November 1, 2016
John Seymour to Teach a Short Course for ACAA Workshop
John Seymour (Illinois) will teach a short course entitled "Geotechnical Considerations in Surface Impoundment Management and Closure" at the American Coal Ash Association (ACAA) and University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) Midwest Workshop on Current Issues in Ponded CCPs at the Radisson Hotel Cincinnati Riverfront in Covington, Kentucky on November 2, 2016. About the Workshop A similar workshop about issues in ponded coal combustion products (CCPs) was held in Tampa, Florida in…
October 27, 2016
Gary Wealthall and Doug Larson Teach Upcoming Sessions of the Princeton Groundwater Hydrology Course
Gary Wealthall (Ontario) and Doug Larson (Massachusetts) will teach upcoming sessions of the Princeton Groundwater Hydrology Course in Miami, Florida, October 24 – 28, 2016. This five-day intensive course introduces the basic concepts of groundwater hydrology and contaminant fate and transport, and presents a detailed discussion of current and emerging remediation technologies. The Princeton courses are widely acknowledged as the established standard in groundwater remediation training courses. The Princeton Groundwater courses are the established standard…
October 26, 2016
Alan Munn Presenting at Tank Farm Tech Asia 2016
Alan Munn (Malaysia) will be presenting his paper "Taking Tank Farm Safety to a New Level" at the Tank Farm Tech Asia 2016 at the Royal Bintang in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on October 31, 2016. Alan will also join the panel during the Process Safety session that will conclude the conference on day two. The theme for this year's conference is "Enhance Asset management, Reliability and Safety." This annual conference is organized by Hydrocarbon Asia…
October 25, 2016
Geosyntec to Present at 37th SETAC North America Annual Meeting
Geosyntec will deliver a number of presentations at the 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) North America at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando, Florida on November 6-10, 2016. This year, Geosyntec continues our tradition of practice excellence by providing presentations on the cutting edge environmental science and technology including per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, a class of emerging chemicals of concern, and the use of activated carbon as an…
October 25, 2016
Geosyntec Invites you to Attend a Short Course on Passive Sampling at the Battelle Contaminated Sediments Conference
Geosyntec will co-present a Short Course entitled "Passive Sampling of Hydrophobic Organic Compounds at Sediment Sites: Practical Advice for Decision-Makers and End-Users" at the Ninth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1:00-5:00pm on January 9, 2017. Presenters Jason Conder, Ph.D.,
Senior Scientist,
Geosyntec Consultants Upal Ghosh, Ph.D.,
Professor, University of Maryland, Baltimore County Matt Lambert, M.S.,
Environmental Scientist,
United States Environmental Protection Agency Matt Vanderkooy, M.S.,
Environmental…
October 24, 2016
Nancy Bice Appointed to Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering Advisory Council
Nancy Bice (California) was appointed to the University of California, Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) Advisory Council on October 7, 2016. Nancy occupies a position formerly held by Rudy Bonaparte. She manages Geosyntec's San Francisco Bay Area operations, has served on the firm's Board of Directors, and is the firm's Diversity Leader. She is also an actively practicing Engineering Geologist, bringing clients more than 35 years of experience in the environmental remediation field. The…
Derek Tomlinson (Pennsylvania) recorded a video presentation for the 252nd American Chemical Society (ACS) National Meeting & Exposition August 21-25, 2016. Derek's presentation, entitled "Development of innovative technologies for the remediation of DNAPL source zones throughout their lifecycle," appears in the Presentations On Demand section of the ACS website. Abstract Derek Tomlinson (Geosyntec Consultants, Philadelphia, PA, USA) Evan Cox (Geosyntec Consultants, Waterloo, ON, Canada) David Reynolds (Geosyntec Consultants, Kingston, ON, Canada) Gavin Grant (Savron Solutions,…
October 21, 2016
Geosyntec Presents at Rescheduled Florida Remediation Conference
The 22nd Annual Florida Remediation Conference (FRC) has been rescheduled for December 1-2, 2016 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida and as scheduled Geosyntec will be featured in a keynote address, moderate a panel discussion, and present in four platform presentations. The Florida Remediation Conference is the Southeast's premier soil and groundwater cleanup conference of the year. Over the years, FRC has developed a solid reputation for a casual atmosphere that's conducive to…
October 19, 2016
Geosyntec Sponsors NAEM EHS & Sustainability Management Forum
Geosyntec will sponsor and attend the 2016 Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) & Sustainability Management Forum held by NAEM at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel in Denver, Colorado on October 26-28, 2016. A Gold Sponsor for the event this year, Geosyntec has sponsored this event since 2010 and has provided webinars and articles on a number of topics including green remediation, vapor intrusion, clean air act monitoring, and integrating financial and sustainability reporting for its…
October 13, 2016
Simon Thurlbeck to Present at International Fire and Explosion Hazard Management Conference
Simon Thurlbeck (England) will present at the International Fire and Explosion Hazard Management Conference at the Corinthia Hotel on St. Georges Bay, Malta from 10:30am-11:00am on November 4, 2016. Simon will address fire and explosion hazard management pre-preparedness in a presentation entitled "Passive Protection." The purpose of the conference is to give high-risk fire and explosion hazard management specialists from around the world the opportunity to listen, discuss, and network with the world's foremost experts…
Geosyntec will sponsor the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) 2016 Annual Conference at the Pennsylvana Convention Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on October 27-29, 2016. With 10,000 attendees expected, the SWE Annual Conference is the largest conference in the world for women in engineering and technology. Geosyntec will sponsor the Collegiate Leadership Institute, a three-day set of sessions specifically designed to prepare women pre- and post-graduation to become leaders in engineering. Attendees are selected competitively for…
October 11, 2016
Geosyntec to Present at the 32nd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water, and Energy
Please join Geosyntec at the 32nd Annual International Conference on Soils, Sediments, Water and Energy presented by the Association for Environmental Health and Science Foundation (AEHS) at the University of Massachusetts, in Amherst, Massachusetts on October 17-20, 2016. The conference attracts 600-800 attendees, including a wide variety of representation from state and federal agencies, military, industry, environmental engineering and consulting, and academia. It has become the preeminent national conference in this important environmental area. The…
October 10, 2016
Pat Lucia Honored by Berkeley Academy of Distinguished Alumni
Geosyntec's Chairman Emeritus Patrick C. Lucia (California) was inducted into the Academy of Distinguished Alumni in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE) at the University of California, Berkeley, on October 6, 2016. Pat was honored for his many years of practice leadership as a nationally-recognized authority in forensic engineering and risk management as applied to geotechnical and underground construction issues; for business leadership as long-time Board Chairman for a leading national engineering company; and…
October 6, 2016
Tim Ingram to Present at CRA’s Risk Forum
Tim Ingram (England) will be speaking at CRA's annual Risk Forum entitled "To Automate or Not to Automate" at Stratford Manor Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon on October 5-6, 2016. His topic, "Culture and Infrastructure Required to Automate Nuclear Processes," draws upon his broad experience as a System Engineer maintaining operations within the Nuclear and Defense sectors, including the provision of Integrated Logistics Support (ILS) and Logistics Support Analysis (LSA) to Defense projects across land, sea and…
Jim Langenbach (Florida) was welcomed as new Conference Chair for the Florida Remediation Conference (FRC) at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida on October 6-7, 2016. The conference has been rescheduled for December 1-2, 2016. A veteran of many FRCs, both behind the podium and among the attendees. Jim has assumed the leadership responsibility for steering the technical content at future conferences. As Conference Chair, Jim will deliver the keynote address for the 22nd…
October 4, 2016
Rula Deeb and Jason Conder Present in PFAS Webinar for NEWMOA
Rula Deeb (California) and Jason Conder (California) participated in webinar hosted by the Northeast Waste Management Officials' Association (NEWMOA) and the Brown University Superfund Research Program to address frequently asked questions about per- and poly-fluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) investigation and cleanup on September 21, 2016. Co-presenters included Dr. Jennifer Field from Oregon State University and Dr. Christopher Higgins of Colorado School of Mines. The webinar was attended more than 200 people and answered the following…
October 3, 2016
Kathleen Harrison and Michael Harding to Teach Post-Fire Erosion Control Master Class
Kathleen Harrison (California) and Michael Harding (California) will lead a five-session master class series entitled "Fire & Rain: Post-Fire Erosion Control Master Class" from October 6 through November 3, 2016. A panel of post-fire erosion control experts will deliver a live and on-demand, comprehensive five-session master class series covering the ins and outs of post-fire erosion control applications, techniques, and best practices. This five-week interactive discussion will include: post-fire hazard assessment; secondary disaster impacts; watershed…
September 30, 2016
Geosyntec to Present at DFI International Conference
Jamey Rosen (Ontario), Daniel Woeste (Illinois), and Mustafa Erten (Texas) will be presenting at the DFI International Conference on Deep Foundations, Seepage Control, and Remediation at the New York Marriott Marquis on October 14-15, 2016. Jamey's presentation will be at 8:30am, Saturday, October 15. It is entitled "Interactive 3-Dimensional Modeling of Anchors at Bluestone Dam" and it will describe the technology used to build a detailed interactive 3D GIS/MicroStation model of the Bluestone Dam, with…
September 29, 2016
Geosyntec to Attend the ABA's 24th Fall Conference for the Section of Environment, Energy & Resources
Geosyntec will attend the American Bar Association's (ABA) 24th Fall Conference for the Section of Environment, Energy & Resources (SEER) at the Westin Denver Downtown in Denver, Colorado on October 5-8, 2016. Attending this year's SEER Fall Conference on behalf of Geosyntec will be Russell Abell (New Hampshire), Paul Brookner (Minnesota), Dave Folkes (Colorado), Stephen Foster (Colorado), Rich Kraft (California), Silvia Mancini (Ontario), and Nandra Weeks (Florida). Several of our practitioners will participate in a…
September 29, 2016
Silvia Mancini to Speak at Expert Insight Panel for ABA SEER Conference
Silvia Mancini (Toronto) will speak at Expert Insight Panel (non-CLE) entitled "Utilizing Stable Isotope Tools in Legal Matters" at the American Bar Association"s 24th Fall Conference for the Section of Environment, Energy & Resources (SEER) at the Westin Denver Downtown in Denver, Colorado from 1:30 - 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 6, 2016. The expert insight panels strengthen substantive knowledge of some of the most pressing issues confronting environmental, energy, and natural resource lawyers today…
September 29, 2016
Geosyntec Presents at Florida Remediation Conference
Geosyntec will be will be featured in keynote address, moderate a panel discussion, present in four platform presentations, and be represented as a Signature Sponsor for the FRC Golf Tournament at the 22nd Annual Florida Remediation Conference (FRC) held at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida on October 6-7, 2016. The conference has been rescheduled for December 1-2, 2016. The Florida Remediation Conference is the Southeast's premier soil and groundwater cleanup conference of the…
September 23, 2016
Peter Zeeb Elected New President & CEO of Geosyntec Consultants
The Board of Directors for Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. has elected Peter Zeeb, Ph.D., P.G., LSP, as President & CEO of the firm. Zeeb succeeds Rudolph Bonaparte, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE, NAE, who has served in that role for the last 20 years. "Healthy succession planning and implementation are vital to the long-term multi-generational success of our firm. Our CEO transition is part of a continuous process designed to maintain the vitality, competitiveness, and independence of…
September 23, 2016
Yu Jun Leong Published in Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Journal
Yu Jun Leong (Texas) co-authored the article entitled "Phase state of ambient aerosol linked with water uptake and chemical aging in the southeastern US," which was published in the peer-reviewed Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics Journal, Volume 16, Pages 11163–11176, 9 September, 2016. This article discusses the results from the analysis of ambient air samples collected at a subtropical forest site in Alabama, US. Atmospheric secondary organic aerosols (SOA) were found to be primarily liquid in…
September 22, 2016
Geosyntec and UC Davis Colleagues Recognized for 2016 Telford Premium Award for Best Paper
Geosyntec and Colleagues from the University of California, Davis were honored with the 2016 Telford Premium Award for best paper in Ground Improvement, the journal of the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE), Volume 168, Issue 3, August 2015, pp 206-216. The paper is titled "Field-scale bio-cementation tests to improve sands." It documents field trials of bio-cementation for erosion control at a project site in northern Saskatchewan in 2012. Geosyntec provided support in experiment design, project…
September 20, 2016
Daniel Elliot Published in Peer-Reviewed Remediation Journal
Daniel Elliott (New Jersey) co-authored the article entitled "Selectivity of Nano Zerovalent Iron in In Situ Chemical Reduction: Challenges and Improvements," which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Remediation, Volume 26, Issue 4, Pages 27-40, September 6, 2016. The article looks at how natural reductant demand for Nano Zerovalent Iron (nZVI) negatively impacts its selectivity and longevity, thereby presenting an obstacle to a broader application of the technology. The authors review biogeochemical processes and data…
September 16, 2016
Hassan Tavakol Published in ASCE's Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Hassan Tavakol (California) published a technical paper entitled "Performance and Cost-Based Comparison of Green and Gray Infrastructure to Control Combined Sewer Overflows" in the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment, Volume 2, Issue 2, May 2016. His co-authors were Steven J. Burian, Jay Devkota, and Defne Apul. The Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment is published by The Environmental & Water Resources Institute, the American Society of Civil Engineer's (ASCE) technical…
September 16, 2016
EPA Draft ICR Limiting Methane Emissions for Oil & Natural Gas Facilities
On 12 May 2016, EPA issued a Draft Information Collection Request (ICR) that, when finalized, will require oil and natural gas facilities to provide EPA with extensive information about certain facility operations. If approved by the Office of Management and Budget, EPA anticipates issuing ICRs under Section 114 of the Clean Air Act by 30 October 2016. This information will be used as necessary to develop regulations to reduce methane emissions. Companies would be required…
September 16, 2016
Geosyntec Co-Authors Article on Removal Methods for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl in Water
Rula Deeb (California) and Elisabeth Hawley (California), along with colleagues at UCLA and Caltech, were published in Environmental Engineering Science, the official journal of The Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors and a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, Volume 33, Issue 9, September 1, 2016. The article is entitled "Degradation and Removal Methods for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Water" and it discusses elevated levels of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in drinking…
September 15, 2016
Geosyntec to Present at the WEFTEC 2016 Conference
Please join Geosyntec at the Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) at the New Orleans Morial Conventions Center in New Orleans for a meet and greet with our experts that are speaking at the following sessions and workshops on September 24-28, 2016. WEFTEC, the Water Environment Federation's Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference, is the largest conference of its kind in North America and offers water quality professionals from around the world with…
September 14, 2016
Geosyntec Develops TIDEGateway, a Web-Based Assessment Tool for Massachusetts Tide Gates
On behalf of the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) and the Massachusetts Bays National Estuary Program (MassBays), Geosyntec has developed TIDEGateway, a web-based assessment and planning tool for tide gates in the MassBays region. NOAA Project of Special Merit Components: Gathering and assessing existing information related to tide gates in the MassBays planning area (Salisbury to Provincetown). Producing an interactive, web-based inventory and assessment tool to aid managers in the management of tide…
September 13, 2016
Geosyntec Partners with Frank Gehry and Laurie Olin on L.A. River Visioning Plans
Mark Hanna (California) is working with architect Frank Gehry and landscape architect Laurie Olin on the L.A. River Visioning Plan by providing expertise as a water resource engineer. This team is working directly for the recently rebranded River LA, a non-profit working across public, private, and philanthropic sectors which was founded by the City of Los Angeles in 2009. The revitalization of the L.A. River is the largest effort to date since complete channelization of…
September 13, 2016
Jason Conder and Herwig Goldemund Join Panel on Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances
Jason Conder and Herwig Goldemund participated in an Emerging Contaminants panel at the Georgia Environmental Conference (GEC) in Jekyll Island, Georgia on August 25, 2016. The panel addressed the remediation, chemistry, toxicity, and fate and transport of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) and 1,4-Dioxane. These emerging contaminants are an increasing concern to stakeholders in areas where these substances have been manufactured and used in industries, including carpet and other textile industries. The southeastern United…
September 8, 2016
New Pollutant Load, Prioritization, and Reduction Model for California
The 2013 California Phase II General MS4 Permit (MS4 Permit) specifically requires a Program Effectiveness Assessment and Improvement Plan (PEAIP) to include "quantification of pollutant loads and pollutant load reductions achieved by the program as a whole" (Section E.14.a.ii.a.6) and to "quantitatively assess BMP performance at reducing pollutant loads wherever feasible, using … science-based estimates of pollutant load removal for BMPs where direct measurement of pollutant removal is overly challenging" (Sections E.14.a.ii.d.2 and E.14.a.ii.b.4). Additionally,…
