2021 Decon Conference Poster Sessions and Tech Cafe

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The EPA International Decontamination Research and Development Conference was held virtually November 1-5, 2021. For more information on the conference, or to register, view the conference website.

Below is the schedule of posters and technology cafe sessions. All times are Eastern Time Zone.

Jump to the Technology Cafe sessions.

View the full agenda of sessions.

Monday, November 1 (Day 1)

Poster Session

2:15-3:30 PM Join us to view posters, lightning talks, and interact with poster presenters.

Poster Number	Poster Title & Presenter
1	A Film-forming, Biocidal Strippable Coating for Subway Car Biocontaminant Mitigation Kevin Beltis \| TIAX LLC
2	Withdrawn
3	Development of a Chemical Wide Area Decontaminant Neil Hawbaker \| Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center
4	Mitigating Cytotoxicity for Anti-Viral Disinfection Studies Sarah Nelson \| Battelle Memorial Institute
5	Evaluation of Street Sweeper Spray Systems for Effective Decontamination of Fixed and Loose Radioactive Contaminations Michael Kaminski \| Argonne National Laboratory.
6	The WASP 2.0: A Water Assessment and Sustainability Purification and Decontamination System Designed for the Temperate and Sub-Arctic Environments Clint Smith \| U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
7	Monitoring Storm Water Flow via VIPER Joshua Steenbock \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8 (Student)	The Influence of Exposure Duration and Dwell Time on the Skin Decontamination Effectiveness of Particulate Zirconium Hydroxide Nevine Amer \| Toxicology Research Group, University of Hertfordshire
9	Development of Methods and Comparative Analysis of NGA compound by GCMS-TOF and UPLCMSMS Tom Fowler \| CSS/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10 (Student)	Safety Profiling of a Candidate Decontamination Product: Assessing the Dermal Absorption of Particulate Zirconium Hydroxide through Dry and Sweat-Covered Skin Andreia Pinhal \| Toxicology Research Group, University of Hertfordshire
11	Evaluation of Temporary Coatings to Alter Agent Resistivity of Polyurethane Coated Materials Janlyn Eikenberg \| Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center
12 (Student)	Improved Assessment of Skin Decontaminants: Development and Validation of a Robotic System for the Accurate and Reproducible Dermal Application of Candidate Products Devanya Mahalingam \| Toxicology Research Group, University of Hertfordshire
13	The Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Agents from Canine Test Substrates Stefanie Smallwood \| Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center
14	Scenario Based Opioid Detection Selection Evan Durnal \| MRIGlobal
15	Analysis of EA 6162 in Drinking Water Thomas Malloy \| Battelle Memorial Institute
16	Evaluation of Electrostatic Sprayers and Foggers for the Application of Disinfectants in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 Joseph Wood \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
17	Efficacy of Residual Antimicrobial Products Against SARS-CoV-2 Rachael Hardison \| Battelle Memorial Institute
18	Evaluating Efficacy of UVC Light for Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2, MS2, and Phi6 on Surfaces Lukas Oudejans \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
19	Heat Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 to Streamline RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 Jacob Beaver \| Battelle Memorial Institute
20 (Student)	Factors Affecting UV Decontamination of FFRs Castine Bernardy \| University of New Hampshire
21	Cleaning and Disinfecting of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Effective Reuse John Archer \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
22 (Student)	Open-Air Hazardous Waste Incineration in Colfax, LA Chloe Tucker \| Tulane University
23	Addressing Socio-Environmental Injustice, and Flood Risk with a Design-based Approach Eliza Breder \| University of Florida, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience
24	Use of Service Vehicles to Sample and Determine Extent of Contamination During a Response to Biological Incidents Kent Hofacre \| Battelle Memorial Institute
25 (Student)	Dirty Drinking Water: Ethnography/Science of Contamination from Arsenic and Iron in Groundwater Luisa Cortesi \| Erasmus University, Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Cornell University
26	Real-time, Low-Cost, High Efficiency In-Situ Radiological Threat Agents Spectrometric Sensing Using Tensioned Metastable Fluid Detectors Nathan Boyle \| Purdue University
27	Awareness and Operations Level Trained Responders - Under Equipped and Under Utilized John Zour \| In Our Gear

Wednesday, November 3 (Day 3)

Technology Cafe: Session A

2:00-2:30 PM Join us to view demonstrations and interact with presenters of technologies associated with waste management, decontamination, sampling, community resilience, and more.

Session Number	Technology Title & Presenter
1	Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT): A Tool for Water Contamination Incident Preparedness and Response Veronica Aponte-Morales \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2	Stochastic Infrastructure Remediation Model Tanvi Joshi \| Battelle Memorial Institute
3	U.S. EPA’s Waste Estimation Support Tool (WEST) Paul Lemieux \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
4	U.S. EPA's Disaster Debris Recovery Tool Lucy Stanfield \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
5	The EPA Flooded Homes Website Keely Maxwell \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Technology Cafe: Session B

2:30-3:00 PM Join us to view demonstrations and interact with presenters of technologies associated with waste management, decontamination, sampling, community resilience, and more.

Session Number	Technology Title & Presenter
6	Electrons Dispersion Filtration Michael Omary \| APD Clean Water Technologies Group
7	Immersive Modular Preparedness Intelligent Tutor (IMPRINT) Austin Crumpton \| Charles River Analytics
8	U.S. EPA’s Incident Waste Decision Support Tool (I-WASTE) Paul Lemieux \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9	U.S. EPA's Waste Staging and Logistics Tool Tim Boe \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10	The Feedback Loop in Decon - The Missing/Broken Link John Zour \| In Our Gear

Technology Cafe: Session C

3:00-3:30 PM Join us to view demonstrations and interact with presenters of technologies associated with waste management, decontamination, sampling, community resilience, and more.

Session Number	Technology Title & Presenter
11	Radiological Decontamination of Electronic and Optoelectronic Equipment Zakir Kazi \| Defence Research & Development Canada (DRDC)
12	A Web-based GIS Application for Creating, Evaluating and Operationalizing Sampling Designs Molly Rodgers \| Eastern Research Group
13	U.S. EPA’s All Hazards Waste Management Planning Tool Anna Tschursin \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
14	The Environmental Resilience Tools Wizard Keely Maxwell \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Poster Number	Poster Title & Presenter
1	A Film-forming, Biocidal Strippable Coating for Subway Car Biocontaminant Mitigation Kevin Beltis \| TIAX LLC
2	Withdrawn
3	Development of a Chemical Wide Area Decontaminant Neil Hawbaker \| Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center
4	Mitigating Cytotoxicity for Anti-Viral Disinfection Studies Sarah Nelson \| Battelle Memorial Institute
5	Evaluation of Street Sweeper Spray Systems for Effective Decontamination of Fixed and Loose Radioactive Contaminations Michael Kaminski \| Argonne National Laboratory.
6	The WASP 2.0: A Water Assessment and Sustainability Purification and Decontamination System Designed for the Temperate and Sub-Arctic Environments Clint Smith \| U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
7	Monitoring Storm Water Flow via VIPER Joshua Steenbock \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
8 (Student)	The Influence of Exposure Duration and Dwell Time on the Skin Decontamination Effectiveness of Particulate Zirconium Hydroxide Nevine Amer \| Toxicology Research Group, University of Hertfordshire
9	Development of Methods and Comparative Analysis of NGA compound by GCMS-TOF and UPLCMSMS Tom Fowler \| CSS/U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10 (Student)	Safety Profiling of a Candidate Decontamination Product: Assessing the Dermal Absorption of Particulate Zirconium Hydroxide through Dry and Sweat-Covered Skin Andreia Pinhal \| Toxicology Research Group, University of Hertfordshire
11	Evaluation of Temporary Coatings to Alter Agent Resistivity of Polyurethane Coated Materials Janlyn Eikenberg \| Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center
12 (Student)	Improved Assessment of Skin Decontaminants: Development and Validation of a Robotic System for the Accurate and Reproducible Dermal Application of Candidate Products Devanya Mahalingam \| Toxicology Research Group, University of Hertfordshire
13	The Decontamination of Chemical Warfare Agents from Canine Test Substrates Stefanie Smallwood \| Combat Capabilities Development Command, Chemical Biological Center
14	Scenario Based Opioid Detection Selection Evan Durnal \| MRIGlobal
15	Analysis of EA 6162 in Drinking Water Thomas Malloy \| Battelle Memorial Institute
16	Evaluation of Electrostatic Sprayers and Foggers for the Application of Disinfectants in the Era of SARS-CoV-2 Joseph Wood \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
17	Efficacy of Residual Antimicrobial Products Against SARS-CoV-2 Rachael Hardison \| Battelle Memorial Institute
18	Evaluating Efficacy of UVC Light for Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2, MS2, and Phi6 on Surfaces Lukas Oudejans \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
19	Heat Inactivation of SARS-CoV-2 to Streamline RT-qPCR for SARS-CoV-2 Jacob Beaver \| Battelle Memorial Institute
20 (Student)	Factors Affecting UV Decontamination of FFRs Castine Bernardy \| University of New Hampshire
21	Cleaning and Disinfecting of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Effective Reuse John Archer \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
22 (Student)	Open-Air Hazardous Waste Incineration in Colfax, LA Chloe Tucker \| Tulane University
23	Addressing Socio-Environmental Injustice, and Flood Risk with a Design-based Approach Eliza Breder \| University of Florida, Florida Institute for Built Environment Resilience
24	Use of Service Vehicles to Sample and Determine Extent of Contamination During a Response to Biological Incidents Kent Hofacre \| Battelle Memorial Institute
25 (Student)	Dirty Drinking Water: Ethnography/Science of Contamination from Arsenic and Iron in Groundwater Luisa Cortesi \| Erasmus University, Freiburg Institute of Advanced Studies, Cornell University
26	Real-time, Low-Cost, High Efficiency In-Situ Radiological Threat Agents Spectrometric Sensing Using Tensioned Metastable Fluid Detectors Nathan Boyle \| Purdue University
27	Awareness and Operations Level Trained Responders - Under Equipped and Under Utilized John Zour \| In Our Gear

Session Number	Technology Title & Presenter
1	Water Contaminant Information Tool (WCIT): A Tool for Water Contamination Incident Preparedness and Response Veronica Aponte-Morales \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2	Stochastic Infrastructure Remediation Model Tanvi Joshi \| Battelle Memorial Institute
3	U.S. EPA’s Waste Estimation Support Tool (WEST) Paul Lemieux \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
4	U.S. EPA's Disaster Debris Recovery Tool Lucy Stanfield \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
5	The EPA Flooded Homes Website Keely Maxwell \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Session Number	Technology Title & Presenter
6	Electrons Dispersion Filtration Michael Omary \| APD Clean Water Technologies Group
7	Immersive Modular Preparedness Intelligent Tutor (IMPRINT) Austin Crumpton \| Charles River Analytics
8	U.S. EPA’s Incident Waste Decision Support Tool (I-WASTE) Paul Lemieux \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
9	U.S. EPA's Waste Staging and Logistics Tool Tim Boe \| U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
10	The Feedback Loop in Decon - The Missing/Broken Link John Zour \| In Our Gear