Listed here are various programs which bring distinguished persons to our program to deliver lectures and interact with our students and faculty, along with a listing of the lecturers and their topics.

Vernon L. Snoeyink Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Engineering and Science

Each year the faculty in the Environmental Engineering and Science program invites a distinguished person in environmental engineering or a related field to visit the campus for several days. During this time, the Lecturer delivers a public lecture, widely publicized, preferably on a broad topic. In addition, he or she gives other seminars, meets with various research groups, attends and/or participate in undergraduate classes, and meets with faculty members in his or her area of specialization. The Lecturer is selected on the basis of distinction in his or her field and ability to communicate valuable information, ideas, and opinions to faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. This series began in Spring, 2000.

• Dr. Perry L. McCarty, Silas H. Palmer Professor Emeritus, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University. "Cautionary Principals for Toxic Chemicals in the Environment - Experiences and Concepts in the Making" Monday, April 3, 2000.
  
• Dr. M. Gordon Wolman, Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering, The Johns Hopkins University. "The World's Water: Has the Albatross Arrived?" Wednesday, March 21, 2001.
  
• Poul Harremoes, Professor, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Technical University of Denmark. "Lessons from the History of Innovations and Failures - The Science-Engineering-Policy Interface in the Grey Zone of Uncertainty." Wednesday, April 3, 2002.
  
• Jerald L. Schnoor, Allen S. Henry Chair Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Iowa. "Global Change and Sustainable Development." Tuesday, October 14, 2003.
  
• R. Rhodes Trussell, President and Founder, Trussell Technologies, Inc., Pasadena, CA. "Water Treatment: Where Have we Been and Where are we Going?" Wednesday, March 9, 2005.
  
• Richard G. Luthy, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University. "The future of environmental engineering in the context of CEE departments and pressing 21st Century problems" Monday, February 20, 2006.
  
• Gregory Carmicahel, Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Egineering, University of Iowa. "The Globalization of Air Pollution: Implications for the Quality of the Air We Breathe" Monday, November 6, 2006.
  

• Dominic Di Toro, Edward C. Davis Professor of Civil and Environmental Egineering, University of Delaware. "Hypoxia (“Dead Zones”) – A Growing Threat to Aquatic Life: Causes, Modeling Approaches, Cures"
  Wednesday, April 25, 2007.
  
  
• Philip Singer, Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Biotechnology. Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. "Microbial Bioenergy Options: Promising Perspectives on Society's Energy Challenge"
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009.
  
  
• Bruce Rittmann, Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Biotechnology. Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. "Microbial Bioenergy Options: Promising Perspectives on Society's Energy Challenge"
  Wednesday, April 8, 2009.

Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
Distinguished Lecturer.

AEESP selects a distinguished lecturer each year. Lecturers are chosen on the basis of significant accomplishments, speaking ability, and reputation forresearch and/or teaching. The Lecturer travels to about 18 campuses during the year, delivering lecturers and meeting with faculty and students.

• Dr. Vernon L. Snoeyink, Ivan Racheff Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. "Drinking Water Quality Deterioration in Water Distribution Systems: Colored Water Formation and Its Control." Thursday, April 12, 2001.
  
• C.P. Leslie Grady, Ph.D., P.E., D.E.E., R.A. Bowen Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering and Science, Clemson University. "Biodegradation Kinetics - What Do Those Numbers Mean?" Tuesday, April 30, 2002.
• Dr. David Allen, Gertz Regents Professor of Chemical Engineering,
  Director of the Center for Energy and Environmental ResourcesUniversity of Texas at Austin . " The Energy Institute at the University of Texas"Thursday, October 4, 2007.