RONALD L. MERSKY, Ph.D., P.E. Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Widener University, Chester, PA (September present)

Transcription

1 RONALD L. MERSKY, Ph.D., P.E. Areas of Specialization Municipal Waste Engineering and Management Environmental Assessment and Evaluation Public Communication and Education of Environmental Issues Academic Experience Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Widener University, Chester, PA (September present) Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, Widener University, Chester, PA (September September 1990) Instructor/Adjunct Assistant Professor of Engineering, Widener University, Chester, PA (January 1982-May 1984) Education Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (May 1985) M.S.E. in Civil and Urban Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (May 1980) B.S.E. in Civil and Urban Engineering, University of Pennsylvania (May 1979) Registration Registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania Professional Activities Editor, The Journal of Solid Waste Technology and Management (January 1996-present) Chair, The International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management: Twenty-Ninth, Philadelphia, PA, March 30-April2, 2014 Twenty-Eighth, Philadelphia, PA, March 10-13, 2013 Twenty-Seventh, Philadelphia, PA, March 11-14, 2012 Twenty-Sixth, Philadelphia, PA, March 27-30, 2011 Twenty-Fifth, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-17, 2010 Twenty-Fourth, Philadelphia, PA, March 15-18, 2009 Twenty-Third, Philadelphia, PA, March 30 - April 2, 2008 Twenty-Second, Philadelphia, PA USA March 18-21, 2007 Twenty-First, Philadelphia, PA USA March 26-29, 2006 Twentieth, Philadelphia, PA USA April 3-6, 2005 Nineteenth, Philadelphia, PA USA March 21-24, 2004

2 Eighteenth, Philadelphia, PA, March 23 26, 2003 Seventeenth, Philadelphia, PA, October 21 24, 2001 Sixteenth, Philadelphia, PA, December , 2000 Fifteenth, Philadelphia, PA, December 12-15, 1999 Fourteenth, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, 1998 Thirteenth, Philadelphia, PA, November 16-19, 1997 Twelfth, Philadelphia, PA, November 17-20, 1996 Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Study On Pesticide Tolerant Bacteria And Their Phosphate Solubilization Activity: An Approach Towards Bio-Fertilizer Preparation, Tripti, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 2014 Research Sabbatical, Samuel Neeman Institute Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 2013 Chairman of the International Scientific Committee, X International Scientific and Practical Conference «Contemporary Problems of Regional Economy Management», Saint Petersburg, Russia, May 23-24, 2013 Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Some Theoretical and Experimental Studies on Solar Still System with Phase Change Material (PTM) as a Storage Medium, Ali Abdulruda Farhan Al-Hamadani, Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, 2013 External Referee for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada 2013 Discovery Grants, 2013 Advisor to visiting scholar for Yegor Gaidar Annual Fellowship Program of the U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law, January-March, 2013 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Strength and Durability Studies of Concrete Containing Waste Foundry Sand, Gurpreet Singh, Thapar University, 2012 Reviewer for ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, 2012 Peer Reviewer for The Evaluation of Research Products in The Framework of The Italian Evaluation of Research Quality Exercise (VQR ), 2012 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Electronic Waste Management For Sustainable Growth, K. Arun Vasantha Geethan, Sathyabama University, 2012 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Speciation and Microbial Transformation of Chromium, Arsenic and Mercury in Municipal Landfill Leachate, Yaromng Li, The University of New South Wales, 2012 Section Editor, Solid Waste Recycling and Disposal Section, Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science & Technology, Springer, 1 st Edition published 2012 Manuscript Reviewer for Thermochimica Acta, 2011 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Biological Removal of Cu, Zn and Ni From Effluent Using Aspergillus Flavus, Reena Pundir, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2011 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Neutralization of Red Mud Using CO 2 Sequestration and Their Utilizations, Ramesh Chandra Sahu, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, 2011 External Adjudicator for Ph.D. Thesis, An Integrated and Environmental Friendly Study of Selecting Municipal Solid Waste Dump Sites for Visakhapatnam City under Vision 2020, Prema Kumar Dara, Andhra University, 2011 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Assessment Report for Phytoremediation of Water and Soil Contaminated With Lead and Nickel, Leela Kaur, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2011

3 External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Developing a Planning Tool for Construction Waste Management, Bergama A. D. Sujeewa Wimalasena, University of Calgary, 2010 Member, Board of Examiners for Ph.D.Thesis, Management of Hospital Waste With Energy Saving Options, Shyam Lal, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 2009 Member of Scientific Committee, Synergy and Technical Development,GÖDÖLLŐ, Hungary, August 30 - September 2, 2009 Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis, Hydrogeological Impact of Mining and Anthropogenic Activities on Ground Water Level, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, External Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis of Prakash Parasivamurthy, Mangalore University, 2008 Associate Editor, Bahrain International Journal of Sustainable Resource and Waste Management ( present) Chair, Session 3A: Waste characterization and collection, APLAS Sapporo 2008, October 22-24, Sapporo, Japan Paper Reviewer for Songklanakarin Journal of Science and Technology (2007) Member of Organizing Committee, International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, Chennai, India, September 5-7, 2007 Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis of B. Saravana Bavan, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, March, 2006 Member, International Technical Committee, International Interdisciplinary Conference on Sustainable Technologies for Environmental Protection, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, January 7-9, 2006, Coimbatore, India. Examiner for Ph.D. Thesis of Chandana Kumara Vidanaarachchi, University of Melbourne, Member of Editorial Board for Environmental Science and Technology, Technomic Publishing Company ( ). Member, International Advisory Board, ISWA 2002 Conference on Appropriate Solid Waste Management and Technologies for Developing Countries, July 2002, Istanbul, Turkey. Moderator of the 4 th Annual Delaware Solid Waste Authority Environmental Forum, May 9, 2001 Moderator of Delaware Annual Environmental Forum (2000) Member, Environmental Education Awards Review Committee of Delaware Solid Waste Authority (2000) Advisor to Discipline Network for Waste Management in English Universities ( ) Moderator and Speaker, Recycling in Delaware, Solid Waste Forum, April 21, 1999, Newark, DE. Advisor, Conference on Flyash Disposal and Deposition, February 5-6, 1999, Kanpur, India. Member, Scientific Committee, 1 st International Conference on Environmental Engineering and Renewable Energy, September 7-10, 1998, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Moderator, Looking to the Future, Solid Waste Forum, April 30, 1998, Newark, DE. Examiner (foreign, external) for Ph.D. thesis, Environmental Impact Assessment Studies Due to the Disposal of Tailings from Iron Ore Mines and Their Management Synopsis, Shri Pravir Kumar Sen, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, India, 1998.

4 Member of Ph.D. Board of Examiners, Policy & Economic Considerations on Waste Minimization and Recycling in Hong Kong, Chung Shan-Shan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Program and Planning Chair, The Eleventh International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, November 12-15, Program and Planning Chair, The Tenth International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Philadelphia, PA, November 13-16, Technical Education Chair, 1994 Island Waste Management Conference, January 11-14, 1994, Nassau, The Bahamas. Paper Reviewer, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering (1993). Associate Director, Center for Solid Waste Systems and Technology (September December 1992). Member, Editorial Board, MSW Management (January ). Associate Editor, Journal of Resource Management and Technology (February 1988-January 1996). Member of Technical Advisory Board, Pennsylvania Resources Council. Program and Planning Chair, The Ninth International Conference on Solid Waste Management, Philadelphia, PA, November 14-17, Program and Planning Chair, The Eighth International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, November 15-18, Chairman, Chester City Citizens Advisory Panel Concerning the Proposed Trash Disposal Facility of the County of Delaware and Westinghouse (September 1987-April 1992). Program and Planning Chair, The Seventh International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, December 10-13, Recycling Seminars Instructor, American Society of Civil Engineers, October-November Chair, The Other Recyclables session, 1991 Pennsylvania Recycling Conference, Hershey, PA, April 28-30, Program and Planning Chair, The Sixth International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, Deceamber 4-7, Chair, Data: Getting the Right Information session, 1990 Pennsylvania Recycling Conference, Camp Hill, PA, May 9-11, Chairman, Planning and Program Committee, The Fifth International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, December 5-8, Chair, The Market Picture: Today and Tomorrow session, 1989 Pennsylvania Recycling Conference, Grantville, PA, April 30-May 2, Member, Planning Committee, 1989 Pennsylvania Recycling Conference, Grantville, PA, April 30-May 2, Chairman, Planning and Program Committee, The Fourth International Conference on Urban Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, December Member, Technical Program Planning Committee and Chair of Introduction to Materials Recycling session, APCA Recycling Policies, Issues, Experiences Workshop, King of Prussia, PA, May 11-12, 1988.

5 Chair, Future Markets, New Techniques, and New Products session, 1988 Pennsylvania Recycling Conference, Grantville, PA, May 1-3, Member of Editorial Board, Journal of Resource Management and Technology (October 1985-February 1988). Chair, Municipal Scale Solid Waste Management and Options session, The Fourth Annual Conference on Solid Waste Management and Materials Policy, New York, NY, January 27-30, Chair, Hazardous Waste Session III and Non-Fuel Mineral Session IV, Conference on Solid Waste Management and Materials Policy, New York, NY, February 11-14, Member of Program Committee, Second Symposium on Industrial Resource Management, Philadelphia, PA, February 17-20, Member of Organizing Committee, First Symposium on Industrial Resource Management, Philadelphia, PA, October 2-5, Member of Arrangements Committee, International Symposium on Freight Pipeline, Washington, DC, December 6-7, Member, American Society of Civil Engineers. Major Awards Named Board Certified Environmental Engineer by Eminence, AAEE, 2010 Named to Phi Beta Delta, honor society for international scholars, Russell Ackoff Award (awarded by the Journal of Resource Management and Technology) Edmund Friedman Young Engineer Award for Professional Achievement (awarded by the American Society of Civil Engineers national office). Named Widener University Presidential Lecturer for Fall Philadelphia Young Civil Engineer of the Year (awarded by Philadelphia section of the American Society of Civil Engineers). Major Publications and Presentations Zandi, Iraj, Ronald L. Mersky and Wen K. Shieh, Proceedings of the International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management: Twenty-Eighth, Philadelphia, PA, March 10-13, 2013 Twenty-Seventh, Philadelphia, PA, March 11-14, 2012 Twenty-Sixth, Philadelphia, PA, March 27-30, 2011 Twenty-Fifth, Philadelphia, PA, March 14-17, 2010 Twenty-Fourth, Philadelphia, PA, March 15-18, 2009 Twenty-Third, Philadelphia, PA, March 30 - April 2, 2008 Twenty-Second, Philadelphia, PA USA March 18-21, 2007 Twenty-First, Philadelphia, PA USA March 26-29, 2006 Twentieth, Philadelphia, PA USA April 3-6, 2005 Nineteenth, Philadelphia, PA USA March 21-24, 2004 Eighteenth, Philadelphia, PA, March 23 26, 2003 Seventeenth, Philadelphia, PA, October 21 24, 2001 Sixteenth, Philadelphia, PA, December , 2000 Fifteenth, Philadelphia, PA, December 12-15, 1999 Fourteenth, Philadelphia, PA, November 1-4, 1998

6 Thirteenth, Philadelphia, PA, November 16-19, 1997 Twelfth, Philadelphia, PA, November 17-20, 1996 Eleventh, Philadelphia, PA, November 12-15, 1995 Tenth, Philadelphia, PA, November 13-16, 1994 Ninth, Philadelphia, PA, November 13-17, 1993 Eighth, Philadelphia, PA, November 15-18, 1992 Seventh, Philadelphia, PA, December 10-13, 1991 Sixth, Philadelphia, PA, December 4-7, 1990 Regev, Lior, Mersky, Ronald L., Ayalon, Ofira, Economic Feasibility of Waste Separation at Source: Case Study of Neighborhoods in Haifa, Israel, Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., March 30 April 2, 2014 Lyubarskaya, Maria, Mersky, Ronald L., Comparative Analysis of Contemporary, Russian and American Solid Waste Management Practices, White Paper of U.S. Russia Foundation for Economic Advancement and the Rule of Law (also presented at Saint Petersburg State Economical University, Department of Municipal Economy and Management, October 23, 2013) Mersky, Ronald L., Lyubarskaya, Maria, Russia-USA Solid Waste White Paper, The Twenty- Eighth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., March 10 13, 2013 Mersky, Ronald L., Brian Ayres, Vincent Erdlen, James Magaw, Joseph Wizda, Analysis of a University Campus Recycling Program, The Twenty-Eighth International Conference on Solid Waste Technology and Management, Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A., March 10 13, 2013 (presented by coauthor) Mersky, Ronald L., Verification of Exponential Distribution of Arrival and Service Times at Municipal Solid Waste Facilities, Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management, 11,4, December, 2009 (also published in Proceedings of APLAS Sapporo 2008, The 5th Asian-Pacific Landfill Symposium, Sapporo, Japan, October 22-24, 2008) Mersky, Ronald L., State of Solid Waste-Issues and Opportunities, 2009 Educational Conference on Litter Control and Solid Waste Management, Morgantown, WV, October 18 20, 2009 Mersky, Ronald L., International Trends in Solid Waste Management, Waste in Wales - Welsh Waste Networking Conference 2008, Cardiff, Wales, May 14, 2008 Mersky, Ronald L., Integrating Solid Waste Management Beyond Solid Waste, Israel Solid Waste Forum meeting, December 26, 2005 Mersky, Ronald L., An Informal Survey of Delaware Residents Views on Environmental Priorities, April, 2001

7 Mersky, Ronald L., Analysis of International Trends in MSW Composition and Energy Content, The Kriton Curi International Symposium on Environmental Management in the Mediterranean Region, June 18-20, 1998, Antalya, Turkey Mersky, Ronald L., Opinions Concerning Municipal Solid Waste Goals and Policy, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Israeli Society for Ecology & Environmental Quality Sciences, Jerusalem, Israel, June 30-July 4, 1996 Volynski, R., E. Azmon, R.L. Mersky, and V.S. Kremez, Numerical Simulations of Soil Pollution Due to Decaying Waste Dumped on Its Surface, Second International Symposium on The Geology of the Eastern Mediterranean Region, Jerusalem, Israel, August 27-September 1, 1995 Mersky, Ronald L., Back to School (The Need for Integrated MSW Education), MSW Management, vol. 4, no. 4, July/August 1994 Mersky, Ronald L., Household Hazardous Waste, Technical Education Session 5, 1994 Island Waste Management Conference, Nassau, The Bahamas, January 11-14, 1994 Mersky, Ronald L., Developing an Integrated Solid Waste Management Plan, Technical Education Session 1, 1994 Island Waste Management Conference, Nassau, The Bahamas, January 11-14, 1994 Mersky, Ronald L., Recycling and the Environment, Proceedings of Resource Ohio 93, Toledo, OH, November 8-10, 1993 Mersky, Ronald L., The American Experience with Recycling of Specific Materials, Wasteman, Birmingham, UK, March 9-11, 1993 Mersky, Ronald L., Effective Use of Recycling in a Waste Management System, Proceedings from SWANA s 4th Annual International Recycling Symposium, West Palm Beach, FL, February 22-25, 1993 Mersky, Ronald L., Dealing with the Public on Solid Waste Issues: Siting, Fees and Lifestyle Changes, Proceedings of the ASTSWMO 1992 National Solid Waste Forum on Integrated Municipal Waste Management, Portland, OR, July 20-22, 1992 Mersky, Ronald L., Recycling Economics: The Proper Limits of Recycling, Proceedings of the 1992 Pennsylvania Recycling Conference, Harrisburg, PA, May 3-5, 1992 Mersky, Ronald L., A Scientific Methodology for Quantifying the Environmental Impact of Water Distribution Projects, 20th Caribbean Water Engineer s Conference and Exposition, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, December 4-6, 1991

8 Mersky, Ronald L., What s in the Garbage?: A Methodology for Waste Quantity and Composition Analysis, Institute for International Research Recycling Solid Waste Conference, Detroit, MI, October 30-31, 1990 Mersky, Ronald L., The Wastefulness of Waste Management, Widener University President s Lecture, Chester, PA, October 24, 1990 Mersky, Ronald L., Energy Recovery Pollution, Degradable Plastics, the Tooth Fairy, and Other Myths, Fifth International Conference on Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, December 5-8, 1989 Mersky, Ronald L., A Suggested Solid Waste Library, Journal of Resource Management and Technology, vol. 17, no. 3, October 1989 Mersky, Ronald L., Advances in North American and European Solid Waste Management and Their Applicability to the Caribbean Island Nations, Caribbean Association of Environmental Health Officers Conference for Health Administrators in the Caribbean Region on Environmental Health Strategy in the Next Decade, St. Philip, Barbados, July 6-7, 1989 Mersky, Ronald L. and K.O. Mathew, The Effects of Income and Education on Participant Behavior in a Mandatory Newspaper Recycling Program, Journal of Resource Management and Technology, vol. 17, no. 2, April 1989, pp Mersky, Ronald L., Behavior and Opinions Concerning a Mandatory Newspaper Recycling Programme: A Statistical Correlation Analysis, Waste Management and Research, vol. 1988, no. 6, pp Mersky, Ronald L., Setting Up a Recycling Program--The Basics, The Fourth International Conference on Urban Solid Waste Management and Secondary Materials, Philadelphia, PA, December 6-9, 1988 Mersky, Ronald L., Basic Design Parameters for Residential Recycling Programs, Journal of Resource Management and Technology, vol. 16, no. 2, July 1988, pp , (also published in Public Works, vol. 120, no. 6, May 1989, pp 67-69, and the Proceedings of the V.I.E.W. Symposium on the Pennsylvania Trash Crisis, Villanova, PA, March 11, 1988) Mersky, Ronald L., Introduction to Recycling, APCA Recycling Policies, Issues, Experiences Workshop, King of Prussia, PA, May 11-12, 1988 Mersky, Ronald L, Economic, Environmental, Energy, and Educational Effects of a School Age Recycling Project, Journal of Resource Management and Technology, vol. 15, no. 3, September 1987, pp Mersky, Ronald L. and K.O. Mathew, Recycling Opinion Survey, Resource Recycling, vol. 6, No. 2, May/June 1987

9 Mersky, Ronald L., Economic, Environmental, Energy, and Educational Effects of a School Age Recycling Project, Official Proceedings of the Conference on Solid Waste Management and Materials Policy, vol. XXX, New York, NY, February 11-14, 1987 Mersky, Ronald L., RESCU - The Resoumetric Model of the Copper Industry, Resource Management and Optimization, vol. 3, no. 4, March 1986, pp Mersky, Ronald L., Copper Resoumetrics Update, Second Symposium on Industrial Resource Management, Philadelphia, PA, February 17-20, 1985 Mersky, Ronald L., Copper Resoumetrics, First Symposium on Industrial Resource Management, Philadelphia, PA, October 2-5, 1983 Zandi, Iraj, John A. Warner, and Ronald L. Mersky, Freight Pipeline, Rail, and Truck Cost Comparison, Transportation Engineering Journal, ASCE, vol. 65, no. TE4, Proc. Paper 14703, July 1979, pp Mersky, Ronald L., Resoumetrics Revisited, Pennsylvania Triangle, vol. 65, no. 2, April/May 1979, pp Zandi, Iraj, John A. Warner, and Ronald L. Mersky, Cost Comparison among Various Modes of Freight Transport Including Freight Pipeline, ASME Paper No. 78-Pet-72 for meeting of November 5-9, 1978 Major Current Widener University Service Activities Director of Engineering Outreach and Recruitment. Director of Solid Waste Project. Faculty Advisor, Hillel Club. Undergraduate Advisor. Major Community Service of Recent Years Board Member, Congregation Beth Hamedrosh Member, Education Committee, Akiba Hebrew Academy Selected Consulting Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP: Analyzed potential use of land for solid waste facility and provided courtroom testimony. State of Delaware: (subcontractor for Pennsylvania Resources Council): Assisted in development of survey concerning residents opinions of recycling and interpretation of results.

10 Cayman Islands Department of Environment: Developed and taught training course for Department personnel including recycling, composting, and household hazardous wastes; designed, supervised, and analyzed a commercial/institutional waste composition audit; advised Department concerning feasibility of recycling of specific wastes. Delaware County, Pennsylvania: Assisted in the formulation of a household hazardous waste management program and follow-up analysis. Philadelphia International Airport (subcontractor for Urban Engineers, Inc.): Designed and supervised a waste composition analysis for all airport operations including passenger terminals, freight operations, aircraft services, and food services; identified potentially recyclable waste materials; designed scenarios for airport waste recycling; assisted in economic analysis of airport waste handling operations.