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 | Noboru Noboru
is a Ph.D student in Civil Engineering at the University of Alabama. He received
a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama, 2006. Prior to study
in the U.S., Noboru worked for the construction and design of hydraulic facilities
which is including hydraulic gates for dams and penstocks, trash-removers, and
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Hunter Hyche Hunter is originally from Centre, Al. Hunter completed his BS degree in Civil Engineering in May ’05 from the University of Alabama. He will be completing his MS in Environmental Engineering with a concentration in water resources in May ‘07. He is working with Dr. Pitt on an EPA funded project in conjunction with the Center for Watershed Protection focusing on the expansion of the National Stormwater Quality Database. The NSQD ver. 3 will be the basis for his thesis work, and he was also involved in the Hydro-International Up-flow filter project.
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 | Renee E. Morquecho Renee currently supervises the Engineering Department for the Indian Wells Valley Water District in Ridgecrest, California. Dr. Morquecho received her Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Alabama in August 2005. Her dissertation under Dr. Robert Pitt involved sequential extraction and analysis of the filterable portion of stormwater heavy metals using ion exchange and Anodic Stripping Voltammetry. In addition, Renee was involved with gathering data for the National Stormwater Quality Database and updating the Inappropriate Discharge, Detection and Elimination manual. Dr. Morquecho received her Bachelor's in Biology from the University of Puget Sound (Tacoma, WA) and Master of Science degrees in Public Health (1996) and in Civil Engineering (2001) from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
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| Alex Maestre Alex is currently working for GeoSyntec Consultants as a Senior Staff Engineer in Atlanta, Georgia. He received his doctorate degree in Environmental Engineering and a Master degree in Applied Statistics in May 2005 at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa. His dissertation under Dr. Robert Pitt covered research on stormwater constituents using the NPDES phase I stormwater permits. As a graduate student, he assisted in several projects including the development of the updated Inappropriate Discharge Detection and Elimination (IDDE) manual. Dr. Maestre received a Master's degree in water resources at the University of Los Andes (Bogotá, Colombia) under Dr. Mario Diaz-Granados. His master's research was focused on hydrologic balances in lakes and wetland systems using GIS.
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 | Uday Khambhammettu Uday Khambhammettu, originally from Hyderabad, India has obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) from Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU), Mysore, India in the year 2002. In year 2003 he joined Dr. Robert Pitt's research group as a graduate research assistant. Initially he worked as a team member of the teams evaluating inappropriate discharges and grass swales performance. He then took up the project "Field verification of upflow filtration for treating stormwater" which is an US EPA Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II project under the guidance and supervision of Dr. Robert Pitt. While pursuing this project he has been an intern with US Infrastructure Inc, Birmingham, AL and Hydro International, Portland, Maine. After successfully completing the project and publishing various papers on the results of Upflow filtration performance, he graduated in year 2006 with Master of Science in Engineering ( M.S.E.) degree. Presently he is working as design engineer for Metcalf & Eddy|AECOM in their San Diego, CA office. In his spare time Uday likes to hike, read, listen to music, photograph and star gaze. He also enjoys traveling and dreams of touring the whole world atleast once in his life time Email : Uday.Khambhammettu@m-e.aecom.com
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Summandeep Shergill Sumandeep Singh Shergill graduated with Master's degree in Environmental Engineering.ng my masters in Environmental Engineering. As a graduate student his main research work was on characterization of sources of bacteria in stormwater. Shergill is basically from India where he received his bachelors in Civil Engineering from RECJ. |
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Veerabhadra graduated with Master of Science in Environmental Engineeirng. He is currently working as Stormwater Engineer with the Public Works Department of the City of Port Orange,Florida. As a part of his job, Veerabhadra deals with review of plans and proposals submitted to the City in conjunction with permit applications to the City and thereby assessing their impact on the existing stormwater conveyance system of the City. Monitoring the City's Stormwater Master Plan and administering the stormwater regulatory programs for the City such as the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) of the EPA and the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and Community Rating System (CRS) of the FEMA. Identifying solutions to drainage and flooding problems and coordinating these solutions with Public Works Personnel. Designing Infrastructure Projects for the Public Works Department as a part of the Capital Improvement Program.
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Soumya graduated with Masters of Science
in environmental Engineering. Currently Soumya working as an Environmental Engineer
for Burnside Consulting, Hyderabad, India. As a part of her job, she delt with
the projects related to the design of solidwaste landfills, stormwater systems
design for real estate projects etc.
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Yukio Nara graduated with Masters of Science in Environmental Engineering. As a graduate research assistant Nara has worked on inappropriate discharges to storm drain structures, involving collection of samples and laboratory analysis, and analyzing the performance of Grass Swales as a stormwater treatment technique. Nara has received his Bachelor degree from University of Alabama in 2002.
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