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Friday, 15 November 2002
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Saturday, 16 November 2002
    SWC
    9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
    Marriott
    Saturday All-Day Short Courses

      4. Toxicity Identification and Reduction Evaluations.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 150 A
      Concepts of toxicity identification evaluation/toxicity reduction evaluations (TI/RE) for effluents are presented. The primary objective of this course is to provide a level of awareness of TI/RE procedures to professionals who are relatively unfamiliar with the process. The course will benefit regulators and permittees who require a basic understanding of TI/REs and how they are performed. For environmental services professionals who wish to perform TI/REs, this course will serve to introduce them to the topic and allow them to begin to effectively participate in the TI/RE programs. Topics covered include: related permitting issues, TI/RE procedures including characterization, identification and confirmation approaches, toxicity treatment evaluations, helpful suggestions for performing TI/REs, and case examples of a number of different types of TI/REs. Ample time is provided for questions/discussions and interactions with course attendees. The target audience is industrial and municipal professionals who are responsible for NPDES compliance and who have a need to understand the general framework for TI/REs, Environmental services and regulatory professionals who are relatively new to the field of effluent toxicology and permitting will also benefit.

      Level of difficulty: Intermediate

      Attendance limit: 100

      Instructors:

      John Baummer, EA Engineering

      Matt Mathews, NC DENR

      Wayne McCulloch, EA Engineering

      Dennis McIntyre, Great Lakes
      Jim Pletl, Hampton Road Sanitation District

      Greg Smith, Great Lakes Environmental Center

      Doug Drury, Inland Empire Utilities Agency

      Bryrn Phillips, University of California-Davis

      Barbara Albrecht, Ensafe Environmental Consultants

      5. Predicting the Toxicity of Metals to Aquatic Organisms: An Introduction to the Biotic Land Model.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 150 B
      Water quality criteria (WQC) for metals have been developed to protect the integrity of aquatic systems. However, tests used to develop WQC were performed in laboratory waters that often are not representative of natural waters. Water effect ratio (WER) tests account for the effects of substances that alter the toxicity of metals in natural waters but can be costly and time consuming.
      The biotic ligand model (BLM), a computationally efficient alternative to conducting WER tests, has been developed. The BLM may assist in developing technically defensible site-specific criteria, waste load allocations, and ecological risk assessments. It is intended to promote more focused and efficient uses of resources in the regulation and control of metals and the protection of the environment. The BLM is under review by regulatory agencies and is being considered for use in refining water quality criteria in the United States, South America, and elsewhere.
      This course provides an introduction, background and rationale for the BLM, a description of its applications and case examples. The course will cover special considerations, data needs and data quality objectives, and model demonstrations. Demonstrations will be brief scenarios using hypothetical data sets and will cover model navigation, data input, and model outputs.

      Level of difficulty: IntroductoryAttendance limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Ray Arnold, Copper Development Association, Inc.

      Bob Santore, HydroQual, Inc.

      Paul Paquin, HydroQual, Inc.

      Charles Delos, U.S. EPA

      6. Total Maximum Daily Loads: Understanding the Challenges.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 150 C
      More than 40% of assessed waters in the U.S. still do not meet the water quality standards established by states, territories, and authorized tribes. Under Section 303(d) of the CWA, states, territories, and authorized tribes are required to develop lists of waters that do not meet state water quality standards, even after the application of technology-based and other required controls. States must establish priority rankings for waters on the list and develop TMDL's for these waters. This workshop will present the fundamentals of the TMDL program and will highlight the critical steps and technical issues associated with both the waterbody listing and TMDL development process. The workshop topics include the data used by states, territories, and authorized tribes for developing the TMDL lists, including a review and summary of example state credible data rules; water quality standards and related topics such as when and how to apply use attainability analysis and site-specific criteria; and progressive implementation options, such as trading and watershed based permitting. The information will be presented through both lectures on specific aspects of TMDL analyses and will be further demonstrated using relevant case study examples. Each attendee will receive a course notebook with copies of the presentation materials.

      Level of difficulty: Intermediate

      Attendance limit: 100

      Instructors:

      John Craig, Tetra Tech, Inc.

      Debra Denton, U.S. EPA

      John Whitehead, Utah Department
      of Environmental Quality

      Matt Moore, USDA-ARS

      John Rodgers, Clemson University

      Pat Downey, FTN Associates

      Ronda L. Sandquist, Baker and Hostetler, LLP

      Jeroen Gerritsen, Tetra Tech, Inc.

      7. Use of Chemometric Methods in Environmental Forensics Investigations.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 150 D
      Environmental forensic analysis has significantly evolved from the early days of qualitative fingerprint evaluations. The need for quantitative rigor has made the use of chemometric methods critical in identifying and mapping contaminant sources in environmental forensics investigations. Given multiple contaminant sources, the scientist is faced with the challenge of data analysis focused towards identification and mapping multiple plumes with overlapping spatial and temporal distributions. Available methods each carry strengths, weaknesses, and assumptions. The focus of this course will be on gaining an understanding of the advantages, disadvantages, and pitfalls of chemometric methods as applied to chemical fingerprinting investigations. The class will be in two parts. The first part (morning session) will be a general review of environmental forensics and environmental chemistry, with a focus on sources and environmental fate considerations for common classes of chemicals often addressed through use of multivariate statistical methods (polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/furans, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and inorganics). The second part will address various numerical methods commonly applied to such studies (principal components analysis, target transformation factor analysis, polytopic vector analysis, positive matrix factorization, and self-modeling curve resolution). The day concludes with presentation of case studies where these methods have been applied.

      Level of difficulty: Intermediate

      Attendance limit: 40

      Instructors:

      Glenn W. Johnson, University of Utah

      Robert I. Haddad, Applied Geochemical Strategies

      8. Application of Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology to Water Quality Problems.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Off-site
      The course introduces geographic information system (GIS) technology and its application to water quality problems. It starts with an introduction of the basic GIS concepts, such as layering, zooming, attribute data, data structures (Vector vs. Raster) and map projections. Current software (e.g. ArcView) and data sources (e.g. national hydrography dataset, NHD) are reviewed. An overview of EPA's BASINS system is presented. BASINS is a collection of data and models for total maximum daily load (TMDL) development. A step-by-step procedure for adding "your" data (e.g. a set of sampling locations) to GIS is presented. In the afternoon, more advanced applications of GIS technology are presented. The theory and tools for automatically delineating watersheds and streams is presented. A tool for source water protection and nonpoint source load estimation is presented. The course contains four hands-on sessions (making a basemap, adding "your" data to GIS, watershed delineation and nonpoint source load estimation). The hands-on sessions will be conducted with ESRI's ArcView software.
      Note: This class will be held off-site. Participants will be transported from the Convention Center 30 minutes prior to the class. Transportation will be provided by SETAC. Look for a sign at Registration.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Ferdi Hellweger, HydroQual, Inc.

      Bill Saunders, Applied Science Associates, Inc.

      Daniel Ames, Utah State University

      Jeffery Horsburg, Utah State University

      9. Geostatistics for Environmental, Ecological, and Site Characterization Studies.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
      Room 150 E
      With the advent of more powerful desktop computers and user-friendly mapping and analysis software, RI/FS and risk management decisions increasingly rely on geographic information systems (GIS) analyses. The increase in descriptive information has proven invaluable for risk/resource managers although, over-reliance on graphical displays may result in a false sense of confidence in remedial and risk management decisions. Standard geostatistical methods available in most software packages are often designed for contouring and small-scale estimation, and may not be directly applicable to risk management decisions, remedial design and resource damage assessment decisions. This workshop includes a review of standard geostatistical tools, the variogram, kriging and conditional simulation, and proceeds through specifically integrating GIS analyses and valid statistical inferences for management decisions. Actual site data from superfund and NRDA sites are used to illustrate geostatistical and other spatial methods for cost benefit analysis, remedial alternatives analysis, risk management, and NRDA analysis. The presentation is heavy on conceptual and graphical material appropriate for risk managers, soil scientists, and wildlife biologists interested in using spatial data to make valid statistical inference for regulatory decisions.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory to Intermediate

      Attendance limit: 30

      Instructors:

      John Kern, KERN Statistical Services, Inc.

      10. Soil Toxicity Evaluation: Current Practice and Applications.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 150 F
      The toxicity of soils and the bioavailability of chemicals in soils are increasingly being considered under the auspices of various legislative and regulatory mandates, especially within the context of ecological risk assessment or natural resource damage assessment. Many of these assessment tools are biological in character, although the physicochemical characterization of soils being considered in the evaluation process should be completed in parallel with the biological assessment to account for non-chemical stressors that may be associated with adverse biological effects. Within the context of soil toxicity assessment, evaluations may be completed using soils (1) from potentially contaminated sites, (2) from reference sites, (3) from spiked-addition studies using artificial, reference or site soils, and (4) site-soil amended with artificial or reference soils. Data derived from these tests are intended to characterize lethal or sublethal effects or bioaccumulation in various test species and provide measures of exposure and effects for ecological risk assessment and the development of generic soil screening levels such as the U.S. EPA's ecological soil screening levels (EcoSSLs). Through the combined efforts of instructors who have been active in the development of tools for the evaluation of chemicals released to soils, the short course will consider (1) soils and their physical and chemical properties that influence their biological activity, and (2) the evaluation of soils within the context of exposure and effects assessments common to ecological risk assessment (e.g. U.S. EPA, ASTM, Eco-RBCA, EcoSSLs) and injury assessments (e.g. NRDA). The assessment tools will focus primarily on biological and chemical methods that have been developed, or are currently being developed, for field and laboratory use, including techniques that have been standardized or that are available from a long history of use in soil science. In conjunction with these summaries of biological and chemical tools, the instructors will also highlight the physicochemical properties that must be evaluated as part of the assessment process. To help short course attendees acquire a working knowledge of these assessment tools, the instructors will illustrate their application through case studies where biological assessments have proven critical to the overall evaluation of exposure and adverse effects associated with these exposures.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory to Moderate

      Registration limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Roman Lanno, Ohio State University

      Steve Siciliano, University of Ghent

      Roman Kuperman, GEO-CENTERS Inc.

      Gladys Stephenson, ESG International Inc.

      Charlie Menzie, Menzie-Cura & Associates

      11. Ecological Risk Analysis on the Effects of Hard-Rock Mining.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 151 B
      Mining of minerals has been considered the natural heritage of a country with vast potential unextracted mineral wealth that could be used in a positive fashion to enhance their national economic position and spur regional economies. Within the last decade profound changes in investment policies have attracted large sums of foreign investment in mining and prospecting for mineral wealth particularly in developing countries. Along with the obvious advantages of economic development due to exploitation of mineral resources, is the potential for severe environmental impact.
      The accelerated rate at which new mining technologies are developed and employed in developing countries is paralleled by the risk that unregulated development may inflict on natural resources, and even human health. Moreover, some newer technological practices remain poorly assessed even in developed countries. Historically the United States has experienced large scale environmental degradation due to the uncontrolled exploitation of mineral resources, which are still impacting natural resources decades, even a century after mining and mining related activity has ceased. Because of the experience of the mining industry, U.S. EPA, USGS, and consultants in regulating and assessing the impacts of mining in the environment, there is a wealth of information that can be shared relative to both inappropriate and safe mining practices. In-depth study of the impact of mine processing chemicals, fugitive metals, and acid rock-drainage over the past decade provides the basis for offering a SETAC course that provides details on state-of-the-science approaches for assessing environmental risks from metal including assessments of toxicity, bioaccumulation environmental mobility and ecological effects. The course will be team taught by a team of geologists, environmental chemists, environmental toxicologists, and ecotoxicologists. This course is intended to be introductory in that it addresses in a survey format the topics that should be considered in assessing the impact of mineral development. It is largely directed at the development of minerals, including effects from mining and smelting.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Terence P. Boyle, USGS

      Jon Rauscher, U.S. EPA

      Geoffrey S. Plumlee, USGS

      Craig A. Johnson, USGS

      John Michael Besser, USGS

      William J. Adams, Kennecott Utah Copper Corp.

      William H. Clements, Colorado State University

      Igor Linkov, ICF Consulting

      Rick D. Cardwell, Parametrix, Inc.

      12. A Toolbox of Techniques to Generate Data for Ecological Risk Assessments - Characteristics, Costs, and Case Studies.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 151 A
      This short course, which is designed to provide a comprehensive overview of available techniques, is composed of three segments: (1) field sampling and assessment of bioaccumulation; (2) laboratory and field-testing methods; and (3) field surveys for ecological characterization and biomonitoring. Within each section, why a particular tool is chosen, what information it provides, what its cost is, how the information can be used, and whether the information can be used to answer more than one question in the site investigation will be discussed. The background, development, and current state of the art for each technique will be presented with at least one-third of each session devoted to problem solving and case examples to illustrate a tool’s utility, along with its regulatory acceptance. Instructors will include representatives from both the industrial and regulatory sectors to provide a balance in perspective. This course is designed for advanced scientists who are, or will be involved in developing field sampling plans for ecological risk assessments.

      Level of difficulty: Advanced

      Attendance limit: 40

      Instructors:

      Cheryl R. Montgomery, Montgomery & Associates, Inc.

      Tamara Sorell, Malcolm-Pirnie

      Mark Sprenger, U.S. EPA

      John Lortie, Woodlot Alternatives, Inc.

      Arthur Putt, Springborn Smithers Laboratories

      13. Sediment Toxicity Design, Assessment, and Interpretation.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 5:00 PM
      Room 150 G
      Aquatic toxicity testing and regulatory programs aimed at improving water quality have been essential in achieving improved conditions in freshwater, estuarine, and marine surface waters. However, the sediments of these ecosystems have only recently begun to receive similar attention. These sediments and their associated benthic organisms are critically important in maintaining the overall health and productivity of aquatic ecosystems. As the repository for particulate matter, sediments are the primary sink for nutrients and contaminants in aquatic systems. Benthic recycling is fundamental to ecosystem health as fish and waterfowl rely on benthic organisms as key food items. As a result, sediments can be the most sensitive component of the aquatic system, and assessment of sediment toxicity has become an increasingly important in a number of applications.
      This short course is designed to provide basic information needed to guide the appropriate design, interpretation, and regulatory use of sediment toxicity testing, important for the accurate assessment of ecological and potential human health effects of contaminated sediment. The first half of the course will emphasize important characteristics of whole sediment toxicity testing, test method and species selection, and present new developments available for sediment assessment. The second part of the course will review specific applications of sediment toxicity testing, including (1) ecological risk assessment, (2) remediation, (3) dredging, (4) TMDL regulations, and (5) biological assessment. Case studies and “lessons learned" will be presented in the context of national and state regulatory guidelines and stakeholder perspectives. Each section will conclude with a panel discussion and question-and-answers session.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Scott Ogle, Pacific EcoRisk

      Stephen Clark, Pacific EcoRisk

      Cynthia Erickson, URS Corporation

      Kathy Dadey, U.S. EPA

      Peter Chapman, EVS Consultants

      Allen Burton, Wright State University

      Walter Berry, U.S. EPA

    Saturday Morning Short Courses

      14. Getting in Step: A Pathway to Effective Education and Outreach and Stakeholder Involvement in your Watershed.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Room 151 C
      Public education and outreach in addressing environmental risk and management issues (e.g. watershed management) have gained momentum in recent years because of the nature of today's environmental and ecological problems. Resource and risk managers face significant challenges in building awareness of potential threats; educating key decision makers-including the public-on stressors, impacts, and the range of management actions available to address identified threats; and motivating people to implement selected management decisions. The key to successful outreach and education programs is targeting your message(s) to specific audiences, linking your activities with audience values, and getting those audiences to respond to your message(s). With budgets shrinking and the pressure on resources growing, education and outreach must be done right the first time.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 90

      Instructors:

      Lisa Knerr, Tetra Tech, Inc.

      Barry Tonning, Tetra Tech, Inc.

      Jack Wilbur, Utah Non-Point Source
      Water Quality Task Force

      15. Life-Cycle Assessment: Introduction and Update on Methodology, Practice, and Research.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Room 151 D
      The goal of this short course is to introduce potential LCA commissioners, users, and beginning practitioners to the LCA framework and to provide an overview of the latest methodology, practice, and research available from both literature and electronic resources. The course will introduce the various steps of LCA, present LCA case studies, and present state-of-the art techniques and on-going global issues.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 45

      Instructors:

      Jane C. Bare, U.S. EPA

      Thomas P. Gloria, ICF Consulting

      16. Exploring Environmental Issues: Focus on Risk? Educational Outreach Opportunities for High School through Adult Audiences.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Room 151 E
      Project Learning Tree’s “Focus on Risk” supplementary curriculum materials provide a tool for educating high school students, as well as the general public, in making decisions about environmental and human health risks. Participants will engage in a hands-on environmental education workshop focusing on risk communication and taking action to reduce risk in their community. They will participate in at least two activities that can be used either in the classroom or as a means to involve community members in a dialogue about environmental issues. Participants will receive a copy of the “Focus on Risk" materials.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 25

      Instructor:

      Adena Messinger, Project Learning Tree

      17. Interviewing: A Job Skills Workshop for Students.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      8:00 AM to 12:00 PM
      Room 151 F
      The application, interview, and selection processes for all jobs are not the same. This workshop will provide descriptions, insights and information regarding the specific processes for academic, business, and government positions. The workshop, designed for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows, will present the processes for each domain from two viewpoints, those of a potential employee and the personnel responsible for hiring recommendations. Participants will learn about the hiring processes from application to final selection with emphasis placed on the interview. The workshop will include overviews of the hiring process, applications and supporting materials, typical interview formats, and selection and decision procedures. Additional information on preparing for the interview, from a potential employee's perspective, will be presented. Note: This class is free to students.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 20

      Instructors:

      Kurt Maier, East Tennessee State University

      Cristin Milam, EA Engineering

      Phil Scheuerman, East Tennessee State University

      Phil Dorn, Shell Global Solutions US, Inc.

      Joanne Parrott, Environment Canada

      Tony Maciorowski, U.S. EPA

    Saturday Afternoon Short Courses

      18. Tips, Tricks, and Strategies for Superior Platform and Poster Presentations.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Off-site
      Ever wonder why some posters are so crowded with readers that you have to stand in line for a chance to talk to the author, while other posters down the row go unread? Do you sometimes struggle to follow one oral presentation and find that the next sparks insights, interest, and questions? Sometimes issues such as these have much more to do with effective scientific communication than scientific content. In this short course we will discuss the principles and strategies that will help scientists develop presentations that successfully convey the content and importance of their work instead of hindering that communication. Good scientific communication skills are necessary to present your information to the community. and to get feedback from other experts. Additionally, scientific communication skills can help people get promotions, good grades, and choice assignments, as well as help them network in the professional community. This short course will teach participants the basics of preparing a solid presentation and will allow more experienced persons to hone their current skills and learn more advanced techniques. Course instructors will, specifically, introduce the participants to the reasons why good presentation skills are necessary for success, discuss the importance and advantages of poster presentations, offer explicit, concrete guidance on creating effective posters, introduce advanced features of commonly-used spreadsheet and presentation software, demonstrate subtleties that can transform an average figure into a superior slide that is easy to see and understand, and will discuss optimum organization of presented material, introduce techniques for delivering first-class platform presentations. A practical session will give course participants an opportunity to apply their new skills to critique and improve a variety of sample posters and presentations.
      Course participants will gain an expanded appreciation of the importance of presentation skills and will learn how to improve their own presentations. Participants will understand the basics of presentation software - and what the software is and is not capable of doing. In addition, the participants will learn how to organize a talk or seminar and how to deal with the stresses of the actual presentation. Course participants will also come to understand the mechanics that make posters clear and informative - and how to enhance their presentation. Finally, course participants will learn the skills necessary to critically evaluate poster and platform presentations. Note: This class will be held off-site. Participants will be transported from the Convention Center 30 minutes prior to the class. Transportation will be provided by SETAC. Look for a sign at Registration.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory to Intermediate

      Attendance limit: 30

      Instructors:

      Mimi Meredith, Wordsmiths Unlimited

      Paige Leitman, ARCADIS G&M

      Daniel J. Karen, CH2M Hill

      Ryan Casey, Towson University

      19. Ecological Risk Assessment for Arid Ecosystems.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Room 151 C
      Arid and semiarid environments comprise almost one third of the earth's land surface and most of the western and southwestern United States. Ecological risk assessment will be an important process for evaluating contaminant impacts in such environments. Given the potentially vast scope of assessment work entailed, it is imperative that dry-land ERA’s be ecologically applicable and technically defensible. While ERA is a rapidly emerging field receiving much attention, some ERA tools developed for moist climates may not be appropriate for assessing risk in arid environments. Examples include the types of toxicity bioassays and bioaccumulation models typically employed in assessments at mesic sites. At extremely dry sites biological transport processes can dwarf water transport. This half-day offering provides an overview of the tools and challenges for performing ERA in arid and semiarid ecosystems and illustrates the overview with examples. By covering the common ERA considerations for any environment, this course is designed for an introductory to intermediate risk assessor level. Guidance on assessing arid ecosystems will benefit more experienced practitioners as well.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory to Intermediate

      Attendance limit: 40

      Instructors:

      Jim Markwiese, Neptune and Company, Inc.

      Randy Ryti, Neptune and Company, Inc.

      Bruce Hope, Oregon Dept. of Environmental Quality

      20. Soil Ecotoxicology: Chemical, Molecular, and Biological Techniques to Assess Bioavailability.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Room 250 A
      This short course will explain chemical, molecular, and biological techniques to assess contaminant bioavailability in soil. The use of sequential extraction techniques to assess chemical availability of heavy metals will be explained and their appropriate use discussed. In combination with this approach, genetically engineered microorganisms that produce colorimetric or fluormetric compounds in proportion to contaminants serve as molecular reporters of microbial bioavailability in soil extracts. Rather than assess chemical availability, biomimetic devices which clone human receptors such as aryl-hydrocarbon and estrogen into yeast cells allow one to assess toxicological activity present in the soil. The exposure of humans to contaminants via ingestion can be assessed using simulated gastrointestinal systems to predict the release of contaminants present in ingested soil as it undergoes the digestive process. Instructors will specifically discuss heavy metal extraction from soil, lux fusion bioreporters, the yeast human estrogen receptor assay, the arylhydrocarbon assay and the use of a Simulated Human Intestinal Microbial Ecosystem (SHIME) to assess PAH bioavailability. The techniques will be explained not only at the theoretical level but also the technical level with Standard Operating Protocols provided to attendees. These techniques are advanced state of the art approaches and attendees should already have an understanding of soil ecotoxicology and bioavailability.

      Level of difficulty: Intermediate to Advanced

      Attendance limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Steven Douglas Siciliano, Ghent University

      Nicholas Thomas Basta, Oklahoma State University

      Tom Van deWiele, Ghent Unversity

      Anthony Hay, Cornell University

      21. Use of SPC and DOE in Environmental Toxicology.
      Saturday, 16 November 2002
      1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
      Room 250 B
      Bioassays are widely used in environmental toxicology. Since living organisms are employed, there is usually increased variability in the testing system compared to systems that do not involve living organisms. The ultimate result of the potentially large variability in bioassays is that the ability to detect toxicity is compromised. In the past years, a lot of efforts have been made to obtain and interpret the results of bioassays, and not enough attention has been paid to improving the consistency of the bioassays. Since the performance of a bioassay can be affected by several operating factors, among which interactions may be present, effectively optimize consistency as well as other aspects of the performance of a bioassay requires careful study. This course focuses on Statistical Process Control (SPC) and Design of Experiments (DOE), two useful statistical tools in both laboratory research and industrial production. SPC helps identify the sources of and subsequently reduce the variability in a system and DEO can be used to efficiently optimize the operations of a system. Although this course is initiated by limitations of bioassays, the extension of the concepts and methods of SPC and DOE to other areas of environmental toxicology is direct.

      Level of difficulty: Introductory

      Attendance limit: 50

      Instructors:

      Mary G. Leitnaker, University of Tennessee

      Ms. Catherine L. Cheng, Eli Lilly and Company

      Shijin Ren, University of Tennessee


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