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I was promoted to Professor at Columbus
State Community College in June 2007, and graduated with a Ph.D. in Geological
Sciences from Ohio State University in December 2007. I reside in Johnstown,
Ohio with my wife Suzie, and three children.
Rick Bieber and I were married in August of 2000. With the birth of our twins, Jonathan and Quinn (7/28/04), came the decision to leave the consulting world and start a new career in education. I'm currently teaching high school physics and chemistry in Western Washington. (Posted 1/06)
After completing my M.S., I moved to San Diego to work at Malin Space Science Systems. I began targeting the Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) that was onboard the Mars Global Surveyor (MGS) until that spacecraft went silent in November 2006. I then worked with fellow UB Geology alumnus Jennifer Lougen to target the Context Camera (CTX) on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO). Working at MSSS helped me to realize that I am a teacher (and an east coaster) at heart, and I recently returned back to upstate NY to begin working on my teacher certification in high school Earth Science. I have been very lucky. My wonderful (and wonderfully understanding!) boyfriend, Bill Stelmack (another UB Geology alumnus) has come with me to the west coast and back, along with our dog, Jade. I have been incredibly lucky to have such wonderful support from him and we are both looking forward to things to come. (Posted 8/07)
Relocated back to WNY in summer 2007
after 2 years in Syracuse for grad school & employment.
For the past four and a half years I have been working for the U.S. Geological Survey in Woods Hole, Massachusetts as the curator of marine samples, writing and implementing archival policy as well as managing the collections. I am also a member of the USGS Methane Hydrates Research Group (kind of like Clive Custler’s Fire and Ice, but not as exciting). This project sent me into the Gulf of Mexico spring of '05 aboard the SSV Uncle John as chief curator for the Gulf of Mexico Joint Industry Program. I’ve also been active in the Marine Aggregates & Benthic Habitats program; working on a database called dbSEABED, and published a data release (USGS DS 146) detailing sediment texture and characteristics for the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean. You can check it out at http://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/2006/146/. I am a member of the Cape Cod Marathon committee, and this was the third year I’ve been director of the marathon’s finish line. I still run (occasionally, and nowhere near 26.2 miles), and fence in my spare time. (Posted 12/06)
I joined Severn Trent Labs, an environmental testing lab, in 2002 starting off as an Organic Preparation Technician and was recently promoted to GC/MS Analyst. I reside in Niagara Falls with my husband and 2 year old daughter. (Posted 10/05)
After working nearly twenty years in the consulting business as a geologist and health and safety consultant, I made my last career switch 4 years ago. I now teach 9th graders at a local junior high and I love it. I write and sing songs for class (Continental Drift- "Breaking Up is Hard to Do", Wind erosion - "Dust in the Wind"), and am having the best time of my life. With my wife Susan and daughter Sarah (sophomore in college), we live in Syracuse. (Posted 1/08)
I was recently in Buffalo (Xmas 2007) and got to drive by the campus/department. All I can say is WOW! Quite a change from the old days at the Ridge Lea Campus, waiting on those cold nights for the single bus to come by...that was never fun. Great to see and hear from (or at least read about) Dr. Mitchell after all these years. A discussion we had over lunch on a field trip in our Geology 101 class (circa 1986) is what got me hooked on Geology, so he'll always be remembered by me for that. It was really nice to hear how the department has grown in the past 15 years or so. As for updates, I just finished my 11th year at CH2M HILL in Tempe, Arizona as a senior hydrogeologist. In addition to my crazy work load, I was recently appointed to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's Underground Storage Tank Technical Appeals Panel by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. This panel helps resolve technical appeals related to releases and remediation of regulated substances from underground storage tanks. The appointment is for a minimum of 2 years. (Posted 1/08)
Since receiving my MS in Oceanography at Old Dominion University in 1988, I have been working in the environmental consulting field specializing in aquatic geochemistry and engineering geology. Earlier this year, I formed my own company (again) working on a variety of environmental cleanup projects for municipal and industrial clients. I have been married for nearly 21 years with 2 children, the youngest is completing her senior year of high school. I enjoy boating, hiking, and horseback riding; all available near my home in beautiful Bellingham, Washington. It would be great to hear from some of my old classmates at UB Geology. (Posted 1/08)
I have been semi-retired for the past two years, worked on a few major pipleline projects. I am writing a chapter for a text on the geology and vernal pools with U. Maine and have begun a text on the geology and hydrology of Massachusetts wetlands. I am a member of my town's Conservation Commission. We visited southern Africa last year. Hunting and fishing still take up a lot my time. My oldest daughter has began a PhD program in Biology at the Univ. of Chicago. My son will be teaching English in China this summer. My youngest daughter is a Junior at U. Mass-Amherst, a Classics/Latin major. We visited Dick Chalcraft (BA '65, MS '67) in Ft. Collins after more than 30 years. We spend a lot of time at our cabin in Maine. (Posted 6/06)
Since spring of 2006, I've been working for Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Office of Geological Survey (OGS) as a permit reviewer, issuing permits to drill oil & gas wells. I've also been working on some GIS projects. Prior to that, I worked for 5 1/2 years as a contract employee with MPS Group, in several of General Motors' Lansing, MI plants, managing waste and implementing recycling programs. I enjoyed taking a few sign language interpreter classes at Lansing Community College, but I've since decided to stick with Geology. I own a beautiful house built in 1920 and I enjoy my 1-mile walk to & from work everyday. I'm still running 5K races (not fast, but finishing, at least!), and I enjoy making quilts. I'm not married and I don't have any children, although I hope to have a family of my own someday. Lastly, I've been recently elected Secretary of Michigan Basin Geological Society. (Posted 07/07)
I'm still working at the Vermont Geological Survey. I've been in Vermont since I left UB in 1996. I'm currently working on projects involving bedrock geologic mapping, naturally-occurring radioactivity in ground water, nitrate contamination of bedrock aquifers, and rock slide mitigation. I still ride my bike, hike, and ski a lot.
I retired in 2003. I spend my time fishing, hunting, canoeing and making maple syrup. Also, repairing my old farm house. I am a volunteer firefighter and treasurer for the Hellenville Fire Rescue District in Wisconsin.
Since I left UB, I moved to New York City and started working for an environmental consulting firm, then after a couple of years I got hired by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, New York City Regional Office. I worked in the Superfund program and, up until last November, I was managing the Hudson River PCBs site. In November 2004 I accepted a great offer to work in EPA's regional office in Chicago . So now I live in the mid-west with my wife, 3 boys, dog, minivan, and station wagon. A 4 year old and identical twin 1 year old boys. Needless to say, they keep me really busy. (Posted 1/06)
Having taught at Buffalo State as adjunct
for the last 3 years, I am now full-time there. I am excited about my hybrid
faculty/staff position: I teach various courses of Geology, such as Intro, Geological
Hazards, Labs, I am looking foward to leading a field trip out West (called:
"WIld,Wild West Geology" ...hahahaha- seriously!) in the summer of
2007. I will be greatly using my UB-acquired knowledge about Arizona, Utah,
Nevada, and California, taught and introduced to me by Dr. Bursik. I also get
to spiff-up and modernize equipment, stock, classrooms, computer labs, exhibits
and departmental spaces among many othr duties, of course. All in all, I am
exited and happy about the job and life. Having a wonderful husband and son
does help, --admittedly--. For those who do not know, Jorge and I welcomed Marcelino
in February of 2005. The little one already likes to figure out if its clay
or silt, if you know what I mean.... (Posted 11/06)
Hello All - Well since graduating from UB I started working in the environmental consulting biz and look forward to retiring in about 30 years... It has been a fun ride...Out of school I joined a small environmental consulting firm, from there I joined Environmental Resources Management (ERM) where I have worked for the last 7 years on Long Island, New York. Two months ago we moved to the Pacific NW where we currently reside in Seattle, Washington and still employed by ERM. Marie (fiance'e) and I are enjoying lots of never ending house work and yard work but hope to explore the vast NW soon. Feel free to drop me a line...I would love to hear from the old gang. (Posted 6/06)
After graduating from UB..I moved up to Canada to start my career in Environmental Consulting (Dames and Moore, XCG, and MGI Env. Ltd), however, the call to go West came in 97 when I packed up the family and moved to Seattle. I started working for Woodward-Clyde in June of 1997 and have been there ever since (they were acquired by URS Corp in the early 2000's). Currently live in Olympia ,WA and spend my time with my two boys (Matt - 11 , Ben -10) and manage to spend the rest of my time working at my auto shop (Porsche 928 only) that I started with a good friend back in 2001. I am amazed at how many UB grads work for URS. I'm happy to see some names I recognize in the Epoch...fellow grads...Lisa Zimmerman, Bill Frederick, Alison Lagowski, Gerry Smith, Andy Klimek, where's Beaker?????(Mike Beikirch), Zorba .plus others I'm forgetting...feel free to drop me a line at the email listed above. (Posted 10/06)
Robin and I have three daughters, Sarah, Annie and Hannah. Sarah is a Junior at Boston College but is doing a semester abroad at University of Cape town, Annie is a Sophomore at Univ of Arizona and Hannah is a Freshman at Travis High School here in Richmond, TX, a western suburb of Houston. We just returned from a wonderful visit with Sarah in South Africa. I was in the Oil business for 25 years with Tenneco and Amoco and we lived abroad for some of that time. A year in The Philippines and five years in Burmah(now Myanmar). We still really enjoy our travel experiences and are always up for a new adventure. Eight years
ago we bought into Envirotest and we have since grown the company to four offices
with about 80 employees. We do a broad range of environmental consulting and
choose to work for sophisticated clients who want the right answer. We work
mostly regionally in the SW but serve some national clients as well. We have
recently taken on jobs in Angola and Scotland.
I've worked as a geologist/hydrogeologist at CRA since August 2001. I was married in September 2002, and my husband and I had our first child, a daughter, Evelyn Josephine, on July 21, 2005. I'm on the board of the Buffalo Association of Professional Geologists, and encourage all UB students, staff, and alumni to join this worthwhile organization. ( Posted: 10/05)
Since graduating from UB, Tami has pursued her geologic career in the environmental industry. She worked at Blasland, Bouck, and Lee in Syracuse , NY from 1997 through 2001, and since that time she has worked at Earth Tech in Amherst , NY . In 2002, Tami married John Raby (a UB geology graduate, BA 1996, also currently working as a geologist in the environmental industry at CRA in Niagara Falls , NY ). John and Tami currently reside in North Tonawanda (a Buffalo suburb) with their one year old daughter, Madison who was named after the Madison River where John and Tami honeymooned. As a family, the Rabys enjoy camping, hiking, and flyfishing in their spare time. (Posted 1/06)
I'm pleased to announce that I've secured employment shortly after returning home from Nevada . I'm working for a nationwide engineering firm called Gannett Fleming Inc and am in the midst of my third week of employment. I'm working as a staff geologist as a member of the environmental group that primarily focuses on consulting. I'm happy to say that the job is going well. Here's a link to the companies wesbite and feel free to email me if there are any questions. www.gannettfleming.com (Posted 1/06)
I have a new job managing environmental projects for the City of Phoenix (COP). (Posted 3/08)
Presently I'm working for a environmental consulting company, which is......interesting.
The consulting business (from my experience) is very exciting, in both good
and bad ways. In three years I've seen/experienced/learned more than I ever
imagined (again both good and bad). I'm constantly learning and reaching into
new areas of geology. In many ways, it's like the week prior to a thesis defense,
or a week of hard exams. Very exciting. I'm interested to hear from my fellow alumni, so I hope some of you slackers write in or write me an email and let me know how you are.... (Posted 1/06)
Currently a Rotator/Program Director in the Ocean Sciences Division of the National Science Foundation in charge of Paleoceanography research. (Posted 3/08)
My time at the University at Buffalo not only provided me with the education I needed to succeed as a professional geologist, but also blessed me with the love of my life, fellow alumnus, Sarah Rose Black. In 2006 we moved to San Diego, California to pursue careers in our respective fields. During my short time there I was employed by Hargis & Associates, a relatively small environmental consulting firm that specialized in the remediation of organic solvents from hazardous waste sites. Having experienced the West Coast way of life, we decided to relocate back to NYS so that Sarah could pursue her real interest, teaching High School Earth Science. Currently, Sarah and I live in Hudson Falls, NY and I recently accepted a position at Alpha Geoscience as a Staff Hydrogeologist. (Posted 8/07)
Married with 2 boys, Kieran and Daniel. Traveled internationally to Hong Kong, China, Europe, England and Ireland. 13+ years at the Port Authority Environmental Engineering Design Division performing asbestos and lead abatement design, soil and groundwater investigations/remediation design, soil disposal, underground storage tank removal, obtain various types of permits including landfill disruption, wetlands, Army Corp., water front development, water quality and soil erosion control and sediment control. Prepare contract documents and design drawings for various Port Authority facilities in New York & New Jersey. (Posted 3/08)
After graduating from UB with a Bachelor and Master degree in geology, I started work with a small consulting firm prospecting for oil and gas in and around New York State . For the past seven years (and presently), I work as a geologist in the environmental field with Earth Tech out of the Buffalo office. In 2001 I married Amy Hattler, a consultant in the Sweet Home school district, and built a home in Lancaster , New York . We have two beautiful and healthy children, Colton (born 10-2-04) and Carly (born 3-25-05). Since graduating from UB I have been very active in several professional organizations and rock and mineral clubs. In my spare time, my family and I are very busy gardening, fishing, canoeing, hiking, and collecting rocks and minerals. Presently, my main hobby centers on the collection and study of luminescent minerals. Over the past several years I have lectured to several schools and various clubs and professional societies on mineral luminescence (…please contact me if you are interested in mineral luminescence!). Posted 01//06.
Employed by ExxonMobil in Houston, TX since 2004 as a Geologist. Recently married to Darlene McEwan/Zybala on June, 24 2006 in Buffalo, NY. Posted 07/06.
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