• Managed all drafting requests to prepare borehole log reports, test pit log reports, and lab testing graph reports in English and French for the whole company (geotechnical, environmental, hydrogeology, and material testing divisions);• Developed and modified the templates of borehole log reports and lab testing graph reports upon requests to better present the information of samples collected, as well as the stratigraphies, geotechnical parameters, and environmental parameters of subsurface soil and rock layers at various sites.

• Project Management: drafted proposals and fee estimates, corresponded with clients, collaborated with colleagues, scheduled meeting and site visits, planned work implementations, drafted investigation reports, summary reports, and impact assessment reports, assured work quality, responded to the city comments;Geotechnical Investigation and Consultancy: performed desk studies and conducted geotechnical investigations to study the stratigraphy and geotechnical parameters of subsurface soil and rock layers, and provided recommendations for foundation design and site formation;• Noise and Vibration Impact Assessment: assessed the impacts of transportation noise (roadway, railway, and aircraft), ground-borne noise and vibration (railway), and stationary noise (rooftop mechanical equipment, aggregate extraction operations at pits and quarries) towards proposed dwellings and neighboring residential areas, and provided acoustic attenuation recommendations (includes setback distances, earth berms, building materials, building orientations, acoustic barriers and fences, warning clauses);• Sound and Vibration Monitoring: determined monitoring locations, prepared equipment for monitoring, installed monitoring equipment on site, monitored the vibration levels induced by construction works and blasting operations, and monitored the sound levels at new developed dwellings for acoustic conformance reviews;• Mineral Resource Impact Assessment: assessed the noise, traffic, dust, vibration, groundwater and visual impacts induced by sand and gravel pits and/or bedrock quarries towards proposed dwellings;• Occupational Health and Safety: addressed potential occupational hazards for the field workers and laboratory workers, and provided recommendations to minimize the adverse effects towards these workers.Projects involved were mostly in Ottawa, but I also worked for projects in Gatineau-QC, Kingston, Almonte, Brockville, Carp, Moose Creek, Navan, and Prescott.

• Studied the semipermeability of Pierre Shale at Southern Saskatchewan through the direct measurements of osmotic pressure and osmotic efficiency, and the back analyses of solute transport model;• Designed a laboratory apparatus system to monitor the osmotic pressure induced by the concentration gradient across the shale sample;• Conducted a series of chemical analyses (atomic absorption spectrometry test, atomic emission spectrometry test, ion chromatography test and alkalinity test) to collect data related to the major cation and anion concentrations of synthetic fluids and collected fluid samples;• Constructed the solute transport model based on the results from chemical analyses, consisting the change of solute mass stored within shale sample due to solute inflow and solute outflow, the diffusion coefficients, the partitioning of solutes within sample, and the cation exchange within sample.

CE318 : Applied Engineering Mathematics

CE318 : Applied Engineering Mathematics

CE468 : Environmental Geotechnics

Extensively contributed in geotechnical investigations for the land reclamation, tunnelling, and site formation projects• Developed geological model by identifying soil and rock layers;• Developed geotechnical models to collaborate borehole logs, CPT records, field test results and lab test results, and to characterize the geotechnical soil and rock properties;• Planned for special precautions during construction stage by identifying major weak zones that require site improvement works;• Assigned geotechnical instrumentations to monitor ground settlement, tilting, vibration, and groundwater level around site areas;• Assured the qualities of civil construction works by monitoring daily work progress and site safety, assessing potential difficulties at sites; and solved problems with cost-effective and time efficiency methods.

• Sampled groundwater and measured water table level biweekly;• Installed pump and treat system to treat contaminated groundwater;• Assayed chemical proportions of ethanol, hydrocarbons, MTBE in water and soil samples.

• Worked on: Project to locate a suitable geological site in Chalk River for storing nuclear waste.Field Work (At Chalk River Drilling Site)• Established (Assist) drilling operation (1200m deep) and stress testing of rock cores;• Handled, marked, labeled, and stored oriented drill cores.Office Work (At Deep River Core Shack)• Identified and analyzed open and close fractures in rock cores;• Determined and examined graphite, colour alteration areas in rock cores.

• Identified tree types, measured tree sizes and attained statistical tree records;• Input and Renewed field work data in the tree data bank system

• Examined Mackenzie Delta research area (from Tuktoyaktuk Bay to Arctic Red River) with Vector Maps Remote Sensing (Geomatica 10.1) and GIS (ArcGIS 9.2);• Analyzed ice breaking condition in Mackenzie Delta research area using ortho maps with ENVISAT ASAR and LANDSAT data.