Organizing Committee


Name:
Dr. Asfaw Beyene
Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Country of Origin:
USA
Research Interests:
Energy Systems; Low grade heat recovery; morphing blades.
Name:
Dr Walter Oechel
Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Country of Origin:
USA
Research Interests:
Regional and global carbon balance; land-sea nutrient exchange; integrative research on global change including terrestrial, atmospheric, and oceanic gas exchange.
Name:
Dr. Giorgio Giacaglia
Affiliation:
University of Taubaté
Country of Origin:
Brazil
Research Interests:
Alternative energy sources; Anaerobic treatment of waste water; Technology innovation; Industrial quality systems; Environment data collecting satellites; Earth observation satellites.
Name:
Dr. Temesgen Garoma
Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Country of Origin:
USA
Research Interests:
Identification and quantification of environmental pollutants in water as well as modeling their fate during transport in the environment and treatment in engineered systems; evaluating the environmental impacts of ethanol fuel produced from different renewable energy sources
Name:
Dr. Jose Luz Silveira
Affiliation:
Sao Paul State University
Country of Origin:
Brazil
Research Interests:
Energy systems; optimization; fuel cells; combined heat and power; efficiency; environmental impact.
Name:
Dr. Mirat Gurol
Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Country of Origin:
USA
Research Interests:
Treatment technologies of contaminated water, air and soil and of hazardous wastes; ozonation; photochemical and catalytic oxidation processes for removal of environmental pollutants from contaminated water, air and soil.
Name:
Dr. César Goso Aguilar
Affiliation:
Republic University of Uruguay
Country of Origin:
Uruguay
Research Interests:
Stratigraphy; sedimentology.
Name:
Dr. Rogelio Vázquez González
Affiliation:
Applied Geophysics Department, CICESE
Country of Origin:
Mexico
Research Interests:
Groundwater hydrology; exploratory geophysics of aquifers; salinization of groundwater; improved localization of landfills; characterization of contaminated plumes.
Main environmental/public health concerns:
Contamination of aquifers with landfill leachate; rules and policies for localization of landfills.
Name:
Dr. Maria Isabel Sosa
Affiliation:
Universidad Nacional de la Plata
Country of Origin:
Argentina
Research Interests:
Energetic and economical analysis; petrochemical plants; energy; cogeneration; combined cycles; energy and sustainability.
Name:
Dr. Francisco J. Gracia
Affiliation:
Universidad de Chile, Santiago
Country of Origin:
Chile
Research Interests:
Monte Carlo simulation; particle size effect; supported catalyst; oxidation reactions.
Name:
David MacPhee, MA.Sc
Affiliation:
San Diego State University
Country of Origin:
Canada
Research Interests:
Morphing blades; thermal energy storage.