Ed McCormick
Ed McCormick has become president of the Water Environment Federation (WEF) during the conference/exposition WEFTEC held in Chicago from September 27 to October 1, 2014.
Monsieur McCormick holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley, a Master’s degree in Public Administration (MPA) from JFK University, and a BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Massachusetts. He is a recognized expert in recovering valuable resources from wastewater to produce useful products for society, including renewable energy, recycled water, fertilizer, soil amendment and transportation fuel.
Ed has spoken at numerous North American conferences on Resource Recovery, and is co-editor of WEF’s best-selling publication, the “Energy Roadmap – A Water and Wastewater Utility Guide to Sustainable Energy Management”.
As Manager of Wastewater Engineering at the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD), in Oakland, California, Ed led the development and implementation of a state-of-the-art Renewable Energy Program. EBMUD is an internationally recognized public water/wastewater utility serving 1.4 million customers, where he worked for nearly 30 years. Under Ed’s leadership, EBMUD became the first wastewater utility in North America to be a net producer of renewable energy in 2012, the largest net-producing wastewater utility in the world.
Ed led EBMUD’s wastewater capital program, and has overseen the engineering, construction and startup of nearly $2 billion in wastewater and water capital infrastructure during his career. He led the development of EBMUD’s Water Recycling Program from 0.2 mgd in 1994 to a 9 mgd enterprise. Ed also developed the first large-scale food waste to energy program at a North American wastewater utility.
Prior to EBMUD, Ed worked as a Project Manager for Brown and Caldwell Consultants in the planning and design of wastewater treatment, power generation and water recycling facilities.
A WEF member since 1997, Ed has held multiple leadership roles at WEF. He served previously on the Board of Trustees (2008-2013), the House of Delegates, as Chair of the Utility Management Committee, and Vice Chair of the Long Range Planning Committee. He is also a member of the California Water Environment Association (CWEA) and the New England Environment Association (NEWEA).
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| Ed McCormick |
Jamie Eichenberger
Jamie Eichenberger is a Principal Engineer with Brown and Caldwell, and currently serves as the Speaker-Elect for the Water Environment Federation’s House of Delegates. Jamie is a past president of the Rocky Mountain Water Environment Association, and graduate of WEF’s Water Leadership Institute.
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Alvin Pilobello
Alvin Pilobello is an Asset Management Consultant with GHD Canada, an international engineering consulting firm. He graduated in 2009 with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, where Alvin also established McMaster’s WEF student chapter in 2008. He is currently Chair of the WEF-AWWA Young Professionals Summit organizing team (San Diego, CA, February 2016), and Past Chair of the WEAO (WEF Ontario) Young Professionals Committee. In his spare time, Alvin loves to dance salsa and bachata, most recently coaching and performing with 2 university teams at multicultural festivals.
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Ludiwine Clouzot
After a PhD in Water Engineering in France, Ludiwine Clouzot moved to Quebec City and joined modelEAU, the team of Peter Vanrolleghem at Université Laval, as a Postdoctoral Researcher in Ecological Modelling. She has developed a strong expertise in micropollutants through biological, chemical, engineering and modeling approaches. In 2014, she started a non-profit organization calledEcoloodi that is devoted to working with children to preserve water resources and aquatic ecosystems. She just come back from Benin, Africa, where she met with schools, local NGOs and cities, to discuss about the water situation there. One of the her main focus now is to compare driniking water access and sanitation in Canada, France and Benin.
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| Ludiwine Clouzot |
Mikhail Smilovic
Mikhail Smilovic is a PhD Candidate at McGill University researching the relationship between food and water security. He is involved with the Canadian Water Network and Waterlution, and hosts events to encourage dialogue and creativity in the spheres of water and sustainability, such as Blue Drinks, WaterCity, #h2flow, and Goûte d'Eau. He is also involved with initiatives to integrate sustainability into the McGill engineering curriculum.
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Diana Qing Tao
Ms. Tao possesses a Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from University of British Columbia and a Master degree in Civil Engineering from McGill University. She has over 15 years of experience in the fields of environment, wastewater and water resources.
Ms. Tao She specializes in the modeling, evaluation and optimization of sanitary and combined sewer systems for the controls of overflows, inflow and infiltrations, and sewer backups. She has participated in many real time control studies as well as its design and implementation in several major cities in North America. As project director and technical advisor at Tetra Tech, Ms. Tao provides peer review, technical guidance and coordination for various projects. In this role, she is very much engaged in understanding client needs with respect to wet weather management, operation and maintenance issues, flood warning and relief, and technical innovations.
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| Diana Qing Tao |
Sophie Duchesne
Sophie Duchesne est ingénieure, professeure-chercheure à l’INRS-ETE. Elle est titulaire d’un baccalauréat en génie civil (1995) et d’un doctorat en sciences de l’eau (2001). Après une expérience postdoctorale en France, Mme Duchesne a occupé un poste d’analyste en ressources hydriques au Service des infrastructures de la Ville d’Ottawa. Elle est à l’emploi de l’INRS depuis 2003. Mme Duchesne dirige actuellement des travaux de recherche portant sur la gestion des réseaux d’aqueduc et d’égout, sur la modélisation hydrologique en milieu urbain et sur la gestion intégrée de l’eau à l’échelle des bassins versants. Elle fait aussi partie de l’équipe d’experts qui a développé le concept d’aquaresponsabilité municipale.
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Maxine Dandois-Fafard
Maxine Dandois-Fafard has an MBA in social and environmental responsibility in organizations from Université Laval, in Quebec city, and York University, in Toronto. She has been working as water sector coordinator & Quebec Section of AWWA and WEF affiliation coordinator for Réseau Environnement since 2012, in Montreal. Before that, she worked in a Comité ZIP, an NGO for the protection and rehabilitation of the St. Lawrence River.
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Nadia Koukoui
Nadia Koukoui holds a Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering from Concordia University in Canada and a Masters in Sustainable Development from Utrecht University in The Netherlands.
As Project Engineer at Environment Canada, Mrs. Koukoui contributes to the timely delivery of water resource data and information to the general public. Prior to joining the public service, she worked with engineering firms as well as with non-profit organizations both in Canada and in The Netherlands. Mrs. Koukoui chairs the North American section of the International Water Association’s (IWA) Young Water Professional (YWP) Chapter. In this role, her objective is to stimulate the exchange of knowledge within the community of practice and to provide IWA members with networking opportunities.
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Benoît Laganière
Diplômé de l’École Polytechnique de Montréal en génie mécanique en 1991, il a obtenu une maîtrise en génie du bois en 2002. Gestionnaire de projets d’ingénierie pendant plus de 22 ans, Benoît Laganière a bâti une expertise en milieu industriel, en R&D ainsi qu’en génie-conseil. Il a réalisé plusieurs projets novateurs en industrie seul et avec différents partenaires nationaux et internationaux dont plusieurs de ses conceptions se retrouvent partout dans le monde. Axé sur le client et l’atteinte des résultats, il a formé plus de 1000 personnes en industrie à travers le Canada en plus de publier plusieurs manuels, rapports et articles scientifiques destinés à accroître la performance et la qualité de la production. Il a fait 10 conférences internationales et a obtenu 2 brevets dont un européen.
Depuis 2013, il est conseiller en emploi au Service de placement de l'Université Laval, où son rôle est de favoriser l'insertion professionnelle des étudiants et diplômés. Ses principaux mandats touchent l'accompagnement individuel, la formation, la coordination de stages, et à l'établissement d'un réseau d'employeurs susceptibles d'embaucher des stagiaires ou des finissants(es). Dans le cadre des stages Sigma+, il a visité plus de 200 entreprises de tout type au Québec. Sa clientèle de la faculté de sciences et génie de l’Université Laval est composée de près de 1000 étudiants en génie mécanique, industriel, chimique, agroenvironnemental et alimentaire.
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