Preparation of Courses and Seminars

• Preparation and presentation of in-house brown-bag presentations on various topics (on-going): quality assurance, design of constructed wetlands, bioenginering techniques for land reclamation, wetland plants.
   
• "Density of Emergent Macrophytes in Constructed Wetlands" (2000).  Presentation given at the Fifth Workshop on Constructed Wetlands for Water Quality Improvement, Arcata, CA.
   
• Instructor (1998-99), ENGR410 - Environmental Impact Assessment (Fall 1998 and Spring 1999), Humboldt State University, California.  3 units upper division (senior) class.
   
• Instructor (1999), ENGR 356 - Water Quality Analysis (Spring 1999), Humboldt State University, California.  3 units upper division class.
   
• Teaching assistant (1997-98) for Professors Robert A. Gearheart and Margaret M. Lang, Humboldt State University, California. ENGR350 - Introduction to Water Quality (Fall ’97 and Spring ’98), ENGR356 - Water Quality Analysis (Spring ’98), ENGR410 - Environmental Impact Assessment (Fall ’97), ENGR 451 - Water and Wastewater Treatment (Spring ’98), and ENGR 480 - Constructed Wetlands (Summer '98).
   
• Engineering of Geosynthetics Seminar (1993), Ecole de Technologie Supérieure (ETS), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM), Montréal, Québec. Preparation and presentation of a workshop for engineering students.
   
• Course on the Construction Quality Assurance of Geosynthetics (1992), Techmat inc., Jonquière, Québec. Preparation of an 8-hour in-house course for CQA inspectors.
   
• Quality Control of Geosynthetics Seminar (1992), Construction Technique J. Côté inc./Solmax Geosynthetics, Inc., Boucherville, Québec. Preparation and hosting of a 28-hour in-house course for quality control inspectors. Accredited by Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal, University of Montréal (worth 2.1 continuous education units [CEU] in engineering).
   
• Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Geosynthetics Seminar (1992), Laboratoires SAGEOS, Centre des Technologies Textiles, St-Hyacinthe, Québec. Preparation and presentation of an in-house course for laboratory technicians.
   
• Construction Quality Control and Quality Assurance of Geosynthetics Seminar (1992), Solmers Internationale, Boucherville, Québec. Preparation and presentation of an in-house course for engineers and technicians.
   
• Geomembranes Seminar (1992), Solmers Internationale, Boucherville, Québec. Preparation and presentation of an in-house course for engineers and technicians.