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  • Monday, May 19th
    3:00 PM – 3:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Enhancing Climate Change Risk Perception Through Virtual Reality: A Case Study in Galveston, Texas
    Room: Room 6
    Co-Author (not attending): Haoming Qin – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author (not attending): Wei Zhai – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Author: Marcio H. Giacomoni, PhD, PE – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Huanchun Huang
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    3:15 PM – 3:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Building Community Resilience Through Integrating of Research, Innovation, and Vulnerability Assessment to Strengthen Communities Against Natural Hazards
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Rouzbeh Nazari, PhD – University of Memphis
    Author: Maryam Karimi – University of Memphis
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    3:30 PM – 3:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Fluvial flood modeling and 3D visualization of impacts of fluvial, pluvial and coastal flooding
    Room: Room 6
    Co-Author: Barbara J. Lence, PhD (she/her/hers) – University of British Columbia/Department of Civil Engineering
    Co-Author: Sudhir Kshirsagar – Global Quality Corp
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    3:45 PM – 4:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Proactive Forest Management Decision Support through Algorithm Developed using Remote-Estimated Biomass with GEDI LiDAR and Evapotranspiration with ECOSTRESS Correlation Analysis
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Sudhanshu S. Panda – University of North Georgia
    Co-Author: Prahlad Jat – University of North Georgia
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    4:00 PM – 4:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Nano-Modified Phosphate Fertilizers for Effective Nutrient Delivery and Eutrophication Management
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Shirsa Mazumdar, MS – North Dakota State University
    Author: Mohiuddin Quadir, Ph.D. – North Dakota State University
    Author: Achintya N. Bezbaruah, Ph.D. – North Dakota State University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    4:45 PM – 5:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Cloud-Agnostic Digital Twin Solution for Smart Water Grid Operation Management
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Juen Ming Wong, N/A – Bentley Systems (Singapore) Pte Ltd
    Co-Author: Zheng Yi Wu – Bentley Systems Inc.
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Real-Time Data Integration and Model Performance Assessment for a Digital Twin of a Permeable Pavement Stormwater Control Measurement
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Jose Brasil – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Marcus N. Gomes, Jr. – University of Arizona
    Co-Author: Marcio H. Giacomoni, PhD, PE – University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: Drew Johnson – The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Co-Author: A. T. Papagiannakis – The University of Texas at San Antonio
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Monday, May 19th
    5:15 PM – 5:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Using Deep Learning Models for Decision Support for Large River-Reservoir/Lake Water Systems
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Caleb Buahin – United Stated Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development
    Co-Author (not attending): Bryce A. Mihalevich – US Bureau of Reclamation
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Enhancing Flood Inundation Modeling with Memory-Optimized Deep Learning Approaches
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Faria Nur – WSP
    Co-Author: Sudershan Gangrade – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Ganesh R. Ghimire (he/him/his) – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Shih-Chieh Kao, Dr. – Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Co-Author: Alfred J. Kalyanapu, PhD – Tennessee Tech University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    High-Resolution Snow Mapping with Machine Learning: Pioneering Products to Revolutionize Season-to-Season Water Supply Forecasting.
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Ryan C. Johnson, PhD – The University of Utah
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Enhancing Water Quality Monitoring Through Regional Machine Learning Models
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Michael Rosati – University of North Dakota
    Co-Author: Yeo Howe Lim – University of North Dakota
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Assessing the Impacts of Urban Flooding on Human Behavior Using Crowd-Sourced Data and Machine Learning
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Azadeh Hosseinzadeh – Southern Methodist University
    Co-Author: Barbara Minsker, PhD, PE – Southern Methodist University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Hyperspectral Imaging for Salinity Stress Detection in Canola: Advancing Precision Agriculture with Novel Vegetation Indices
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Mahdis Khorram – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Saurav Kumar, Ph.D., F.EWRI – Arizona State University
    Co-Author: Rajan Shrestha – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Qingwu Xue – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Andrea Soto – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Girisha Ganjegunte – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Santosh S. Palmate – Texas A&M University
    Co-Author: Samuel Zapata – Texas A&M University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Machine Learning Classification of PFAS
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Aditya Tyagi, PhD, PE (he/him/his) – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author: Charles Holbert – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author (not attending): Jeff Gamlin – GSI Environmental Inc.
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Predicting Heavy Metals in River Water Using Novel Hybrid Deep Learning Models
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Majid Bagheri – Savannah State University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Preliminary Analysis of Contamination of Emerging Concern using observations and machine learning approaches
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Venkataramana Sridhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Co-Author (not attending): Raghavan Srinivasan – Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX
    Co-Author (not attending): Arun Bawa – Blackland Research & Extension Center, Texas A&M University, Temple, TX
    Co-Author: Aditya Tyagi, PhD, PE (he/him/his) – Jacobs Engineering
    Co-Author (not attending): Manoj Kumar Jha, n/a – NCAT
    Co-Author (not attending): Biswanath Dari – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, Greensboro, NC
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Developing Students’ Systems Thinking and Data Analytics Skills in Water and Environmental Engineering
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Juneseok Lee – Manhattan University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    1:15 PM – 1:30 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    One Prompt to Rule Them All: Automated Curve and Image Retrieval from PDFs and Websites with Agentic Multimodal RAG
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Siavash Hakim Elahi – Autodesk/Innovyze
    Co-Author: Danielle Zyngier – Autodesk/Innovyze
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    1:30 PM – 1:45 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Can Large Language Models Quantify Floods from Crowd-Sourced Data?
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Seon-Ho Kim – City University of New York
    Co-Author (not attending): Fatemeh Yavari – City University of New York
    Author: Naresh Devineni, M. ASCE – City University of New York
    Co-Author (not attending): Te Pei – City University of New York
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    1:45 PM – 2:00 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Transforming Japanese Waterworks: Comprehensive Asset Management and the Path to Resilience in Kurume City
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Saki Handa, PE, ENVSP – Optimatics
    Co-Author: Yusuke Shinoda – Optimatics
    Author: Keiji Yuki – Toa Grout
    Author: Tomoka IIzuka – Toa Grout
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Tuesday, May 20th
    2:00 PM – 2:15 PM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Water Infrastructure Design with Large Language Models
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Jeffrey Lind – University of Tennessee
    Author: Haochen Li – University of Tennessee
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    8:15 AM – 8:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Advancing Hydrologic Modeling through Community-Driven Development: The NextGen Framework
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Steven Burian – The University of Alabama
    Co-Author: James Halgren – Alabama Water Institute
    Co-Author: Arpita Patel – The University of Alabama
    Co-Author (not attending): Md. Shahabul Alam (he/him/his) – The University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Sifan A. Koriche – The University of Alabama
    Co-Author: Jordan Laser – Lynker Corporation
    Co-Author: Zach Wills – Lynker Corporation
    Co-Author: Nels Frazier – Lynker Corporation
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    8:30 AM – 8:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Development and Application of an ArcGIS-Based Model for Estimating Phosphate Load from OSTDS to Surface Water Bodies
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Ming Ye (he/him/his) – Florida State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Wei Mao – Florida State University
    Co-Author: Michael Core – Florida State University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    8:45 AM – 9:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Modeling Land Cover Land Use Change in the Krishna River Basin and Water Quality in the Mekong River Basin Using AI/ML Techniques
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Venkataramana Sridhar – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Co-Author (not attending): Sangwoo Kim – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Co-Author (not attending): Anuj Karpatne – Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061
    Co-Author: Paul Craig – DSI, LLC
    Co-Author (not attending): Szu-Ting Lee – DSI, LLC
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    9:00 AM – 9:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    A Robust Cellular Automaton Surface Drainage Preprocessing Algorithm for High Resolution Digital Elevation Models
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Robert N. Eli, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    9:15 AM – 9:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Towards a More Spatially Explicit Stormwater Management Model (SWMM)
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Caleb Buahin – United Stated Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development
    Co-Author (not attending): Anne M. Mikelonis, PhD, PE – EPA Office of Research and Development
    Co-Author: Y. Jeffery Yang – EPA Office of Research and Development
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    10:00 AM – 10:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Enhanced Adsorption of Iron and Manganese from Water Using Nano-Metal-Oxide-Biochar Derived from Agricultural Waste
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Muhammad Tariq Bashir – CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan
    Author: Raid Alrowais – Jouf University, KSA
    Co-Author: Muhammad Ali Sikandar – CECOS University of IT and Emerging Sciences, Peshawar, Pakistan
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Breaking Barriers Through Innovative Technologies Installed in Small Drinking Water Systems
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Page C. Jordan – U.S. EPA ORD
    Co-Author: Daniel Williams – US EPA Office of Research and Development
    Co-Author: Rajib Sinha – Trihydro Corp
    Co-Author: Shannon Griffin – US EPA Office of Research and Development
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Pop-Up Hyporheic Zones (PUHZO) A Novel Modular Technology to Treat Phosphorus in Urban Drool and Dry-Weather Creeks
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Abigail Heath – Colorado School of Mines
    Co-Author (not attending): John McCray – Colorado School of Mines
    Co-Author (not attending): Chase Takajo – Sonoma Water
    Co-Author (not attending): Sean McNeil – City of Santa Rosa
    Co-Author (not attending): Derek Raymond Cavanaugh – City of Santa Rosa
    Co-Author (not attending): Veronica Siwy – Town of Windsor
    Co-Author (not attending): Robert Wilson – City of Santa Rosa
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Enhancing Environmental Remediation: Advanced Polymer Systems for Optimized Controlled Release
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Niya S. King, NSF-ASEE Engineering Postdoctoral Fellow (eFellow) – North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
    Author: Nafisa H. Sirelkhatim – North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
    Co-Author (not attending): Stephanie Luster-Teasley Pass – North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)
  • Wednesday, May 21st
    11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Using Low Power Long Range (LoRa) Wireless Communication for Monitoring Drinking Water Systems in Remote Regions in Puerto Rico
    Room: Room 6
    Author: Rajib Sinha – Trihydro Corp
    Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)