
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 : 10:20 a.m.
Innovative Cost-Effective Ground Water Monitoring Well Design
Thomas D. Dalzell, CWD, AMS Mr. Dalzell has more than twenty years of experience in the environmental field. He works in the PowerProbe Direct Push Research and Development Department for AMS. His experience at AMS includes initial design and testing of new products and improvement of existing products. He also conducts training and demonstrations for customers, universities, and regulatory agencies. His specialties and past work experience has been, but is not limited to: geology; subsurface site characterization and remedial investigations; and groundwater investigations and monitoring programs. Mr. Dalzell also has been involved with the direction of field activities for various environmental projects.
Mark Kram, Ph.D., ESM, CGWP, U.S. Navy Dr. Mark Kram is a hydrogeologist for the US Navy specializing in environmental site characterization and remedial design. Dr. Kram has over 20 years of experience using environmental assessment techniques and has authored papers, national standards, articles and book chapters on the subject. He has been instrumental in the areas of dense non-aqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) site characterization, chemical field screening, and monitoring well design, and holds several patents for hydrogeologic and chemical characterization tools and methods. Most recently, Dr. Kram served as the Technical Lead on the ESTCP Direct Push Well Comparison project.
Jeffrey A. Farrar, M.S., PE, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Mr. Farrar has more than twenty-nine years of involvement in the geotechnical and environmental fields. He works as Geotechnical Engineer for the Earth Sciences and Research Laboratory – U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), in Denver, Colorado. His experience at the USBR includes technical specialist oversight for geotechnical, environmental, earthwork control, and earthquake engineering site investigation activities. He is currently the chairman of the ASTM subcommittee D18.21 on Groundwater and Vadose Zone investigations. He has written numerous test standards and texts on geotechnical and environmental site characterization. Mr. Farrar also provides assistance to numerous government agencies in his areas of expertise.