| Instructors
and Course Topics
| Tuesday,
May 4, 2010 | | Course
Offerings: |  | Site
Characterziation and Conceptual Model Development |  | Soil
and Groundwater Characterization Tools and Techniques |  | Sediment
Characterization Tools and Techniques | | | |
| Evening: |
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Environmental Data
Management 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. Dr.
Arnold L. Gray received a Ph.D. in Geography from Clark University specializing
in human interactions with the environment. He has conducted research and training
activities across Africa addressing issues of food supply, water supply and sanitation
and currently serves as a consultant to a number of African nations. In the U.S.,
Dr. Gray specializes in institutional issues of human environmental response focused
on the interaction of regulators and responsible parties in site investigation
and remedial activities. He works closely with numerous states and EPA regions
addressing data management issues and serves a director of government accounts
for EarthSoft, Inc. Dr.
Gray will provide a lecture and workshop on environmental data management with
respect to application integration and better site characterization and remediation
decision-making. |