Instructors
and Course Topics
Tuesday
2021 |
Course
Offerings: |
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Site
Characterziation and Conceptual Model Development |
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Field
Data Quality Control |
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Soil
and Groundwater Characterization Tools and Techniques |
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Sediment
Characterization Tools and Techniques |
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Environmental
Data Management |
Evening: |
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Environmental Data Management - EDGE Workshop |
Gareth
Owen will lecture on site characterization with
a focus on conceptual model development, field data quality control,
and the path and process of site characterization.
Dr.
Brewster Conant Jr., P.Geo.(Ontario)
is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
at the University of Waterloo and has over 26 years of experience in hydrogeology
and environmental consulting. He received a B.Sc. in Geology-Physics/Mathematics
from Brown University in 1984, and received a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Earth Sciences
at the University of Waterloo in 1991 and 2001, respectively. He has designed,
managed, and conducted hydrogeological investigations for: contaminated site assessments;
water supply protection; landfill assessments; evaluating agricultural best management
practices; remediation; litigation; regulatory negotiation; and modeling studies.
General areas of research interest are in physical and contaminant hydrogeology
and in field methods and instrumentation. His main area of expertise and interest
is in interactions at the groundwater/surface water interface and the examination
of flow, transport, and fate of contaminants passing through it. He has developed
innovative field methods, instrumentation, and numerical techniques for assessing
groundwater/surface-water interactions including the use of temperature as a tracer
techniques, infrared thermography, direct-push methods, and diffusion samplers.
He has been an invited speaker at international scientific meetings and co-taught
several training courses for USEPA. Dr. Conant will lecture on Subsurface Characterization
Tools and Techniques with a focus on Soil and Groundwater Sampling.
Dr.
Paul Sibley is
a Professor in the School of Environmental Sciences at the University
of Guelph who specialises in the assessment of potentially contaminated
environmental media (water, soils, and sediments). His current fields
of research include sediment toxicology and risk assessment, invertebrate
toxicology focusing on benthic invertebrate community assessments
in streams and lakes, disturbance ecology and impacts of land use
practices on aquatic-terrestrial interactions. In the field of sediment
characterization, 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. He has
worked with metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, pesticides, polyfluorinated
compounds, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, and other
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 practical and
conceptual issues associated with and factors that might influence
the collection, handling, storage, and transportation of potentially
contaminated sediments.
Alek Hage is the Product Manager
of EarthSoft. EarthSoft's
EQuIS software is the most widely used environmental data management
software in the world. EarthSoft's large clients include SGS, Shell
Oil, Dow Chemical, TransCanada, Teck, Barrick, CDM Smith, ERM, Arcadis,
Golder Associates, 5 US EPA Regions, several US States, and thousands
of other governments, industrials, and consultants/labs. Alek
will be conducting the Environmental Data Management Workshop.
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