Program at a Glance

We are excited to chat and learn from the following oral and poster presenters.

  • 7:00pm - Speakers' Dinner - Kinnear Centre, Room 103

  • 7:00 A.M. - Registration Opens

    8:00 A.M. Official Welcome
    | i2t2 Committee

    8:15 A.M. - Opening Keynote
    | Dr. Douglas Hamilton, M.D., P. Eng.

    9:00 AM - Coffee Break

    9:15 A.M. - Session 1
    - Effective Pneumatic Control Strategies at ISTR Sites - Steffen Griepke

    9:45 A.M. - Session 2
    - Adaptive Strategies for Thermal Remediation in a Remote Petrochemical Facility: Lessons from a Project in Sardinia - Clayton Campbell

    10:15 A.M. - Session 3
    - Targeted Thermal Remediation: Challenges and Design Solutions - Spina Rubens

    10:45 A.M. Coffee Break & Snack

    11:00 A.M. - Panel Discussion

    12:00 P.M. - Lunch

    1:30 P.M. - Session 4
    - A Case for Establishing Extraction Design Standards for ISTR - Erin Hauber

    2:00 P.M. - Session 5
    - Assessing the Energy Consumption of In Situ Thermal Desorption- Miles Stumbaugh

    2:30 P.M. - Session 6
    - A comparison of continuum vs macroscopic invasion percolation models for simulating gas transport during thermal remediation - Reza Rahimi

    3:00 P.M. - Coffee Break

    3:15 P.M. - Session 7
    - ISTR Beneath Buildings and Infrastructure - John LaChance

    3:45 P.M.
    - Insights from virtual site investigation: Effective approaches for finding and quantifying DNAPL, and implications for in situ thermal remediation - Kevin Mumford

    4:15 P.M. - Poster Sessions

  • 8:00 A.M. - Session 9
    - Gas-Facilitated DNAPL Transport During Bench-Scale Thermal Conduction Heating Experiments- Liam Price

    8:30 A.M. - Session 10
    - Optimizing Vapor Cap Design for Thermal Remediation Performance - Paul Hegele

    9:00 A.M. - Session 11
    - Heat Enhanced Plume Attenuation with ERH Treatment of a Highly Contaminated Source Area- Thiago L Gomes

    9:30 A.M. - Session 12
    - Thermal In-situ Sustainable Remediation: A Review of the Technology, Advances Since Inception, Lessons Learned, Implementation Trends, and Future Outlook - David Rodriguez

    10:00 AM - Coffee Break

    10:15 A.M. - Session 13
    - Breaking Boundaries in Thermal Remediation: PFAS Extraction, Utility Protection, and an Integrated Heat-enhanced Bioremediation Approach - Iain Cowie

    10:45 A.M. - Session 14
    - Thermal Soil Remediation And Sustainability: Popular Believes, Truths and Nonsense. A Comparison of Co2 EQ. Emissions On Thermal Remediation Case Studies In Europe. - Pieter De Waele

    11:15 A.M. - Panel Discussion

    12:15 P.M. - Lunch

    1:30 P.M. - Session 15
    - Impedance and Dielectric Measurements of Sand Samples up to GHz Range at Elevated Thermobaric Conditions - Milad Arabloo

    2:00 P.M. - Session 16
    - Combining Thermal Treatment and Persulfate Oxidation for Complete Naphthalene Mineralization- Paul Furbacher

    2:30 P.M. - Coffee Break

    2:45 P.M. - Session 17
    - Ex-Situ Thermal Desorption of Highly- Impacted Mercury Soils in an Urban Area - Jon Sankey

    3:15 P.M. - Session 7
    - Lessons Learned from Multiple ERH Implementations – Design Considerations and Challenges - Maryann Sapanara

    3:45 P.M. - Poster Sessions & Networking

  • ERH ISTT Project using ET-DSP™ technology at a ERH ISTT Project using ET-DSP™ technology at Chlorinated Site (PCE), Brazil - Lucas Arná M. dos Santos

    Flocculation For The Treatment Of Extracted Groundwater During Thermal Soil Remediation: Gains and Challenges - Pieter De Waele

    Applying Electrical Resistance Heating in Highly Occupied Areas - Thiago L Gomes

    Facing Subsidence Challenges During a Thermal Remediation at an Active Industrial Site - Thiago L Gomes

    A Thermal Megaproject: San Pedro Tank Farm - Eric Ringdahl

    Treating Unusual Co-Contaminants on Thermal Remediation Sites - David Rountree

    Integrated Electromagnetic and Ultrasonic Sensing for Three-Phase Flow Composition Measurement- Milad Arablooa

    A Containerized Thermal Treatment System for the Destruction of PFAS in Contaminated Soils - Jan Haemers

    Microwave upgrading of heavy hydrocarbons - Ilia Kuznetcova

    Ultrasonic-Assisted Degradation and Upcycling of Polymeric Waste: A Sustainable Approach to Plastic Processing - Mojtaba Hasiria

    Mass transfer from coal tar residual at elevated temperatures: Laboratory-scale proof-of-concept - Kevin G. Mumford

    Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents with Electrical Resistance Heating (ERH) at an Active Industrial Site in Italy - Nick Dumaresq

    Soil Subsidence During In Situ Thermal Remediation - Aline Setti

    Exploring Deep Learning for Predicting Cumulative Mass Recovery from Individual Extraction Wells during In-Situ Thermal Remediation - Pengjie (Colin) Wang

    Data Management, Visualization, and Predictive Analytics Tools to Streamline Decision-Making and Optimize Performance on Steam-Enhanced Extraction Sites- Graham Mackey

    Using Fluorescence Spectrometry to Assess Treatment Progress During Thermal Remediation of Coal Tar and Creosote: Proof-of-Concept Study - Liam M. Price

    Treatment by thermal desorption of TPH contaminated dehydrated sludges - Lucie Devaux

    Treatment Effects of Thermal Remediation: Steam Injection vs. Electrical Resistance Heating - Michael Tung

    Thermal Remediation of Creosote Impacted River Sediment at a Former Log Treating Superfund Site - Christopher Kalinowski

    Twinning TISR®: A ‘Hot’ Take on Digital Design and Remote Monitoring for Sustainable Remediafion - Jonah Munholland

See 2023 presenter biographies here.