Workshop on Emerging Geoenvironmental Engineering Technologies for Pollution Control and Remediation

传统上，地质环境工程师主要负责确定受污染场地的特征，设计原地屏障和垃圾填埋场，以及确定废物的使用特征。最近，地质环境工程师扩大了他们在受污染场地的风险评估和修复方面的参与，设计和监测屏障系统以遏制难处理的污染，如非水相液体(NAPLS)，并开发对环境无害的废物和回收材料的大规模再利用。此外，正在制定创新的废物管理战略，如生物反应器垃圾填埋场、封闭式垃圾填埋场的最终用途和水下废物封存。扩大地质环境工程的范围需要更广泛的多学科知识，特别是水文地质学、地球化学、微生物学以及经济学和公共政策。地质环境工程师还面临着将传感器技术、纳米技术和信息技术等快速发展的技术应用于地质环境工程实践的挑战。这次研讨会的目标是将地质环境研究人员、实践者和其他感兴趣的人聚集在一起，回顾技术和理解的最新进展，并确定地质环境系统设计、运行和监测方面的技术挑战。研讨会的具体目标是：总结目前地球环境工程的最新技术和实践状况。确定地质环境工程师的具体角色。找出当前地质环境系统知识方面的差距。探索如何将传感器技术、纳米技术和信息技术等新兴技术用于地球环境系统。确定地质环境系统中的研究需求并确定其优先顺序。确定地质环境教育需求。为了促进研究人员和实践工程师之间的合作。工作坊将有来自学术界、政府机构和工程实践的不同背景的参与者参加。将努力吸纳不同的专业群体，包括代表性不足的少数群体，以及来自小型学院的教育工作者。将设立讲习班网页和讲习班电子邮件讨论清单，以便在讲习班之前和之后交流意见，以便制定一项专门为解决地下污染问题而设计的协调计划。研讨会记录将张贴在研讨会网站和相关网站上。

Traditionally, geoenvironmental engineers have been responsible mainly for characterizing contaminated sites, designing in-situ barriers and landfills, and characterizing the use of waste materials. Recently, geoenvironmental engineers have expanded their involvement in risk assessment and remediation of contaminated sites, designing and monitoring barrier systems to contain difficult contamination, such as non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs), and developing environmentally benign large-scale reuse of waste and recycled materials. In addition, innovative waste management strategies, such as bioreactor landfills, end-uses of closed landfills, and subaqueous waste containment, are being developed. Such an expanded scope of geoenvironmental engineering requires a broader multi-disciplinary knowledge, particularly hydrogeology, geochemistry, microbiology, as well as economics and public policy. Geoenvironmental engineers are also challenged to utilize rapidly developing technologies such as sensor technologies, nanotechnologies, and information technologies into the practice of geoenvironmental engineering.The goal of this workshop is to bring together geoenvironmental researchers, practitioners and other interested persons to review the recent advances in technology and understanding, as well as identify the technical challenges in the design, operation and monitoring of geoenvironmental systems. The specific objectives of the workshop are: To summarize the current state-of-the art and the state-of-practice of geoenvironmental engineering. To identify the specific roles of geoenvironmental engineers. To identify gaps in knowledge of the current geoenvironmental systems. To explore how emerging technologies, such as sensor technologies, nanotechnologies and information technologies may be utilized for geoenvironmental systems. To identify and prioritize research needs in geoenvironmental systems. To identify geoenvironmental educational needs. To facilitate collaboration among researchers and practicing engineers.The workshop will involve participants with different backgrounds from academia, government agencies, and engineering practice. An effort will be made to include a diverse group of professionals, including under-represented minorities, and also educators from small colleges. A workshop webpage and a workshop e-mail discussion list will be set up to enable an exchange of ideas before and after the workshop towards the development of a coordinated plan specifically designed to solve subsurface pollution problems. The workshop proceedings will be posted on the workshop website and relevant web sites.