Manhattan College's Institute in Water Polution Control (IWPC) is the longest, continuously-running Environmental Engineering short course in the United States. This year, the IWPC is offering a week-long, professional short course in:
Water Quality Modeling: Toxic Organic Contaminants and Metals
Director: Dr. Kevin J. Farley (Manhattan College)
Topics covered in the course will include:
Monday: Toxic Organic Contamination; Fate and Transport Modeling
- Toxic Organic Contamination; Phase Partitioning
- Mass Balance Modeling
- Contaminant Transfer/Transformation Transfer Processes
- Steady-state and Time-variable Solutions (with Computer Session)
Tuesday: Bioaccumulation and Ecological Risk Assessment
- Bioaccumulation of Toxic Organic Contaminants (with Computer Session)
- New Developments in Bioaccumulation Assessment
- Water and Sediment Criteria for Toxic Organic Contaminants
- Contaminant Assessment and Projections for NY-NJ Harbor
Wednesday: Sediment Remediation of PCB, PAH and Dioxin-Contaminated Sites
- Evaluation of Sediment Stability and Transport
- Design and Evaluation of the Upper Hudson Dredging Program
- Alternative Remediation Strategies Using Carbon Amendments
Thursday: Assessment and Remediation of Chromium-Contaminated Sites
- Chromium Speciation and Redox Behavior
- Chromium Exposure and Human Health Effects
- Environmental Transport and Reactivity of Chromium
- Chromium Remediation Alternatives
Course Instructors:
Kevin Farley and Richard Carbonaro (Manhattan College), Dominic Di Toro (University of Delaware), John Connolly (Anchor-QEA), Upal Ghosh (University of Maryland-Baltimore County), Max Costa (NYU School of Environmental Medicine), Robin Miller (HDR-HydroQual), and Bob Mutch (Mutch Associates).
The course will be held on the Manhattan College campus and will consist of classroom lectures, case study presentations, and interactive computer sessions. Participants can sign up for the entire week or for specific days. Registration is $300 per day or $1,000 for the complete (four day) course. Professional Engineers can also earn up to 28 Professional Development Hours (PDHs) toward their NYS PE license. Other professional can earn up to 3 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
For further information, contact us directly at kevin.farley@manhattan.edu or 718-862-7171.
Deadline for course registration: May 25th
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