Water Resources: Support a wide range of clients with water rights and water resources such as changed water rights, water rights management and accounting, well permitting, well rehabilitation, and aquifer analysis. Develop GIS maps for multiple types of analyses and applications. Field work including groundwater monitoring, aquifer tests, streamflow monitoring, and well rehabilitation.Environmental: Receive BLM Carlsbad Field Office Special Status Plant Species Training and conduct 192+ hours of biological field surveys for Scheer's Beehive Cacti, Whight's Water Willows, other special status native plants, and Burrowing Owls and raptors, develop GIS maps for BLM NEPA reports, develop GIS maps for DRMS compliance including wildlife and noise-level impacts

Worked with Wyoming Abandoned Mine Lands to remediate undermined infrastructure in Rock Springs, WY.Conducted drilling and grouting field investigations including: geophysical log interpretation, logging cuttings, quality control tests, onsite construction observations, data entry, and pay sheet reportsAnalyzed minerals and geophysical logs for uranium exploration, recorded hole locations using Trimble GPS systems

Overall Topic: Application of Engineered Passive Treatment Systems to Impaired Water SuppliesSub-Research Topics: engineered wetlands, microbiology, sustainable systems developmentExperiments Included: Unit Process Open Water Wetlands at Altitude, Rehydration of Desiccated Biological Mat following a Disruption Event. Assisted with the following experiments: Impact of Nitrate on Trace Organic Compounds (TrOCs) in a Lignocellulose-based Bioreactor, Impact of Sulfate on Nitrate Attenuation in Lignocellulose-based Bioreactors, and Impact of Nitrate on Metals Immobilization in Lignocellulose-based Bioreactors.Key Responsibilities: Prepare standards and influent for biological systems and analysis as needed; conduct nitrite, sulfate, and ammonia assays on effluent of Lignocellulose-based Bioreactors; assist with maintenance and design of experiments; perform various tasks to assist PhD student as needed

Sales: Participated in sales projection and commitment meetings, shadowed sale representatives and interacted with customers, visited customer job sites and learned how to create valuable relationships Quality Control: Learned how to run and analyze tests to determine the quality of aggregates and asphaltOperations: Experienced Hot Mix Asphalt, Aggregate, and Concrete plants and learned how they operate, the differences between the products as well as how each product is used by the customers