Dong Ding — groundwater and aqueous geochemistry modeling. Mr. Ding has 6 years of experience in groundwater and geochemical modeling, especially related to regional water balance, contaminant transport, evaluation of remedial alternatives, water chemistry evolution, and water/rock interaction. His expertise includes analyses of geologic, hydrologic, and geochemical data using various methods and development of hydrogeologic conceptual models, as well as numerical modeling and calibration. Mr. Ding also has extensive experience with graphic design using Arc GIS, Auto CAD, and other software. He is a registered Engineer-in-training in Colorado and a registered Geologist-in-training in Wyoming.
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Jason Dinh — groundwater, vadose zone, chemical transport modeling. Mr. Dinh is a recent graduate of the Colorado School of Mines Master’s program in Hydrology. His research and thesis involved the investigation of vadose zone and groundwater processes. Mr. Dinh has experience in hydrogeologic investigations, soil and groundwater remediation, and construction-related projects. He also has experience in the use of a variety of groundwater, vadose zone and chemical transport codes.
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Rowan Gaffney — geologic/hydrogeologic field investigations, surface hydrology, geophysics. Mr. Gaffney is a recent graduate of the College of Engineering at Cornell University, where he majored in the Science of Earth Systems (Geology). Mr. Gaffney has experience conducting field work ranging from geologic mapping to seeps and springs sampling. He also has worked on projects ranging from geochemical pit-lake modeling, to mine-permitting assistance to lake water balances. He is a registered Engineer in Training (EIT).
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Edward Greiner — analytical chemistry, geochemical characterization and modeling. Mr. Greiner recently earned his Masters in Geochemistry (Geoscience). His experience includes development and customization of analytical methods to solve specific geochemical problems and thermodynamic modeling of geologic systems, with an emphasis on surface reactions. Mr. Greiner works on a variety of mining-related projects, including modeling of solution-mining, waste rock characterization, pit lake and infiltration studies.
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Braden Hanna — environmental and mining geochemistry, geochemical characterization, geochemical modeling, environmental visualization. Mr. Hanna has 9 years of experience in environmental applications of geochemistry. His areas of expertise include geochemical characterization and modeling of pit lakes, waste rock, tailings and water management facilities, development of numerical models to evaluate oxidation, pit lake and waste rock chemistry, contaminant degradation and contaminant distribution, and 3-dimensional analysis and visualization of complex environmental systems for litigation, cost allocation, and regulatory purposes.
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Sandra Hodge — ground-water flow, transport modeling. Ms. Hodge has 20 years of experience in groundwater hydrology. Her expertise includes development of conceptual hydrogeologic models, and construction and calibration of numerical groundwater-flow models. Ms. Hodge’s modeling experience has included simulation of large-scale mine dewatering and its regional hydrologic impacts, and contaminant transport from manufacturing sites. She has Professional Registration as a Nevada Environmental Manager.
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Muhammad Islam — groundwater flow, transport modeling. Mr. Islam has 14 years of experience in groundwater hydrology. His expertise includes development of conceptual hydrogeologic models, and construction and calibration of numerical groundwater-flow and transport models. Mr. Islam has developed numerous flow and transport models for municipal wellhead protection plans, mine and quarry dewatering, water budget estimation, seepage characterization, contaminant plume movement, threat assessment, capture zone delineation, and seawater intrusion. Mr. Islam has extensive professional experience working in North America, Bangladesh, the Middle East, and the Netherlands. He is a registered professional engineer in Ontario, Canada.
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Houmao Liu — ground-water and contaminant hydrology, geochemistry, software development. Dr. Liu has 20 years of experience in mining and environmental hydrology, geochemistry and development implementation of numerical models. His area of expertise is in applying multidisciplinary knowledge of engineering, hydrology and geochemistry in solving various problems. Dr. Liu is also a Sun Micro Certified Java programmer with extensive experience in the development of software, Internet applications, and databases. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado.
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Jason Rose — hydrogeologic field investigations, mining hydrology, and groundwater modeling. Mr. Rose has more than 15 years experience in mining hydrology. His areas of expertise include design and implementation of baseline hydrology studies, permitting and short- and long-term aquifer testing. He designed and installed mine dewatering wells, injections wells and monitoring wells. Mr. Rose also performed numerical groundwater flow and transport modeling for mining, oil,gas and other industrial sites. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Colorado, Wyoming and Nevada.
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Basak Sener Kaya — numerical modeling, vadose zone, soil characterization, geographic information systems. Dr. Şener Kaya is a recent graduate of the Colorado School of Mines doctorate program in Engineering (Civil Specialty). Her research and thesis involved the hydro-mechanical analysis of rainfall-induced landslides. Her expertise includes numerical modeling of groundwater flow, and mechanics and hydrology of slopes. She also has experience in unsaturated soil mechanics, soil characterization, natural hazard and risk assessment, and geographic information systems.
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Robert Sterrett — ground-water flow, transport, and flow and transport in the vadose zone, analysis of LNAPL mobility, Office Director. Dr. Sterrett has over 25 years of experience in the areas of ground-water and contaminant transport analysis, and soil and ground-water remediation. His expertise includes analysis of the fate and transport of chemicals in the vadose zone and ground water, and the design and analysis of soil and ground-water remediation systems. Dr. Sterrett also has undertaken the analysis of mine and construction dewatering systems.
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Daniel Stone — mining hydrology, ground-water flow and transport modeling, geophysics, glaciology. Dr. Stone has 21 years of experience in hydrogeological, geophysical and glaciological consulting and research. His areas of expertise include mine water-control systems, conceptualization and water-budget analysis of hydrological systems, numerical modeling of ground-water flow and contaminant fate and transport, water resource studies for environmental impact analyses, geophysical surveys, and applied glaciology.
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Jeffrey Wright — resource development, mine dewatering, ground-water remediation. Mr. Wright has 29 years of experience in hydrogeologic investigations, water resource development and ground-water remediation. He has worked extensively on ground-water investigations involving mine closures and environmental compliance. Mr. Wright has designed and installed large dewatering wells, conducted and analyzed various types of aquifer tests, and conducted borehole geophysical logging programs.
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Jianwei Xiang — numerical modeling, software development. Dr. Xiang has a broad background in the hydrogeology field. He has extensive experience in numerical modeling of groundwater system and related code development. Dr. Xiang has worked on coal mine dewatering systems, power-plant water supply, and modeling groundwater/surface-water interactions.
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