AAEES Artificial Intelligence (AI) Webinar Series

AAEES Webinar Series on AI

AAEES is hosting a series of webinars on artificial intelligence.

These webinars are FREE for all AAEES Board Certified Individuals, AAEES Members, and AAEES Student Members. For non-members, each webinar is $40.

Click the links below to read full summaries and to register for each event. More webinars will be added soon.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Eastern
Generational Perspectives on Generative Artificial Intelligence

Professor Daniel B. Oerther and his son, Daniel Jr. (aka Barney), will provide their individual and collective perspectives on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Topics covered will include K-grey education (focusing on middle school and higher education) as well as everyday life. This webinar is intended to be interactive with the audience and to provide representative perspectives from Gen X (1965-1980) and Gen Z (1997-2012).

Wednesday, June 18, 2025

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Eastern
WaterGPT: Tailored AI for Water Engineering, Learning & Net-Zero Strategies

In this talk, we’ll present recent research on designing and benchmarking custom language models tailored to water environmental research, education and applications, streamlining literature reviews, data extraction, and knowledge sharing. We’ll showcase two research topics: one using literature-mining techniques to quantify greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for mitigation strategies, and another applying machine learning models to optimize wastewater facility operations.

Wednesday, July 02, 2025

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Eastern
Application of AI/ML for Engineering Solutions in the Water Sector

This webinar will focus on exploring the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in the water and wastewater sector. This session will delve into the integration of data-driven models with traditional mechanistic approaches, highlighting how AI/ML can enhance predictive capabilities and operational efficiency. Attendees will be introduced to cutting-edge digital tools and platforms that facilitate the adoption of AI/ML solutions in water management. The webinar will also showcase real-world case studies from Black & Veatch, demonstrating successful applications of AI/ML in optimizing water infrastructure and treatment processes.