General Session Presenters and Abstracts 

 

Academic Presentations

 

Lacey Russell

(Student - SFA)

alt "Establishment of Earthworms on Reclaimed Lignite Mine Soils in East Texas"

 

 Chris Sanderson

(Student - SFA)

alt "An Evaluation of Potassium in Biomass Power Plant Derived Wood Ash for Agricultural use on East Texas Soils"

  

 

Remediation

 

 Chris Schepcoff

(ALS Environemntal)

alt Passive Samplers for Sampling Groundwater

 

 Karen Dikeman

(Tetra Tech)

alt Defining Background Criteria for Environmental Risk Assessment

 

 Andy Adams

(W&M Environmental)

alt Case Study Enhanced Reductive Dechlorination with an Organic Electron Donor

 

 Will Moody

(Geo-Cleanse International, Inc.)

alt "Real Time" Treatment Optimization Utilizing In-Situ Chemical Oxidation

 

Scott Wisher

(Vironex, Inc.)

alt Utilizing High Resolution Site Characterization to Maximize Remediation Value

 

Michael Sieczkowski

(CHMM)

alt Application of Vegetable Oil-based Substrate in Shallow Fractured Bedrock and Associated Saprolitc Clay Soils

 

John Adamson

(Radarview LLC)

alt Electromagnetic Geophysical Investigations

 

  

Offshore Operations

 

Jim Elliott

(T&T Marine Salvage, Inc.)

alt Marine Advancements in Underwater Oil Detection and Recovery Techniques

And

alt Marine Salvage Operations: Protecting the Marine Environment

  

 

Environmental Due Diligence

 

Don Grauer and Brady Beckham

(EDR, Inc.)

alt Update on ASTM 1527-13

 

 

Oil and Gas

 

David Hollas

(Halliburton Energy Services, Inc.)

An Overview of Hydraulic Fracturing with Environmental Considerations

 

Carla Kinslow

(Brown and Caldwell )

alt Hydraulic Fracturing - Tools for Successful Engagement with Fenceline Communities

 

Russ Krauss

(Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC)

alt Application of Ecosystem Services for Oil and Gas Field Infrastructure Development

 

 

Community Outreach  

 

Rebecca Lumen

alt STEM Mentoring for the Environment:  A Case for Doing Something that Matters

 

Glenn Buckley

alt NOVA/SUPERNOVA AWARDS: an Approach to Encouraging an Interest in STEM

 

Kathy Jahnsen

Working Within the Community:Opportunities & Resources at H-GAC

 

 

Environmental Innovation - Mobile Technology

 

Joseph Nixon

(CS2 Inc.)

alt Using i-Pads in Industrial Plants that Require Intrinsically Safe Electronic Equipment

 

Marshall Bayless

(CS2 Inc.)

alt Environmental Reports and Photographic Documentation Using Mobile Technology

 

Elizabeth Drake

(CS2 Inc.)

alt Mobile Technology Improves a Plant's Environmental Compliance Status While Reducing Compliance Costs

 

Bruce Paggeot

(Infinite Skyz, LLC)

alt Mobile Technology for Environmental Compliance

 

 

Environmental Risk 

 

Karen Dikeman

(Tetra Tech)

alt Calculating Risk

 

 

 Water

 

Julie Huerta

(City of Houston)

alt Challenges and Opportunities for the Public Water Supply System through the Development and Delivery of the Consumer Confidence Report

 

Robert Miller

(C. H. Fenstermaker & Associates, Inc.)

alt The Total Flood Risk Approach to Unmapped Hazards in Rural Texas

 

 

Environmental Remediation Liability

 

Joy Young and Chris Hobson

(Deloitte Financial Advisory Services LLP )

alt Navigating Pitfalls in Estimating Costs of Environmental Remediation Liabilities for Financial Reporting Purposes

 

 

Wetlands and Waterbodies

 

Jim Dobberstine

(Lee College)

alt “Comparing Salt Marsh Ecosystem Responses to Different Restoration Techniques”

 

Austin Richards

(SWCA Environmental Consultants)

alt Katy Prairie Pothole Restoration

 

Richard Howard

(SWCA Environmental Consultants)

Topic TBD

 

 

 Air

 

Russ Nettles

(TCEQ)

alt Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Flare Study Results and Supplemental Flare Operation Training

 

Charles Jones

LDAR 101

 

Booker Harrison

(TCEQ)

Greenhouse Gas Permitting