Workshop: Advancing Healthy Communities - the 2017 AEESP Meeting to be held on June 20-22, 2017 at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lastoski环境工程和科学教授协会(AEESP)研究和教育会议一年两次，是该组织成员讨论新颖研究和教育活动并培养专业能力的旗舰活动。会议是学术界和实践者交流信息的场所，特别是与促进创新研究和培养学生在环境工程和科学领域的专业实践有关的信息。本次大会主题为《推进健康社区》，定于2017年6月20日至22日在密歇根州安娜堡的密歇根大学校园举办。2017年AEESP会议将由一个核心理事会组织，该理事会由牵头机构密歇根大学和五所合作大学(密歇根州立大学、韦恩州立大学、密歇根理工大学、托莱多大学和圣母大学)的教职员工组成。预计将有600名教职员工、学生和嘉宾出席会议。与以往的AEESP会议一样，2017年AEESP研究和教育大会的专题计划将涉及范围广泛的环境工程和科学主题，包括饮用水处理；废水处理的环境微生物学；老化供水基础设施的管理；受污染土壤和棕地的修复；社区应对气候变化的能力；从废流中回收材料和能源；城市空气质量；发展中国家的环境教育；将设计纳入环境工程；以及就公共卫生事项进行伦理和风险交流。会议地点及其推进健康社区的主题与最近密歇根州弗林特饮用水危机的后果特别相关。除了以水处理技术和供水基础设施管理的进步为主题的技术方案外，与公共卫生有关的伦理、教育和风险沟通方面的演讲将是2017年AESSP会议的关键组成部分。AEESP会议为一大批本科生、研究生和博士后提供了机会，向环境工程和科学学术界发表关于他们研究的口头和海报演讲。参加会议的初级和未来教职员工将从如何找到教员职位、申请NSF职业奖项以及在教学和研究活动中取得成功的研讨会中受益。环境研究和教育方面的学术进步将发表在《环境工程科学》杂志的一期特刊上。综上所述，2017年AEESP大会将推动广泛传播与会议主题“推进健康社区”相关的重要研究和教育成果。

1719868LastoskieThe biannual Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference is the flagship event of the organization for members to discuss novel research and educational activities and to develop professional competencies. The conference serves as a venue for exchange of information among academics and practitioners, particularly relating to advancement of innovative research and preparation of students for professional practice in environmental engineering and science. This conference, which has the theme of "Advancing Healthy Communities," is scheduled to be held on June 20-22, 2017, and will be hosted on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The 2017 AEESP meeting will be organized by a core council composed of faculty members from the University of Michigan, the lead institution, and five partnering universities (Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Michigan Technological University, University of Toledo, and University of Notre Dame). It is anticipated that 600 faculty, students, and guests will attend the conference. As in previous AEESP meetings, topical programming at the 2017 AEESP Research and Education Conference will address a broad spectrum of environmental engineering and science themes, including drinking water treatment; environmental microbiology for wastewater treatment; management of aging water supply infrastructures; remediation of contaminated soils and brownfields; community resilience to climate change; material and energy recovery from waste streams; urban air quality; environmental education in the developing world; integration of design into environmental engineering; and ethics and risk communication on matters of public health. The conference location and its theme of advancing healthy communities has particular relevance in the recent aftermath of the drinking water crisis in Flint, Michigan. In addition to technical programming themed on advances in water treatment technologies and water supply infrastructure management, presentations concerning ethics, education, and risk communication in relation to public health will be a key component of the 2017 AESSP meeting. The AEESP meeting offers a sizable cohort of undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students the opportunity to deliver oral and poster presentations on their research to the environmental engineering and science academic community. Junior and prospective faculty members attending the conference will benefit from workshops on how to find a faculty position, apply for the NSF CAREER award, and achieve success in their teaching and research activities. Scholarly advancements in environmental research and education will be published in a special issue of the journal Environmental Engineering Science. In summary, the 2017 AEESP Conference will promote the broad dissemination of important research and education achievements relating to the conference theme of "Advancing Healthy Communities".