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1999-Present COVAN Engineering LLC, Denver, Colorado
President
Manage all engineering work including civil, hydrogeological, environmental and geotechnical projects. Typical projects have included drainage studies, pavement designs, AST/UST designs, groundwater modeling studies and environment site assessments. Coordinate all business development and marketing efforts for COVAN Engineering. Clients include land developers, geotechnical laboratories, local/state agencies and private companies/citizens.
1998 - 1999 Baltec Associates, Inc., Armonk, New York
Manager of Engineering Services
Provided overall management and technical guidance for the design of wastewater/remediation systems at petroleum bulk fuel distribution terminals and commercial fuel service stations in New York, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Reviewed designs of aboveground storage tank systems. Responsibilities include providing senior technical review of all engineering projects and managing technical professionals in the performance of all engineering projects. Supervised and coordinated soil vapor extraction tests and air sparging tests.
1997-1998 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York City, New York
Consultant
Managed large-scale petroleum hydrocarbon investigations and remediation programs for bulk fuel farms at Newark International Airport and John F. Kennedy International Airport. Responsibilities included developing remediation programs (i.e., injection/pumping well systems, soil vapor extraction systems and air sparging systems) utilizing groundwater models such as MOVER, BIOSLURP, MODFLOW, BIOF&T and SURFER. Coordinated work effort to develop contract document and engineering drawings for Newark Monorail System.
1994-1996 Louis Berger and Associates, Inc., East Orange, New Jersey
Project Manager
Managed and directed staff professionals in environmental investigation/remediation projects. Responsibilities included review and preparation of final reports, proposals, cost estimates and schedules. Projects included soil and groundwater investigations related to underground storage tank (USTs), industrial and military closures and commercial property transfers. Prepared Spill Prevention Control & Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan for project sites.
1992-1994 Handex of New Jersey, Inc., Morganville, New Jersey
Engineer
Provided technical support to the senior engineering and hydrogeology staff in selecting, designing, installing, and maintaining equipment and systems used in the remediation of soil and groundwater ( e.g. pump and treat systems, bioreactors, and vapor extraction systems). Responsibilities included
supervising the closure of underground storage tank systems and delineation of liquid-phase and soluble phase petroleum hydrocarbon contamination and modeling aquifer systems using AQUESOLV.
1989-1991 Clayton Environmental Consultants, Inc., Edison, New Jersey
Hydrogeologist
Prepared proposals and final reports for environmental site assessments, soil and groundwater investigations/remediation programs. Responsibilities included supervising soil remediation programs including landfarming and bioremediation, hollow stem drilling and monitoring well installation and preparing discharge investigative corrective action reports (DICARs) and ECRA submissions.
1987-1989 EBASCO Services, Inc. Lyndhurst, New Jersey
Geological Engineer
Prepared work and field operation plans on several Superfund (CERCLA) projects. Responsibilities included preparing bid specifications for monitoring well installations, geophysical logging and packer testing. Coordinated groundwater, surface water, soil and sediment sampling programs. Supervised air rotary, hollow stem, and roller bit drilling. Interpreted geophysical logging such as caliper, gamma, resistivity and spontaneous potential. Conducted downhole television camera surveys, pump tests and slug tests.
Professional Registrations/Certifications
Diplomate Environmental Engineer (i.e., HWM) ¡V American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Registered Professional Engineer (i.e. Civil) ¡V Colorado, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
Registered Professional Geologist ¡V Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Illinois and Wyoming
Registered Professional Hydrogeologist - American Institute of Hydrology (since 1995)
Licensed UST Subsurface Evaluator - State of New Jersey
Licensed in UST Closure - State of New Jersey
OSHA 8-hour HAZWOPER Supervisor Training Certification
OSHA 40-hour Hazardous Waste Operation and Emergency Response Certification
Professional Affiliations
National Society of Professional Engineers ¡V Member since 1990
American Society of Civil Engineers ¡V Member since 1997
American Consulting Engineers Council of Colorado¡V Member since 2000
Society of American Military Engineers ¡V Member since 2001
Colorado Association of Geotechnical Engineers ¡V Member since 2001
American Underground-Construction Association-2002
Education
B.S., Geological Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1983
Geol.E., (Professional Degree-Silver Diploma), Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 1987
M.E, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado, 2002
Computer Skills
Microsoft Word, MS Excel, MS Project 2000, MS PowerPoint, WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, SURFER, MOVER, BIOSLURP, BIO F&T, MODFLOW2000, MT3D, GWVista, GMS, AQUESOLV, GEOSTAT, STEREONET, CRSP, STABR, SLOPE1, GOLDNAIL, Rocscience (Phase 2), MathCad and UTEXAS3.
Graduate Studies
„h Case Histories in Geological Engineering and Hydrogeology ¡V GEGN 570, CSM, Fall 2001 (3 sem. hours).
„h Advanced Engineering Geology ¡V GEGN 571, CSM, Fall 2000 (3 sem. hours).
„h Advanced Geotechnics - GEGN 672, CSM, Spring 2001 (3 sem. hours).
„h Advanced Soil Mechanics ¡V EGES 548, CSM, Fall 2001 (3 sem. hours).
„h Geological Data Analysis ¡V GEGN 532, CSM, Fall 2000 (3 sem. hours).
„h Flow and Transport in Fractured Rock - GEGN 682, CSM, Fall 2001 (3 sem hours).
„h Mathematical Modeling of Groundwater Systems - GEGN 583, CSM, Spring 2002
„h Hazardous Waste Site Remediation ¡V ESGN 575, CSM, Spring 2002 (3 sem hours)
„h Excavation Project Management ¡V GOGN 506, CSM, Fall 2002 (2 sem hours)
„h Rock Mechanics in Mining ¡V MNGN 505, CSM, Fall 2002 (3 sem hours)
„h Microtunneling ¡V MNGN 599, CSM, Fall 2002 (3 sem hours)
„h Graduate Geology Seminar ¡V GEOL 607, CSM, Spring 1987 (1 sem. hour).
„h Graduate Mining Seminar ¡V MNGN625, CSM, Fall 2002 (1 sem hour)
„h Introduction to Remote Sensing ¡V GEOL 545, CSM, Fall 1985 (3 sem. hours)
„h Exploration and Mine Law ¡V MNGN598, CSM, Spring 2002 (3 sem. hours).
„h International Environmental Law ¡V ESGN602, CSM, Summer 2002 (3 sem. Hours)
„h U.S. Environmental Law ¡V ESGN 502, CSM, Fall 2002 (3 sem hours)
„h Graduate Engineering Report ¡V GEGN 700, CSM, Fall 2002 (3 sem hours)
„h Graduate Research Credit ¡V GEGN 704, CSM, Fall 2002 (3 sem hours)
Short Courses:
„h Legislative Seminar, ACEC, 2002 (3.5 PDH)
„h The Role of Failures and Failure Analysis in Engineering, PSI, 2001 (2.0 PDH)
„h How to Prepare a Government Cost Proposal, Colorado Dept. of Transportation, 2001.
„h How to Survive a Contract Audit, Colorado Dept. of Transportation, 2001.
„h Entrepreneurial Training Workshop, SCORE, 2000.
„h Site Investigation and Design in Limestone Terrains, Rutgers University, 1997 ( 0.6 CEUs).
„h Planning and Engineering in Limestone Areas, Rutgers University, 1997 ( 0.6 CEUs).
„h Technical and Regulatory Training in USTs, Rutgers University, 1995 ( 0.6 CEUs).
„h 8-hour HAZWOPER Supervisor Training Course, New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1995 (0.8 CEUs).
„h Professional Selling Skills, Learning International, 1993 (2-day course).
„h UST Rules and Regulations course, NJDEP, 1992.
„h Groundwater Management and Restoration Course, Executive Enterprises Inc.(EEI), 1990 (2-day course).
„h 40-hour HAZWOPER Training Course, HAZCO, 1987 (4.0 CEUs).
Papers, Unpublished:
¡§South Fuel Farm Supplemental Investigation and Remediation Report¡¨, Newark International Airport, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1998.
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