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Final Program


Emerging & Innovative Technologies (Interdisciplinary)

Innovations in Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Data Analytics in the Water Sector - II

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
10:00 AM – 11:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
Room: Room 6

    Moderator(s)

  • Lily Baldwin (she/her/hers)

    Environmental Management System Program Manager
    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California, United States

Presentations:

  • 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

    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

  • 10:15 AM – 10:30 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Machine Learning Classification of PFAS

    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.

  • 10:30 AM – 10:45 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Predicting Heavy Metals in River Water Using Novel Hybrid Deep Learning Models

    Author: Majid Bagheri – Savannah State University

  • 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Preliminary Analysis of Contamination of Emerging Concern using observations and machine learning approaches

    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

  • 11:00 AM – 11:15 AM Alaska Daylight Time (AKDT)
    Developing Students’ Systems Thinking and Data Analytics Skills in Water and Environmental Engineering

    Author: Juneseok Lee – Manhattan University