WESTalks

December 3, 2020, 9:00 am to 10:00 am

Online

WESTalks is a collaborative initiative by IC-IMPACTS Student Engagement Committee (SEC) and the University of British Columbia’s Future Waters, and is being hosted jointly by students at UBC and McGill University. The combined network includes over 1000 research students and faculty members, working in water research across the globe.

Details:
20-30 minute presentation
10-15 minutes of audience questions, curated by IC-IMPACTS SEC moderator

Professor Whelton has 20 years of experience in the infrastructure, public health, and environmental areas. He is nationally recognized for water infrastructure disaster response and recovery among other expertise. His teams have been called to help respond to and recover from widespread water distribution and building plumbing contamination in response to the 2014 MCHM chemical spill, 2017 Tubbs Fire, 2018 Camp Fire, and others. Prof. Whelton previously worked for the U.S. Army, private sector, National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST), and the University of South Alabama. He earned a B.S Civil Engineering, M.S., Environmental Engineering, and Ph.D. Civil Engineering degrees from Virginia Tech. Public materials are available at www.PlumbingSafety.org

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First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

Future Waters

UBC Vancouver Campus, BC Canada V6T 1Z4

Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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