2008 AAESymposium

Program

Speakers

AAESymposium 2008 Program

Registration Opens at 8:45am

9:30am – 9:40am – Introduction and Welcome Speeches

Yue Rong - SCCAEPA

Jason Choi - KAEPA

9:40am – 9:55am – Keynote Speaker

California Assembly member Ted Lieu, 53 rd District

9:55am – 11:15am – Session 1: Air Quality/Water Quality

Moderator: Jason Choi

1. Dr. Jeff Kuo, Professor, Civil & Environmental Engineering, CSU Fullerton – Recent Challenges and Development in Municipal Wastewater Treatment

2. Dr. Surya Prakash, Professor, Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, USC – Beyond Oil and Gas : The Methanol Economy

3. Dr. Kwangsam Na, Assistant Research Faculty, College of Engineer, Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside – Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation in the Reaction of Bigenic Hydrocarbon and Ozone

4. Dr. Youngsul Jeong, Everest International Consultants, Inc. – Treatment of dry weather urban runoff in tidal saltwater marshes: A longitudinal study of the Talbert Marsh in southern California

11:15am – 11:30am - Break

11:30am – 12:30pm – Session 2: International Session

Moderator: Jason Wen

1. Piyachat Terrell, National Program Manager, EPA White House Initiative on Asian and Pacific Islander – Discussion on Thailand & Cambodia .

2. Clayton Dube, Associate Director, USC U.S.-China Institute –

3. James Alamillo, Heal the Bay – Santa Monica Bay Beach Report Card

12:30pm – 2:00pm – Networking Lunch

2:00pm – 3:00pm – Session 3: Environmental Forensics

Moderator: Weixing Tong

1. Dr. J. J. Lee, Professor, Civil Engineer, USC & Director, Foundation of Cross –Connection Control and Hydraulic Research – A New Look at the Coastal Response to Extreme Waves

2. Dr. Jun Lu, ENSR | AECOM – Fingerprinting of petroleum hydrocarbon: technique and applications

3. Dr. Yue Rong, Environmental Program Manager, Underground Storage Tank Program, California Environmental Protection Agency – Detection Limit and Its Impact on Environmental Decision Making

3:00pm – 3:10pm Break

3:10pm – 4:15pm – Session 4: Leadership Panel

Moderator: Kwang I. Lee

1. Siel, Green LA Girl | Environmental Blog in LA – Green Web 2.0: Merging grassroots action with online social networks

2. Dr. Paul Ong, Professor of Urban Planning, Social Welfare, and Asian American Studies, UCLA – Where Are Asian Americans in the Environmental Debate?