April 18, 2019
Ken Susilo to Moderate and Present on Stormwater Management at Public-Private Partnership (P3) Water Summit
Ken Susilo, P.E., D.WRE., CPSWQ (California) will lead discussions on "Stormwater P3s (public-private partnerships) in California" and will serve as a technical instructor for a (public owners only) workshop on "Building a Stormwater P3" at the P3 Water Summit in San Diego, California on April 23-24, 2019. Geosyntec has been actively presenting and sponsoring this event for the last three years, serving as a member of the planning committee, and leading development of the stormwater…
Andrea Rocha, Ph.D. (Tennessee) coauthored a paper entitled "Large Circular Plasmids from Groundwater Plasmidomes Span Multiple Incompatibility Groups and Are Enriched in Multimetal Resistance Genes" that was published in the journal mBio in Volume 10, Issue 1 on April 3, 2019. Her coauthors were Ankita Kothari, Yu-Wei Wu, John-Marc Chandonia, Marimikel Charrier, Lara Rajeev, Dominique C. Joyner, Terry C. Hazen, Steven W. Singer, and Aindril Mukhopadhyaya. Andrea is a Senior Staff Scientist based in Tennessee…
April 16, 2019
Herwig Goldemund and Tom Wurzinger Contributed to the Georgia Air & Waste Management Association Regulatory Conference
Herwig Goldemund, Ph.D. and Tom Wurzinger, P.E. (Georgia) contributed to the Georgia Air & Waste Management Association (GA A&WMA) Regulatory Conference at the Sam Nunn Atlanta Federal Center on April 11, 2019. Herwig's presentation "Introduction to PFAS Remediation Approaches," covered how per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a broad class of fluorine-containing synthetic chemicals that are part of a growing list of "emerging contaminants," which have recently received increased regulatory and public attention, including in…
April 15, 2019
Bob Glazier and Chris Saranko Presented at the USWAG Coal Combustion Residuals Workshop
Bob Glazier (Maryland) and Chris Saranko (Georgia) presented at the Utility Solid Waste Activities Group (USWAG) Coal Combustion Residuals (CCR) Workshop in Arlington, Virginia in March 21, 2019. Geosyntec assembled a team of 11 key leaders from multiple branches/regions to attend this workshop. Geosyntec attendees in addition to Bob and Chris included: Cuneyt Gokmen, Ben Amos, Whitney Law, Joe Ivanowski, and Grant Walter (Georgia); Rob Ferree (Michigan); Nandra Weeks (Florida); and Carrie Pendleton and Mike…
April 12, 2019
Brian Webb Coauthored an Article on the Littlefield Rhyolite in the Geological Society of America journal Geosphere
Brian Webb (Oregon) was the lead author on a research article entitled "The Littlefield Rhyolite and associated mafic lavas: Bimodal volcanism of the Columbia River magmatic province, with constraints on age and storage sites of Grande Ronde Basalt magmas" that was published in the Geological Society of America (GSA) journal Geosphere in volume 15, Issue number 1, on pages 60-84, on December 20, 2018. His coauthors were Martin J. Streck, William C. McIntosh, and Mark…
April 10, 2019
Emily Anderson and Sean O'Donnell to Present at 2019 Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration Minnesota Conference
Emily Anderson (Minnesota) and Sean O'Donnell, Ph.D. (Maryland) will each present a technical session at the 92nd Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Section of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME) in Duluth, Minnesota on April 16, 2019. Emily is a Staff Scientist based in Minnesota focused on bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and bioinformatics/data analysis. A remediation and water treatment practitioner, she is a key contributor to projects in industries including mining, agribusiness, manufacturing and…
Andrew Brey, P.G., (Florida) coauthored a paper entitled "Realistic Expectations for the Treatment of Former Manufactured Gas Plant (FMGP) Residuals by Chemical Oxidants" that was published in the Journal of Contaminant Hydrology on Pages 1-17 in Volume 219 in December 2018. His coauthors were Saeid Shafieiyoun, Neil R. Thomson, Chris M. Gasinski, William Pence, and Mike Marley. Andrew is a Senior Geologist based in Florida with more than 20 years of experience focused on environmental…
April 10, 2019
Emily Anderson Coauthored a Paper on Denitrifying Bacteria in Woodchip Bioreactors for Frontiers in Microbiology
Emily Anderson (Minnesota) coauthored a paper entitled "Denitrifying Bacteria Active in Woodchip Bioreactors at Low-Temperature Conditions" published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology starting on page 635 in volume 10 on April 2, 2019. Her coauthors were Jeonghwan Jang, Rodney T. Venterea, Michael J. Sadowsky, Carl J. Rosen, Gary W. Feyereisen, and Satoshi Ishii. Emily is a Staff Scientist based in Minnesota focused on bioremediation, environmental microbiology, and bioinformatics/data analysis. A remediation and water treatment…
April 5, 2019
Marc Rogoff Coauthored a Book Entitled Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation, Third Edition
Marc Rogoff, Ph.D. (Florida) coauthored a book entitled "Waste-to-Energy: Technologies and Project Implementation, Third Edition" that was published on March 14, 2019. His coauthor is Francois Screve, the founder of Deltaway Energy in San Francisco CA. Marc and Francois bring their combined professional experience of more than 58 years to this third edition, which covers the growing range of technologies that are available for converting solid waste into energy through waste-to-energy (WTE) projects. Completely updated…
Geosyntec professionals will make a substantial technical contribution at the Battelle International Symposium on Bioremediation and Sustainable Environmental Technologies at the Hilton Baltimore Inner Harbor in Maryland on April 15-18, 2019. Geosyntec contributions include a Technical Steering Committee member, four session chairs, eight platform presentations, one short-course instructor, one Learning Lab instructor, and a poster presentation. Geosyntec has also collaborated with universities and other parties in the preparation of conference materials. Geosyntec professionals will be…
Neal Durant, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.) and Seth Kellogg, P.G. (New Jersey) will present during the webinar entitled "Increasing Public and Regulatory Scrutiny of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)" hosted by Crowell & Moring LLP from 1:00p.m. – 2:30 p.m. on April 4, 2019. Co-panelists are Jennifer Giblin, Senior Counsel, Crowell & Moring and Peter Condron, Partner, Crowell & Moring. Neal Durant is a Senior Principal based in Washington, D.C. with more than 30 years of…
Geosyntec professionals will make a substantial technical contribution at the 2019 United States Society on Dams Conference and Exhibition at the Chicago Hilton in Illinois on April 8-11, 2019. Geosyntec-led contributions include five platform presentations and one session moderator. Geosyntec has also collaborated with universities and other parties in the preparation of conference materials delivered by others. Geosyntec professionals will be at booth #417 to meet with attendees and answer questions about dams and levees.…
March 28, 2019
Geosyntec Writes U.S. Navy Guidance on Methods for Estimating Contaminant Mass-in-Place, Mass Discharge, and Remediation Timeframes
Julie Chambon, Ph.D. (California) and Neal Durant, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.) coauthored a technical guidance document recently published by the U.S. Navy (NAVFAC EXWC) entitled "Tools for Estimating Contaminant Mass-in-Place, Mass Discharge, and Remediation Timeframes." The guidance document was written to support Navy Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) in their efforts to improve the accuracy of conceptual models for understanding contaminant distribution in the subsurface and quantitative estimates of remediation costs and timeframes. Soil and groundwater remediation…
March 25, 2019
Rula Deeb to Deliver a PFAS Presentation at the National Association for Environmental Management EHS&S Roundtable
Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM, PMP (California) will discuss the latest technical and regulatory information on PFAS at the Environmental, Health, Safety & Sustainability (EHS&S) Roundtable meeting of the National Association for Environmental Management (NAEM). This meeting will be held at the National Press Club in Washington D.C. on March 28-28, 2019. Rula is a Senior Principal Civil and Environmental Engineer based in California with more than 25 years of experience focused on private practice and…
Chase Holton, Ph.D., P.E. and Dave Folkes, P.E. (Colorado) will jointly present "Subsurface (Vapor) Intrusion in the Hazard Ranking System – A Superfund Game-Changer (and What You Can Do About It)" at the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resource's (SEER) 48th Spring Conference at the Grand Hyatt in Denver, Colorado on March 28, 2019. Additional Geosyntec staff that will attend: Nandra Weeks (Florida), Jen Wilkie (Illinois), Jill Cooper (Colorado), Travis Kline…
March 21, 2019
Nick Muenks, Cody Luebbering, and Elizabeth Toot-Levy to Present at AWWA/MWEA Joint Conference
Nick Muenks (Missouri), Cody Luebbering (Missouri), and Elizabeth Toot-Levy (Ohio) will present at the Missouri Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA)/ Missouri Water Environment Association at Tan-Tar-A in Osage Beach, Missouri on April 1, 2019. Nick and Cody will co-present "A Case of the Permit Limit Blues" starting at 10:55 a.m. and Elizabeth Toot-Levy will present "Learning from Others: Multiple Maumee Watershed Models of Potential Phosphorus Reduction Management Plans for Lake Erie" starting…
March 18, 2019
Geosyntec Staff Contribute to the AEHS 29th Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air
Geosyntec professionals Ravi Arulanantham, Rula Deeb, Robert Ettinger, Theresa Gabris, Matthew Mraw, and Sam Williams will make technical contributions at the Association for Environmental Health and Sciences (AEHS) 29th Annual International Conference on Soil, Water, Energy, and Air at the DoubleTree Mission Valley in San Diego, California on March 18-21, 2019. Geosyntec-led contributions include four platform presentations, one session chair, one poster presentation and one workshop moderator. Additionally, Sam Williams served on the West Coast…
March 13, 2019
Lelio Mejia and Jintai Wang to Present at Geo-Congress 2019
Lelio Mejia, Ph.D., P.E., G.E. (California) and Jintai Wang, Ph.D., (Virginia) will present at Geo-Congress 2019 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia on March 24 – 27, 2019. Lelio will present "The Panama Canal: A Wonder of Engineering" and Jintai will present "The Effect of Shaking History on Liquefaction Resistance of Sand Deposit Using Shake Table Testing." Lelio is a Senior Principal Engineer based in California with more than 35 years of experience in…
March 12, 2019
Geosyntec to Present at Asset Integrity Management - Pipeline Integrity Management Under Geohazard Conditions
Geosyntec professionals will make technical contributions at Asset Integrity Management - Pipeline Integrity Management Under Geohazard Conditions (AIM-PIMG) at the Norris Conference Center in Houston, Texas on March 25-28, 2019. Geosyntec staff in attendance will be: Rodolfo Sancio, Tony Rice, Logan Brant, Ali Ebrahimi, and Alex Greene. Asset Integrity Management – Pipeline Integrity Management Under Geohazard Conditions Conference will present the advances in managing ground movement hazards that have been made in the last decade.…
March 4, 2019
Staci Capozzi Coauthored a Paper on Dehalorespiring Biofilms on Carbonaceous Sorptive Amendments for Biofouling Journal
Staci Capozzi, Ph.D. (Maryland) coauthored a paper entitled "Colonization and growth of dehalorespiring biofilms on carbonaceous sorptive amendments" that was published in Biofouling: The Journal of Bioadhesion and Biofilm Research in Volume 34, Number 8 on February 21, 2019. Staci was the lead author, and her coauthors were Coline Bodenreider, Ana Prieto, Rayford B. Payne, Kevin R. Sowers and Birthe Veno Kjellerup. Staci is a Senior Staff Scientist based in Maryland focused on data mining,…
February 27, 2019
David Bertrand to Present on Environmental Risk Management at the Innovation in an Era of Challenging Sites Conference
David Bertrand, P.Geo (Ontario) will present on "Environmental Risk Management" at the Innovation in an Era of Challenging Sites (IECS) conference at the Pearson Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario at 9:30 a.m. on February 28, 2019. David is a Principal Hydrogeologist at Geosyntec with more than 20 years of experience. He has completed Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment activities in the Province of Ontario and internationally. David has also directed many soil…
Geosyntec professionals will make a significant technical contribution at RemTEC at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver on February 26-28, 2019. Geosyntec-led contributions include conference co-chair, Rula Deeb, who will provide opening and closing remarks, one keynote speaker, two Scientific Advisory Board members, Mike Kavanaugh and Heather Rectanus, four platform presenters, two session chairs, one panelist and two workshop instructors. Additionally, Emily Stockwell and Chelsea Bokman coordinated RemTEC's Student Program which includes one-on-one student mentoring…
February 22, 2019
Marc Rogoff Provides Insight on the Waste and Recycling Industry for Waste Advantage Magazine's Year in Review
Marc Rogoff, Ph.D. (Florida) shared his perspective in an article entitled "2018 Year in Review: An Industry in Transition" for Waste Advantage Magazine published on January 31, 2019. Marc, along with David Biderman, Will Flower, and Michael D. Paglia discussed significant changes they have seen over the past year in the waste and recycling industry. Topics included: technologies that will help move the waste and recycling industry forward; acquisitions that took place in 2018 and…
February 21, 2019
Seth Kellogg to Present at PFAS Seminar at AHMP Meeting in New Jersey
Seth Kellogg, P.G. (New Jersey) will speak at a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) seminar hosted by the New Jersey Chapter of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) in Newark, New Jersey from 5:30 – 9:00 p.m. on February 26, 2019. Seth's presentation will provide a technical overview of PFAS challenges, such as its incidence in the environment and the dynamic regulatory climate surrounding this emerging contaminant, among other related issues. PFAS characterization and…
February 18, 2019
Julie Konzuk and Carol Cheyne Coauthor Paper on the Characterization of a Nonaqueous Phase Liquid Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry
Julie Konzuk, Ph.D., PEng (Ontario) and Carol Cheyne (Ontario) coauthored a paper entitled "Practical application of 1H benchtop Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy for the characterization of a nonaqueous phase liquid from a contaminated environment" published in the journal of Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry (MRC) on pages 1-8 on December 17, 2018. Their coauthors were Darcy Fallaise, Hannah Balkwill Tweedie, E. Erin Mack, and James G. Longstaffe. Julie is a Principal Environmental Engineer based in…
February 12, 2019
Geosyntec Announces New Office Location Serving Mobile, Alabama
Geosyntec Consultants is pleased to announce our new location serving the Mobile, Alabama area. Our new office will focus on helping clients develop watershed management plans; assisting clients with their environmental restoration projects, including stream and coastal restoration; collaborating on projects funded through the Restore Act, and contributing to the assessment and remediation of contaminated sites. Supported by a nationwide team of experts, the office will also serve industrial and municipal clients throughout the region.…
February 11, 2019
Janet Goodfellow to Present on Industrial Wastewater Pre-treatment at the NESOWEA Annual Industrial Wastes Seminar
Janet Goodfellow (Ontario) will present "Industrial Pre-treatment: Going Beyond End-of-Pipe Options" at the Northeast Section of the Ohio Water Environment Association (NESOWEA) Annual Industrial Wastes Seminar at the Days Inn Richfield Banquet and Conference Center in Richfield, Ohio from 11:30-12:15 a.m. EST on February 21, 2019. Janet is a Principal Engineer based in Ontario with 19 years of professional experience focused on water and wastewater challenges for the food and beverage sector. The seminar is…
February 8, 2019
Leslie Griffin Named to Top 100 Most Influential Women List by Engineering Georgia Magazine
Leslie Griffin, P.E. (Georgia) has been named one of the Top 100 Influential Women in Georgia in the January/February 2019 issue of Engineering Georgia magazine. "As the number of women in the architecture, engineering and construction industry continues to grow, their contributions are becoming clear and undeniably beneficial for the community," says Engineering Georgia. "Engineering Georgia's second annual list of influential women celebrates the diversity of female leaders, policy makers and visionaries who have spent…
January 29, 2019
Geosyntec Staff Contribute to the 2019 Battelle Sediments Conference
Geosyntec professionals will make a substantial technical contribution at Battelle's Tenth International Conference on Remediation and Management of Contaminated Sediments at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside in Louisiana on February 11-14, 2019. Geosyntec-led contributions include four platform chairs, eight platform presentations, one panelist, two short-course instructors, and two poster presentations. Geosyntec has also collaborated with universities and other parties in the preparation of conference materials delivered by others. Geosyntec professionals will be at booth #132…
January 18, 2019
Allison Haddon Coauthors Paper Analyzing the Pampean Flat‐Slab Region in the Journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
Allison Haddon (California) coauthored a paper entitled "S‐Wave Receiver Function Analysis of the Pampean Flat‐Slab Region: Evidence for a Torn Slab" published in the journal Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems on pages 4021-4034 in Volume 19, Issue 10 on October 17, 2018. Her coauthor was Ryan Porter of Northern Arizona University. Allison is a staff scientist based in California, with an M.S. in Geology and an emphasis in Geophysics from Northern Arizona University. She has experience as…
Jessica Yeager, P.E., LSP (Massachusetts) has been named Vice Chair for the Ascending Professional Committee of the Environmental Business Council of New England (EBC). Jessica is a Senior Engineer based in Massachusetts with more than nine years of professional experience focused on environmental engineering and specializing in remedial design and implementation. She has designed remedial systems for high vacuum extraction (HVE), enhanced in-situ bioremediation (EISB), Liquid Boot® sub-slab vapor intrusion mitigation, air sparging, sub-slab depressurization,…
Mark Johnson (Maryland) will join a panel discussion on "Evolving Ethics Issue – Interplay of Due Diligence Ethical Issues Between Environmental Engineers and Lawyers" at the New York State Bar Association Meeting in the New York Hilton Midtown from 11:40 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. on January 18, 2019. Mark is a Principal Engineer based in Maryland with more than 20 years of experience focused on earth site investigation and remediation, groundwater assessment and remediation, subsurface…
January 7, 2019
Beth Gross Named President of ASCE Geo-Institute
Beth Gross, Ph.D., P.E., D.GE, F.ASCE (Texas) has served on the Board of Governors for the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) for four years and has recently been named President for this more than 13,000-member organization. Beth is a Senior Principal Geotechnical Engineer based in Texas with more than 25 years of experience focused on environmental site characterization and management, as well as siting, design, permitting, operations, construction, and closure of…
