September 30, 2013
Analysis and Design of Aquifer Test Short Course
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Geosyntec staff member Tom Naymik, Ph.D., P.G., and E. Scott Bair, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Geological Sciences at Ohio State University, recently conducted a short course, "Analysis and Design of Aquifer Tests including Slug Test and Fracture Flow," for the National Ground Water Association (NGWA) at the Dublin Embassy Suites, Dublin, Ohio.The NGWA is a non-profit organization established to advance the expertise of groundwater professionals and increase the awareness of…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Chris Campbell, Ph.D., as Senior Scientist
Dr. Chris Campbell has joined Geosyntec's Oakland, Ca., office as a Senior Scientist. Chris has extensive experience in water quality assessments associated with industrial stormwater programs, endocrine disrupting compounds in surface water and groundwater, heavy metal and suspended sediment transport, and water security monitoring approaches for detecting intentional attacks on drinking water.His professional work history included projects for the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in Nevada and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. His research included focus…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Engineers Provide Solutions for Challenging Landfill Expansion
DELAWARE — A recent issue of Geo-Strata, the geotechnical magazine published by the American Society of Civil Engineers' Geotechnical Institute, featured an article on the geotechnical engineering challenges associated with the expansion of the Cherry Island Landfill, Delaware, a project led by Geosyntec practitioners based in the company's Columbia, Md., office. The article, titled "Design Consideration for Expansion of an Existing Landfill over Extremely Compressible Soils," was authored by Geosyntec's David Espinoza, Ph.D., P.E., Carlos…
CHICAGO, Il. — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to announce that the Berry's Creek Study Area (BCSA) Cooperating Parties Group, in conjunction with ELM, selected Geosyntec in association with Integral Consultants to conduct a remedial investigation (RI) and feasibility study (FS). The purpose of the RI is to identify the nature and extent of contamination in the BCSA as well as the potential human and ecological risks posed by the contamination. The study results are then…
September 30, 2013
DeKalb County Environmental Monitoring and Gas Control System Operation and Maintenance
ATLANTA, Ga. — DeKalb County, Ga., selected Geosyntec Consultants for a three-year contract to support the County in meeting its compliance objectives for the Seminole Road Landfill. Specific tasks include conducting: environmental monitoring at the landfill, gas collection and control system (GCCS) expansion design, NPDES inspections and reporting, wetland mitigation area inspections and monitoring, Title V air emissions permit reporting, construction management, as well as specialized environmental system operation and maintenance functions.Previously, the County selected…
September 30, 2013
Dave Himmelheber, Ph.D., Receives Double Honors for Outstanding Doctoral Research
Dave Himmelheber, Ph.D., a senior staff engineer in Geosyntec's Columbia, Md., office, recently won two awards in recognition of his doctoral research — Outstanding Doctoral Student from the environmental engineering program at Georgia Tech and the Sixth International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds Student Paper Competition.In April 2008, Dave was awarded the 2007 Outstanding Doctoral Student of the Year from the environmental engineering program at Georgia Tech. Dave was selected for the…
September 30, 2013
Nivi Ramaswamy Selected for UN Commission on Sustainable Development
Staff engineer Nivi Ramaswamy of Geosyntec's Boston office was recently selected as a delegate to the 16th Session of the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-16). CSD-16 will focus on rural development, land, drought, agriculture, desertification, and Africa with a review on progress with water and sanitation since the 13th session. Nivi is representing SustainUS, a nonprofit organization of young adults advancing sustainable development and youth empowerment in the United States. At Geosyntec, Nivi…
September 30, 2013
History Channel Interviews Dr. Ed Medley Regarding the San Francisco Sea Cliff Incident
OAKLAND — The History Channel featured an interview with Dr. Ed Medley , PE, CEG, F.ASCE, currently of Geosyntec's Oakland office, about the failure investigation of the San Francisco Sea Cliff Incident in December 1995. The interview aired on the network's " Shockwave " program (Episode 12) on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 9 p.m. (EST and PST) with a repeat broadcast on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 1 p.m. (EST and PST).The Sea Cliff…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Announces New Associate Eric Nesbit and Raleigh Office Opening
Geosyntec Consultants announces that Eric Nesbit, P.E., has joined the 600-person consulting firm as an Associate in their new Raleigh, N.C., office. Eric's practice will focus on the implementation of advanced remedies for soil and groundwater remediation; construction services for environmental infrastructure projects; and expansion of Geosyntec's other service offerings in the mid-Atlantic states.Prior to joining Geosyntec, Eric was a regional vice president at a consulting engineering and construction firm serving federal agencies' locations throughout…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Julie Stephenson
Julie Stephenson joins Geosyntec's West Los Angeles office as Scientist. She has over four years of project experience in water and natural resources management. After earning her Bachelor's degree in geography at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, Julie assisted municipal clients with NPDES permit compliance and helped administer numerous urban runoff management programs in the bay area. She also contributed to various technical studies relating to water quality issues and gained experience evaluating the…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Kathleen McGowen, P.E., as Senior Engineer
Kathleen McGowan, P.E., joins Geosyntec's West Los Angeles office as Senior Engineer.Kathleen McGowen, P.E., joins Geosyntec with more than 20 years of experience in environmental compliance, NPDES permits, storm water pollution prevention, and industrial and hazardous waste management. Her current practice is focused on assisting municipal clients facing rapidly evolving storm water and urban runoff water quality challenges. Kathleen has been consulting independently for cities in the Santa Monica Bay and Palos Verdes Peninsula areas…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Offices are "Best Place to Work"
ATLANTA, Ga. — On October 3, 2007, the Environmental Business Council (EBC) of New England recognized Geosyntec's Boston office as the "Best Place to Work" in the New England area in the medium-sized firm category. The EBC is an organization, composed of 170 member companies, that supports and fosters the development of the environmental industry with the goal of enhancing business and job growth of both established and emerging environmental and energy businesses."Best Place to…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Principal Receives ITRC "2007 Industry Recognition Award"
Geosyntec Principal Mary de Flaun, Ph.D., (Princeton) was recently presented with the "2007 Industry Recognition Award" by the Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC). Dr. de Flaun was given the award in honor of her "outstanding contribution to the ITRC in 2007," particularly for her participation in the ITRC's BioDNAPL group. In the BioDNAPL group, she was involved with the development of a technical guidance document on "Bioremediation of Chlorinated Ethene DNAPL" for state environmental regulators.…
Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to recognize Poster and Presentation Award recipients for its 6th Annual Groundwater Conference held October 11-13 in San Diego, California. With more than 80 participants representing the company's groundwater and site remediation practice from offices in the United States and Canada, this intracompany conference focused on Geosyntec's ongoing development of technologies to remediate groundwater impacted by conventional and emerging contaminants and advances in the tools used to characterize groundwater quantity and…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Angela Liang, Ph.D., P.E.
Dr. Angela Liang, P.E., joins Geosyntec with over 10 years of experience in the environmental remediation field. She is well versed in various types of soil and groundwater remediation and wastewater/groundwater treatment technologies, including in-situ thermal remediation, in-situ enhanced bioremediation, monitored natural attenuation, and in-situ chemical oxidation.Angela earned her B.S. in power mechanical engineering from National Tsing-Hua University in Taiwan. She obtained her M.S. and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of California at…
September 30, 2013
Daprato Receives Medal for Contribution to Global Water Environment
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Geosyntec Consultants' Rebecca Daprato, Ph.D., was recently selected to receive the McKee Medal by the Water Environment Federation (WEF). WEF is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the global water environment.Dr. Daprato, along with co-authors Marcio Da Silva, Diego Gomez, Joseph Hughes, Pedro Alvarez, and Herb Ward, were awarded the honor for their article, "Comparison of Bioaugmentation and Biostimulation for the Enhancement of Dense Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Source Zone…
September 30, 2013
Massachusetts Database Project Awarded
BOSTON, Ma. — The Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) awarded Geosyntec Consultants a project to create the Coastal Zone Management Digital Water Quality Tool Pack: User Guide Development, Training Workshops, and Database Population, which will be a major enhancement to the existing statewide water quality database. Under this project, Geosyntec will assist CZM, a unit of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, in the development of training resources related to the…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Engineer Selected to Participate in NAE's 2007 U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to announce the selection of Marcus Quigley, PE, CPESC, of Geosyntec's Boston office as a participant in the National Academy of Engineering's (NAE) 13th annual U.S. Frontiers of Engineering symposium. Marcus is the first Geosyntec staff member to be selected for this program. He focuses his practice on water resources engineering and related water supply and stormwater management issues nationwide. He earned a BS in environmental engineering from…
September 30, 2013
Innovative Technology Selected for 2007 Space Technology Hall of Fame
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec Consultants was selected for induction into the 2007 Space Technology Hall of Fame for the innovative application of Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron (EZVI), a remediation technology now being used across the United States. The Space Technology Hall of Fame is coordinated by the Space Foundation in cooperation with NASA. The Space Foundation is a nonprofit organization supporting space activities, space professionals as well as education and embraces all facets of space —…
September 30, 2013
Susan (Fullerton) Hill Joins Geosyntec as Principal
CHICAGO — Geosyntec Consultants announces that Susan Hill, P.E., has joined the 600-person consulting firm as a Principal in their downtown Chicago office. Susan is managing the Great Lakes Region, overseeing offices in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ohio.Susan brings over 25 years of experience in the environmental industry. Her professional practice has focused on the investigation and remediation of chlorinated hydrocarbons, particularly at National Priorities List (NPL) sites, investigation and remediation for former manufactured gas…
September 30, 2013
Emily Majcher Joins Geosyntec as Engineer
Emily joins Geosyntec after working as a hydrologist for the USGS for about six years in their Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Water Science Center. While with the USGS, she was the project manager and co-principal investigator for several multi-year projects investigating dissolved organic contamination in wetland environments. In fact, it was at the Canal Creek wetlands project at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland that Emily developed a close working relationship with Duane Graves that ultimately led to her…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Approved as Registered Environmental Consultant
ATLANTA — Geosyntec Consultants announces that it is now approved as a Registered Environmental Consultant (REC) and two staff are accredited as Registered Site Managers (RSM) with the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources (NCDENR). Mr. Todd Hagemeyer, P.G. based in Atlanta, Ga., and Mr. Todd Kafka, P.G., based in Knoxville, Tenn., are both approved as RSMs by NCDENR.As a REC, Geosyntec can implement and certify regulatory compliance of voluntary remedial actions at…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Funds Fellowships for Engineering Research
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec is pleased to announce its commitment to fund fellowships at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and the University of California (UC), Berkeley in order to support graduate engineering students for the 2007 — 2008 academic year.The Geosyntec Fellowship at UT Austin will be awarded to one or more students in the Geotechnical Engineering Center in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering. This non-restricted donation will support…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Staff Author Technical Publications
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec is pleased to announce that three staff members have co-authored papers appearing in the April 2007 editions of leading technical journals.Mazen Haydar co-authored "Leachate Recirculation Using Permeable Blankets in Engineered Landfills." This paper appears in the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering published by the American Society of Civil Engineering. Mazen is based in the company's Ann Arbor, Michigan office.Melanie Duhamel co-authored "Growth and Yields of Dechlorinators, Acetogens, and Methanogens during…
September 30, 2013
Edstrom Selected to Join Chicago Water Panel
CHICAGO, Il. — Jeffrey Edstrom was recently elected to the Regional Water Supply Planning Group (RWSPG) in Illinois. The 18-member panel, coordinated by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP), will study water supply issues in an 11-county area of northeastern Illinois and make recommendations on water resource policies and plans.The RWSPG is comprised of representatives from nine stakeholder groups for the Water Supply Planning Group for northeastern Illinois. Each representative was elected by their…
September 30, 2013
Radiological and Hazardous Waste Disposal Facility Speeds Cold War Legacy Site Closure
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec Consultants received an Engineering Excellence award from the American Council of Engineering Companies for designing a 65-acre On-site Waste Disposal Facility (OSDF) for the Fernald Closure Project near Hamilton, Ohio. This eight-cell waste containment facility was developed to dispose of low-level radioactive waste (LLRW) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous waste generated during the 17-year demolition and clean-up of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Fernald site.The Fernald Feed…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Project "Outstanding Stormwater Best Management Practice Implementation"
LOS ANGELES — Geosyntec Consultants' client, Playa Capital, recently received the 2006 Outstanding Stormwater Best Management Practice Implementation Project Award from the California Stormwater Quality Association (CASQA).The award was given in recognition of the Playa Vista Stormwater Management Program and Freshwater Marsh system. Under the program, a freshwater wetlands system was designed and constructed to manage stormwater and urban runoff from a 1,000-acre commercial and residential development near Marina del Rey in Los Angeles and…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Staff Awarded Outstanding Engineer
LOS ANGELES — Geosyntec Consultants' Ken Susilo, P.E., CPSWQ, was selected as the 2006 "Outstanding Civil Engineer in the Private Sector" by the Los Angeles Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in September. ASCE, founded in 1852, is an international, professional body of individuals representing the civil engineering community.Susilo, an Associate at Geosyntec and manager of the firm's West Los Angeles office, was honored with the award in recognition of his accomplishments…
September 30, 2013
Tammy Hebeler Wins Young Engineer of the Year Award
Tamara Hebeler, P.E., is recipient of the "2007 Young Engineer of the Year Award."ATLANTA — Geosyntec staff member Tammy Hebeler, P.E., is the winner of the Georgia Engineer's Week "2007 Young Engineer of the Year Award." Georgia's Engineer of the Year competition recognizes deserving and dedicated engineers who have made valuable contributions to their profession and who have impacted the engineering community.The "Young Engineer of the Year Award" competition is open to all professional engineers…
September 30, 2013
Geosyntec Welcomes Bob Glazier, P.G., as Associate
Bob Glazier, P.G., comes to Geosyntec from a leading international geoenvironmental consulting firm, where he spent 19 years — the last four as principal geologist in the St. Louis area. Bob's principal area of expertise is applying groundwater treatment technologies using in situ bioremediation, chemical oxidation, and nanoscale zero valent iron. He also has expertise in vapor intrusion assessment and remediation, human health risk assessment, as well as litigation support.While in the St. Louis area,…
September 29, 2013
Geosyntec Ranks Among Exceptional Business Performers and Best Firms to Work for in U.S.
ATLANTA, Ga. — Geosyntec Consultants recently received the Pinnacle Award as a result of achieving both The Zweig Letter Hot Firm 2006 List and the CE News Best Civil Engineering Firms to Work For, one of only two large firms to do so throughout the United States.The Pinnacle Award reflects both Geosyntec's exceptional business performance and leadership in creating a quality workplace. Geosyntec ranked 33 amongst all participating firms in the CE News Best Civil…
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) recently elected Geosyntec principal Michael Houlihan, P.E., B.C.E.E., to the grade of Fellow, an honor recognizing professional distinction and achievement. Within ASCE, Fellow is the second-highest membership grade. The organization is the oldest engineering society in the U.S. representing more than 140,000 civil engineers worldwide.Mike established Geosyntec's Columbia, Md., office in 1991. Specializing in civil, geotechnical, and environmental engineering projects for more than 20 years, Mike has taken…
October 22, 2007
Super Meth Lab Bust Leads to Cambodia Site Cleanup
Illegal drug trafficking, smuggling, limited government enforcement resources, organized crime, human suffering and exploitation, undercover espionage, suicide, rumors of murder, and black market chemistry comprise the plot lines of fictional thrillers, action movies, and one of Geosyntec Consultants' latest and most challenging projects.The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime contracted Geosyntec in spring 2007 to clean up over 2,000 liters of the most dangerous precursor, thionyl chloride, uncovered as part of the bust with…
