The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Research Program (SRP) hosted a series of webinars to highlight SRP-funded projects around the country that support innovation in water technologies and research. This Progress in Research series featured SRP Small Business Innovation Research / Small Business Technology Transfer Research (SBIR/STTR) grantees working on new technologies for detection and remediation of hazardous substances in water, including arsenic, dioxane, and trichloroethylene and other chlorinated solvents.

The webinars were free and open to the public. Each webinar began with a brief update of the technology, followed by an open question-and-answer session. This format facilitated a dialogue between the small business innovators and stakeholders during the early stages of research progress – to ensure successful technology transfer and application by end users.

Session I - Sustainable Approaches to Remediation
March 21, 2016 • 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. EDT
An archive of this webinar is available on EPA's CLU-IN Training & Events Webpage.

Moderator: Heather Henry, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, NIEHS SRP

Presentations:

• Enhanced Non-fouling Membranes for Water Purification and Recycling
  David Battaglia, Ph.D., Lynntech Inc.
• Remediating Contaminated Groundwater with Slow-Release Oxidants
  Steve Comfort, Ph.D., Airlift Environmental LLC
• Rapid and Inexpensive Alternative for Ion Analysis: Online Microchip Electrophoresis
  Philippe Dekleva and Scott Noblitt, Ph.D., MicroChemica LLC
• High Performance Bioprocess for Eliminating 1,4-Dioxane in Water
  Fatemeh Shirazi, Ph.D., Microvi Biotechnologies

Session II - Innovative Detection Technologies
March 23, 2016 • 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. EDT
An archive of this webinar is available on EPA's CLU-IN Training & Events webpage.

Moderator: Heather Henry, Ph.D., Health Scientist Administrator, NIEHS SRP

Presentations:

• Quantitative Analysis of Water Contaminants using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy
  Mark Peterman, Ph.D., OndaVia Inc.
• Rapid Detection of Arsenic in Water
  Bikas Vaidya, Ph.D., Lynntech Inc.
• Portable SERS Detector for Simultaneous Detection of Trace-level Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons at Superfund Sites
  Wayne Weimer, Ph.D., Agiltron Inc.
  Lili He, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst