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Groundwater Hydrology Experience
My 1964 dissertation on flow through fractured
media, publication and teaching assignments in groundwater hydrology altered
my professional emphasis from geotechnical to geohydrological engineering,
fracture flow being focal to most of my consulting work thereafter. From
1968 to 1976, I pursued field research and consulting on the topic of
reservoir-induced seismicity, an application of hydrology and rock mechanics
for the prediction of crustal stress changes. Mining applications of fracture
flow occupied me from 1976 to 1982 as a full-time consultant on drainage
and stability of open pit slopes and in abatement of acid mine drainage.
Hydrologic problems of nuclear and solid waste disposal have been frequent
subjects of consulting work since 1985, together with mining hydrology
tasks.
Geological Engineer, Cerro de Pasco Corp., Peru (June 1957-December 1959)
| 1957 |
Designed and installed
a well system in river gravel, La Oroya, Peru |
| 1958 |
Study of seepage
losses, Yanacocha Lake, Cerro de Pasco, Peru |
| 1958 |
Canal loss study,
Alcacocha-Huicra Canal, Cerro de Pasco, Peru |
| 1958 |
Assessment of tunnel
inflows, Proposed Mantaro Bend Diversion, Dept. of Ayacucho, Peru |
| 1959 |
Sampling and permeability
testing of aquifer; seepage analysis, Los Leones Damsite, Rio Blanco,
Chile |
| 1959 |
Assessment of tunnel
inflows Rio Blanco Hydro Project, Chile |
Consultant, Woodward-Clyde-Sherard Assoc., Oakland,
California (March 1961-February 1964)
| 1960 |
Search for productive
domestic well sites on fractured graywackes, Alameda County, California |
| 1961 |
Seepage study,
Ano Nuevo Damsite, California |
| 1962 |
Groundwater supply
inventory for Amador County, California, supplies from volcanic
rocks and mine inflows |
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1962
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Well siting and
design for a new subdivision in Napa Valley, California |
Training, Research and Teaching Experience, University
of California, Berkeley (January 1960-January 1965)
| 1960 |
Completed graduate
course in groundwater hydrology, Prof. David K. Todd |
| 1961 |
Completed graduate
course on flow through porous media, Prof. Joe Putnam |
| 1961 |
Completed graduate
course in seepage through dams, Prof. Harry Seed |
| 1962 |
Completed graduate course in advanced geophysical
exploration, Prof. Stanley Ward |
| 1962 |
Taught graduate course in structural controls
to ore deposition for Prof. Herbert E. Hawkes |
| 1963 |
Taught graduate
course in advanced engineering geology |
| 1962-1964 |
Conducted research
on flow of water through fractured media, including computer-assisted
statistics, modeling, graphics; Prof. Irving Fatt, thesis supervisor;
Prof. Paul A. Witherspoon, committee. |
| 1965 |
Completed 8-week
NSF Postdoctoral Summer Conference "Hydrology", Princeton, NJ.;
Profs. Roger DeWiest, Jacob Bear, deJosselyn de Jong, Stanley
Davis, Gene Simpson, Chester Kisiel, et al. |
Research, Teaching, Direction of Thesis Programs
as Assistant, Associate Professor of Geology,
Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado (January 1965-June 1977)
| 1965-1976 |
Taught undergraduate
course, Groundwater Hydrology. |
| 1965-1976 |
Taught graduate
course, Advanced Groundwater Hydrology. |
| 1965-1966 |
Research on porosity
of fractured rocks, fracture aperture distribution, American Cyanamid
Co. grants, including computer analyses and graphics. |
| 1968-1970 |
Research on hydraulic
properties of fractured basement rocks, Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Well |
| 1969-1973 |
Research on reservoir-induced
seismicity, extended field studies of the hydrogeologic setting
of Lake Mead and Flathead Reservoir, USA; Kremasta and Kastraki
Res., Greece; Monteynard Res., France; Bileca Res., Yugoslavia;
Kariba Res., Rhodesia; Koyna Res., India; computer reservoir simulations,
theory development, Sponsored by U.S.G.S. |
| 1970-1971 |
Directed laboratory
work on elastic properties of fractures for input to theory of
hydraulic transient behavior. |
| 1966-1968 |
Directed thesis
on hydrogeology of Pikes Peak granite. |
| 1970-1971 |
Directed finite-element
thesis on transient hydraulics of unconfined valley aquifers,
stream depletions. |
| 1967-1968 |
Directed thesis on geophysical exploration
and seepage potential of Denver Basin dams. |
| 1971-1974 |
Assisted in direction of thesis on groundwater
hydrology of San Luis Valley, Colorado. |
| 1965-1972 |
Committee
member, 5 Ph.D. theses at University of California, Berkeley,
on hydraulics of fractured media; Dr. Paul A. Witherspoon. |
| 1968-1976 |
Attended and
presented papers at Penrose Conferences on Groundwater hydrology
and earthquake mechanisms. |
| 1969-1972 |
Member, Panel
on Earthquake Modification, National Academy of Sciences; developed
theory of seismic-hydraulic relations, for publication. |
Consultant to Industry, Mining Companies, Engineering
Firms, National Laboratories (1963 to present)
| 1963-1966 |
Consultant to
Mining Chemicals Div., American Cyanamid Co.; hydraulics of fractured
rocks, design of chemical grouting; Mr. Reuben Karol, Rutgers
Univeristy, Computer-assisted analysis of over 5,000 water injection
tests. |
| 1964-1971 |
Consultant to
Groundwater Dept., Hazleton-Nuclear Science Corp., Teledyne-Isotopes,
Inc., Palo Alto, California Digital simulation of flow of groundwater
and transport of contaminants in fractured basement rocks for
AEC safety analysis, NTS, Nevada; Drs. John V. A. Sharp, Paul
Fenske. |
| 1966-1969 |
Consultant to
Martin-Marietta Corp., geophysical and hydrologic investigation,
400 pumping tests in a carbonate aquifer in Michigan, for quarry
siting and seepage prediction; Mr. Karl Houser. Prediction of
quarry seepage, analysis of pumping test in marls at Lyons, Colorado;
Mr. Paul Conradson. |
| 1967-1969 |
Consultant to
American Cement Co., evaluation of drilling records in limestone,
Michigan, canvass of wells in 6-county area, identification of
quarry sites to minimize seepage; testimony to commissioners;
Mr. Cyril Jones. |
| 1972 |
Consultant to
Mobile Premix Co., conducted surveillance of drawdown around gravel
pit near Denver; Mr. Charles Eatchell. |
| 1972-1973 |
Consultant to
Sernco, Inc., contributed analysis of hydrological impacts, for
environmental impact statement of Powder River Basin coal mine,
Peabody Coal Co.; Mr. Wally Shirra. |
Consultant to Mile-High Deilmann Co., Denver,
Colorado
| 1968 |
Consultant on groundwater flows and freeze grouting
of foundation, St. Vrain Reactor |
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