Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership Hosts May 20 Online Student Presentations On Stormwater, Green Infrastructure

On May 20, the Villanova University Urban Stormwater Partnership is hosting online presentations by graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral students that were to be presented at the now canceled Environmental and Water Resource Institute Conference.

The sessions will be organized as lightning rounds, with a question and answer period. 

Here is a list of the presentations, click the title to read the abstract--

-- Richard Ampomah, “Quantifying Sediment Retention within a Bioinfiltration System.”

-- Achira Amur, “Understanding the Water Budget within a Rain Garden.”

-- Ali Ebrahimian, “Dynamic Performance of Green Infrastructure: Implications in Modeling and Design.”

-- Danielle Galloway, “Stormwater Rain Garden Performance: Investigating Under-Performing Systems and the Influence of Modeling Techniques and Design Assumptions."

-- Seyed Hossein Hosseiny, “A Citywide Scale Runoff Modeling Framework for Stormwater Management."

-- Rebecca Martin, “Methods for analyzing Stream Temperature and the Thermal Effects of Rain Gardens.”

-- Ian McKane, “Spatial and Temporal Changes in Infiltration, Soil Texture, and Nutrient Accumulation in Rain Gardens.”

-- Wessam Mohammed, “Impact of Underdrain Structures on the Performance of two Established Rain Gardens in Abington, Pennsylvania.”

-- Lesmes Mora Jerez, “Use of an Aggregation Degradation Model to Assess the Effects of Stormwater Control."

The presentations will be available via Zoom starting at 12:30.  Space is limited and you must register for this event.

This program is part of a monthly stormwater presentations series hosted by the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership and will be available on demand.

Visit the Villanova University Urban Stormwater Partnership webpage for more information on their research and other upcoming events.  Questions should be directed to Robert G. Traver, Ph.D., PE, D.WRE, F.EWRI, F. ASCE Edward A. Daylor,Chair in Civil Engineering, Director Center for Resilient Water Systems, by calling 610-519-7899 or send email to: robert.traver@villanova.edu. 

[Posted: May 14, 2020]  PA Environment Digest