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  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    1:30pm - 3:30pm ET
    Sustainability - Analysis and Case Studies
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Chair: Ketan Shah, PhD – SCS Engineers
    Co-Chair: Georges Bou-Saab, PhD – Texas A&M Transportation Institute
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    1:30pm - 1:50pm ET
    Value of Life Cycle Assessments for Establishing Net Environmental Benefits
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Primary Author: Paresh Thanawala, QEP – 2020 Environmental Solutions
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    1:50pm - 2:10pm ET
    A Transition from Monocropping to 14 Different Ecologically Sustainable Agriculture Systems with the Most Useful Secondary Uses and Resource Conservations
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Primary Author: Sera Lee – Stony Brook University
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    2:10pm - 2:30pm ET
    Single Use Plastic Bottle Emissions Using Life Cycle Assessment for the States: Challenges, Impact, and Recommendations
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Primary Author: Ketan Shah, PhD – SCS Engineers
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    2:30pm - 2:50pm ET
    Systems Thinking for Smart Growth at the San Diego International Airport
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Primary Author: Ben Chandler – Haley & Aldrich, Inc.
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    2:50pm - 3:10pm ET
    Absorption of Phosphate Using Spent Coffee Grounds Biochar
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Primary Author: Mingming Lu – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Omer Aloraimi – University of Cincinnati
    Co-Author: Maggie Zhu – Ecosil
    Co-Author: Iniyaa Thirugnanasambanthan
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    3:10pm - 3:30pm ET
    Will the Marriage of Portland Limestone Cement with Calcined Clay Foster Sustainable Concrete, Less CO2, and Require Less Energy?
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Primary Author: Alvaro A. Linero, MS, PE – Linero Concrete Concepts
    Co-Author: Sofia Sanchez-Berriel, PhD – Central University of Las Villas
    SUST
  • Tuesday, Jun 6th
    4:00pm - 6:00pm ET
    Towards a Sustainable Environmental Governance for an Indigenous Island, Taiwan
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Panel Chair: Ming-Chien Su, Ph.D – National Dong Hwa University
    Panel Co-Chair: Awi Mona – National Dong Hwa University
    Panelist: Ming-Chien Su, Ph.D – National Dong Hwa University
    Panelist: Richard C. Kammayani – National Dong Hwa University
    Panelist: Yu-Chao Huang – National Dong Hwa University
    Panelist: Awi Mona – National Dong Hwa University
    SUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    8:00am - 9:40am ET
    Sustainability and the ESG Tsunami – Metrics, Mandates, and Methods
    Location: Blue Spring I/II
    Panel Chair: Raghavan (Ram) Ramanan, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, QEP – Copperwire Inc.
    Panel Co-Chair: Kerry A. Weichsel, P.E. – Iconic Air
    Panelist: Raghavan (Ram) Ramanan, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, QEP – Copperwire Inc.
    Panelist: Kerry A. Weichsel, P.E. – Iconic Air
    Panelist: Ana G. Ossers – AECOM
    SUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    10:10am - 11:50am ET
    Circular Economy: Actions and Progress
    Location: Florida B
    Panel Chair: Chih C. Chao, PhD, PEng – Cantech Environmental Services
    Panel Co-Chair: Mingming Lu – University of Cincinnati
    Panelist: Heidi Sanborn, MPA – National Stewardship Action Council
    Panelist: Cissy Ma – US EPA
    Panelist: Jo-Shu Chang – Tunghai University
    Panelist: Jean Lavoie, Ing. – Rio Tinto Aluminum
    MINISUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    1:30pm - 3:10pm ET
    How Does It Work? Quantifying ESG
    Location: Florida C
    Panel Chair: Kerry A. Weichsel, P.E. – Iconic Air
    Panelist: Adam T. Conti, P.E. – Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc.
    Panelist: Raghavan (Ram) Ramanan, PhD, PE, BCEE, CEng, QEP – Copperwire Inc.
    Panelist: Kerry A. Weichsel, P.E. – Iconic Air
    Panelist: Chandler P. Taylor – Barr Engineering Co.
    YPROSUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    3:30pm - 5:30pm ET
    Organizational Approaches to Sustainability
    Location: Plaza International K
    Chair: Thomas Morahan – egroup/nygeology
    Co-Chair: Mingming Lu – University of Cincinnati
    SUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    3:30pm - 3:50pm ET
    Challenges in Capturing and Managing Sustainability and ESG Data: Building a Digital Roadmap to Achieve Sustainability Goals
    Location: Plaza International K
    SUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    3:50pm - 4:10pm ET
    Landfills – Part of the Sustainability Solution
    Location: Plaza International K
    Primary Author: Kate Howe, MS – Weaver Consultants Group
    Co-Author: Matt Stutz, PE – Weaver Consultants Group
    Co-Author: Julie Hall – Weaver Consultants Group
    SUST
  • Wednesday, Jun 7th
    4:10pm - 4:30pm ET
    Food Waste Crisis in the United States of America: The Known, the Overlooked, and the Undisclosed
    Location: Plaza International K
    Primary Author: Sagarika Srivastava – Stony Brook University
    SUST