Invited Seminars/Presentations/Workshops/Session Chairs:
Brown, D.G., "Relationship between bacterial adhesion to a surface and cellular bioenergetics." Presented to the Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 25 March 2011.
Brown, D.G.,
"Relationship between bacterial adhesion to a surface and cellular bioenergetics." Presented to the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, 26 March 2010."Session Chair, Mechanistic Investigations II: Synthesis of Multiple Factors that Impact Microbial Transport in Porous Media. 1st International Conference on Microbial Transport and Survival in the Subsurface, 10-13 May 2009, Niagara on the Lake, Canada.
Session Chair, Trace Contaminants in Water: Genesis, Rapid Detection and Sustainable Removal Processes - Inorganic and Pharmaceutical Trace Contaminants in Water. AIChE Annual Meeting, 16-21 November, 2008, Philadelphia, PA.
Panel Member, NSF CAREER Workshop, AEESP Conference, 28 July-1 August, 2007, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.
Brown, D.G., "Advancements in permeable reactive barriers applicable to former MGP sites." EPRI MGP Mid-Year Workshop, Bethlehem, PA. June 13-14, 2007.
Brown, D.G., Research seminar presented to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, 10 November 2006.
Brown, D.G.,Research seminar presented to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, 20 October 2006.
Brown, D.G., Research seminar presented to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 9 December 2005.
Brown, D.G. and Tripathi, S., “Microbial ecology of permeable reactive barriers.” EPRI Advisory Conference, Monterey, CA. February 2-4, 2004.
Brown, D.G. and Gupta, L., “Chemical oxidation effects on coal tar interfacial mass transfer rates.” EPRI Advisory Conference, Monterey, CA. February 2-4, 2004.
Moo-Young, H.K. and Brown, D.G., “Development of the Res-SAT Field Tool.” EPRI Advisory Conference, Monterey, CA. February 2-4, 2004.
Brown, D.G., "Microbial ecology of permeable reactive barriers." EPRI Advisory Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 9-10, 2003.
Brown, D.G. and Gupta, L., "Chemical oxidation effects on coal tar interfacial mass transfer rates." EPRI Advisory Conference, San Antonio, TX, September 9-10, 2003.
Session Chair, Colloidal and Interfacial Phenomena in Aquatic Environment Symposium II: Colloids. 74th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, June 19-21, 2000.
Conference Presentations:
Brown, D.G. and Tripathi, S., "Bacterial transport through unsaturated porous media in the presence of anionic and nonionic surfactants." Presented to the 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, 14-19 June 2009, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Brown, D.G. and Hong, Y., "Relationship between bacterial adhesion to a surface and cellular bioenergetics." Presented to the 13th IACIS International Conference on Surface and Colloid Science and 83rd ACS Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, 14-19 June 2009, Columbia University, New York, NY.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., "Effects of adhesion on bacterial metabolic activity." Presented to the 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. 6-10 April 2008. New Orleans, LA.
Hong, Y. and Brown, D.G., "Electrostatic behavior of the charge-regulated bacterial cell surface." Presented to the 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. 6-10 April 2008. New Orleans, LA.
Tripathi, S. and Brown, D.G., "Effects of surfactants on bacterial transport through unsaturated porous media." Presented to the 235th American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition. 6-10 April 2008. New Orleans, LA.
Tripathi, S. and Brown, D.G., "Inactivation of E. coli at the air/water interface." Presented to the Joint International Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM 2005) and Environmental Biotechnology (ISEB XVII). 14-19 August 2005. Jackson Hole, WY.
Abramson, A. and Brown, D.G., " Collision efficiency distribution of a bacterial suspension flowing through porous media and implications for field-scale transport." Presented to the Joint International Symposia for Subsurface Microbiology (ISSM 2005) and Environmental Biotechnology (ISEB XVII). 14-19 August 2005. Jackson Hole, WY.
Brown, D.G. "Determination of the collision efficiency distribution of a colloidal suspension flowing through a packed bed." American Chemical Society 229th Spring National Meeting, San Diego, CA, March 13-17, 2005.
Jaffé, P.R., Lovley, D.R., Komlos, J. and Brown, D.G., "Hydrogen as an indicator to assess biological activity during trace-metal bioremediation." 7th Annual NABIR PI Workshop, Warrenton, VA, March 15-17, 2004.
Komlos, J., Jaffé, P.R., Brown, D.G., and Lovley, D.R., "Hydrogen as an indicator to assess biological activity during bioremediation under dual electron donor conditions." 34th Mid-Atlantic Industrial and Hazardous Waste Conference, Cook College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, September 20-21, 2002.
Jaffé, P.R., Komlos, J., Brown, D.G., and Lovley, D.R., "Hydrogen as an indicator to assess biolgical activity during trace-metal bioremediation." AGU Spring Meeting, Washington, DC, May 28-31, 2002.
Jaffé, P.R., Brown, D.G., Komlos, J., and Lovley, D.R., "Hydrogen as an indicator to assess biolgical activity during trace-metal bioremediation." 5th Annual NABIR PI Workshop, Warrenton, VA, March 18-20, 2002.
Brown, D.G. and Jaffé, P.R., "Effects of nonionic surfactants on bacterial transport through porous media." Presented to the American Geophysical Union 2001 Fall Meeting, San Fransisco, CA, December 10-14, 2001.
Rainwater, J.L., D.G. Brown and P.R. Jaffé. "Design of surfactant-enhanced bioslurry reactors: laboratory experiments and simulations." Presented to the Hazardous Substance Research Center Conference, Pacific Grove, CA, July 9-12, 2000.
Brown, D.G. and Jaffé, P.R., "Effects of nonionic surfactants on bacterial transport through porous media." Presented to the 74th Colloid and Surface Science Symposium, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, June 19-21, 2000.
Brown, D.G. and Jaffé, P.R., "Operational regimes for surfactant-enhanced PAH biodegradation." Presented to the 1999 International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, Vail, CO, August 22-27, 1999.
Brown, D.G., Stencel, J.R., and Jaffé, P.R., "Bacteria transport in sand column experiments: effect of media preparation." Presented to the 1999 International Symposium on Subsurface Microbiology, Vail, CO, August 22-27, 1999.
Peters, C.A., Knightes, C.D., and Brown, D.G., "Long-term composition dynamics of PAH-containing NAPLs and implications for risk assessment." Presented to the 1999 Conference on Hazardous Waste Research, St. Louis, MO, May 25-27, 1999.
Brown, D.G. and Jaffé, P.R., "Effects of surfactants on bacterial transport through a porous media." Presented to the 5th International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, San Diego, CA, April 19-22, 1999.
Brown, D.G., Stencel, J.R., and Jaffé, P.R., "Porous media preparation for bacteria filtration experiments using sand columns." Presented to the New Jersey American Water Works Association Annual Conference, Atlantic City, NJ, March 24-25, 1999. Received Paper Award.
Brown, D.G., Guha, S. and Jaffé, P.R., "Modeling biodegradation of phenanthrene in the presence of nonionic surfactant." Presented to the 4th International In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation Symposium, New Orleans, LA, April 28-May 1, 1997.
Sun, S., Guha, S., Brown, D.G., and Jaffé, P.R., "The effect of a surfactant's hydrophilic chain length on the surfactant-enhanced mass transfer between an organic and an aqueous phase." Presented to the I&EC Special Symposium, American Chemical Society, Birmingham, AL, September 9-11, 1996.
Brown, D.G. and Stone, K.W., "A High Accuracy/Low Cost Tracking System for Solar Concentrators Using a Neural Network", presented to the 28th Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, August 1993.
Blackmon, J.B., McNichols, J.L., Brown, D.G., and Drubka, R.E., "Liquid Droplet Radiator: Environmental Interactions", presented to the 7th Annual Space Power Workshop, Air Force Space Command, El Segundo, CA, April 1989.
Blackmon, J.B., and Brown, D.G., "Liquid Droplet Radiator Systems Analysis", presented to the LDR Workshop, Air Force Astronautics Laboratory, Edwards Air Force Base, CA, December 1988. (Invited)
Blackmon, J.B., Brown, D.G., and Drubka, R.E., "Liquid Droplet Radiator Development", presented at the 5th Symposium on Space Nuclear Power Systems, Albuquerque, NM, January 1988.