Author Archives: jchamness10

Last week was our last lecture for the fall semester and it ended with a bang. I am pretty confident that the class’ consensus was that Alan Benevides was the most informative, interesting, and rewarding lecture we had all semester. … Continue reading →

       Last week’s talk was conducted by James Skrabak who is a Corporate Health and Safety Manager for CDM Smith. What was interesting about this talk is that he was originally a chemist but now works in a field that … Continue reading →

          When I arrived at the Poetry Center in the Sawyer Library I knew this talk was going to be very informative and important for the students due to the location and the increase in attendance. What I did not … Continue reading →

            Usually the class is held on the fourth floor in the Archer Building, but on Election Day, we had the chance to take a tour at a local federal building that is used by the EPA and the Federal … Continue reading →

            Jay Wetherbee works for Veolia Water, which provides wastewater services for public authorities and industrial companies. Mr. Wetherbee is the assistant project manager at the Smithfield Wastewater Treatment Plant. He was initially at school studying a degree in business, … Continue reading →

       Last week’s guest speaker was Stephan Parker, who works for TETRA TECH, and primarily deals with environmental restoration for the U.S. Navy. I found the restoration part of the discussion very interesting and packed with information, but I will … Continue reading →

            On October 3rd, the guest speaker who talked to our class was Erin Margolius, who is a project manager at CDM Smith. Her talk was focused on the process of designing and building a project and the differences between … Continue reading →

    For the second lecture of our class, we had our water and wastewater systems professor, Mark Johnson, as our guest speaker. Instead of talking about his company that he works for and what it takes to be an environmental … Continue reading →

Last week I had the opportunity to listen to Dr. Vicens’ lecture that attained information on his company, the different jobs and fields that exist in his company, and how undergraduates can properly be prepared to be qualified in the … Continue reading →