Speaking and outreach

Conference presenations

1. Bolyard, S.C.*, PFAS Scientific & Technical Studies/Resources, TRB ADC60 Standing Committee on Resource Conservation and Recovery 2021 Summer Workshop, July 28, 2021

2. Bolyard, S.C.*, PFAS Leachate Treatment Breaking Down the Bond Barrier, Air & Waste Management Association 114th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 14-17, 2021.

3. Bolyard, S.C.*, Realities of PFAS Exposure Pathways, Air & Waste Management Association 114th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Virtual Conference, June 14-17, 2021.

4. Bolyard, S.C.*, Weighing the Options: Current Strategies for Managing PFAS in Leachate, EREF Science Series Presentation, Virtual Presentation, February 25, 2021.

5. Bolyard, S.C.*, PFAS in Your Waste: Where Is It Coming From and Where Is It Going?, 45th Annual AWMA Information Exchange, Virtual Conference, December 9-10, 2020. 

6. Bolyard, S.C.* and Staley, B.F., Innovative Treatment Technologies for Landfill Leachate, The Science of PFAS Chemistry, Health, and Multimedia Measurements, A&WMA Virtual Conference, September 15-17, 2020. 

7. Bolyard, S.C.*, PFAS Research Being Funded by EREF, Keynote – PFAS Management Research in Solid Waste Landfills, 2020 SWANApalooza, June 22-26, 2020. 

8. Bolyard, S.C.*, Brief History of PFAS:  What are they? Why are they used?  What are they in?, EREF Summit on PFAS in Leachate, Ypsilanti, Michigan, August 14-15, 2019. 

9. Bolyard, S.C.*, Deep Dive: Are Leachate Regulations Flowing Both Ways?, Landfill Leachate Management in the U.S., SWANAPalooza, Boston, Massachusetts, February 25-26, 2019. 

10. Bolyard, S.C.* and Staley, B., Distinguishing ETLFs from Fires and Subsurface Oxidation Events: Characteristics of Elevated Temperature Situations, North Carolina Solid Waste Association of North America Spring Conference, Asheville, North Carolina, April 25, 2018.

11. Bolyard, S. C.*, Lozinski, D., Reinhart, D. R., and Motlagh, A. M., Leachate Dissolved Organic Matter Impacts on Wastewater Effluent Quality, a presentation at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, California, February 11-14, 2018. 

12. Bolyard, S. C.*, Cottrell, B., Lozinski, D., Reinhart, D. R., and Motlagh, A. M., A Chemical Characterization of Landfill Leachate: Operational and Treatment Compositional Variations for Leachate Organic Matter, a presentation at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, California, February 11-14, 2018. 

13. Bolyard, S. C. and Staley, B.*, State of Practice of Leachate Management and Treatment in the US, a presentation at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, California, February 11-14, 2018.

14. Lozinski, D.*, Reinhart, D. R, Bolyard, S. C., Motlagh, A. M., and Cottrell, B., Treatment of Leachate Organic Matter through Sun-Light Driven Photolysis, a presentation at the Global Waste Management Symposium, Indian Wells, California, February 11-14, 2018.

15. Bolyard, S. C.*, Cottrell, B., Lozinski, D., Reinhart, D. R., and Motlagh, A. M., A chemical characterization of landfill leachate: operational and treatment compositional variations for leachate organic matter, Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, October 2-6, 2017.

16. Bolyard, S. C.* and Staley, B., State of practice of leachate management and treatment in the US, Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, October 2-6, 2017.

17. Lozinski, D., Reinhart, D. R*, Bolyard, S. C., Motlagh, A. M., and Cottrell, B., Treatment of leachate organic matter through sun-light driven photolysis, Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, October 2-6, 2017.

18. Bolyard, S. C.*, State of Methane Emission and Oxidation Research, North Carolina Solid Waste Association of North America’s Annual Fall Conference, Raleigh, NC, October 31-November 2, 2017.

19. Bolyard, S. C.* and Staley, B., State of practice of leachate management and treatment in the US, 2017 EREF Leachate Summit at WasteExpo, New Orleans, LA, May 8, 2017.

20. Bolyard, S. C.* and Staley, B., Panel Discussion - Overview of On-Site Treatment Processes, 2017 EREF Leachate Summit at WasteExpo, New Orleans, LA, May 8, 2017.

21. Bolyard, S. C.*, State of Landfill Leachate Research, North Carolina Solid Waste Association of North America’s Annual Spring Conference, Asheville, NC, April 4-6, 2017.

22. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., and Lozinski, Duncan, Evaluation of Leachate Dissolved Organic Nitrogen Discharged to Wastewater Treatment Plants, Proceedings of the 9th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, June 13-15, 2016, Hokkaido, Japan

23. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R.*, and Cottrell, Barbara, Treatment of Leachate Organic Matter through Sunlight-Driven Photolysis, Proceedings of the 9th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, June 13-15, 2016, Hokkaido, Japan

24. Bolyard, Stephanie C.* and Reinhart, Debra R., Conventional and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Characterization of Municipal Solid Waste Stabilization, Proceedings of the 9th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, June 13-15, 2016, Hokkaido, Japan

25. Van Zomeren, Andre, Bolyard, Stephanie C., and Yue, Dongbei*, Fate and Mobility of Humic Substances in Landfills, Proceedings of the 9th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, June 13-15, 2016, Hokkaido, Japan

26. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Landfill Leachate Panel: Emerging Contaminants, Presentation at WasteExpo, Las Vegas, NV, June 7-9, 2016

27. Staley, Bryan, Kantner, Debra, and Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Evaluating Trends in MSW Organics Generation, Management and Policy, Presentation at WasteExpo, Las Vegas, NC, June 7-9, 2016

28. Reinhart, Debra R.*, Bolyard, Stephanie C., and Lozinski, D., Effect of Leachate Organic Matter on Wastewater Effluent Quality, Presentation at the EREF Regional Summit: Leachate Treatment Technologies, Philadelphia, PA, November 19, 2015.

29. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., and Lozinski, D., Effect of Leachate Organic Matter on Wastewater Effluent Quality, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, October 5-9, 2015.

30. Bolyard, S. C.*, Reinhart, D. R., Santra, S., Behavior of Engineered Nanoparticles in Landfill Leachate, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, October 5-9, 2015.

31. Reinhart, D., Bolyard, S. C.*, Georgiopoulous, M., Swan, B., McNeil, Poindexter, C., Efthimiou, C., Furino, B., Kim, J., and Huang, A., Art and Engineering Students Work Together: Project ICubed, University of Central Florida, Proceedings of the Fifteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, S. Margherita di Pula, Italy, October 5-9, 2015.

32. Bolyard, Stephanie C., and Reinhart, Debra R.*, Fate of Organic Matter from Leachate Discharged to Wastewater Treatment Plants, Presentation at the Florida SWANA Winter Meeting, February 10, 2015, Clearwater, Florida. 

33. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, and Reinhart, Debra R., Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill: Characterization of Stabilized Waste, Proceedings of the 8th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, October 19-22, 2014, Crystal River, Florida.

34. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Solid Waste Education at the University of Central Florida, Proceedings of the 8th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, October 19-22, 2014, Crystal River, Florida.

35. He, P.*, Zheng, W, Fan, L., Bolyard, S. C., Reinhart, D. R., Evaluating the Landfill Termination Indicators for MSW Characterized with High Food Waste Content, Proceedings of the 8th International Landfill Research Symposium Proceedings, October 19-22, 2014, Crystal River, Florida.

36. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, and Reinhart, Debra R., “Application of a Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor for Complete Stabilization of Mature Municipal Solid Waste,” Venice International University Sustainable Solid Waste Management Summer School “Sustainable landfill and Final Sink,” Venice, Italy, July 11-20, 2014.

37. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, and Reinhart, Debra R., “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill,” Proceedings of the Global Waste Management Symposium, Orlando, Florida, June 22-25, 2014.

38. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, and Reinhart, Debra R., “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill,” Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Sardinia, Italy, October 3, 2013.

39. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, “Evaluation of Proactive Treatment Processes to Reduce the Long-Term Pollution Potential of Landfills,” 2013 East Asia and Pacific Summer Institute China Program and 4th China-U.S. Young Scientist Forum, August 2, 2013.

40. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., and Santra, Swadeshmukul, “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill,” Proceedings of the International Solid Waste Association BEACON 2nd International Conference on Final Sinks, Espoo, Finland, May 16-18, 2013.

41. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., and Santra, Swadeshmukul, “Fate of Engineered Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” presentation at the First Sustainable Nanotechnology Organization Conference, Arlington, Virginia, November 4-6, 2012.

42. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill,” presentation at the Florida Section Air and Waste Management Association Annual Conference, Crystal River, Florida, October 14-16, 2012.

43. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., Santra, Swadeshmukul, “Fate of Engineered Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” Proceedings of the Seventh Intercontinental Landfill Research Symposium, Luleå, Sweden, June 25-27, 2012.

44. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill,” presentation at BioWET Summary School Workshop at USF, Tampa, Florida, June 16-20, 2012 

45. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., Santra, Swadeshmukul, Basumallick, Srijita, “Fate of Coated Zinc Oxide in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” Proceedings of the Thirteenth International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium, Sardinia, Italy, October 3-7, 2011. 

46. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., Santra, Swadeshmukul, and Basumallick, Srijita, “Fate of Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” a poster presented at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Education and Research Conference, Tampa, Florida, July 10-12, 2011.

47. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., Santra, Swadeshmukul, and Basumallick, Srijita, “Fate of Zinc Oxide Coated Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” a poster presented at the Air & Waste Management Association 104th Annual Conference and Exhibition, Orlando, Florida, June 20-24, 2011.

48. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Bolyard, Steven J., Nayee, Kunal, and Toth, Michael, “Life Cycle Cost Assessment of Turbo Blowers with Fine Diffused Aeration versus Mechanical Aeration: Woodlea Road Water Reclamation Facility, City of Tavares, Florida,” 2011 Florida Water Resources Conference Student Design Competition, April 17, 2011. 

49. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., “Fate of Nanomaterials in MSW Landfills,” ICubed STEAM Sculpture Seminar, University of Central Florida, April 4, 2011. 

50. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., Santra, Swadeshmukul, and Basumallick, Srijita, “Fate of Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” a poster presented at the 2011 NSF-Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation Research and Innovation Conference, January 4-7, 2011.

51. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Reinhart, Debra R., Santra, Swadeshmukul, and Basumallick, Srijita, “Fate of Nanomaterials in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,” a poster presented at the 2010 Florida Air and Waste Management 47th Annual Conference, Crystal River, FL, October 10-12, 2010.

52. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, “Florida’s Movement Towards a 75% Recycle Goal,” a poster presented at Global Waste Management Symposium, San Antonio, Texas, October 3-6, 2010.

53. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, “Florida’s 75% Recycle Goal” a paper presented at WASTECON, Boston, Massachusetts, August 15-18, 2010.

54. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, “Evaluation of Florida’s 75% Recycle Goal” a paper presented at the Air & Waste Management Association 103rd Annual Conference and Exhibition, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, June 22-25, 2010.

55. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, Bolyard, Steven J., Thomas, Lillie, and Trupiano, Vito, “Biosolids Management Alternatives for South Bermuda Water Reclamation Facility” 2009 Florida Water Resources Conference Student Design Competition, April 5, 2009. 

56. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, “Positive Impact on your Community: Edible Landscaping, and Rain Barrel Irrigation”, Poster Presentation at 2008 Fall Conference FSAWWA, December 2, 2008. 

57. Bolyard, Stephanie C.*, “WEFTEC.09 Student and Young Professional Service Project: Wetland Treatment System Restoration,” WEF Midyear Meeting, Public Communication and Outreach Committee Meeting, January 2009. 

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

1. AEESP 2021 Virtual Appetizer - Careers in Environmental Engineering & Science after Graduate School Panelist, July 13, 2021. 

2. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “Application of Landfill Treatment Approaches for the Stabilization of Municipal Solid Waste, Invited Speaker for the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering Seminar Course, September 15, 2017.

3. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “Solid Waste Management in the U.S.: Insights, Trends, and Current Research Highlights,” Invited Speaker for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Seminar Course, September 8, 2017.

4. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “Leachate Recirculation in Landfills,” Tsinghua–Veolia International: International Workshop on Urban Waste, November 10-13, 2014, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.

5. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R., and Santra, Swadeshmukul, “Evaluation of Treatment Processes to Reduce Long-Term Pollution Potential of Landfills,” Invited Presentation at the Environmental Research and Education Foundation Regional Summit on Sustainable Solid Waste Practices and Research: Managing and Treating Landfill Leachate, October 8-9, 2013, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 

6. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Invited Guest Lecturer at Tongji University, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Institute of Waste Treatment and Reclamation, Shanghai, China, July 2013.

7. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Invited Guest Lecturer at Tsinghua University, Environmental Science and Engineering, Beijing, China, August 2013.

8. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Invited Speaker at Valencia College, Environmental Engineering Presentation at Introduction to Engineering Course, February 25, 2014.

9. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Invited Speaker at the University of South Alabama, Department of Civil Engineering, April 10, 2013.

10. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R., “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill,” Webinar at Geosyntec, Jacksonville, Florida, April 20, 2012.

11. Bolyard, Stephanie C., and Palmer, Hilary, “Biosolids Alternative Uses” Florida Department of Environmental Protection: Biosolids Management and Technician Course, March 1-5, 2010. 

PRESENTATIONS

1. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “Methane Measurement Methods Overview”, EREF Technical Research Council Meeting, Virtual, June 15, 2021. 

2. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “PFAS State of Science”, EREF Technical Research Council Meeting, Virtual, April 14, 2021. 

3. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R., “Pump and Treat Aerobic Flushing Bioreactor Landfill”, Presentation at the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Orlando, Florida, August 22nd, 2012. 

4. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R., “The Art of Waste Management,” ICubed STEAM Sculpture Seminar, University of Central Florida, Fall, 2013. 

5. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R., “Fate of Nanomaterials in MSW Landfills,” ICubed STEAM Sculpture Seminar, University of Central Florida, Spring, 2012. 

6. Bolyard, Stephanie C., Reinhart, Debra R., “Fate of Nanomaterials in MSW Landfills,” ICubed STEAM Sculpture Seminar, University of Central Florida, Fall 2011. 

7. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “Evaluation of Florida’s 75% Recycle Goal,” Guest Lecturer, University of Central Florida, Solid Waste Management Course, October 18, 2010.

8. Bolyard, Stephanie C., “Evaluation of Florida’s 75% Recycle Goal,” Guest Lecturer, University of Central Florida, Solid Waste Management Course, November 4, 2009.