U.S. EPA Workshop on Nanotechnology for Site Remediation
Washington, DC, October 20 – 21, 2005
Conference Proceedings
AGENDA
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DAY 1
Opening Plenary
8:30 a.m.
Welcome/Opening Remarks
Ben Wu
Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, US Department of Commerce
8:40 a.m.
“Can Nanotechnology Thrive in the Environmental Technology Bazaar?”
Walter W. Kovalick, Jr.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation [Presentation (PDF, 34pp., 1.0MB)]
9:00 a.m.
“Navy Strategy to Innovative Technology Implementation”
Richard Mach
U.S. Navy [Presentation (PDF, 32pp., 2.5MB)]
State of the Science I Chair: Marti Otto
9:20 a.m.
“Current Research with Nanoscale Zerovalent Iron”
Wei-Xian Zhang
Lehigh University [Presentation (PDF, 45pp., 33.5MB)]
9:40 a.m.
“Oxidation of Organic Contaminants on Nanoparticulate Zero Valent Iron”
David Sedlak
University of California, Berkeley [Presentation (PDF, 18pp., 332KB)]
10:00 a.m.
“Structure and Reactivity of Nano-Particles Containing Zero-Valent Iron:
Bridging the Gap Between Ex Situ Properties and In Situ Performance”
Paul Tratnyek
Oregon Health and Science University [Presentation (PDF, 16pp., 1.7MB)]
State of the Science II Chair: Mike Gill
10:35 a.m.
“Heavy Metal Sequestration Using Functional Nanoporous Materials”
Glenn Fryxell
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
10:55 a.m.
“Dendritic Nanomaterials for Environmental Remediation”
Mamadou Diallo
California Institute of Technology [Presentation (PDF, 20pp., 8331KB)]
11:15 a.m.
“Nanotechnology and the Environment: Nano-Scale Research at Temple University”
David Kargbo
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 3 [Presentation (PDF, 20pp., 2.0MB)]
Case Studies I
11:35 a.m.
“Field Performance of Nanoscale Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron”
Jacqueline Quinn
NASA [Presentation (PDF, 15pp., 296KB)]
11:55 a.m.
“Use of Nano- and Micro-Scale Zero Valent Iron at Navy Sites: A Case Study”
Nancy Ruiz
U.S. NAVY [Presentation (PDF, 34pp., 2.4MB)]
Case Studies II Chair: Jacqueline Quinn
1:15 p.m.
“Implementation of the Nanoscale Iron Source Remediation Demonstration —
From the Lab to the Field”
Keith Henn
TretraTech NUS, Inc. [Presentation (PDF, 26pp., 1.1MB)]
1:35 p.m.
“In Situ Groundwater Treatment Using Nanoiron: A Case Study”
Harch Gill
PARS [Presentation (PDF, 24pp., 340KB)]
1:55 p.m.
“In Situ Treatments Using Nano-Scale Zero-Valent Iron Implemented in
North America and Europe”
Florin Gheorghiu
Golder Associates, Inc. [Presentation (PDF, 37pp., 1.2MB)]
2:15 p.m.
“Evaluation of the Control of Reactivity and Longevity of Nanoscale
Colloids by the Methods of Colloid Manufacture”
David Vance
ARCADIS [Presentation (PDF, 26pp., 386KB)]
2:35 p.m.
Instructions for Breakout Sessions
Nora Savage
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
3:05 p.m.
Breakout Sessions
Research Needs; Data Gaps
5:00 p.m.
Reports from Breakout Sessions
DAY 2
State of the Science III Chair: Todd Anderson
8:30 a.m.
“Opening Remarks”
Barbara Karn, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and
Pat Brezonik, NSF [Presentation (PDF, 8pp., 479KB)]
9:00 a.m.
Legal/Regulatory/Policy Issues
Marty Spitzer, J.D.
Science Committee, U.S. House of Representatives
9:30 a.m.
“Nanoparticle Transport Porous Media”
Mark Wiesner
Rice University
9:50 a.m.
“Nanoiron in the Subsurface: How Far Can It Go and How Does It Change?”
Greg Lowry, Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University [Presentation (PDF, 22pp., 3.8MB)]
10:25 a.m.
“Health Risk Assessment of Manufactured Nanomaterials: More than Just Size”
Kevin Dreher
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [Presentation (PDF, 25pp., 2.1MB)]
10:45 a.m.
“Nano and the Public: Duh, Yuck and Wow!”
Julia Moore
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars [Presentation (PDF, 10pp., 296KB)]
11:05 a.m.
Instructions for Breakout Sessions
David Blockstein
National Council for Science and the Environment
11:15 a.m.
Breakout Sessions
(Technology Transfer/Validation; Public Perception/Communication; Legal/Regulatory
Issues)
