Education & Registration:

M.S.
Environmental Health Engineering,
The University of Texas at Austin (UT)

B.S.
Civil Engineering,
The University of Texas at Austin (UT)

Numerous Continuing Education Short Courses

Registered Professional Engineer in the State
of Texas

Professional Affiliations / Publications:

Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers

Water Environment Federation

Chi Epsilon

Tau Beta Pi

Edited one book
Authored/presented twenty technical papers

Prepared over one hundred technical reports to industry and government

Several issued and pending patents

Current Responsibilities:

• Environmental engineering consultant

• Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) advisor

Specialized Professional Expertise:

• Over 13 years of consultancy experience in environmental engineering and civil engineering for projects in the U.S. and abroad
• Served as director of technical services for Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority in Houston
• Served as Vice president of several consulting engineering companies in Texas
• Expertise in managing major wastewater and stormwater projects
• Experience in study and design of industrial and municipal wastewater treatment
• Expertise in the design, development and testing of storm runoff segregation, collection, and treatment systems

Representative Project Experience:

• Performed wastewater treatment studies and/or prepared treatment facility designs for 29 industrial clients at 33 locations (list available) during eight years with Engineering-Science of Texas (ESI). Studies and preliminary designs normally included detailed surveys of collection and pretreatment systems with the goal of contaminant reduction or increased wastewater reuse or recycle

• Managed Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority's (GCWDA) 50 MGD Washburn Tunnel regional industrial wastewater treatment plant. Facility provided primary and secondary biological treatment for a pulp & paper mill, two refineries, and three petrochemical plants

• Prepared preliminary design for wastewater treatment facilities to support the Yan Shang Petrochemical Complex near Beijing, China which employs in excess of 40,000 workers.

• Prepared a detailed evaluation of the Amman, Jordan wastewater treatment system for USAID and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation. Report included development of several emergency measures that could be implemented immediately

• Evaluated potential sites and recommended process for a high efficiency wastewater treatment and reuse system to serve mid-sized cities in Jordan. The recommended facilities included anaerobically enhanced primary treatment and groundwater recharge. Prepared for USAID and the Jordanian Ministry of Water and Irrigation