D. Candidate, Dr. Paul Van Geel, Assoc. Prof., Carlteon University Dept. of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Mostafa Warith, Assoc. Prof. Ryerson University, Canada
“Stability of Bioreactor Landfill with Decomposition – A Numerical Modeling,” Dr. Sahadat Hossain, Asst. Prof., Mohamed Adil Haque, Graduate Research Asst., University of Texas at Arlington, USA
“Anaerobic Bioreactor Landfills in Cold and Wet Climates – Operational Diagnostics and Performance Enhancement,” Dr. Chris Zeiss, Director of Research, Zirkon Research Inc., Canada
“An Innovative Technique for Ensuring Sustainability of Landfills: The Sustainable Landfill Biocell Technology”, J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, Professor, M.D.N. Perera, Engineer, Dept. Civil Engineering University of Calgary, Jasna Hundal, Manager Waste Services Control, City of Calgary, Canada
SESSION 2B
“The Use of Decision Support Tools in Dealing with Complex Societal Problems,” Anne Morrissey, Lecturer, Dublin City University, Ireland, Anne Woolridge, Research Asst., University of Northampton, England
“Environmental Non-Governmental Organizations in China and India – A Review of Groups Handling Solid Waste Issues,” Reeni Samuel, Senior Lecturer, Dr. V. Thanikachalam, Prof., National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, India
“Optimal Routing of Bio-Medical Waste: A Case of South Delhi, India,” Amit Kumar, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Central Florida, USA, A.K. Nema, Asst. Prof., Poonam Khanijo Ahluwalia, Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology, India
“Public Private Partnership Project in Collection, Segregation, Transportation and Disposal of Municipal Solid Waste in Municipal Corporation of Delhi, India – A Case Study,” Surinder Pal, Executive Engineer, Ravi Dass, Director-in-Chief, Conservancy and Sanitation Engineering Dept., India
“Municipal Solid Waste Management Problem in Nigeria: The Role of Public and Private Operators,” Jerry Elejeh Uhuo, Principal Administration Officer, Mrs. R.A. Audu, Asst. Director, National Assembly Abuja, Nigeria
“The Need for Alternative Technologies to Meet Welsh Assembly Government MSW Diversion Targets,” Tom Woollam, Research Assoc., Tony Griffiths, Prof., Keith Williams, Prof.,Cardiff School of Engineering, UK
“Municipal Solid Waste Management - The Chennai Perspective”, Dr. Saiprasad Prakasa Rao, Scientist, Tamilnadu State Control Board, India
SESSION 2C
Utilization of Fly Ash
“Synthesis of Zeolite from Municipal Solid Waste Ash Using Two Combined Methods, Fusion and Hydrothermal,” Maysson Sallam, Ph.D. Candidate, Abla Zayed, Robert P. Carnahan, Sermin Sounl, Faculty, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Florida, USA
“Extraction of Vanadium and Nickel From Fly Ash Resulting From Combustion of Heavy Fuel Oil Using Sulfuric Acid, Sodium Hydroxide, and Ammonia”, Muhammad A. Daous, Associate Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
“Potential Cementitious Reactivity of MSWI Fly Ashes and Its Immobilization Effect by Cement”, Huisheng Shi, Dr. Prof. Director of Institute, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tongji University, China
Research Advances
“Triaxial Testing of Cemented Rubberized Sand,” Ashraf Ghaly, Prof., Hilary Guernsey, Engineer in Training, Union College, USA
“Viability of Treating Granulated Rubber Sand with Cement and Fly Ash Additives,” Ashraf Ghaly, Prof., Tomas Redina, Student, Union College, USA
“Anaerobic Digestion of Land-Based Aquaculture Solids,” Manoj Kumar Ramachandran, Graduate Student, Dr., Kripa S. Singh, Dr. Bruce G. Wilson, Assoc. Prof., University of New Brunswick, Christine Rinehart, Debraj Bhattacharyya, Canada
“Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater with Moringa Oleifera Seed Powder”, Dr. Saiprasad Prakasa Rao, Scientist, Tamilnadu State Control Board, India
1:25 p.m. - 2:20 p.m.
Awards Luncheon
Presentation of the Russell Ackoff Award, Roy F. Weston Award and Iraj Zandi Award
2:20 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Sessions 3
SESSION 3A
Mining Wastes
“Fine Friction Mining Wastes as Material for Civil Engineering Applications,” Kawalec Jacek, Adjunct, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
“Classification of Mining Waste in Albania in Accordance of Their Presented Risk in Surrounding Environment,” Genc Demi, Director of Mineral Processing and Laboratory Dept., Safet Boci, Engineer, Mining and Processing Technology Institute, Perparim Hoxha, Rector, Politenic University of Tirana, Genc Myftiu, Albania
“Characteristics of Chap-Asphalt for Road-Base Application,” Nazimuddin M. Wasiuddin,, Doctoral Candidate, Musharraf M. Zaman, David Ross Boyd Prof. and Aaron Alexander Prof., Assoc. Dean for Research, College of Engineering, Robert W. Naim, Assoc. Prof., Center for Restoration of Ecosystems and Watersheds, School of Civil Engineering and Environmental Sciences, Nishad Kolothody, University of Oklahoma, USA
SESSION 3B
Integrated Waste Management Studies
“The Requirement for Structured Programmes and Strategic Drivers to Deliver Sustainable Waste Minimisation Programmes; Waste Minimisation Club to Industrial Symbiosis,” Anne Woolridge, Researcher, University of Northampton, UK
“Health Hazards of Improper Solid Waste Management System,” Dr. Urooj Aizad, Assoc. Editor, Mrs. Saniea Mumtaz, Eng. Mumtaz Hussain, Editor, The Environ Monitor, Pakistan
“A Reverse Logistics Systems Optimization Model for Integrated Computer Waste Management,” Mrs. Poonam Ahluwalia, Research Scholar, Arvind K. Nema, Asst. Prof., Indian Institute of Technology, India, Amit Kumar, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Central Florida, USA
“Waste Management System in Mexico: History, State of the Art and Trends towards Sustainability,” Carolina Armijo, Researcher, Sara Ojeda Benítez, Researcher, Ana Luz Quintanilla, Researcher, Autonomous University of Baja California, Mexico
“Present Scenario of Solid Waste Management in Coimbatore City and Its Futuristic Aspects of Improvement Towards Ecofriendliness”, P. Meenakshi, Professor, Coimbatore Institutte of Technology, India
SESSION 3C
Remediation of Contaminated Sites
“Elution and Decomposition of TCE from Porous Media Using a Solvent With Ozone: Experimental and Mathematical Results,” Martha E. Alcántara-Garduño, Ph.D. Student, Tetsuji Okuda, Asst. Prof., Wataru Nishijima, Prof., Mitsumasa Okada, Prof., Hiroshima University, Japan
“Bioremediation of Oil Contaminated Fine Soils by Bioslurry Reactor with Support Media,” Tetsuji Okuda, Research Assoc., Martha AlcAlntara, Student, Mitsumasa Okada, Prof., Masahiro Suzuki, Chikara Matsui, Wataru Hishijima, Hiroshima University, Japan
“Analysis of Microbiota by DGGE Method for Bioremediation of VOCs at the Illegal Dumping Site,” Kazuei Ishii, Research Assoc., Laboratory of Sound Material-cycle Systems Planning, Graduate School of Engineering, Toru Furuichi, Prof., Noboru Tanikawa, Asst. Prof., Hokkaido University, Japan
“Effects of Acid Treatment on Geo-environmental Conditions in the Ariake Sea, Japan,” M. Azizul Moqsud, Ph.D. Student Institute of Lowland Technology, S. Hayashi, Director and Prof., Y.J. DU Assoc. Prof. Daisuke Suetsugu, Y. Ushihara, S. Tanaka, K Okuzono, Saga University, Japan
“Novel Technique for Sustainable Brownfield Remediation of Arsenic Contaminated Soils,” Vishnu Priya Gadepalle, Ph.D. Student, University of Surrey, Sabeha K. Ouki, Reader, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Use of Wastes in Construction Materials
“Performance Characteristics of Asphalt Mixtures with Waste Vinyl,” Soon-Jae Lee, Graduate Research Asst., Dept. of Civil Engineering, Serji N. Amirkhanian, Prof., Clemson University, USA, Kwang W. Kim, Prof., Dept. of Reg. Infrastructure Engineering, Kangwon National University, Korea
“Marble Wastes as a Substitute in Hydraulic Concrete,” Belachia Mouloud, Dr., Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Skikda, Hynda Aoun, Dr., Lecturer, Dept. of Hydraulics, University of Annaba, Houria Hebhoub, Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Skikda, Algeria
“Characterisation of the Mechanical Behaviour of a Municipal Solid Waste Incineration for a Use in Road Engineering,” Frederic Becquart, Ph.D. Student, Bernard Fabrice, Dr., Zentar Rachid, Dr., Abriak Nor Edine, Dept. of Civil Engineering – Ecole des Mines de DOUAI, France
“Utilization of Industrial By-Products in Producing Controlled Low-Strength Material (CLSM) – An Overview,” Rafat Siddique, Prof. and Head, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed University), India
“Evaluation of Energy Potential of IZAYDAS Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in Turkey, Ertan Durmusoglu, Asst. Prof. Mithat Bakoglu, Aykan Karademir, Savas Ayberk, University of Kocaeli, Kocaeli, Turkey
“Vegeblock: Masonry Units from Recycled Waste and Vegetable Oil,” Dr. S. E. Zoorob, Lecturer, Nottingham Centre for Pavement Engineering, University of Nottingham, Dr. J.P.Forth, Senior Lecturer, Miss H.K. Bailey, Ph.D. Student, University of Leeds, England
“Evaluation of Effect of Volume and Length of Jute on Mechanical Properties of Asphalt Cement,” Keith Maurer, Brian Arledge, Steven Melnichuck, Yusuf Mehta, Kauser Jahan, Student, Rowan University, USA
“Effects of Surface-Activated Coal Gangue Aggregate on Properties of Cement-Based Material,” Quanbing Yang, Prof., Beirong Zhun, Assoc. Prof., Tongji University, China
4:40 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Break
4:50 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
Sessions 4
SESSION 4A
Landfill 2
“Biogenic Methane Oxidation of Landfill Gas: A Pilot Biofilter Evaluation,” Andrew Philopoulos, MSc Candidate, University of Alberta, Christian Felske, Ph.D. Solid Waste Management, Alberta Research Council, Dr. Daryl McCartney, Assoc. Prof., University, of Alberta, Ulf Raesfeld, Canada
“Use of GIS Technique as Decision Support Tool for Sanitary Landfill Siting,” Mervat El-Hoz, Asst. Prof., University of Balamand, Lebanon
“Environmental Impact Assessment of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills: A Case Study from Jordan,” Hani A. Abu Qdais, Assoc. Prof., Civil Engineering Dept., Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
“Methods for Addressing Public Health Concerns at Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” Sarah Foster, Paul C. Chrostowski, Ph.D., Principal, CPF Assoc. Inc., Dr. Benjamin Hoffman, Chief Medical Officer – Health and Safety, Waste Management, Inc., USA
“Determination of the Gypsum Content of Alternative Daily Cover Made from C&D Debris,” Stephen Musson, Graduate Research Asst., Dr. Qiyong Xu, Research Asst., Dr. Timothy Townsend, Assoc. Prof., Environmental Engineering Science, University of Florida, USA
"A Novel Approach to Eliminate Methane Emissions from Sanitary Landfills Accepting Biodegradable Organic Waste", B. Rajbhandari, Post Graduate Fellow, J.P.A. Hettiaratchi, Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering, University of Calgary, Canada
Environmental Impacts
“A.M.A. Fleet Maintenance – Rome Project of Research to Reduce Air Pollution Due to Refuse Collection Vehicles Fleet,” Marco Sori, Asst. Manager, Guiseppe Perrone, Manager, AMA F.R. sr, Dr. Farizio Marini, General Manager, Service Power Clean 2000, Augusto Simmi, Italy
“Suggested Format of Environmental Impact Assessment Report for a Sanitary Landfill Site,” Mumtaz Hussain, Dr. Aizad Mumtaz, Dr. Urooj Aisad, Assoc. Editor, The Environ Monitor, Pakistan
“How to Take a Truly Representative Environmental Sample,” John P. Jent, Environmental Engineer, US Army Corps, Richard Callahan, Manager, Stan Levenger, Senior Geologist, MKM Engineering, Ravenna Office, USA
“Effect of Environmental Stress on Leaching and Performance of S/S Product”, Dr. Rachana Malviya, Senior Research Fellow, Dr. Rubina Chaudhary, Senior Lecturer, Devi Ahilya University, India
“Hazardous Airborne Solid Waste is a Management Problem”, Emanuel Azmon, Professor Emiterus of Geology, Ben Gurion University, Israel
SESSION 4C
Ash Treatment and Utilization
“Properties of Concrete Incorporating High-Volumes of Low-Calcium Fly Ash and Steel Fibers,” Rafat Siddique, Prof. and Head, Thepar Institute of Engineering and Technology, India
SESSION 4D
Recycling and Waste Minimization
“Improving the Evaluation of the UK’s Waste Minimisation Clubs,” Thomas Coskeran, Senior Lecturer in Economics, Steve Smith, Principal Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, Paul Phillips, Prof., Univeristy of Northampton, UK
“Systematic Approach for Waste Exchange in Bang-Poo Industrial Estate (BPIE), Thailand,” U. Chantavit, Project Engineer, King Monkut University of Technology Thronburi, M. Grisdanurak, Assoc. Prof., Chemical Engineering Dept., Thommasat University, Dr. S. Kamolsiripichaiporn, National Research Center of Hazardous Waste and Environmental Management, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
“Recycling – Issues, Options and Strategies,” Dr. Aizad Mumtaz, Dr. Urooj Aized, Assoc. Editor, Engineer Mumtaz Hussain, Editor, The Environ Monitor, Pakistan
“Do Children Take the Recycling Message Home?,” Tom Woollam, Research Assoc., Tony Griffiths, Keith Williams, Prof.,
Cardiff School of Engineering, UK
“Proposal of Recycling Strategy for PET Bottles as Business Wastes in Japan,” Yasunori Takenaka, A Master’s Course !, Toru Furuichi, Prof., Kazuei Ishii, Research Assoc., Noboru Tanikawa, Laboratory of Sound Material-Cycle Systems Panning, Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Japan
6:30 p.m.– 7:30 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Conference check-in and late registration
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Coffee
9:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.
Sessions 5
SESSION 5A
Agricultural Wastes
“Manure Treatment in Agriculture Industry with a New Bio-pasteurization System,” Sara Sheibani, Student, Fernand Page, Researcher, Diane Dubois, Technician, IRDA Laval University, Richard Hogue, Hani Antoun, Canada
“Utilization of Waste Materials for Regional Development at Oak Coppices and Oitis District in Greece,” Telemachus Koliopoulos, Scientific Collaborator, Teaching Assoc. Prof., Technology Education Institute of Athens, Greece
“Multi-step High Rate Anaerobic Digestion Process for the Treatment of Poultry Litter,” A. Gangagni Rao, Scientist E1, S. Surya Prakash, Project Asst., Johny Joseph, Scientist 1, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Annapurna Jetty, P.N. Sarma, India
“Use of a Respirometer to Analyze the Degradability of Aquaculture Solids Using a Composting Process,” Manoj Kumar Ramachandran, Graduate Student, Dr. Bruce G. Wilson, Dr. Kripa S. Singh, Assoc. Prof., University of New Brunswick, Canada
“Vermicomposting – Enhancing the Quality of Compost Derived from Green Waste?,” Muhammad Ali, Research Student, Tony Griffiths, Keith Williams, Prof., Cardiff School of Engineering, UK
“Combustion of Agro-waste in a Fluidized Bed for Heat Extraction”, Prof. Vikrant Reddy, Professor of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Warangal, India
SESSION 5B
Recycling Technology
“Study on the Recycling of Stone Processing Slurry for Environment Friendly Fertilizer,” Ming-Yu Lee, Student, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Huang Su-Chen, Student, Dept. of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, Jyh-Dong Lin, Prof., Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Jeng-Ching Lee, Taiwan, R.O.C.
“Study on High Temperature Feed-in Recycle Resource for Superlight Aggregate,” Huang Su-Chen, Student, Dept. of Nuclear Science, National Tsing Hua University, Ming-Yu Lee, Student, Jyh-Dong Lin, Prof., Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
“Enhancing the Performance of CRM Applications with the Addition of Polymer Modifiers,” Magdy Abdelrahman, North Dakota University, USA
“On-line Imaging Based Spectroscopy and FT-IR Based Techniques for Ceramic Glass Contaminants Identification in Cullets Recycling,” Giuseppe Bonifazi, Full Prof., Silvia Serranti, Researcher, Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica, dei materiali, delle Materie Prime e Metallurgia – Universitá di Roma “La Sapienza”, Italy
“Hyperspectral Imaging Based Techniques in Fluff Sorting”, Giuseppe Bonifazi, Full Professor, Silvia Serranti, Associate Researcher, Universita de Roma, Italy
SESSION 5C
Landfill 3
“Uncertainty Analysis of Chloride Concentrations in Landfill Leachate,” Shoou-Yuh Chang, Prof., Farouk Manna, Research Asst., NC A and T State University, USA
“Remote Sensing and GIS as Decision Support Tool for Landfill Siting – A Case Study of Hyderabad Urban Area, India,” Padmaja Vuppala, Junior Research Fellow, SS. Asadi, Lecturer, M. Anji Reddy, Prof. and Head, Centre for Environment, India
“A Multi-criterion, Modular and Flexible Decision Aid Tool for Landfill Siting Using GIS,” Salah Sadek. Assoc. Prof., Mutassem El-Fadel, Prof., Fadi Freiah, Graduate Student, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
“Landfills and Wetlands can Make Great Neighborhoods,” David P. Belaskas, P.E., Assoc., Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., Jeffrey Richardson, District Manager, Waste Management of New York, LLC., Luann Meyer, Environmental Scientist, Stantec Consulting Services, Inc., USA
“Design and Construction of Hazardous Waste Landfill Facility”, Dr. Saleh Al-Muziani, Researcher, Kuwait Institute for Scientifict Research, Kuwait
“Enviro-physics Concept: Environmental Energy to Bioreactors biodegradation, Landfill and Others,” Ranjan Roy, Air Pollution Control Engineer Adjunct Prof., Pennsylvania Dept. of Environmental Protection Penn State University Harrisburg, Environmental Engineering Graduate Level, USA
10:40 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.
Break
10:55 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Sessions 6
SESSION 6A
Community Involvement
“Determinants of Recycling and Waste Minimisation Behaviour: The Case of Moulton, Northamptonshire, UK,” Anne Woolridge, Researcher, University of Northampton, Thomas Coskeran, Senior Lecturer, Steve Smith Principal Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK
“Using Drama as an Invertention in the Teaching of Appropriate Ecological Behavior”, Anita Závodská, Assistant Professor, Dr. Richard Maybee, Assistant Professor, Rochelle Kinzel, Assistant Professor, Barry University, USA
SESSION 6B
Thermal Processing and Energy
“Pellitisation of Solid Waste Residues to Produce Fuels for Advanced Thermal Treatment Processes,” Dr. Richard Marsh, Research Asst., Tony Griffiths, Prof., Keith Williams, Prof., Cardiff School of Engineering, UK
“Burning High-Grade, Clean Fuel Made from Low-Grade Used Agricultural Plastics,” James W. Garthe, PE, Agricultural Engineer and Instructor, Bruce G. Miller, the Pennsylvania State University, USA
“Performance Diagnosis for a Large-scale Waste Incineration Plant,” Jeng-Chung Chen, Assoc. Prof., Kun-Ying Lin, Chi-Hwa Lee, Master Student, Fooyin University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
“Green Energy: A New Role for Solid Waste Agencies,” James M. Rutala, Vice President, Atlantic County Utilities Authority, USA
SESSION 6C
“Determination of Kinetics Parameters in the Disinfection with Ammonia of Dehydrated Physicochemical Sludge from a Birds Slaughterhouse,” Juan Manuel Mendez, Alejandro Alvarado-Lassman, Prof., Investigator, R. Carolina Gonzalez, Post Graduate Student, Orizaba Institute of Technology, Master. Luius Antonio Lopez E., Mexico
“The New SlurryCarb TM Process Produces E-Fuel from Sludge,” Raymond J. Kearney, P.E., DEE, Vice President, Kevin M. Bolin, President, EnerTech Environmental, Inc., USA
“Solid Waste Management of Metakaolin-Lime Sludge-Phosphogypsum Blends as a Building Material,” Mohamed Saad Morsy, Tatrek Amin Osman, Assoc. Prof., National Housing and Building Research Center, Maha Moustafah Elshafai, Assoc. Prof., Egypt
“Dewaterability of Water Treatment Plant Residuals,” Dorairaja Raghu, Hsin-Neng Hsieh, Prof., New Jersey Institute of Technology, Swamy C. Basim, Prof., Central Connecticut State University, USA
“Effects of Fluxing Agents on Pouring Temperature of Industrial Sludge/MSWI Ash Melting Process,” Chih-Fu Teng, Master Student, Kung Cheh Li, Prof., Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
“Enhanced Energy Production from Sewage Sludge Using a Modified Low-Pressure Homoginizer”, Theodore I. Onyeche, CUTEC-Institut GmbH, Germany
“Utilization of Textile Dye Wash Water Sludge in the Manufacture of Bricks”, Dr. Meenakshi Senthilnathan, Assistant Professor, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, India
SESSION 6D
Medical Wastes
“Constraints in Management of Biomedical Waste in Smaller/Rural Healthcare Settings and Possible Solutions – A Case Study,” Ms. Reema Banerjee, Project Officer, Dr. Shyamala Mani, Programme Coordinator, Centre for Environmental Education, India
“Common Healthcare Waste Appropriate Management Plant – An Innovative Approach for Managing the Biomedical Waste in Indian Context,” Dr. Shyamala Mani, Ms. Shublangi Wankede, Programme Coordinator, Centre for Environmental Education, India
“An Investigation of Hospital Hazardous Waste in Shriaz,” Dr. Nasser Talebbeydokhti, Prof. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, S. Kherandmand, Graduate Student, Shiraz University, Iran
SESSION 6E
Special Wastes
“The Prevention of Pollution by Batteries at Universidad Autonoma de Baja California,” Ing. Luz Elena Corrales Castro, Student, M.C. Ma. Socorro Romero Hernández, Researcher, Ing. Luz Estela Salazar Escalante, Technical, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México
“SiC and TiN Treatment of Wastes Lead Containing Cathode-ray Tubes Glasses,” François Mear, Ph.D., Post Doctorate, Pascal G. Yot, Ph.D., Asst. Prof., Michel Ribes, Prof., Laboratoire de Physicochimie de la Matière Condensée – CMR SNRS 5617, France
“Detection of Heavy Ions in Polluted Waters: Use of Chalcogenide Sensors and Pre-Concentration Module”, François Mear, PhD - Post Doctorate, Marc Essi, PhD, Phillippe Sistat, Ass. Prof., Patrice Huguet, Prof., Annie Pradel, PhD, Michel Ribes, Prof., Laboratoire de Physico-Chimie de la Matière Condensée, Université Montpellier II, France
“Ammunition Bunker Demolition Study,” Howard Weinick, Chemical Engineer, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Dr. Ed Smith, Research Scientist, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, USA
1:15 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.
2:10 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sessions 7
SESSION 7A
“OCCRA’s 2005 Waste Quantification and Classification Study,” Douglas Grady, Project Manager, Andrew Radin, Director of Recycling, Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, USA
“Monitoring of Contaminants in Delaware Street Sweeping Residuals and Evaluation of Recycling/Disposal Options,” Marianne Walch, Ph.D., Environmental Scientist, Delaware Dept. of Transportation, USA
“The Role of Informal Private Sector in Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) in Lagos, Nigeria – A Developing Country,” Adebola Olugbenga O., CEO/MD, Richbol Environmental Services, LTD., Nigeria
“Integrating Cart Pushers and Scavengers in Lagos (Nigeria) Solid Waste Management,” Oluwole O. Akiyode, Monitoring Officer, Bell Int. Ltd., Olasukanmi S. Sojimu, Scientific Officer, Ministry of the Environment, Nigeria
“Assessment of Private Sector Participation (PSP) in Solid Waste Management in Nigeria,” Oluwole Olusegun Akiyode, Monitoring Officer, Bell Int. Ltd., Olasukanmi S. Sojimu, Scientific Officer, Ministry of the Environment, Nigeria
“The Achievements and Case Study of an Ongoing World Bank Aided Eco-City Project in India,” Dr. Shyamala Mani, Programme Coordinator, Centre for Environmental Education, India
SESSION 7B
“Evaluation of the Engineering Properties of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) Modified Kaolinite Clay,” Sulapha Peethamparan, Jan Olek, and Kyle Eric Kelfrich, School of Civil Engineering, Purdue University, USA
“Characteristics of Blended Cement Pastes Containing Metakaolin Exposed to Elevated Temperature,” Tarek Amin Osman, Mohamed Saad Morsy, Assoc. Prof., National Housing and Building Research Center, Salah Abo-El-Nein, Prof., Faculty of Science – Ein Shams University, Egypt
“Application of Cement Kiln Dust (CKD) – An Overview,” Ritu Gupta, Lecturer, Pamjab University, Rafat Siddique, Prof. and Head, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology (Deemed University), India
“Development of Ceramic Coatings Using Red Mud, a Solid Waste of Alumina Plants,” Alok Satapathy, Ph.D. Student, S.C. Mishra, Asst. Prof., National Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, P.V. Ananthapadmanaghan, Scientist G., B.A.R.C., India
“Zeolite and bentonite Enriched Composts as Soil Amendments for the Remediation of Heavy Metal Contaminated Sites,” René van Hewynen, Post Doctoral Research Asst., Sabeha K. Ouki, Reader, Vishnu Priya Gadepalle, Ph.D. Student, University of Surrey, Tony R. Hutchings, Forest Research, Abir Al-Tabbaa, University of Cambridge, Any J. Moffat, Forest Research, Mike L. Johns, University of Cambridge, UK
"A Review Of Mine Plan Implementation And Expansion Planning Of Gare IV/1 Open Cast Coal Mine, Chhattisgarh, India With Special Reference To Integrated Solid Waste Management," Marisha Sharma and Kasturi Gadgil, Centre for Energy Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Hauz Khas, New Delhi, India
SESSION 7C
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Break
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Poster Session 1
“Study on High Temperature Feed-in Recycle Resource for Superlight Aggregate,” Huang Su-Chen, Student, Dept. of Nuclear Science, Ming-Yu Lee, Student, Jhy-Dong Lin, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Jeng-Ching lee, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
“Study on the Recycling of Stone Processing Slurry for Environment Friendly Fertilizer,” Ming-Yu Lee, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Central University. Huang Su-Chen, Dept. of Nuclear, Science, National Tsing Hua University, Jyh-Dong Lin, Prof., Jeng-Ching Lee, Dept. of Civil Engineering, National Central University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
“The Citizen Participation Inside the Integrated Solid Waste Management – Porto Alegre Case,” Ana Paula Bortoleto, Master Student, Keisuke Hanaki, Prof., Toshiya Aramaki, Assoc. Prof., the University of Tokyo, Japan
“Emission Characteristics of the Liquid Crystal Wastes Pyrolysis,” Yi-Chi Chien, Asst. Prof., Dept. of Environmental Engineering and Sciences, Fooyin University, Taiwan, R.O.C.
“Manure Treatment in Agriculture Industry with a New Bio-pasteurization System,” Sara Sheibani, Student, Fernand Page, Researcher, Dian Dubois, Technician, Richard Hogue, IRDA Laval University, Canada
“Production of Biodiesel from Fractionated Meat Meal”, Y. Kurniawan, Student, Widener University, USA
“Meat and Bone Meal Fractionation and Utilization”, J. Laster, Student, Widener University, USA
5:15 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Discussion -- The Ph.D. Program in U.S. Universities, moderated by William Ritter, University of Delaware
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
WEDNESDAY MARCH 29
8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Conference check-in and late registration
8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Coffee
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Poster Session 2
“Biodegradation, Management and Utilization of Fruit Waste by Aerobic Composting,” Dr. S.N. Kalyankar, Dr. N.V. Kalankar, Principal, Yeshwant College, India
“The Prevention of Pollution by Batteries at Universidad Autonoma de Baja California,” Luz Elena Corrales Castro, Student, M.C. Ma. Socorro Romero Hernández, Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, México
“Burning High-Grade, Clean Fuel Made from Low-Grade Used Agricultural Plastics,” James W. Garthe, PE, Agricultural Engineer and Instructor, Bruce G. Miller, the Pennsylvania State University, USA
“Experimental Study on Product Gas of MSW Pyrolysis,” Lin Hanqial, Student, Cai Jiuju, Teacher, Bao Xiangjun, Student, SEPA Key Laboratory on Eco-Industry, China
“Liquid-phase Catalytic Hydrodechlorination of Tetrachloroethylene in Water-Alcohol Mixtures at Ordinary Conditions,” Neil C. Concibido, Doctoral Student, Wataru Nishijima, Prof., Mitsumasa Okada, Vice President For Research and Advancement, Tetsuji Okuda, Faculty of Engineering, Hiroshima University, Japan
“Development of Mushroom Cultivation Technology Using Food Industrial Waste,” Masahito Yamauchi, Assoc. Prof. Civil Engineering Dept., Kagoshima National College of Technology, Samio Masuda, Assoc. Prof. Civil Engineering Dept., Miyazaki University, Magayoshi Yamada, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental System Engineering Dept., Nagaoka University of Technology, Megumi Mihara, Maato Kihara, Hideki Harada, Japan
“Elution and Decomposition of TCE from Porous Media Using a Solvent With Ozone: Experimental and Mathematical Results,” Martha E. Alcántara-Garduño, Ph.D. Student, Tetsuji Okuda, Asst. Prof., Wataru Nishijima, Prof., Mitsumasa Okada, Prof., Hiroshima University, Japan
“How to Take a Truly Representative Environmental Sample,” John P. Jent, Environmental Engineer, US Army Corps, Richard Callahan, Manager, Stan Levenger, Senior Geologist, MKM Engineering, Ravenna Office, USA
“Marble Wastes as a Substitute in Hydraulic Concrete,” Belachia Mouloud, Dr., Senior Lecturer, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Skikda, Hynda Aoun, Dr., Lecturer, Dept. of Hydraulics, University of Annaba, Houria Hebhoub, Research Scholar, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of Skikda, Algeria
“Residential Solid Waste Composition According to the Socio-demographic Profiles of the Generators,” Sara Ojeda-Benitez, Researcher in Charger, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, USA, Gabriela Lozano-Olvera, Student, Carolina Armijo de Vega, Researcher, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, Mexico
“Reevaluating Canadian Landfill Gas Emission Modeling Parameters”, Jennifer Sawyer, Master’s Student, Shirley Thompson, Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada
10:30a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Field Trips
4:00 p.m.
Closing Session
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