# 2021 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference

> **NIH NIH R13** · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $15,000

## Abstract

The biannual Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)
Research and Education Conference is an ideal platform for enhancing interactions between the
environmental health science and environmental engineering communities. Three workshops and a panel
discussion that we have proposed to foster increased interactions between environmental engineers and
environmental health scientists are aligned with the theme of convergence that is embedded in the
conference title “Environmental Engineering and Science at the Confluence.”
 The overarching objective of the AEESP Research and Education Conference activities that will
be supported by NIEHS is to empower environmental engineering and science professors with new
relationships and knowledge for solving environmental health science challenges. Specific objectives are
to: (1) connect environmental engineering and science professors with knowledge and strategies for
effective environmental health science research, (2) identify research opportunities and build
collaborative relationships at the nexus of environmental engineering and environmental health sciences,
and (3) broaden the participation of professors and future professors from universities and demographic
groups that are underrepresented in environmental engineering and environmental health science.
 The workshops and platform panel discussion for which NIEHS support is sought fit within the
overall three-day format of the AEESP Research and Education Conference. We anticipate 300-400
people participating in the workshops with about half of those participating in at least one of the
workshops focused on environmental health science (i.e., at least 150 people). For the 2021 conference
we are planning three workshops directly relevant to environmental health sciences: (1) Connecting
Environmental Engineering Research to Environmenal Health Sciences, (2) Aerosol Science and
Engineering and Public Health, and (3) the Microbiome in Environmental Engineering. A panel
discussion on the convergence of research and action will highlight environmental health science through
the themes of two speakers.
 The workshops and panel discussion will be coordinated by a sub-committee of the overall
organizing committee, which is a diverse set of professors from four co-hosting universities. The travel
grant selection process is modeled off of the impact/priority score rubric used by reviewers when
assessing NIH proposals. We will implement a communication and outreach effort to seek appropriate
representation of diverse participants at the conference. Overall conference planning has made efforts to
provide affordable on-campus accommodations, family care options, accessibility to persons with
disabilities, and an assessment plan.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10233039
- **Project number:** 1R13ES033092-01
- **Recipient organization:** WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Daniel Edward Giammar
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $15,000
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2021-04-13 → 2022-09-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10233039

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10233039, 2021 Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) Research and Education Conference (1R13ES033092-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-08-17 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10233039. Licensed CC0.

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