Geosyntec Staff to Contribute to RemTEC, The Remediation Technology Summit
Geosyntec professionals will make a significant technical contribution at the 2021 RemTEC Virtual Summit on March 9-11, 2021.
Geosyntec professionals will make a significant technical contribution at the 2021 RemTEC Virtual Summit on March 9-11, 2021.
Lydia Dorrance, Ph.D., (California) serves as a Program Co-Chair for the conference. Rula Deeb, Ph.D., (California) will present “PFAS Fate and Transport, Source Forensics, and Treatment” and Brandon Steets, PE, (California) will present “PFAS and Hazardous Materials Cleanup Laws” at a Timely Comprehensive Virtual Conference on PFAS Contamination and Regulation in California on February 11 and 12, 2020.
Lydia Dorrance, Ph.D., (California) will serve as Program Co-Chair, Rula Deeb, Ph.D., (California) will present “PFAS Fate and Transport, Source Forensics, and Treatment”, and Brandon Steets, PE, (California) will present “PFAS and Hazardous Materials Cleanup Laws” at the PFAS Contamination and Regulation in California Virtual Conference on December 3-4, 2020.
Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM, PMP (California) will participate in a roundtable discussion titled "PFAS Roundtable II" on October 6, 2020 as part of the "Ask the Experts" PFAS series from the Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC). The Roundtable discussion will focus on PFAS fate and transport in the environment, physical and chemical properties, and unique considerations for site characterization.
Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM, PMP (California) and Travis Kline, MEM, BCES (District of Columbia) will participate in a panel discussion titled "Ubiquity and Uncertainty: Unusual Challenges of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Bring Unorthodox Approaches to Environmental Law" at the American College of Environmental Lawyers (ACOEL) 2020 Annual Meeting on September 17, 2020. Panelist presentations will be followed by a lively exchange of perspectives to identify viable solutions to challenges posed by the PFAS uncertainties.
Brandon Steets, PE, Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM, PMP (California), Adam Questad, PE (Massachusetts), and Jennifer Arblaster (Vermont), coauthored an article paper entitled "PFAS in Surface Water: The state of the practice" published in Stormwater: The Journal for Surface Water and Erosion Control Professionals on Pages 20-21 in the August 2020 edition.
Geosyntec will once again be a Platinum Sponsor of the Emerging Contaminants Summit to be held from March 10-11, 2020 at the Westin Westminster in Westminster, Colorado. Geosyntec developed the technical program for the conference and organized the student program and competition.
John Merrill; Eric Suchomel, Ph.D., PE, Srinivasa Varadhan, Ph.D., PE; Lea Kane, P.G., Elisabeth Hawley, PE, Rula Deeb, Ph.D., BCEEM (California); and Melissa Asher, PE (Washington) coauthored a paper entitled "Development and Validation of Technologies for Remediation of 1,2,3-Trichloropropane in Groundwater" published in Current Pollution Reports on pages 1-10 in the Topical Collection on Emerging Contaminants on November 11, 2019.
Geosyntec will deliver three technical presentations and present 10 posters at the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) Symposium 2019 in Washington D.C. on December 3-5, 2019.
Geosyntec is hosting a PFAS Webinar Series beginning in December 2019 to provide a synthesis of the state of knowledge on the characterization and remediation of PFAS-impacted sites. The first webinar in the series will be held on Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 10 am PT/1 pm ET and will feature three of our PFAS subject matter experts, Dr. Rula Deeb, Dr. Jason Conder and Dr. Lydia Dorrance.