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Conference Program :: Monday, October 5

Room X

Room Y

Room Z

Water Treatment

AOP

Air & Surfaces

9:00 - 9:20

Far UVC Innovations in Sustainable Water Treatment
Karl Linden

The Goldilocks Approach to UV/AOP System Control: Balancing Reliability, Performance and Efficiency
Aswathi Pradeep

UV-C Dose-Response Behavior of Airborne (Aerosolized) Challenge Agents I: Theoretical Foundation
Ernest R. Blatchley III

9:20 - 9:40

Enhanced Trifluoroacetic Acid Release from far-UVC Photolysis of Fluorinated Agrochemicals and Structurally Related Compounds
Aidan Labrozzi

Beyond Mean Transmittance: Time-Series Diagnostics for UV/AOP Reactors
Thamer Alotaibi

UV-C Dose-Response Behavior of Airborne (Aerosolized) Challenge Agents II: Measurements of Reactor Behavior and Quantification of Challenge Agent Inactivation Kinetics in the Aerosol Phase
Ernest R. Blatchley III

9:40 - 10:00

Impacts of Collimated Beam Test Parameters on UV Dose-Response and Reactor Validation
Hannah Ray

UV Dose Algorithms for UV AOP
Harold Wright

Illuminate: From Research Prototype to Interactive GUV Design Platform
Vivian Belenky

BREAK (10:00 - 10:30 AM)

Water Treatment

Reactor Issues

Air & Surfaces

10:30 - 10:50

Impacts of UV-LED Spectral Variability on Microbial Inactivation and Reactor Validation
Hannah Ray

High-Flux, High-Density UVC LEDs Enabling Scalable, Mercury-free Wafer Edge Exposure in Semiconductor Manufacturing
Saya Han

UV Inactivation of MS2 Protected by Dry Biofilms on Surfaces: Implications for UV-Based Control of Viral Contamination
Patrick Mirindi

10:50 - 11:10

Benchmarking UV LED disinfection across various water matrices within North America through an Interlab Study
Bailey Reid

Target and Non-Targeted Analysis of PFAS Potentially Leaching from UV LED Reactors
Anastasia Bogdanovic

RadBox: Validation and Characterization of a Novel Dual-Modality Solid-State Sterilization Technology
Sudhir Subramanya

11:10 - 11:30

Lamp Output Variability Testing for Low Pressure High Output Lamps
Dale Borchert

Automated Optical Modeling Framework for Assessing Solar Water Disinfection Performance Under Site-Specific Conditions
Mahla Seyedin

Ultraviolet Inactivation (UV-C) of virus aerosols in air
Nirmal Thirunavookarasu Sankaranarayanan

11:30 - 11:50

Revised Fluence Determination and Sample-Loss Correction Methodology for Near-Field, Long-Exposure Bench-Scale UV-LED Experiments
Rania Elsebai

Challenges Using MS2 for Spot Check Bioassay of UV Reactors in Potable Reuse Applications
Mark Heath

Beyond Lamp Operation - Verifying UVGI Performance in Commercial HVAC Systems with GUV Sensor Techniques and Smart Building Analytics
Jim Beavers

LUNCH (11:50 - 1:00 PM)

Water Disinfection

Reactor Issues

Air & Surfaces

1:00 - 1:20

Relevance of tailing in UV inactivation curves: An artifact of UV resistance
Melanie Gamboa

Elucidating Fouling Phenomena for UVLED and UVLP reactors
Michael Anghel

Upper-Room GUV: Barriers to Adoption and Overcoming Them
Stephen B. Martin, Jr.

1:20 - 1:40

Measuring Rotavirus Action Spectra to Evaluate Test Protocols with Q-Beta
Sam Kamal

Two columns over and 4 rows up: Pick your Poison
Brian Petri

Upper-room GUV in healthcare and the need for standards and education
Bill Palmer

1:40 - 2:00

Wavelength-Dependent UV Inactivation of Monkeypox Virus Clades: Comparative Dose–Response Kinetics for Far-UVC, Conventional UV-C and UV-LEDs
Patrick Mirindi

Reflector-Based Packaging for High-Density Multi-Chip UVC Modules
Ulli Hansen

Performance Validation of a Germicidal UV Air Cleaning System Using ASHRAE 185.1
John Ryan

2:00 - 2:20

UV LED Inactivation of V. cholerae
Anastasia Bogdanovic

Fluence Modelling of UV LED Systems via Numerical Methods: Simulations Using an Eulerian Reference Frame
Aaron Ryan

UV LED Inactivation of Surface-Bound Microorganisms Across Diverse Support Materials
Toni Mullin

BREAK & POSTERS (2:20 - 3:40 PM)

Water Disinfection

Reactor Issues

Air & Surfaces

3:40 - 4:00

Pittsburgh Water’s Next 100 Years with UV Disinfection at the Forefront
Grant Gartrell

UV-LED Systems at Scale: Validation, Monitoring, and Maintenance in a New Technology Paradigm
Jennifer Pagan

Do far-UVC light devices reduce the incidence of respiratory viral illness (RVI) in long-term care? Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Nova Scotia
Kenneth Rockwood

4:00 - 4:20

Trap Rock Water Treatment Facility (TRWTF): UV System Design Lifecycle
Castine Bernardy

The Economics of UV‑C LEDs: When Mercury‑Free Systems Make Financial Sense
Sara Minomo

Development and Validation of a Reduced-Order Model for Far-UVC Pathogen Inactivation in Ventilated Indoor Environments
Amin Hadizade

4:20 - 4:40

Validation of a UV Reactor for High UV Dose and High UV Resistance Applications
Brian Petri

Standardizing UV‑C LED Reliability: From Current Test Methods to Industry Best Practices
Todd Mikowski

Field-Proven Impact of Upper-Room GUV: A Study in Minnesota Assisted Living Facilities
Giulia Santi

4:40 - 5:00

A Multi-Chemical Surrogates and Computational-Informed Framework for High-Dose UV Reactor Validation and Performance Prediction
Ehsan Banayan Esfahani

EU RoHS Exemptions 4(a)-I and 4(f)-IV: Regulatory Structure, Consultation Process, and UV-LED Market Readiness
Babak Adeli

Field-Proven Impact of Upper-Room GUV: A Study in Minnesota Assisted Living Facilities
Giulia Santi

9:00 - 10:00 AM

Water Disinfection - ROOM X

Far UVC Innovations in Sustainable Water Treatment
Karl Linden

Enhanced Trifluoroacetic Acid Release from far-UVC Photolysis of Fluorinated Agrochemicals and Structurally Related Compounds
Aidan Labrozzi

Impacts of Collimated Beam Test Parameters on UV Dose-Response and Reactor Validation
Hannah Ray

AOP - ROOM Y

The Goldilocks Approach to UV/AOP System Control: Balancing Reliability, Performance and Efficiency
Aswathi Pradeep

Beyond Mean Transmittance: Time-Series Diagnostics for UV/AOP Reactors
Thamer Alotaibi

UV Dose Algorithms for UV AOP
Harold Wright

Air & Surfaces - ROOM Z

UV-C Dose-Response Behavior of Airborne (Aerosolized) Challenge Agents I: Theoretical Foundation
Ernest R. Blatchley III

Illuminate: From Research Prototype to Interactive GUV Design Platform
Vivian Belenky