MORNING SESSION
Opening General Session
Sponsored by
8:30–10:00
Room: La Nouvelle Orleans Ballroom
8:30 a.m. Opening General Session Welcome—Dan Hugaboom, Carollo Engineers, Inc.
8:35 a.m. Conference Welcome—Monica Pazahanick
8:40 a.m. Association Welcome AMTA President—Brent Alspach, AWWA CEO David LaFrance
8:50 a.m. AMTA NWRI Fellowship Updates—Cassandra Porter, Michael Geitner
9:00 a.m. Keynote Address—Donald Layne Carter, NASA
9:45 a.m. Opening General Session Closing and Conference Highlights—Monica Pazahanick
NETWORKING BREAK – EXHIBIT HALL
10:00–10:30
MEMBRANE DEVELOPMENT, RESEARCH AND INNOVATION MEMBRANE FILTRATION APPLICATIONS ROOM 254 ROOM 255 Room
TUE03—INNOVATIVE MEMBRANE FABRICATION TUE04—SUCCESSFUL MBR APPLICATIONS Session Title
Moderator: Doug Eisberg Moderator: Lynne Gulizia A Novel Method for RO Membrane Fabrication and its Application
to Chemically Tolerant RO and Desalination Challenges in Upgrading a Conventional Activated Sludge Plant in
Maryland to a Membrane Bio Reactor (MBR) Facility Mackenzie Anderson, University of California, Los Angeles,
(USBR-AMTA Fellowship Awardee),
Na He, Richard Kaner, Brian McVerry, Ethan Rao Zohreh Movahed, WATEK Engineering Corp., Terry Gellner Development of Self-Healing Membranes for Water Reuse Challenges of Retrofi tting a Conventional Wastewater Facility to
Membrane Bioreactor Technology for Penn State University
Justin Mattingly, Water Research Foundation, Jaehong Kim
Bioinspired Hypochlorite-Resistant Reverse Osmosis Membranes
Michael Geitner, The Pennsylvania State University,
(NWRI-AMTA Fellowship Awardee),
Emelia Conte, Amanda Johnsen, Elsa Koninckx, Manish Kumar,
Chao Lang, Patrick Saboe
Track
10:30–11:00
11:00–11:30
Mary Sadler, Hazen and Sawyer, Anthony Greiner, Rachel Prinkey,
Cheryl Robitzsch, Mark Strahota, Joseph Swanderski, David Swisher
Full-Scale Wastewater Recovery and Reuse Projects in Three Food
Manufacturing Facilities in Mexico, Utilizing Membrane Bioreactor
11:30–noon
Brian Arntsen, SUEZ Water Technologies & Solutions, Carla Casanova,
Jessica Malpica De La Torre
LUNCHEON—EXHIBIT HALL
TICKETS WILL BE COLLECTED; FOOD SERVED UNTIL 12:40 noon–1:30
STUDENT & YOUNG PROFESSIONALS NETWORKING LUNCH MEETUP
LOOK FOR SPECIALLY MARKED TABLES IN THE LUNCHEON AREA OF THE MTC EXHIBIT HALL—JOIN US! noon–1:30
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