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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 0650629. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation. NSF Career Workshop Presentations:
Call for CAREER Workshop Scholarship Applications: (aeesp-cws.pdf) Please note that scholarship applications are due May 15, 2007 Conference Theme Through the years, it has become increasingly apparent that our vast world has limits, environmental media (soil, air, water) are communicating, actions in one part of the world can result in global impacts, our nations' people face similar environmental problems, and environmental solutions require multidisciplinary approaches. This is profound thinking for those who are educated amidst silos of expertise, live in rural, affluent areas, focus on a small, fundamental piece of a puzzle, and are surprised when agent A on land appears in fish across the world. Even those who feel the concepts are more commonplace are not able to offer failsafe solutions because there is disagreement about the available data, many nations may be involved, the politics within a single nation can be stifling, and the costs can be too high (money and otherwise). Fortunately, improvements in communications and travel have brought us to a new level of enlightenment and have enabled us to more efficiently and effectively make connections between environmental hypothesis and data, pertinent disciplines, and the people and expertise of different nations. The key is to continue to grow through research and education. The title of the conference, Interactions at the Interface, in part stems from the direction of recent environmental research that recognizes and emphasizes the extremes, from the nanoscale to ecosystem level, via initiatives such as CLEANER and NEON. Environmental engineering educational efforts span scales from the individual (e.g., tailoring learning environments to better accommodate individual learning modes) to consideration of international scale, including sustainability and green engineering concepts that bridge nations, economic systems and policy. Our existing and international membership thrives at and within these extremes. The conference schedule has a day for fun, a day for workshops, and two days of conferencing. The conference consists of four plenary sessions, four sets of concurrent sessions, and poster sessions. The plenary sessions will be held at the beginning of the morning and afternoon sessions on each of two days. Each plenary will consist of two speakers for one of the following four topics:
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