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BWRC and LEADERS Seminar Series - Dr. Tissa Illangasekare
Nov 25, 2019
Fundamental to the distribution and transport of water, gases and chemical constituents in natural systems are the processes of energy, mass, and momentum transfer. A class of problems offers unique challenges when these processes occur across physical interfaces within the...
BWRC Annual Research Symposium
Nov 15, 2019
On November 13th, 2019, the Beaty Water Research Centre and LEADERS Program hosted its 2nd Annual Research Symposium.
BWRC and LEADERS Seminar Series - Dr. Donatella Termini
Nov 04, 2019
Alteration of hydrological conditions in fluvial systems inevitably leads to changes in river morphology, riparian or riverbed vegetation and ecosystems. As literature shows, climate is one of controlling factor of the distribution of plant species. Rapid climate change leads...
BWRC and LEADERS Seminar Series - Steve Usher
Oct 21, 2019
Typically, clean up of old leaking gas stations are a “dig and dump” affair. The level of science of assessment is limited to drilling and soil sampling and testing for hydrocarbons, including water samples. In the majority of cases this is an effective and economic solution...
BWRC and LEADERS Seminar Series - Dr. Ted Mao
Oct 09, 2019
Municipalities are facing significant challenges related to wastewater treatment, including aging infrastructure, increasingly more stringent discharge requirements, climate change and extreme weather events, constrained plant space, municipal budget...
LEADERS Summer Symposium Report
Jul 20, 2019
The LEaders in wAter anD watERshed Sustainability (the LEADERS) program hosted by the Beaty Water Research Centre (BWRC) is lead by Dr. Stephen Brown, Associate Professor in the Department of Chemistry & School of Environmental Studies.
LEADERS Summer Symposium
Jul 04, 2019
In this year’s Symposium, students will showcase their research and have the opportunity to receive feedback from leading researchers in disciplines such as engineering, chemistry, biology, policy studies, business and public...
BWRC & LEADERS Seminar Series - Dr. Lei Liu
Jun 19, 2019
Dr. Liu will be speaking about a brief history of Imperial as ExxonMobil’s Canadian affiliate, and an overview of environmental research and services that they do, including water and wastewater technical support, Refining and Chemical R&D Environmental Program, Exploratory...
BWRC & LEADERS Seminar Series - Dr. Florent Chazarenc
May 08, 2019
Developing the wastewater treatment plant of the future led to an increasing interest in shifting from energy consuming activated sludge processes to Water Resource Recovery Facility towards energy neutral or even energy positive plants. One way to advance toward energy...
BWRC & LEADERS Seminar Series - Dr. Leigh McGaughey
May 08, 2019
Leigh is an ecologist, who started her career in South Africa where she completed a BSc (1994), BSc Honours (1995) and MSc (2000) degrees in Biological Sciences. In 2001 she moved to Australia and worked as a Research Assistant at Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute...