Written by Charles Pugh, P.E., CFM, M.ASCE, and published in the 2025 Winter Currents
ASCE-EWRI St. Louis Chapter sponsored the Annual Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference (MAEEC) along with host Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on October 19, 2024. Students and advisors attended from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Missouri University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and Saint Louis University.
MAEEC 2024 included the following:
- A keynote presentation from Dr. Lynn Katz of the University of Texas at Austin.
- Fourteen student research presentations.
- An overview of ASCE-EWRI St. Louis Chapter from Vice Chair Azadeh Bloorchian-Verschuyl and member Charles Pugh.
- A career panel from a diverse group of civil and environmental engineers holding master’s or doctoral degrees. Career panelists included EWRI St. Louis Chapter members Mike Buechter (MSD), Azadeh Bloorchian-Verschuyl (Stantec), and Dr. Susan Morgan (SIUE).
- Five student poster presentations.
At the end of the conference, ASCE-EWRI St. Louis Chapter presented awards for best presentation to one master’s student, Gabriel Borgmeyer (Missouri S&T), and one doctoral student, Yue Rao (Wash U).
We want to thank the speakers and attendees for contributing to such a great conference. We also want to recognize contributions from our EWRI members: conference chair Dr. Rohan Benjankar (SIUE), conference co-chair Dr. Jianpeng Zhou (SIUE), ASCE-EWRI St. Louis Chapter Vice Chair Azadeh Bloorchian-Verschuyl (Stantec), and ASCE-EWRI St. Louis Chapter member Charles Pugh (MSD).
Conference group photo