Former Students

If you are a former student that is not listed below or you have changed positions, please send your current contact information with your permission to post to Teresa Culver and I will update this page. Otherwise this information if generally indicative of graduates' first post-graduaton positions.

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Doctoral Students

Olufemi Adaramola
Aysegul Aksoy
Amy Chan Hilton
Hong Dai
Yanbing Jia

Master's Students

E. Claiborne Ashby
Lewis Beardsley
Todd Boykin
Rob Buhrman
Andrew Earles
Ruth Figueroa
Alex Foraste
Troy Naperala
Kevin Nowack
Andrew Potts
Gary W. Shenk
Imtiaz A. Taher
Rajat Tikoo
Fred Youngblood
Bin Zhang

Bachelor's Students

Daniel Anderson
Ben Apfelbaum
Ashley Barker
Sarah Bahrman
Gary Belan
Gavin DiMasi
Patricia Edmonds
Cairn Ely
Jonah Jackson
Kaitlyn Kostelec
Brian Lee
Tim Liu
Adam Long
John Lydzinski
Maggie McInerney
Erica Michaels [Brown]
Michelle Mongin
Ryan Perkins
Daniel Scott
Jared Simsic
Kevin Smith
Hailu Thompson
J. Andrew Tachovsky
Ngoc Vu
Alden-John (A-J) Wangner
Todd Whitehead
Kristen Youcis

Olufemi Adaramola
International Graduate Fellow
Standard Chartered Bank
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ph.D. Dissertation: Optimal Design of Groundwater Remediation under Uncertainty, January 2008

Aysegul Aksoy
Assistant Professor
Department of Environmental Engineering
Middle East Technical University
06531 Ankara, Turkey
aaksoy@metu.edu.tr
Ph.D. Dissertation: Impact of kinetic sorption and heterogeneities on aquifer remediation design and costs, August 2000

Amy Chan Hilton
Associate Professor
Dept. of Civil Engineering
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
2525 Pottsdamer Str.
Tallahassee, FL 32310
850-410-6121
FAX 850-410-6142
abchan@eng.fsu.edu
Ph.D. Dissertation: Development of Genetic Algorithms for Groundwater Remediation, 2000

Hong Dai
Analyst
Capital Market Systems
PaineWebber, Inc.
1285 Avenues of the Americas
New York, New York, 10019-6028
Ph.D. Dissertation: Dynamic Optimal Control of Groundwater Remediation
with Heuristic Pumping Constraints and Optimized Treatment Capacity,1998

Yanbing Jia
Engineer III
St. Johns River Water Management District
Palatka, Florida
Ph.D. Dissertation: Robust Optimization for Total Maximum Daily Load Allocations, 2004

E. Claiborne Ashby
GIS Associate II
Michael Baker Jr., Inc.
3601 Eisenhower Ave, Suite 600
Alexandria, Virginia 22304
cashby@mbakercorp.com
M.E. 1999

Lewis Beardsley, P.E.
President
The Colonnade Group, LLC 1411 N. McKinley Road, Suite 101 Arlington, VA 22205
M.S. Thesis: The petroleum release-site corrective action decision process:
A comparison of traditional corrective action procedures with the recommendations of two newly developed decision tools, 1995

Todd Boykin
Project Engineer
R. Stuart Royer & Assoc.
1503 Santa Rosa Road, Suite 211
Richmond, VA 23229
M.E. 2000

Rob Buhrman
Analyst
Anderson Consulting
1666 K Street NW
Washington, DC 20006-2873
phone (202)862-3333
fax (202)785-4689
M.E. 1996

Andrew Earles
Water Resource Engineer
Wright Water Engineers, Inc.
Denver, Colorado
M.S. Thesis: Modeling the effects of rate limited mass transfer on in situ bioremediation, 1996

Ruth Figueroa
Research Environmental Analyst
Research Triangle Institute
Research Triangle Park, NC
(Telecommutes from Charlottesville, VA)
M.E. 1997

Alex Foraste
Civil Engineer
McKee Carson
Charlottesville, Virginia
M.S. Thesis: Assessing the Impact of Loading Rate Uncertainties on TMDL Allocations, 2006

Troy Naperala, P.E.
Senior Project Engineer
URS Corporation
Architects, Engineers, Planners, Scientists
10850 Traverse Highway, Suite 2205
Traverse City, Michigan 49686
Troy_Naperala@urscorp.com
M.S. Thesis: Evaluation of Nitrate Leaching from Agricultural Land in the Muddy Creek Watershed, 2000

Kevin Nowack
Environmental Engineer
Malcom Pirnie,Inc.
824 Market Street, Suite 710
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
302-658-1718
FAX 302-658-2068
knowack@pirnie.com
M.S. Thesis: An Analysis of Pulse Pumping and Bioremediation and the Effects of Rate Limited Sorption, 1999

Andrew Potts, P.E.
Water Resources Engineer
Cahill Associates Environmental Consultants
104 South High Street
West Chester, PA 19382
610-696-4150
M.S. Thesis: Effects of Hydrological Calibration on Water Quality and Watershed Management, 2000

Gary W. Shenk
Senior Modeling Specialist
Chesapeake Bay Program
Modeling Program
410 Severn Ave, Suite 109
Annapolis MD 21401
410-267-5745 or 800-YOUR-BAY
SHENK.GARY@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
M.S. Thesis: Incorporation of non-convex objective functions describing real costs
into a groundwater remediation and optimization algorithm, 1997

Imtiaz A. Taher
Water Resources Engineer
CDM
151 North Delaware Street
Indianapolis, IN 46204
317-637-5424
taheria@cdm.com
M.S. Thesis: Impact of Performance Uncertainty and Differential Costs on TMDL Allocations, 2007

Rajat Tikoo
Doctoral Student
Department of Computer Science
University of Virginia
M.S. Thesis: Artificial neural networks for streamflow prediction, 2003
M.S. Computer Science, 2005

Fred Youngblood
Test Engineer
Westinghouse Electric Corp.
1740 Golden Mile Highway
Monroeville, PA 15146
M.E. 1997

Bin Zhang
Engineer
Christopher Consultants, Ltd
Fairfax, Virginia
M.S. Optimal Groundwater Remediation and Reuse, 2004

Daniel Anderson
Assistant Staff Member
TRW, Inc.
Washington, D.C.
B.S. Thesis: Pulsed pumping and in situ bioremediation modeling, 1998

Ben Apfelbaum
Civil Engineer
Clark Construction Group, Inc.
Bethesda, Maryland
B.S. Thesis: Analysis of Nitrates in the Muddy Creek Watershed, 1999

Ashley Barker
Civil Engineer
Dewberry
Danville, Virginia
B.S. Thesis:The Downfall of Tobacco Farming in Halifax County: Hemp as an Alternative, 2005

Sarah Bahrman
Graduate Student
Environmental Engineering
University of Michigan
B.S. Thesis (Chemical Engineering): Risk Assessment for the Greenwood Chemical Site: A Model of Future Contamination Based on Contaminant Transport Principles, 2001

Gary Belan
Director, Healthy Waters Campaign
American Rivers
1101 14th St. NW Suite 1400
Washington, DC 20005
202-347-7750
gbelan@americanrivers.org
B.S. Thesis: Construction and Use of a Linear Programming Model for the Muddy Creek Watershed, 1999
M.S. Environmental Policy, American University

Gavin DiMasi
Analyst
Anderson Consulting
1666 K Street NW
Washington, D.C.
B.S. Thesis: Modeling the impact of microbial movement on surfactant enhanced in situ bioremediation, 1995

Patricia Edmonds
Industrial Engineer
NAVAIR
Patuxent River, Maryland
B.S. Thesis: Increasing the Recycling of Paper and Plastic to Improve Waste Management: Plans for Implementation of the Apparatus and Method for Distinguishing Paper Articles from Plastic Articles, 2005

Cairn Ely
Air Pollution Control Engineer
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
Hartford, CT
B.S. Thesis: Interruption period design within an in-situ bioremediation process, 1998

Jonah Jackson
Hydrologic Technician
United States Geological Survey
Reston, Virginia
B.S. Thesis: Quantifying water fluxes in the hyporheic zones beneath streams through analysis of sub-surface temperature profiles, 1999

Kristen Kostelec
Land Development Project Engineer
Collins Engineering
Charlottesville, Virginia
B.S. Thesis: Development of a Sustainable Trailway System in Old Trail Village, 2007

Brian Lee
Volunteer
Peace Corps
B.S. Thesis: Effect of Different Load Allocations in the Total Maximum Daily Load Program on Compliance Costs and Available Options for Effective Watershed Management, 2004

Tim Liu
LandMark Design Group
Virginia Beach, Virginia
timliu@alumni.virginia.edu
B.S. Thesis: An Analysis of Stormwater Management for the Route 29 Bypass, 2000

Adam Long
Land Development Project Engineer
Collins Engineering
Charlottesville, Virginia
B.S. Thesis: Implementing Low-Impact Development Practices in Storm Water Management Design, 2006

John Lydzinski
Graduate Student
Structural Engineering
University of Virginia
B.S. Thesis: Beach Erosion at Cape May Point, New Jersey: Case Study and Reclamation Plan, 2004

Maggie McInerney
Energy Practice Consultant
Navigant Consulting,Inc.
Washington, DC
B.S. Thesis: Feasibility Study of River Electricity Generators: An Application to the James River at Scottsville, Virginia, 2006

Erica Michaels [Brown]
Director, Regulatory Affairs
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies
1620 I St. NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20006
202-331-2820
B.S. Thesis: Comparison of the feasibility between aerobic and anaerobic bioremediation of contaminated groundwater,1995

Michelle Mongin
B.S. Thesis: Cleanup of the Ivy Landfill: Analysis of Enhanced and Intrinsic Bioremediation and Alternate Methods, 2005

Ryan Perkins
Site Engineer
Kimley-Horn
Richmond, Virginia
B.S. Thesis: Adequacy of the Flood Prevention System and Stormwater Management Techniques in the Shockoe Bottom District of Richmond, 2005

Daniel Scott
Water Sanitation Volunteer
U.S. Peace Corps
PCT Daniel Scott
Cuerpo de Paz
Casilla #1603
Cochabamba, Bolivia
South America
AIR MAIL
B.S. 2000

Lt. Jared Simsic
United States Navy
Operational Test Director for Commander Operational Test and Evaluation Force
simsic@cotf.navy.mil
B.S. Thesis: Synthetic streamflow modeling through the use of the Maintenance of Variance Extension (MOVE), 2001

Kevin Smith
Graduate Student
Environmental Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
B.S. Thesis: Deep Soil Treatment of the Greenwood Chemical Company Superfund Site, 2001

Hailu Thompson
Analyst
Anderson Consulting
1666 K Street NW
Washington, D.C.
B.S. Thesis: Groundwater optimization using genetic algorithms for remediation of contaminants, 1998

J. Andrew Tachovsky
Health Scientist
ChemRisk
3420 Executive Center Dr., Suite 114
Austin, TX
512-338-9000
ATachovsky@chemrisk.com
B.S. Thesis: Sorption kinetics of surfactant enhanced, in-situ groundwater bioremediation, 1995

Ngoc Vu
Analyst
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Newport News, Virginia
B.S. Thesis: Implementation of a TMDL Program to the Moore's Creek Watershed, 2005

A.J. Wangner
Environmental Engineer
RASCO, Inc.
1635-2 Woodside Drive
Woodbridge, VA 22191-3045
703-643-2952; FAX 703-497-2905
RASCO2@aol.com
B.S. Thesis: Concentration Gradient: Modeling the impact of surfactants on the sorption kinetics of an in situ bioremediation system at Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, 1995

Todd Whitehead
Graduate Student
Environmental Engineering
University of North Carolina
B.S. Thesis: Stormwater Control: Nutrient Removal with Rain Gardens, 2005

Kristen Youcis
Engineer
Speath Engineering
Fort Myers, Florida
B.S. Thesis: UVa Waste Management, 2007

Last updated June24, 2008