Dr. Pikus To Address The Nation's Infrastructure At Fall Afs Conference

摘要

The American Filtration & Separation Society has announced Dr. Irwin Pikus will be its Keynote Speaker at the Gala Banquet at its Fall Conference September 23-25th at the Hilton University Place Hotel in Charlotte, NC. Dr. Pikus is former Commissioner of the President's Commission of Critical Infrastructure Protection where he led five major divisions. Dr. Pikus holds a PhD in Physics and a J.D. in law. He currently serves on the EPA's water security council and has led the ASCE's subcommittee on Methodology and Characterization of water security systems focusing primarily on early warning of water contamination. In his presentation, Dr. Pikus will address the strengths and benefits the nation derives from its infrastructures and discuss some of the major risks they now face.