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Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute

Improving Michigan and the Great Lakes Region

The Great Lakes contain 20 percent of the world’s surface freshwater, supply drinking water to 42 million people, and play a critical role in the region’s economy. This rich resource, however, is threatened by urban sprawl and pollution, causing:

  • Degraded urban streams and watersheds,
  • Decreased water quality from the nutrients, oils, and metals running off developed land,
  • Altered stream hydrology,
  • Eroded river and stream banks, and
  • Increased stream water temperature.

These growing problems have spurred regional governments and organizations to take action to restore and protect the Great Lakes – and revitalize the region’s economy. The Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy, developed by the Great Lakes governors and congressional delegations, calls for, among other things, limiting the effects of stormwater pollution through stormwater management and wetland restoration. The Strategy emphasizes sustainable development and natural landscaping and calls for funding to support educational efforts that promote sustainability.

» Our Mission

Effect positive environmental change in the Great Lakes Region through research, education, and practical application of Low Impact Development and stormwater management techniques.

Vision

To be an exemplary regional resource for citizens, policymakers, architects, and engineers through outreach and educational programs associated with innovative stormwater management techniques and low impact development strategies.

Benefit to Michigan and the Nation

Lawrence Tech’s Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute will help improve Michigan’s and the Great Lakes Region’s water quality, quality of life, and blue / green economy, thereby making it easier to attract and retain water-use industries knowing that one of the Region’s most valuable resources will be protected.

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» Research

Dr. Donald Carpenter

Donald D. Carpenter, Ph.D., PE, LEED AP is Associate Professor of Civil Engineering at Lawrence Technological University.  He is an accredited green design professional (LEED AP) and practicing professional engineer (PE) whose expertise includes low impact development (LID), innovative stormwater best management practices (BMPs), hydrologic and stormwater modeling and design, and field data collection for performance monitoring. As founding Director of the Great Lakes Stormwater Management Institute, he conducts research on stormwater BMPs and advises communities on how to implement innovative stormwater management practices. Dr. Carpenter routinely provides professional lectures and short courses on innovative stormwater treatment design and its role in LID implementation and fulfillment of LEED credits. Recent venues for his presentations include the National LID Conference, the World Water and Environmental Resources Congress, the International Association of Hydraulic Research, the Florida Stormwater Association, the Michigan Water Environment Association, the Michigan Green Industry Association, the American Nursery and Landscape Association, and numerous municipal and county government agencies in Florida and Michigan. Dr. Carpenter is an active committee leader for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environmental and Water Resources Institute and a member of numerous local community advisory boards.  Finally, Dr. Carpenter teaches courses on ethics, professionalism, and water resources and serves as a Kern Fellow for Entrepreneurial Education recognizing his efforts to bring innovative team based problem solving into the engineering curriculum. 

» Document Viewer

Use Your Cell Phone as a Document Camera in Zoom

  • What you will need to have and do
  • Download the mobile Zoom app (either App Store or Google Play)
  • Have your phone plugged in
  • Set up video stand phone holder

From Computer

Log in and start your Zoom session with participants

From Phone

  • Start the Zoom session on your phone app (suggest setting your phone to “Do not disturb” since your phone screen will be seen in Zoom)
  • Type in the Meeting ID and Join
  • Do not use phone audio option to avoid feedback
  • Select “share content” and “screen” to share your cell phone’s screen in your Zoom session
  • Select “start broadcast” from Zoom app. The home screen of your cell phone is now being shared with your participants.

To use your cell phone as a makeshift document camera

  • Open (swipe to switch apps) and select the camera app on your phone
  • Start in photo mode and aim the camera at whatever materials you would like to share
  • This is where you will have to position what you want to share to get the best view – but you will see ‘how you are doing’ in the main Zoom session.