Troy Gillespie  Physics

E 3 From High School to High Tech

Texas A&M Engineering Kelly Brumbelow, Assistant Professor Water Resources Engineering Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001 Zachary Department of Civil Engineering 5 Time E 3 Participant The Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Excellence in Engineering Teaching Award, Zachary Award For Excellence in Teaching, Graduate Teaching Assistant Award.

Focus Of E 3 Study Vulnerability Assessment and Mitigation Methods for Interdependent Water Distribution and Urban Fire Response Systems

Focus of E 3 Study What do we do when “old faithful” is late? Simple question of water quality and quantity. Potential for cascade or multi-mode attacks/failures. Terrorists, natural disasters, material degradation. Cities are reluctant to release real data. Micropolois is born—Fictional town with real implications: Real story of expansion from 1920 until now, model for multiple failures, building rate for fire, fire hydrant placements, fire response time, pipe flow rates, and these are coupled with water availability due to pump loss/main break/etc. Mesopolis is next… Allows us to evaluate consequences and propose solutions

Water Treatment Plants

Water Towers

Fire Hydrants

Water Pipes and Mains

Water Sources

Water Tanks

Micropolis Grid, Roads, Railroad, & ZonesProperty Lots & Buildings

Micropolis Water MainsValves, Hydrants, & Connection

Micropolis Elevation GridContamination Scenario 1

Texas A&M Engineering Emily Zechman Assistant Professor Ph.D. North Carolina State University, 2005 Water Resources Engineering Research Interests: Systems analysis; threat management; sustainable development; evolutionary computation; agent-based modeling; alternatives generation methods; model error correction methods.

∞ Genetic Algorithm—An Evolutionary approach to Solving Mathematical Problems ∞ Question of Optimization—A range of possible values trying to find the best “FIT” ∞ Most People would try a gradient search which works for : ∞ A more complex solution is required for answer gradients such as: ∞ Biology has its own way of solving problems—Populations of solutions (individuals) with genetic crossover and mutation. ∞ Create set of mathematical randomness rules and use computers to “naturally select” the ideal answer = 100 generations of 100 solutions. ∞ Called it the World War II Approach to wrong answers Genetic Algorithm

Bryan Boulanger Assistant Professor Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2004 Environmental Engineering Research Interests: Fluorinated surfactants; using system approaches on trace-level environmental contaminants; risk assessment and management of steroid hormones, alkyl phenols, and pharmaceuticals. Texas A&M Engineering

Mean Concentration (Standard Deviation) of Pharmaceuticals in Healthcare Facility Wastewater Released to Municipal Sewer + Measured the waste and by-products of four different health care facilities– 1. Individual Care 2. Live In Facility 3. Nursing Home 4. Hospital + Very specialized and highly sensitive system of detection—Can detect a single $1 dollar bill out of a trillion + Future implications from studies: Cleaner water heightened accountability, & law enforcement ideas

Discovery Facts 60 gal/per/day is average indoor H 2 O use in U.S gal/per/day is average indoor H 2 O use in Jordan 40% of world food supplies were grown under irrigation in % of world food supplies will be grown under irrigation by ,579 miles of pipe are in the Houston H 2 O system 25 Million U.S. houses could be powered by hydro-electricity alone 54 Billion dollars of flood-related damages in the U.S Prozac is 1 of 6 unrefined chemicals in our drinking H 2 O Hospitals dump 57 kg of pharmaceuticals a year in our H 2 O system 12,000 gallons/minute is a typical fire-fighting flow in an urban area 458 Children die somewhere in the world each 50 minutes lecture because they do not have access to clean H 2 O

All information in presentation from: TAMU Website or Kelly Brumbelow, Emily Zechman, or Brian Boulanger.