February 9, 2022
Bruce Marvin, John Merrill, and Balaji Seshasayee Coauthored Article on Treatment of PFAS in Groundwater for HydroVisions
Bruce Marvin, P.E., John Merrill (California); and Balaji Seshasayee, P.E. (Illinois) coauthored an article entitled "Treatment of PFAS in Groundwater - An Overview" for publication in the 2021 Winter Issue of HydroVisions. Additional coauthors were Manmeet Pannu, Orange County Water District and Jim Strandberg, Woodard and Curran. Bruce Marvin is a Senior Principal Environmental Engineer based in California with more than 30 years of consulting experience focused on civil engineering, soil and groundwater remediation, and…
February 8, 2022
Geosyntec Staff Member Sparks Three Rivers Chapter of the Society of Women Environmental Professionals
In 2015, Heather Tahon, a Senior Scientist in Geosyntec's Pittsburgh office, was looking for organizations to join to expand her professional network in western Pennsylvania. However, she found herself coming up short. When she decided to cast her net a bit wider, she found chapters of the Society of Women Environmental Engineers (SWEP) in central and eastern Pennsylvania and decided to explore opening a Three Rivers chapter in the Pittsburgh area. Heather reached out to…
February 7, 2022
Michael Martin to Present on Toxic Release Reporting for PFAS at the South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance Conference
Michael Martin, P.E. (South Carolina) will present "Toxic Release Inventory Reporting for PFAS" at the 2022 South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance (SCMA) Environmental Annual Meeting at the Marriott, Spartanburg, South Carolina at 8:35 a.m. ET on Wednesday, February 9. Michael is a Project Engineer who manages and conducts environmental investigations in a variety of media, including investigations and data collection at electrical generating stations, Phase I environmental site assessments, and technical permitting and compliance support. His…
February 4, 2022
Dimin Fan to Present on Quantifying the Abiotic Degradation of Chlorinated Solvents in Groundwater at SERDP & ESTCP Webinar Series
Dimin Fan, Ph.D. (California) will present "Field Deployable Oxidation-Reduction Potential Kits for Quantitative Assessment of Abiotic Monitored Natural Attenuation Rates" at Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) & Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) Webinar: Quantifying Abiotic Transformation Rates and Mechanisms for Chlorinated Ethenes in Subsurface Environments, at 12 PM EST on February 10, 2022. Dimin's co-presenter for the webinar is David Freedman, Ph.D., Clemson University. Dimin Fan is an environmental scientist with more…
February 3, 2022
Annika Wallendahl, Jill Cooper, and Russell Hyatt to Present at the 50th Annual Food Northwest Process & Packaging Expo 2022
Annika Wallendahl, P.E., L.G., M.B.A (Washington); Jill Cooper, MBA, JD (Colorado); and Russell Hyatt (New Jersey) are presenting at the 50th Annual Food Northwest Process & Packaging Expo 2022 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland on February 3, 2022. Annika Wallendahl is a Principal Engineer based in Washington with more than 20 years of experience focused on energy transition, environmental compliance, sustainability, and environmental engineering. Annika specializes in helping industrial clients, providing environmental compliance…
February 2, 2022
Kathleen Harrison to Present at Master Class for the Western Chapter of the International Erosion Control Association
Kathleen Harrison, P.G. QSP, QSD, QISP, ToR, REA, (California) will present on Regulatory and Post-Fire Assessment at the Master Class in Erosion and Sediment Control with Post-Fire Remediation and Field Demonstrations at the Quail Hill Community Center in Irvine, California, February 2–3, 2022. Environmental consultant Mike Harding will be principal instructor at the event. He and Andrew Earles of Wright Water Engineers will join Kathleen, presenting on a number of topics. Kathleen Harrison is a…
February 2, 2022
ATM's Marina Planning Work Featured in Marina World Magazine
Esteban Biondi, a Principal Consultant at ATM, a Geosyntec company, recently published a retrospective of his work on marinas entitled "Evolving Design Over the Decades" in Marina World Magazine. In this article, Esteban, who is based in Florida but works on projects around the globe, captures three decades of trends, observations, and milestones. Estaban has more than 29 years of experience working in the field of sustainable marinas and coastal resilient design. He uses engineering…
February 1, 2022
Leah MacKinnon and Julie Konzuk to Present on Leveraging CSM to Develop Bedrock Remediation Approaches
Leah MacKinnon, P.Eng., and Julie Konzuk, Ph.D., P.Eng. (Ontario), will present a webinar on Leveraging your CSM to Develop Successful Bedrock Remediation Approaches: Concepts & Case Studies at 1:30 p.m., EST on February 8, 2022. Leah and Julie's co-presenter is Chapman Ross, FRx, Inc. Leah MacKinnon is a Senior Principal Engineer based in Ontario with more than 20 years of professional experience in remediation of groundwater containing recalcitrant and emerging compounds using innovative in situ…
February 1, 2022
Rula Deeb to Speak at a PFAS Seminar Presented by the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance
Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM, PMP (California) will participate as an invited panelist on "PFAS Liability and Risk Management" at a PFAS Seminar hosted by the California Council for Environmental and Economic Balance (CCEEB) on February 1, 2022. Rula 's co-presenters are Reza Zarghamee of Pillsbury and Susan Paulsen of Exponent. Janet Whittick, Vice President of CCEEB,will moderate the panel discussion. Rula Deeb is a Senior Principal based in California with more than 25 years of…
January 31, 2022
Geosyntec Pittsburgh Employees Assisted and Attended ASCE Younger Member Forum Winter Banquet Event
Rama Pandkar, LEED G.A. (Pennsylvania) helped plan the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Younger Member Forum (YMF) Annual Winter Banquet Event at Penn Brewery on January 20th, 2022. Rama Pandkar, Senior Staff Engineer with the Process Engineering & Design team based in Geosyntec’s Pittsburgh office, serves as the Secretary of the Pittsburgh ASCE YMF and played a crucial role in planning the Annual Winter Banquet event, which was hosted by the ASCE YMF –…
Geosyntec practitioners will present at the 2022 Global Waste Management Symposium at the Hyatt Regency Indian Wells Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, California, February 14 to 18, 2022. In addition to our practitioners' presentations, Geosyntec is a sponsor and will also host a booth at the event. Kwasi Badu-Tweneboah, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE (Florida) will present "Evaluation of Leachate Management/Treatment Strategies for Solid Waste Landfills in Florida" from 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. PST on February…
January 25, 2022
Rich Wildman, Austin Orr, and Joanna Lewis Presented at the 12th Urban Drainage Modeling Conference
Rich Wildman, Ph.D., P.E., Austin Orr, P.E., and Joanna Lewis, E.I.T. (Oregon) presented at the 12th Annual Urban Drainage Modeling (UDM) Conference at the Southern California Coastal Water Research Project research institute in Costa Mesa, California on January 10–12, 2022. Rich Wildman is a Project Engineer based in Oregon who focuses on stormwater quality, watershed management, and surface water quality problems. Rich develops numerical models, analyzes data, develops stormwater treatment alternatives to help clients meet…
January 25, 2022
Geosyntec Earns ConstructSecure Gold Level Safety Award
Geosyntec was recently awarded ConstructSecure's Gold Level Safety Award for our implementation of health and safety programs. According to ConstructSecure, the award marks Geosyntec's strong historical safety performance and current safety management systems with evaluations on our status as a general contractor, hazardous waste collection, environmental assessment, and contaminated site material removal. Our health and safety program received one of the highest possible scores. According to Garrett Burke, CEO of ConstructSecure, "Geosyntec Consultants has done…
January 24, 2022
Bailey Theriault Joins Geosyntec as Principal Geologist
Bailey Theriault. P.G., (New Hampshire) recently joined Geosyntec Consultants as a Principal Geologist. She has more than 14 years of experience as a subject matter expert in geohazard management for major oil and gas pipeline operators in the United States and Canada. At Geosyntec, Bailey will use her technical expertise and experience with geohazards to help expand Geosyntec's existing geohazards team. In past roles, Bailey has managed large, long-term geohazard programs for pipeline operators across…
January 17, 2022
Sneha Upadhyaya Coauthored a Paper on Predicting Liquefaction Damage Potential in The Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Sneha Upadhyaya, Ph.D., S.M.ASCE, (California) coauthored a paper entitled "Limitations of Surface Liquefaction Manifestation Severity Index Models Used in Conjunction with Simplified Stress-Based Triggering Models" published in The Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering, Volume 148, Issue 3, in March 2022. Sneha was the lead author, and her coauthors were Russell A. Green of Virginia Tech, Brett W. Maurer of the University of Washington, and Adrian Rodriguez-Marek of Virginia Tech. Sneha Upadhyaya is a Senior…
January 17, 2022
Jill Cooper and Amy Mifflin to Present on ESG at the Environmental Business Council Virtual Workshop
Jill Cooper, MBA, JD (Colorado) and Amy Mifflin, MBA (New Jersey) will present "Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) - Filtering out the Noise and Unlocking Opportunity Rather than 'Random Acts of Sustainability Kindness'" at a virtual workshop presented by the Environmental Business Council from 10:45 to 12:00 Noon EST on January 21, 2022. Stefanie G. Lamb, P.G. (New Hampshire), Senior Geologist at Geosyntec, serves as the workshop chair. This workshop is presented by the Environmental…
January 14, 2022
Geosyntec Staff to Present at ASCE Lifelines Conference
Geosyntec practitioners will deliver four presentations at the San Fernando Earthquake Conference – 50 Years of Lifeline Engineering (Lifelines 2021-2022). The conference will be a virtual event and Geosyntec is also a silver sponsor. Practitioners delivering presentations are Chris Conkle, P.E., G.E.; Christopher Hunt, Ph.D., P.E., G.E., M.ASCE; and Yonas Zemuy, P.E. (California). Geosyntec Participants Chris Conkle is a Principal Geotechnical Engineer based in California with more than 17 years of experience focused on geotechnical…
January 11, 2022
Christian Wireko Coauthored Article on Incineration Ash Leachates for Waste Management
Christian Wireko, Ph.D., (Florida) coauthored an article entitled "Effect of incineration ash leachates on the hydraulic conductivity of benonite-polymer composite geosynthetic clay liners" for Waste Management on December 17, 2021. Christian's coauthors were Tarek Abichou and Zhiming Zhang, Florida A&M University-Florida State University College of Engineering; Kuo Tian, George Mason University; and Binte Zianab, Tetra-Tech AAI. Christian Wireko is a Geotechnical Engineer with experience in designing and permitting of waste disposal facilities and earthen embankments.…
January 10, 2022
On-Demand Geosyntec Technical Webinar Series
Below are on-demand webinars. Looking for upcoming webinars? Visit geosyntec.com/webinars » × The Future of Vapor Intrusion Mitigation Speakers: Dave Folkes, Eric Lovenduski, and Kaitlin Ouverson Vapor intrusion (VI) mitigation has substantially evolved over the past two decades and will continue to do so in the coming years. In particular, new guidance by ITRC and several states has substantially raised the bar for mitigation design practices. This presentation will provide examples of several systems that…
January 3, 2022
Geosyntec Projects Recognized with Three Awards from Australasian Land and Groundwater Association
Two Geosyntec projects have been recognized with Industry Excellence Awards from the Australasian Land and Groundwater Association (ALGA). The Kendall Bay Sediment Remediation Project received awards for Best Remediation Project (>$1M) and Innovation that Advanced the Practice of Contaminated Site Remediation; and the Former Wollongong Gasworks Remediation Project received the award for Best Regional Remedial Project. Once home to the largest gas works in the southern hemisphere, Kendall Bay in Sydney, Australia is now surrounded…
December 28, 2021
Brandon Steets and Jared Ervin Coauthored a Paper on Pathogens in Urban Stormwater Systems in the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment
Brandon Steets, P.E., and Jared Ervin, Ph.D., (California) coauthored a paper entitled "Pathogens in Urban Stormwater Systems: Where Are We Now?" published in the February 2022 issue of the Journal of Sustainable Water in the Built Environment. Jane Clary, Wright Water Engineers, was the lead author, and Chris Olsen, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE, Wright Water Engineers, was an additional coauthor. Brandon Steets is a Senior Principal Engineer based in California with more than 20 years of…
December 27, 2021
As Keynote Speaker, Meggen Janes Presented on Port Lands Redevelopment on Toronto Waterfront at the 2021 Excess Soils Symposium Virtual Event
Meggen Janes, P.Eng., QPESA, (Ontario) presented "Introductory Remarks and Excess Soils Commentary & Excess Soils Case Study: Port Lands Redevelopment on Toronto Waterfront," as the keynote speaker at the 2021 Excess Soils Symposium Virtual Event on December 7, 2021. Meggen's co-presenters were Corinne Lynds of Actual Media and Andy Manahan of Manahan Consulting Services. Meggen Janes is a Principal Environmental Engineer at Geosyntec and has served as Director at Waterfront Toronto. She has over 25…
Girish Kumar, Ph.D. (California) coauthored a paper entitled "Temperature effects on stability and integrity of geomembrane–geotextile interface in municipal solid waste landfill" that was published in the International Journal of Geosynthetics and Ground Engineering in Volume 7, Issue 2 in March 2021. Girish was the lead author, and his coauthor was Krishna R. Reddy. Girish Kumar is a Senior Staff Professional based in California with a focus on site assessment and remediation consulting. He has…
December 20, 2021
Andrew Higgins, John Barrett, and Jamey Rosen Coauthored an Article on Information Management Systems for Dam Construction in the Journal of Dam Safety
Andrew Higgins (Ontario), John Barrett, P.E., (Tennessee), and Jamey Rosen, P.Geo., (Ontario) coauthored a paper entitled "Information Management Systems for Dam Construction—Large and Small" published in the Fall 2021 edition of The Journal of Dam Safety on pages 40 through 50. Chris Saucier, Principal Project Manager at the Tennessee Valley Authority and Technical Director of the Boone Dam Internal Erosion Remediation Project, was also a coauthor of the article. Andrew Higgins is a Senior Data…
December 20, 2021
Corey Wallace Coauthored a Paper on Subsurface Nitrogen Dynamics in Water Resources Research
Corey Wallace, Ph.D., (Ohio) recently coauthored a paper addressing groundwater and reactive nitrogen transport modeling in Water Resources Research. Corey is a groundwater and geochemical scientist with ten years of research experience. His practice focuses on groundwater-surface water interactions, physical hydrology, and groundwater flow and reactive transport modeling to assess groundwater quality and evaluate remediation strategies. The paper entitled "Spatiotemporal dynamics of nitrous oxide emission hotspots in heterogeneous riparian sediments," published in Water Resources Research,…
Eric Amundsen, J.D., (Massachusetts) recently joined Geosyntec Consultants as a Senior Consultant. He has experience in policy analysis; carbon management; risk analysis; renewable energy; environmental, social, and governance (ESG) due diligence; product development and intellectual property; and internal policy strategy regarding environmental issues and sustainability. At Geosyntec, Eric will offer his technical and strategic advice to support clients in addressing challenges related to energy transition, internal environmental policy strategy, carbon management, ESG due diligence, and…
December 16, 2021
Jesse Varsho Elected President of SWANA Land of Lincoln Chapter Board of Directors
Jesse Varsho, P.E., P.G. (Illinois) was elected President of the Board of Directors for the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) Land of Lincoln Chapter during their Annual Conference this October. Jesse assumed his new position in November 2021. Jesse Varsho is a Principal Engineer and Geologist based in Illinois with more than 20 years of experience in environmental consulting, landfill engineering, construction quality assurance, permitting, compliance, and project management for solid waste management…
December 13, 2021
Rudy Bonaparte and Mike Kavanaugh Awarded the 2021 Berkeley Spirit of 1868 Volunteer Award
Rudy Bonaparte, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE, NAE, and Mike Kavanaugh, Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, NAE, were awarded the 2021 Berkeley Spirit of 1868 Volunteer Award from the University of California, Berkeley on October 1, 2021. David Friedman was the third recipient of the 2021 award. All three were honored for their years of volunteer service on behalf of the Berkeley Civil and Environmental Engineering Department (CEE), where, over the past 15 years, they were members and…
December 9, 2021
Pourya Kargar to Co-Present on Three-Dimensional Stability Analysis of the 2014 Oso, Washington Landslide
Pourya Kargar (Missouri) will co-present a live-streamed discussion titled "Three-Dimensional Stability Analysis of the 2014 Oso, Washington Landslide" at Geo-Institute (G-I) Technical Committees 6th Annual Live Streaming Web Conference at 11:00 a.m. EST. on December 9, 2021. Pourya Kargar is a Senior Staff Engineer in Geosyntec's St. Louis, Missouri office and a Ph.D. candidate at Southern Illinois University where he is seeking his second graduate degree in geotechnical engineering. He has significant experience in geotechnical…
December 8, 2021
Jessica Evans and Dylan Eberle to Present on PFAS Sampling at the 2021 Great Lakes Virtual PFAS Summit
Jessica Evans (New York) and Dylan Eberle, Ph.D. (Massachusetts) will present "Use of Dual-Membrane Passive Diffusion Bags to Sample PFAS" at the 2021 Great Lakes Virtual PFAS Summit from 3:20 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. EST on December 8, 2021. Jessica Evans is a Scientist with extensive experience conducting and planning sampling field events and is an expert in PFAS sampling techniques. She has developed standard operating procedures for sampling PFAS in multiple media under NJDEP…
December 7, 2021
David Espinoza to Present on Sustainability and Private Investment in Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) at PPP Americas 2021 Virtual Event
David Espinoza, Ph.D., P.E., (Maryland) will present "Plenary 5: Sustainability: A Driver for Private Investment in Public-Private Partnerships" at PPP Americas 2021 on December 10, 2021 from 2:45 to 3:30 p.m. EST. David Espinoza's co-presenters are Maia Colodenco, Secretary of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Economy of Argentina; and Christian Deseglise, Head of Sustainable Finance, HSBC. Milagros Rivas, the moderator for the panel, is Advisory Services Chief at IDB Invest. David Espinoza is a Senior Principal…
December 6, 2021
Geosyntec Awarded in Waterfront Toronto's A New River Innovation Challenge for WaterfrontHUNT App
Geosyntec delivered innovation and thought leadership for their proposed WaterfrontHUNT App and was awarded first runner-up for Waterfront Toronto's A New River Innovation Challenge. Waterfront Toronto is building a new mouth for the Don River and created the New River Innovation Challenge with the Port Lands, which called for data scientists and designers to develop creative, compelling, and innovative ways to interpret and communicate this scientific information to the public. The $1.25 Billion project, known…
December 6, 2021
Jason Conder Coauthored a Paper on PFAS Reporting in Chemical Watch
Jason Conder, Ph.D., (California ) coauthored a paper entitled "PFAS reporting—What Business Needs to Know and How to Start Preparing for the USEPA's New Rule," published in Chemical Watch on November 11, 2021. Jason's coauthor was Jeremy Esterkin, a partner at law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Jason Conder is a Principal Scientist with more than 15 years of experience focused on risk assessment and contaminated sediments in contaminated site assessment and management, environmental toxicology,…
