Instructors and Course Topics

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Course Offerings:
	Site Characterziation and Conceptual Model Development
	Soil and Groundwater Characterization Tools and Techniques
	Sediment Characterization Tools and Techniques
Evening:
	Web Based Project Management Tools Workshop

Gareth Owen will lecture on site characterization with a focus on conceptual model development and the path and process of site characterization.

Dr. David Rudolph is a Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo specializing in physical hydrogeology and groundwater protection and management. He is a geological engineer graduating from the University of Manitoba and received his M. Sc. and Ph. D. at the University of Waterloo in Hydrogeology. His specific areas of research activity include field investigation and numerical modeling related to groundwater flow and contaminant transport with a special interest in fractured sediment and unsaturated porous media. Dr. Rudolph has worked extensively in the development and application of field data collection techniques for application to groundwater resource management problems and unsaturated zone flow and transport investigations. He also participates extensively with municipal authorities both nationally and internationally in the development of groundwater protection and management strategies. Dr. Rudolph will lecture on Subsurface Characterization Tools and Techniques with a focus on Soil and Groundwater Sampling.

Dr. Paul Sibley is an Assistant Professor at Guelph University who specialises in the assessment of potentially contaminated environmental media (water, soils, and sediments). His current fields of research include assessment of water and sediment quality, invertebrate toxicology, benthic invertebrate community assessment in streams and lakes, impacts on riparian zones. His relevant research experience includes: collecting, and processing site-specific water, sediment and soil samples for physical, chemical, and biological characterisation, analysis and interpretation of water, sediment, and soil quality data from field surveys and risk assessments, and development of provincial and federal water and soil quality guidelines and objectives for metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides and priority substances. Dr. Sibley has extensive knowledge of the fate and effects of contaminants in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. Dr. Sibley will present the Practical Considerations for Collection of Sediment Samples for Chemical and Biological Assessment. Participants in this lecture will gain an understanding of the issues associated with and factors that might influence the collection, handling, storage, and transportation of potentially contaminated sediments.

Jim Love is a Managing Partner of Performance Advantage with thirty years of business and IT experience. His consulting experience comes from senior roles at Ernst & Young, DMR and Fujitsu Consulting, where he headed the global Value Management consulting practice, which produced the bestseller, “The Information Paradox”. He trained and was certified in change management with ODR, the organization which spearheaded the concepts and processes that have become part of what we now term organizational change. His work has been published in prestigious journals such as Intelligent Enterprise, the Cutter IT Journal and others. Jim has in-depth expertise in a range of areas including Lean & Six Sigma, Organizational Change, Strategic Planning, Performance Metrics and CRM. He is regarded as an expert in the strategic use of IT and continues to advise large companies on strategic technology issues including Strategic Alignment, IT governance as well as Project and Portfolio Management. His clients have included very large private sector companies such as Inco, Bell Canada, the Royal Bank, and Cisco Systems. He has also done significant work in the public sector with a wide range of companies. Jim will conduct a workshop on the use of web-based project management tools for contaminated site programs and projects. Dr.