Rock the Earth - Logo
Stem - Graphic Defending the Planet One Beat at a Time
 
Sean McNamara, Ph.D.
Dr. Sean McNamara is a member of the Rock the Earth Board of Directors and sits on the Legal & Technical Committee. From 2004-2006, Sean also served on the Board of Directors. Sean is a former Managing Engineer for an environmental consulting firm that specializes in contaminated sediment issues. Sean is currently is involved in managing several aspects of the remedial design for the Hudson River PCB site cleanup. Sean has professional experience in several aspects of contaminated soil and sediment problems, including the management of geophysical, surface water, and contaminated soil/sediment investigations, the development of project work plans and QAPPs, the design and application of innovative sampling techniques, field sampling and oversight, construction management, environmental chemistry and contaminant bioavailability, statistics for environmental processes, analytical chemistry, and the physical and mathematical modeling of environmental processes. Sean holds M.S. amd Ph.D. degrees in Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University and a B.S. degree in Engineering Science (Environmental) from Colorado State University. Sean has an extensive and varied environmental research background, which includes four years conducting air pollution research at a wind tunnel modeling facility in CO, one year conducting field studies directed at refining the design standards for remote residential constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment in alpine climates, and six years investigating sampling and modeling techniques to assess the bioavailability of PCBs in contaminated soils undergoing passive biotreatment. Sean is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), the Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), and is currently pursuing registration as a Professional Engineer (PE) in the state of New York.
.
 
 
  ©2004-2005 Rock the Earth. All Rights Reserved Worldwide.