Short-Course Presentations

  1. McBean, E.A., "Surface Techniques to Control Leachate Generation", and "Gas Migration Modeling", presented at Sanitary Landfill Gas and Leachate Management Seminar, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Science, November 2-4, 1981.  Also given in MacLean, Virginia, March 29-31, 1982; in Madison, November 1-3, 1982; in Madison, November 7-9, 1983; in Madison, December 2-4, 1984; in Orlando, Florida, April 10-12, 1985; in Madison, December 11-13, 1985; in Madison, December 7-9, 1986; in Orlando, Florida, March 9-11, 1987; in Madison, December 7-9, 1987; in Orlando, Florida, March 7-9, 1988; in Orlando, Florida, March 8-10, 1989
  2. McBean, E.A., "Statistical Evaluation of Groundwater Contamination Data", presented at Groundwater Pollution Remedial Actions, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Science, January 23-25, 1984.
  3. McBean, E.A., "Closure/Long-Term Care/Remedial Action", presented at Annual Series of Workshops on Waste Management, University of Toronto, January 19-22, 1987; April 11-14, 1988.
  4. "Procedures for Implementing/Optimizing Landfill Risk Assessments", "Landfill Hydrologic Water Balance", "Integrating Leachate Collection and Liner Systems", and "Working with Landfill Covers-Surface Drainage, Slope Integrity and Vegetation", presented at Sanitary Landfill Leachate and Gas Management, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Sciences, in Madison, December 4-7, 1989; in Orlando, Florida, April 9-12, 1990; in Madison, December 5-8, 1990; in New Orleans, April 9-12, 1991; in Madison, December 6-9, 1991; in New Orleans, April 27-30, 1992; in Madison, December 1-4, 1992, in Boston, Massachusetts, March 30-April 3, 1993, in Madison, November 15-17, 1993; in Sacramento, California, March 1994; in Springfield, Illinois, August 1994.
  5. "Leachate Treatment" and "Gas Migration Modeling" presented at Sanitary Landfill Design Course, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Science, in Madison, February 1991; in Madison, February, 1992; in Los Angeles, September, 1992; in Kansas City, Missouri, October 1994; in Sacramento, March 1995.
  6. "Water Quality Modeling", Three day Workshop presented at the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India, December 13-15, 1993.
  7. "Risk Assessment", presented at Sanitary Landfill Leachate and Gas Management, University of Toronto, April 13-14, 1994
  8. "Water Quality Modeling in Urban Areas", four day workshop entitled "Seminario Taller Sobre Manejo Integral de la Cuenca, Urbana del Rio Medellin, Medellin, Colombia, September 5-9, 1994.
  9. Two day shortcourse on landfill design and landfill remediation presented to such groups as Indiana Department of Environmental Management (January 1997 and February 1998), to IEEE in Dallas, Texas (July 1998),  to US EPA Region VI in Kansas City in 1998
  10. "Leachate Treatment", "Gas Migration Modeling" and "Natural Attenuation in Groundwater" at Sanitary Landfill Design Course, University of Wisconsin, Dept. of Engineering and Applied Science, in Madison, March 2000; February 2001, February 2002, February 2003, February 2004, and February 2005.Technical shortcourse (three days) entitled " Municipal Solid Waste Landfill Design, Operation and Monitoring", Riga Domes, Riga, Latvia, April 2001. Technical shortcourse (two days) entitled "Opportunities and Problems in Recycling of Solid Wastes", presented at Riga Domes, Riga, Latvia, October 2001.
  11. "Leachate Recirculation and Biogas Collection Methodologies", "Leachate Mounding, Collection Systems and Monitoring", and "Public Perception and Managing Community Relations", presentations at Bioreactor Design Course, University of Wisconsin, June 2002 and December 2004.
  12. "Residuos solidos urbanos y Gases con Efecto Invernadero", presented at the Seminario Residuos Solidos Urbanos y Mitigacion del Cambio Climatico, Buenos Aires, November 19-20, 2002
  13. "Bioreactor Design Considerations", presented via internet seminar for Engineering Institute for Continuing Education, November 2002.
  14. "Proyectos de Utilizacion de Gases de Relleno Sanitario", Segundo Taller de Informacio y Capacitacion, Embajada de Canada, Novembre 26 de 2003
  15. "Leachate Recirculation and Gas Collection Methodologies", "Leachate Mounding and Collection and Monitoring", "Public Perception -Opportunities & Needs Related to Bioreactors", as part of Designing and Operating Bioreactor Landfills, University of Wisconsin- Madison, June 2002.
  16. “Risk Assessment” 5 day shortcourse at Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, Apr 2012
  17. “Risk Assessment”, 5 day shortcourse at Hohai University, Nanjing, China, Apr 2012