Brent Vizanko

Graduate Student
North Carolina State University

Brent Vizanko completed his undergraduate studies in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota in 2017. He spent two years working for an environmental consultant in St. Paul, MN, working with state and federal clients to design, commission and operate groundwater remediation systems. After this stint in consulting, Brent went to work for the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP) at the University of Minnesota. At MnTAP, he helped businesses around the state of Minnesota reduce water consumption, energy use, and waste generation. Throughout his time at MnTAP he worked with 100+ companies to implement $500,000+ of yearly savings. He began his Ph.D. in the Fall of 2021 with specific interests in water conservation and water resource management.

Presentation(s):

• Coupling machine learning and agent-based modeling to characterize contamination sources in water distribution systems for changing demand regimes

  Wednesday, May 24, 2023
  10:45 AM – 11:00 AM PDT