Presentations, Workshops, and Lectures

American Chemical Society Spring 2025 Meeting, presented “Decarbonizing can be the most effective way to reduce health hazards of people living close to chemical manufacturing plants” in a session titled ”Environmental Justice: Community Engagement, Education and Action Through Green and Sustainable Chemistry and Chemical Engineering,” March 2025, San Diego, California.

8th International Conference on Recent Trends in Bioengineering, presented “Reducing indirect health impacts across the life cycle of bioengineered products,” February 2025, MIT-ADT University, Pune, India.

American Chemical Society 28th Annual Green Chemistry and Engineering Conference, presented virtually “What is the chemical industry’s bigger sustainability challenge:  greenhouse gases or air toxics?” at “Unheard Voices and Perspectives in Global Green Chemistry and Sustainability: Research, Leadership, and Revolutionary Ideas for the Future” (a workshop), June 2024, Atlanta, Georgia.

7th International Conference on Recent Trends in Bioengineering, presented a keynote “Looking beyond the usual hurdles to adoption of new bioengineering technologies,” January 2024, MIT-ADT University, Pune, India.

US EPA’s 2023 International Emissions Inventory Conference, presented “A time in mode and carrier technology model of emissions of methane and carbon dioxide from LNG shipping.”  September 2023, Seattle, Washington.

American Chemical Society Fall 2023 Conference, presented virtually “Understanding methane emission data” in a session titled "Understanding and Reducing Anthropogenic Emissions of Methane: Harnessing the Power of Data."  August 2023, San Francisco, California.  Also served as co-chair of the session.

American Chemical Society Spring 2023 Conference, presented virtually “Liquefied natural gas (LNG):  How do we assess its climate impact?” in a session titled “Methane at the Crossroads: Greenhouse Gas & What We Are Doing About It.” March 2023, Indianapolis, Indiana.  https://youtu.be/-5j17pUwE48

6th International Conference on Recent Trends in Bioengineering, invited speaker, presented virtually “Sustainable Bioengineering and Systems Thinking,” conference held at MIT Art, Design and Technology University, School of Bioengineering Sciences & Research, Pune, India, January 2023.

University of Texas CEER Webinar Series, presented “Understanding the Global Warming Impact of Switching to a Cleaner Technology,” August 2022.

American Chemical Society Spring 2022 Conference, presented “Systems Thinking and Decarbonization” in a session titled “Bonding the Chemical Enterprise with Decarbonization.”  March 2022, San Diego.

 ViridisChem, as part of the “Critical toxicity information for early R&D decision making” webinar in their “Green Chemistry, What it means today for industry sectors” series of webinars, was invited to present “Evaluating the Toxicity of Substances During Development,” November 2021.

American Chemical Society Division of Small Chemical Businesses weekly meeting, presented “SBIR/STTR Proposals,” July 2021, virtual.

Future of Energy weekly meeting, presented “Comparing Greenhouse Gas Impacts from Domestic Coal and Imported Natural Gas Electricity Generation in China,” July 2021, virtual.

AIChE Virtual Local Section monthly meeting, gave a review via webinar of the project “Evaluating Methods for Determining the Vapor Pressure of Heavy Refinery Liquids,” which was conducted at UT Austin for the Texas Air Quality Research Program, January 2018.

Texas Air Quality Research Program Workshop, spoke about methods for measuring the vapor pressure of heavy refinery liquids in order to better understand the emissions from heated tanks, Austin, TX, August 2017.  A followup presentation tailored to industry was given the following day.

AASHTO National Stormwater Conference, spoke about the Brake Pad Partnership's efforts to understand and reduce copper in stormwater runoff, San Diego, CA, June 2008.

CASQA Stormwater Conference, spoke about brake pad emissions and copper in runoff, Costa Mesa, CA, September 2007.

First U.S. Conference on Characterizing Chemicals in Commerce:  Using Data on High Production Volume Chemicals:  was invited to speak about toxicity data and pollution prevention, Austin, TX, December 2006.

Brake Pad Partnership Stakeholder Conference:  spoke about brake and non-brake copper release estimates in the San Francisco Bay area watershed, San Francisco, CA, June 2005.

Fifth Annual Statewide Pollution Prevention Conference:  was invited to speak about nationwide trends in pollution prevention education at universities, Daytona Beach, FL, August 2001.

Annual Mini-Symposium of the San Fernando Valley Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on national, state, and local perspectives of TRI releases in the aerospace industry, Canoga Park, CA, February 2001.

Monthly meeting of the Orange County Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on identifying major emitters in California using potency-weighted releases to prioritize facilities, Costa Mesa, CA, January 2000.

Annual Mini-Symposium of the San Fernando Valley Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on civilian life-cycle concepts and the acquisition process at the Department of Defense, Canoga Park, CA, February 1999.

Monthly meeting of the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on environmental benchmarking and metrics for environmental performance, Montebello, California, October 1998.

Western Region Pollution Prevention Network Roundtable Conference:  was invited speaker and member of a panel for a session on new pollution prevention measurement tools, gave a presentation introducing prioritization schemes, Los Gatos, California, November 1997.

China Cleaner Production Project:  taught cleaner production concepts for the petrochemical industry in a workshop, Beijing, China, January 1996.

AIChE Summer National Meeting:  gave a paper titled "Efforts in Pollution Prevention Education at UCLA," Denver, CO, August 1994.

Pollution Prevention Workshop at UCLA Extension:  conducted computer workshops on accessing the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory and using the SSCD Bulletin Board, Los Angeles, CA, January 1994.

Pollution Prevention Workshop sponsored by the Army Environmental Policy Institute, Santa Monica, CA, June/July 1993.

IEEE Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Tutorial Session:  lectured on pollution prevention for manufacturing operations, with electronics industry examples, Washington, DC, May 1993.

Southern California Local Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers One-Day Technical Meeting:  briefly presented principles of pollution prevention for chemical processes, Anaheim, CA, April 1993.

Pollution Prevention for Chemical Processes, a workshop sponsored by the U.S. EPA and the AIChE's Center for Waste Reduction Technologies:  conducted a computer workshop on using the Pollution Prevention Information Exchange System (an electronic bulletin board), Washington, DC, December 1992.

Pollution Prevention Workshop at the Center for Professional Advancement:  conducted computer workshops on accessing the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory and using the Pollution Prevention Information Exchange System (an electronic bulletin board), East Brunswick, NJ, October 1992.

China Cleaner Production Project:  taught cleaner production concepts for the petrochemical industry in a workshop, Beijing, China, January 1996.

Pollution Prevention Workshop at UCLA Extension:  conducted computer workshops on accessing the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory and using the SSCD Bulletin Board, Los Angeles, CA, January 1994.

Pollution Prevention Workshop sponsored by the Army Environmental Policy Institute, Santa Monica, CA, June/July 1993.

IEEE Symposium on Electronics and the Environment, Tutorial Session:  lectured on pollution prevention for manufacturing operations, with electronics industry examples, Washington, DC, May 1993.

Pollution Prevention for Chemical Processes, a workshop sponsored by the U.S. EPA and the AIChE's Center for Waste Reduction Technologies:  conducted a computer workshop on using the Pollution Prevention Information Exchange System (an electronic bulletin board), Washington, DC, December 1992.

Pollution Prevention Workshop at the Center for Professional Advancement:  conducted computer workshops on accessing the Toxic Chemical Release Inventory and using the Pollution Prevention Information Exchange System (an electronic bulletin board), East Brunswick, NJ, October 1992.

University of Texas CEER Webinar Series, presented “Understanding the Global Warming Impact of Switching to a Cleaner Technology,” August 2022.

 ViridisChem, as part of the “Critical toxicity information for early R&D decision making” webinar in their “Green Chemistry, What it means today for industry sectors” series of webinars, was invited to present “Evaluating the Toxicity of Substances During Development,” November 2021.

American Chemical Society Division of Small Chemical Businesses weekly meeting, presented “SBIR/STTR Proposals,” July 2021, virtual.

Future of Energy weekly meeting, presented “Comparing Greenhouse Gas Impacts from Domestic Coal and Imported Natural Gas Electricity Generation in China,” July 2021, virtual.

AIChE Virtual Local Section monthly meeting, gave a review via webinar of the project “Evaluating Methods for Determining the Vapor Pressure of Heavy Refinery Liquids,” which was conducted at UT Austin for the Texas Air Quality Research Program, January 2018.

Texas Air Quality Research Program Workshop, spoke about methods for measuring the vapor pressure of heavy refinery liquids in order to better understand the emissions from heated tanks, Austin, TX, August 2017.  A followup presentation tailored to industry was given the following day.

Brake Pad Partnership Stakeholder Conference:  spoke about brake and non-brake copper release estimates in the San Francisco Bay area watershed, San Francisco, CA, June 2005.

Annual Mini-Symposium of the San Fernando Valley Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on national, state, and local perspectives of TRI releases in the aerospace industry, Canoga Park, CA, February 2001.

Monthly meeting of the Orange County Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on identifying major emitters in California using potency-weighted releases to prioritize facilities, Costa Mesa, CA, January 2000.

Annual Mini-Symposium of the San Fernando Valley Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on civilian life-cycle concepts and the acquisition process at the Department of Defense, Canoga Park, CA, February 1999.

Monthly meeting of the Southern California Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers:  gave a presentation on environmental benchmarking and metrics for environmental performance, Montebello, California, October 1998.

Southern California Local Section of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers One-Day Technical Meeting:  briefly presented principles of pollution prevention for chemical processes, Anaheim, CA, April 1993.