BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN PRODID:iCalendar-Ruby BEGIN:VEVENT CATEGORIES: DESCRIPTION:The Ohio University Alumni Association is excited to introduce you to the next installment in our virtual series\, Empower Hour! This even t takes place every other Wednesday from 1-2 p.m. EST.\n\n \n\nEmpower Hour is a program that explores important and relevant topics centered around t he theme of continued personal growth and education. We want to equip OHIO alumni with the knowledge they need to become their best selves!\n\n \n\nTh is Empower Hour segment is called "Toxic Art." Southeast Ohio has faced per sistent acid mine drainage pollution from old coal mining activities that i mpairs local streams. Because of a lack of funds and political will\, the w orst of these pollution sources remain untreated. Dr. Guy Riefler and John Sabraw over the past 10 years have developed a process that treats acid min e drainage while producing an iron-based pigment. Sales from the pigment sh ould pay for the treatment costs and provide a modest business opportunity for an impoverished region. We are currently working to deploy the first fu ll-scale implementation of this technology to clean-up the worst acid mine drainage pollution in Southeast Ohio\, practically in the backyard of Ohio University. The project has most recently been featured in TED\, Smithsonia n\, New Scientist\, London\, Great big Stories\, and Time Magazine.\n\n \n\ n \n\n\n\nDr. Guy Riefler\, Chair and Professor of Civil Engineering\, has taught all of the courses in the environmental engineering curriculum over the past 21 years. His research focus is the clean-up of pollution using bi ological and chemical processes and includes projects such as biofiltration of highway runoff\, phytoremediation of explosives pollution\, iron nanopa rticles for use in groundwater remediation\, and sustainable treatment of a cid mine drainage.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n\n\nJohn Sabraw\, Chair and Professor of Painting + Drawing\, creates paintings\, drawings and installations that are produced in an eco-conscious manner. He collaborates with scientists o n projects including with professor Riefler creating pigments from iron oxi de extracted in the process of remediating streams polluted with acid mine drainage. Sabraw’s art is in numerous collections including the Museum of C ontemporary Art\, Honolulu\, the Elmhurst Museum in Illinois\, Emprise Bank \, Bank of America\, and Accenture Corp.\n\n \n\n \n\nYou will receive a co nfirmation email upon registration that will include details on how to join this virtual event.\n\n \n\nIf you have any questions\, please email Assoc iate Director\, Alumni Experiences\, Caleb Beasecker at beasecker@ohio.edu. DTEND:20201202T190000Z DTSTAMP:20241124T000632Z DTSTART:20201202T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Empower Hour - Toxic Art UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_35157895696309 URL:https://calendar.ohio.edu/event/empower_hour_-_toxic_art END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR