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2014 Americas Regional Conference
Sunday, October 26, 2014
Breakfast
Exhibitor Setup
8:00 AM
9:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 AM
12:00 PM
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
4:00 PM
5:00 PM
6:00 PM
7:00 PM
8:00 PM
Committee Meetings
Board of Directors Meeting (Tentative)
Introducation to UV: Water and
Wastewater Applications
Pre-Workshop
Registration
Exhibition Open
Welcome Reception
Monday, October 27, 2014
7:00 AM
7:30 AM
8:00 AM
8:30 AM
9:00 AM
Coffee
Welcome & Opening Plenary Session
Keynote: Marvin R. DeVries, Trojan Technologies President
Computational Fluid Dynamics Optimization of a
Continuous Flow Point of Use UV LED
Disinfection Reactor
Richard Jenny
North Carolina State University
9:30 AM
Special Features of UV LEDs for UV Reactor
Design
Fariborz Taghipour
University of British Columbia
10:00 AM
UV Oxidation for Recalcitrant Chemical
Contaminants - Successes, Challenges and
Future Applications
Terry Keep
Trojan Technologies
Treatment of 1,4 Dioxane Advanced Oxidation
at Artesian Water Company's Llangollen
Wellfield
John Civardi
Hatch Mott MacDonald
10:30 AM
Closing the (Vertical) Loops on UVDGM Piping
Geometry Guidelines
Christopher Schulz
CDM Smith
Break
10:45 AM
11:15 AM
Registration
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
Exhibition Open
11:45 AM
2:00 PM
Bacillus Pumilus as a High Resistance Surrogate
for High Dose UV Reactor Validation
Shawn Verhoeven
GAP EnviroMicrobial Services Ltd.
Biodosimetry Validation of a High Power UV
Disinfection System to Achieve Regulatory
Approval for Large Wastewater Applications
Bruno Ferran
Ozonia North America
Implementing Low-Pressure High-Output (LPHO)
Ultraviolet (UV) Disinfection for Treatment of
Groundwater for Small and Medium Size
Utilities
Traci Brooks
Carollo Engineers
Scavenging Factor Monitoring Using Rhodamine
B for the Efficient Operation of the UV-H2O2
Process
Seonbaek Kim
Yonsei University
Evaluating a Rapid Response Automatic Control
System for Vancouver's Coquitlam UV
Disinfection Facility
Christopher Schulz
CDM Smith
Determination of Efficient Operating Conditions
for the UV-Chlorine Process According to Water
Conditions and Target Compounds
Minhwan Kwon
Yonsei University
Online UV-Transmittance Measurements - The
Key to Cost Saving
Dan Shaver
Aquionics, Inc.
Site-Specific UV Validation for the Melbourne
Western Treatment Plant
Chengyue Shen
HDR
Removal of Taste and Odor Causing Compounds
by UV-H2O2 - Effect of Water Matrix
Yness March Slokar
UNESCO-IHE
Pulsed and Continuous UV LED Reactor for
Advanced Oxidation
Michael Miller
Air Force Institute of Technology
Lunch
UV Disinfection Performance Testing - Planning
Ahead
Gary Hunter
Black & Veatch
2:30 PM
Pathogen Specific UV System Sizing for
Wastewater and Reuse Disinfection
Kristen Meyer
Xylem Inc.
3:00 PM
Biodimetry Using MS2 Phase to Perdict Decal
Coliform Inactivation by UV Reactors
Varun Gandhi
Carollo Engineers
Demonstrating Advanced Oxidation Biofiltration to Remove Emerging Contaminants
from Wastewater
Karl Linden
University of Colorado at Boulder
Improving the Performance of UV Advanced
Oxidation Processes for the Removal of
Pesticides by Adding an Upstream Ozonation
Process
Jens Schiedeler
Xylem
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Adel Guirgis
University of Calgary
Characterization of UV Light Emitting Diodes for
Water Disinfection
Gordon Knight
Trojan UV
Optimization of the Cat/Del UV Disinfection
Facility
Brian Kearney
CDM Smith
Photodegradation of Iodinated Trihalomethanes
in Aqueous Solutions by UV and UV-H2O2
Treatment
Yongjun Xiao
Public Utilities Board, Singapore
Enhanced CDPH Spot-Check Bioassy to Expand
Operating
Chengyue Shen
HDR
3:30 PM
3:45 PM
Break
4:00 PM
Variation in Response of Viral Biodosimeters to
Ultraviolet Light
Ian Mayor-Smith
Imperial College London
UV Photolysis of Explosive Contaminated
Groundwater
Ken Kershner
Aquionics, Inc.
4:30 PM
A Genomic Exploration of Viral Surrogates for
UV Biodosimetry
Ian Mayor-Smith
Imperial College London
Low Cost De-Centralized UV System for Hospital
Rooms
Paul Lorcheim
ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc.
5:00 PM
Theoretical Analysis of Placing UV Reactors in
Series for Second Order Kinetics
Yuri Lawryshyn
University of Toronto
Applying Germicidal Irradiation to HVAC Heat
Exchangers to Reduce Biofouling and Improving
Heat Transfer Capabilities
Julia Louongo
University of Colorado at Boulder
5:30 PM
6:00 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
7:30 PM
Are we there yet? The Current and Future
State of UV-LED Technology Workshop
Exhibitior Reception
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
8:45 AM
Specialized Operation and Controls for MWRA's
Carroll Water Treatment Plant UV System
Gary Jacobson
CH2M Hill
Low Wavelength Sensing Technology for
Polychromatic Irradiance Measurement
Gordon Knight
Trojan UV
9:15 AM
How an Operational Audit can Improve UV
Reactor Reliability and Reduce Costs
Varun Gandhi
Carollo Engineers
Minimizing Collimated Beam Uncertainty
Shawn Verhoeven
GAP EnviroMicrobial Services Ltd.
9:45 AM
Large UV Systems for Secondary Effluent
Disinfection
June Leng
HDR
Round Robin Test of the IUVA UV Lamp
Efficiency Testing Protocol (Revised)
James Bolton
Bolton Photosciences, Inc.
10:15 AM
10:30 AM
Exhibition Open
Fundamental Aspects Concerning Data Analysis
from Polychromatic UV Experiments
James Bolton
Bolton Photosciences, Inc.
Registration
8:15 AM
UV System Design for Drinking Water in
Southern California - A Decade of Counting
Bryan Townsend
Black & Veatch
Break
Large Scale UV Pilot at the Trinity River
Design and Operating Flexibilities of Cincinnati's
Authority's Central Regional Wastewater
UV System
System Plant
Ramesh Kashinkunti
Katherine Bell
Greater Cincinnati Water Works
CDM Smith
11:00 AM
Incorporating Innovative Approaches unto New
UV Disinfection Systems
Todd Elliott
CH2M Hill
Inclusion of Variability in Design and Validation
of UV Disinfection Systems
Ernest R. Blachley III
Purdue University
11:30 AM
Balancing Cost-Effectiveness and Conservatism
in UV Disinfection Design
Paul Swaim
CH2M Hill
Update on NSF International's UV Standards for
Water Treatment Equipment
Bruce Bartley
NSF International
12:00 PM
Planning for the Future - Maintaining LT2 and
Stage 2 Compliance with UV Disinfection
Amy Gao
CH2M Hill
Breaking Down the Average DOSE Barrier
Ken Kershner
Aquionics, Inc.
12:30 PM
1:00 PM
1:30 PM
2:00 PM
2:30 PM
3:00 PM
3:30 PM
4:00 PM
4:30 PM
Lunch
Cat/Del UV Disinfection Facility Tour
The State of Healthcare Associated
Infections (HAIs) Workshop
Lunch
Ultraviolet Disinfection for
Wastewater—Low Dose Application
Guidance for Secondary and Tertiary
Effluent
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
1:00 PM
2:00 PM
3:00 PM
Cal/Del UV Disinfection Facility Tour