2019 Urban Sustainability Symposium

• 08:00-09:00 am | Registration and Breakfast 

• 09:00-09:15 am | Emily Allen Symposium Welcome (California State University, Los Angeles)

• 09:15-09:35 am | Mark Pestrella Symposium Keynote (Los Angeles County Public Works )

• 09:35-09:55 am | Cris Liban Symposium Keynote (LA Metro)

• 09:55-10:15 am | Lauren Faber O’Connor Symposium Keynote (City of Los Angeles)

• 10:15-10:35 am | Networking/Coffee Break / Poster Session

• 10:35-11:20 am | Technical Panel Discussion #1

                             Theme: Sustainable Infrastructure and Energy

                             Brad Hydel (California State University, Los Angeles)

                             Deanna Haines (Southern California Gas Company & San Diego Gas and Electric)

                             Seth Strongin (Arup)

• 11:20-12:05 pm | Technical Panel Discussion #2

                             Theme: Sustainable Environment and Water / Social Sustainability

                             Kristen Torres Pawling (Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability Office)

                             Lisa Martellaro-Palmer (American Society of Civil Engineers Los Angeles Section)

                             Hubertus (Huub) Cox (LA Sanitation & Environment, Water Recycling Implementation Division at HWRP)

• 12:05-12:20 pm | Center Announcement: 

                             William A. Covino (California State University, Los Angeles)

                             Emily Allen (California State University, Los Angeles)

                             Mark Sikand (Sikand Engineering)

• 12:20-01:00 pm | Lunch / Poster Session / Closing Remarks

1. Climate Change and Critical Media Literacy    
   Jeff Share / UCLA, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies

2. Competitive Adsorption of Nitrate and Phosphate on Iron Hydroxide Minerals    
   Eduardo Martinez, Arezoo Khodayari, Laura M. Barge / California State University, Los Angeles / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

3. Developing a Sustainability Tool for Cal State LA    
   Jamaie Scott, Soumya Puvvada, Geeth Chadalawada, Chandra Mouli Rotta, Carlos Linares, Arezoo Khodayari and Brad Haydel / California State University, Los Angeles

4. Evaluation of Resilience and Sustainability Guidance for Underground Transportation Infrastructure    
   Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, Mehran Mazari / California State University, Los Angeles

5. Food Justice and the Urban Environment    
   Juily Phun and AAAS 3510 Class / California State University, Los Angeles-AAAS

6. GWP Predictive Model    
   Robert E. Kochan and Dragos Andrei / California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

7. Linked Learning Communities of Practice (CoP): Creating Sustainable Change    
   Dr. Manisha Javeri; Audra Whaley, & Abdul Sindi / California State University, Los Angeles

8. Neutralization of Bauxite Residue (Red Mud) using SaltWater and Gypsum    
   Joao A. R Machado and Wing Shun Kwan (advisor) / California State University, Los Angeles

9. NSF-CREST Center for Energy and Sustainability    
   A. Pacheco-Vega, F. Gomez, F. Zhou, M. Selke, G.-M. Zhao, G. Menezes / California State University, Los Angeles

10. Phosphate Removal from Wastewater Using Adsorption by Synthesized Iron Hydroxide Minerals    
    Erika Flores, Arezoo Khodayari, Laura M. Barge / California State University, Los Angeles / NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

11. Sin el agua no hay vida: Providing Under-Represented Engineering Undergraduates Opportunities for Real-Time Learning for Student Persistence and Retention    
    Dr. Dawn Digrius Smith and Dr. Leslie Brunell / DMDS Educational Consulting

12. Skateboarder and Scooter Rider Perceptions of the Urban Environment: a Qualitative Analysis of User Generated Content    
    Lorne Platt and Greg Rybarczyk / California State University, Los Angeles

13. Suspended-Sediment Transport in Urban Rivers    
    Donald Jones and John Petrie / California State University, Los Angeles

14. The Effect of Recycled Fibers on Durability of Self Consolidating Concrete    
    Keyur Dawan, Dilip Prajapati, Siavash F. Aval, Tonatiuh Rodriguez-Nikl, Mehran Mazari / California State University, Los Angeles

15. Traffic Monitoring and Management for Pedestrian and Cyclist Safety Using Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence    
    Mohammad Vahedi, Haiyan Wang, Mehran Mazari, Mohammad Pourhomayoun / California State University, Los Angeles

16. Traffic Prediction and Analytics Using Deep Neural Networks    
    Daniel Caceres, Javier Hernandez, Vrezh Khalatyan, Hue Ngo, Grecia Zamora, Mohammad Vahedi, Mohammad Pourhomayoun / California State University, Los Angeles

17. Using Recycled Tire Textiles and Recycled Carbon Fibers for Sustainable Pervious Concrete Pavements    
    Dilip Prajapati, Sara Gerani, Siavash Aval, Mehran Mazari / California State University, Los Angeles

18. 3D Printing of High Strength Concrete Materials using Ternary Binders and Recycled Fibers
    Keyur Dawan, Rasem Alroshdi, Sara Gerani, Siavash Fakhretaha Aval, Mohsen Eshraghi, Mehran Mazari /  California State University, Los Angeles