30th Anniversary Event & Registration – CEE 30th Environmental Engineering & Science Symposium and Anniversary Event, April 10-11, 2025

Environmental Engineering & Science Symposium
30th Anniversary Special Event

Photograph of panelists and faculty speakers. — Back row: John Dwyer, Ahmed Elbanna, Vishal Verma, Ashlynn Stillwell, Ganesh Subramanian, Brian Brauer, Yanfeng Ouyang, Joaquin Yus Dominguez
Front row: Jeff Burkhalter, Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis, Tessa Clarizio, Julie Pryde, Gus Greenwood, Rosa Espinosa-Marzal

Thursday, April 10
2:00 pm – 5:30 pm followed by reception
Civil and Environmental Engineering Building Rm 1017

Every year the Environmental Engineering group organize a Symposium where our students present their research. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Symposium and we wish to celebrate it in a meaningful way. This special anniversary event will bring local community leaders and environmental and civil engineering students and faculty together for an introductory conversation about how we can better cooperate to prepare for, respond to, and recover from natural extreme events, such as floods, tornadoes, and wildfires.

Depending on our duties or expertise all community members have something to contribute when a crisis strikes the community. However, we do not always know how we can contribute or with whom we can cooperate. We hope the meeting will help bridge that knowledge gap. Our goal is to get to meet one another and start a conversation about practical ways each can contribute to help protect our community when unexpected events occur.

PARTICIPANT BIOGRAPHIES

Hosts

**Prof. Ana P. Barros** Department Head, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Water Resources Engineering & Science, UIUC

**Prof. Rosa Espinosa Marzal** Area Chair, Environmental Engineering & Science, Materials Science & Engineering, UIUC

**Sotiria Koloutsou-Vakakis** Ph.D., Senior Lecturer and Research Scientist, Environmental Engineering & Science, UIUC

**Joaquin Yus Dominguez** Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher
Materials Science & Engineering, UIUC

Guest Speakers and Panelists (alphabetical order)

Photograph of Dr. Brian Brauer — Brian Brauer
Ph.D., Executive Director Emergency Management, UIUC

Jeff Burkhalter, PMP Technical Director, Crisis Preparedness, Response, Recovery & Mitigation [Civil Works], US Army Corps of Engineers

John Dwyer, Coordinator, Emergency Management Agency, Champaign County, Illinois

Photograph of Janice Phillips, Ph.D., RN, CENP, FAAN Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Public Health — Janice Phillips, Ph.D., RN, CENP, FAAN Assistant Director, Illinois Department of Public Health

Photograph of Julie A. Pryde — Julie A. Pryde, MSW, MPH as Public Health Administrator of Champaign-Urbana Public Health District

Faculty Speakers

Photograph of Prof. Ahmed Elbanna — Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Elbanna
Structural Engineering, UIUC

Photograph of Prof. Yanfeng Ouyang — Prof. Yanfeng Ouyang Transportation Engineering, UIUC

Photograph of Assoc. Professor Ashlynn Stillwell — Assoc. Prof. Ashlynn Stillwell Water Resources Engineering & Science, UIUC

Photograph of Assoc. Professor Vishal Verma — Assoc. Prof. Vishal Verma Environmental Engineering & Science, UIUC

Moderators

Tessa Clarizio, PhD Candidate — Tessa Clarizio, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering & Science, UIUC

Dr. Joaquin Yus Dominguez — Joaquin Yus Dominguez
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Researcher,
Materials Science & Engineering, UIUC

Thomas "Gus" Greenwood, PhD Candidate — Thomas “Gus” Greenwood, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering & Science, UIUC

P.S. Ganesh Subramanian, PhD Candidate — P.S. Ganesh Subramanian, Ph.D. Candidate, Environmental Engineering & Science, UIUC