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title Seminar

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Science Seminar

Spring 2025 Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, seminar will be:

  • Fridays at 12:00pm
  • Fisher 328
  • RSVP is requested, but not required
Date Speaker Title
17-18 January Charting pathways to planetary health: ecology, education, and economics Special Conference: register
31 January RCR forum Duke/Harvard research misconduct case: Listen to the updated Freakonomics Podcast, as background: the Datacolada page, and initial Freakonomics Podcast
27 February (Thursday) Shale Gas Conference 9am-5pm In-person: Power Center and online, register
25 March (Tuesday) Talal Salem, United States Military Academy Green Multi-functional Signal Filtering Cementitious Material Towards Smart Infrastructure, 9:30am, Fisher 711
28 March Adrijana Savić, Proposed Qualification Test Procedure to Identify Prestressed Concrete Ties that may be Susceptible to End-splitting Cracks, 1:00pm, Fisher 711
07 April (Monday) Christos Varsamis, Rensselaer Polytechnical Institute Optimization-Based Structural Design for Sustainable Infrastructure Development, 1:00pm, Fisher 711
11 April Mxolisi Mukhawana, University of the Western Cape, South Africa Introducing a Multi-Index Approach for Integrated Drought Monitoring in South Africa, A Case Study in the Berg River Catchment, Western Cape Province, South Africa
25 April David Wagner, University of Utah The Hydrogen Market

To be rescheduled:

  • Adam Ward, Oregon State University
  • Jerretta Fairley, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency

Responsible Conduct of Research

Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is a legal requirement of federally funded research and required for all research students. The RCR requirement is usually satisfied through standardized training available through the CITI program, which can be accessed from Duquesne's Institutional Research Board's website. RCR, however, is not a single training, it is ongoing learning. Annual training (such as case studies) is a federal requirement. We hold a RCR seminar every Fall semester as part of the Undergraduate Honors Thesis program (ENVI 414H), and the Graduate Seminar (ENVI 699).

Case Studies

Year Case
Spring 2024
Fall 2023 Stanford President's alleged data manipulation: What to Know About the Stanford President's Resignation, The Research Scandal at Stanford is More Common Than You Think
Fall 2022 Data management case study, COI case study
Fall 2021 Ariely Case

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Project Implicit

Previous Semester Schedules

Fall 2023 Schedule

Date Speaker Title
01 September Journal article discussion West et al., 2023
15 September Research
22 September RCR forum What to Know About the Stanford President's Resignation, The Research Scandal at Stanford is More Common Than You Think
29 September John Stolz, Duquesne University The Amazon, Wallace, and Me, SPECIAL TIME AND LOCATION: 2pm, Maurice Falk Lecture Hall, Mellon Hall
13 October GSA Presenters GSA presentations
10 November Sarah Haig, University of Pittsburgh Beyond Lead Reduction: Unraveling the Unexpected Responses of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria to Orthophosphate Lead Corrosion Control in a Full-scale Drinking Water Distribution System

Spring 2023

Date Speaker Title
20 January no seminar
27 January no seminar
03 February Sarah Cooley, University of Oregon New Directions in Observing Surface Water from Space
10 February no seminar
17 February no seminar
24 February Lauren McPhillips, Pennsylvania State University Green infrastructure solutions for stormwater management: how well do they work and how can we do better?
03 March Spring break no seminar
10 March no seminar
17 March George Allen, Virginia Tech A Global View of Rivers: Harnessing Satellite Data to Understand Earth’s Changing Freshwater Resources
24 March Brendan Jerrell, SkyTruth Eye In The Sky: Using Remote Sensing for Good
31 March Danielle Pratt, University of Delaware The Hydrological Drivers of Marsh Migration in the Coastal Critical Zone
07 April Easter break no seminar
14 April no seminar
21 April Reserved for undergraduate honors theses presentations

Fall 2022

Date Speaker Title
02 September Journal article discussion Pittsburgh Air Pollution Changes
09 September Faculty Faculty research overview
16 September Panel discussion Research Mechanics: authorship, peer-review, funding
07 October Mary Kate Kouloumpis et al., 2020
14 October Kiley Clark et al., 2022
21 October Brianna Loyd and DeVore, 2010
28 October David Kahler Responsible Conduct of Research seminar
04 November Jack Srimurali et al., 1998
11 November Maria and Majidah Schopfer et al., 2020, Ali Zainy, 2017

Spring 2022

Date Speaker Title
28 January Journal Club, The effects of defaunation on plants' capacity to track climate change Box, SI
04 February Robert Sroufe, Management Department Idea Cafe: Climate Change special time: 11:00am to 1:00pm
18 February Corey Harper, Carnegie Mellon University Transitioning to a Smarter and More Sustainable Transportation System, flyer, abstract
25 February John Gardner, University of Pittsburgh River Science from Space flyer
04 March Aja Ellis, Allegheny County Health Department Sub-micron particles and planet-sized problems
11 March Spring Break no seminar
18 March no seminar
25 March no seminar
01 April Donna Beck, Gumberg Library Literature search, manuscripts, publishing
08 April Career panel, CERE Alumni
15 April Good Friday no seminar
22 April Kevin Rose, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Understanding Climate Change Impacts on Lakes: from Ice to Oxygen flyer

Fall 2021

Date Speaker Title
10 September Neil Brown, Duquesne University Environmental Equity: What does this mean for Environmental Science education?
17 September Faculty Duquesne Research Projects
01 October Cassy Rodriguez, WE4F/United States Agency for International Development Securing Water for Food Grand Challenge
15 October Nick Ruhly, Federal Emergency Management Agency Finances in the National Flood Insurance Program
29 October David Kahler Responsible Conduct of Research seminar
12 November Carla Ng, University of Pittsburgh Addressing Urgent Questions for PFAS: Integrating Chemistry, Biology, and Engineering to Tackle the PFAS Problem

Spring 2020

Date Speaker Title
14 February Renee Corbett, Medicines Sans Frontieres Experience Working with Doctors Without Borders as a Water and Sanitation Manager in South Sudan
28 February Steven Wei, Slippery Rock University Mine Drainage Treatment: Nanomaterials and Environmental Sustainability

Remaining seminars were canceled or rescheduled due to COVID-19 restrictions