Thursday Agenda

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

9:00 a.m.

Convene/Opening RemarksApproval of June 2013 Minutes

Mr. Joseph FrancisChair

9:10 a.m.

Program Update

Dr. Anne AndrewsActing Executive DirectorPresentation

9:25 a.m.

Unexploded Ordnance Workshop and Munitions Response Overview

Dr. Herb NelsonMunitions ResponseProgram ManagerPresentation

9:55 a.m.

14 MR01-007 (MR-2409): Empirical Investigation of the Factors Influencing Marine Applications of EMI(FY14 New Start)

Dr. Thomas BellSAIC Arlington, VAPresentation

10:40 a.m.

Break

 

10:55 a.m.

14 MR01-006 (MR-2408): FiniteElement Modeling of Scattering from Underwater Proud and Buried Military Munitions (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Ahmad AbawiHeat, Light, and Sound Research, Inc. La Jolla, CAPresentation

11:40 a.m.

Chlorinated Solvents Workshop

Dr. Andrea LeesonEnvironmental RestorationProgram ManagerPresentation

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Environmental Restoration Overview

Dr. Andrea LeesonEnvironmental RestorationProgram ManagerPresentation

1:10 p.m.

14 ER01-018 (ER-2419): HighResolution Delineation of Contaminant Concentrations, Biogeochemical Processes, and Microbial Communities in SaturatedSubsurface Environments (FY14 New Start)

Dr. William JacksonTexas Tech UniversityLubbock, TXPresentation

1:55 p.m.

14 ER01-037 (ER-2420): A High Resolution Passive Flux Meter Approach Based on Colorimetric Responses (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Michael Annable University of FloridaGainesville, FLPresentation

2:40 p.m.

 Break

 

2:55 p.m.

14 ER01-039 (ER-2421): Investigating the Sensitivity of Emerging Geophysical Technologies to Immobile Porosity and Isolated DNAPL and Dissolved/Sorbed VOC Mass in Fractured Media (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Lee SlaterRutgers University-Newark Newark, NJPresentation

3:40 p.m.

Environmental Restoration Overview

Dr. Andrea LeesonEnvironmental RestorationProgram ManagerPresentation

3:50 p.m.

14 ER05-001 (ER-2217): Robust Antifouling Membranes for Sustainable Wastewater Treatment by ForwardOsmosis in FOBs (FY14 Follow-On)

Dr. Menachem ElimelechYale University New Haven, CTPresentation

4:35 p.m.

Strategy Session

Dr. Anne AndrewsActing Executive DirectorPresentation

5:00 p.m.

 Public Discussion/Adjourn for the day

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Thursday, September 12, 2013

Time

Topic/Title

Speaker

9:00 a.m.

Convene

Mr. Joseph FrancisChair

9:10 a.m.

Weapons Systems and Platforms Overview

Dr. Robin NissanWeapons Systems and PlatformsProgram ManagerPresentation

9:20 a.m.

14 WP02-003 (WP-2402): NovelChemistries for Replacement ofMethylene Dianiline in PolyimideComposites (FY14 New Start)

Dr. John La ScalaArmy Research Laboratory Aberdeen Proving Ground, MDPresentation

10:05 a.m.

Break

 

10:20 a.m.

Resource Conservation and Climate Change Overview

Dr. John HallResource Conservation andClimate ChangeProgram ManagerPresentation

10:30 a.m.

14 RC01-008 (RC-2432): The Impactof Non-Native Predators on Pollinators and Native Plant Pollination Services: a CaseStudy in an Invaded Dryland Hawaiian Ecosystem (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Christina LiangUSDA Forest ServiceHilo, HIPresentation

11:15 a.m.

14 RC01-009 (RC-2433): Recovery of Native Plant Communities and Ecological Processes Following Removal of Non-Native, Invasive Ungulates from Pacific Island Forests (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Creighton LittonUniversity of Hawaii at ManoaHonolulu, HIPresentation

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

14 RC01-015 (RC-2434): Seed Dispersal Networks and NovelEcosystem Functioning in Hawaii (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Jeffrey FosterNorthern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, AZPresentation

1:45 p.m.

Resource Conservation and Climate Change Overview

Dr. John HallResource Conservation andClimate ChangeProgram ManagerPresentation

1:55 p.m.

14 RC02-005 (RC-2435): Effect ofArctic Amplification on Design Snow Loads in Alaska (FY14 New Start)

Ms. Kathleen JonesCold Regions Research and Engineering LaboratoryHanover, NHPresentation

2:40 p.m.

Break

2:55 p.m.

14 RC02-017 (RC-2436): Improving Design Methodologies and Assessment Tools for Building on Permafrost in a Warming Climate (FY14 New Start)

Mr. Kevin BjellaCold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Ft. Wainwright, AKPresentation

 3:40 p.m. 

14 RC02-020 (RC-2437): Developing Smart Infrastructure for a Changing Arctic Environment using Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing Methods (FY14 New Start)

Dr. Jonathan Ajo-FranklinLawrence Berkeley National LaboratoryBerkeley, CAPresentation

4:25 p.m.

Public Discussion/Adjourn