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Awards and Post-Event Information

Thank you for attending the 2023 RemPlex Global Summit on Environmental Remediation held at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on November 13–17, 2023. This page includes the best presentation and poster awards, and the most up-to-date post-event information.

Best Presentation Awards 

RemPlex Technical Session

Hilary Emerson

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session 1: Environmental Management and Stewardship Innovations
“Phosphate Amendments for Treatment of U and Tc-99 in the Hanford Site’s Central Plateau”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session

Xuehang Song

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session 2: Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning-Empowered Digitization of Environmental Systems
“Leveraging a Data-Driven Approach for Optimizing Pump-and-Treat Well Network Operations”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session

Léa Lévy

Lund University
Session 3: Innovative Characterization and Monitoring Technologies and Methodologies
“Building Reliable Groundwater Transport Models at Contaminated Sites Using Cross-Borehole Electrical Monitoring”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session Four

Callum Robinson

The University of Manchester
Session 4: Emerging Remediation Technologies
“In Situ Biomineralisation for Sellafield Groundwater Radionuclide Remediation”

 

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session Five

Tollef Winslow

Central Plateau Cleanup Company
Session 5: Environmental Data Management, Analysis, and Visualization
“Geoframework Models: A Force Multiplier”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session Six

Chandra Tummala

Wayne State University
Session 6: Critical Minerals (including Rare Earth Elements): the Promise, Challenge, and Environmental Risk
“Recovering Critical Minerals from the Phosphate Fertilizers Could Reduce their Accumulated Concentration Levels in the Agricultural Soils”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session Seven

Federica Panzarella

KU Leuven and Belgian Nuclear Research Centre – SCK CEN
Session 7: Ensuring Sustainability and Resiliency of Remediation Projects
“Site Remediation and Social Sustainability: A Case Study”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session Eight

Fred Zhang

INTERA Inc.
Session 8: Multiscale Modeling in Porous Media: Theory to Applications
“Modeling Evapotranspiration and Soil-Moisture Flow of a Modified RCRA Subtitle C Surface Barrier”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Technical Session Nine

Luke Placzek

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Session 9: Autonomous Measurements and Remote Sensing Across Scales
“Leveraging Aerial Robotics for Environmental Discovery”

( Presentation PDF )
RemPlex Poster Session

Rahima Tufail

Wayne State University
Poster Session
“Functionality of Coal Fly Ash in Mortars After Rare Earth Element Recovery”

( View Poster )
Rod Rimando gives a presentation to audience. Rodrigo is standing in back of podium facing audience members.
The Global Summit on Environmental Remediation was held at PNNL in November 2023. (Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) 

Missed the Event?

Summit video recordings are available on our YouTube playlist and can be found linked throughout the site—as are the presentation PDFs—for the opening sessions, case studies, lunch programs, and technical sessions. 

What Is Next? 

We strive to host the RemPlex Global Summit every two years. Stay connected with upcoming seminars and events by signing up for the RemPlex newsletter here.  

 

 

 

Contacts

Tom Brouns
Director, Environmental Management Sector; Director, RemPlex
tom.brouns@pnnl.gov
509-372-6265
Karen P. Smith
Advisor, Environmental Assessment; Deputy Director of Operations, RemPlex
karen.p.smith@pnnl.gov
(509) 371-6355
Nik Qafoku
Laboratory Fellow, Environmental Subsurface Science; Deputy Director of Outreach, RemPlex
Nik.Qafoku@pnnl.gov
(509) 371-6089

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