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Project Engineer EDUCATION B.S. Chemical Engineering with Specialization in Environmental Science (2002), Illinois Institute of Technology CERTIFICATIONS 40-Hour Haz/Mat EXPERIENCE Project Engineer EDUCATION B.S. Chemical Engineering with Specialization in Environmental Science (2002), Illinois Institute of Technology CERTIFICATIONS 40-Hour Haz/Mat EXPERIENCE Ms. Burkard began her career in environmental engineering with the IEPA in Springfield, IL, as an Environmental Protection Engineer, and joined Bascor Environmental, Inc. in November 2005. Ms. Burkard’s previous environmental work focused on industrial wastewater, including reviewing applications for and writing National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) and Construction / Operating Permits. Representative projects included approval of groundwater remediation systems, chemical manufacturing facilities, electroplating facilities, and food processing plants. Ms. Burkard is well acquainted with both Illinois and federal environmental regulations, especially those pertaining to industrial wastewater. Ms. Burkard’s main duties with BEI include: · maintaining client-specific database systems for groundwater analytical and fluid level data; · assisting with field work (sample collection, supervision of drilling and other construction activities, and O&M for pump-and-treat systems); · technical writing, including routine reports for regulatory agencies, DMR forms, and work plans; and · drafting of basic site maps and other routine figures. Ms. Burkard’s environmental coursework at the Illinois Institute of Technology included Water and Wastewater Engineering, Environmental Process Laboratory, Hazardous Waste Engineering, Chemodynamics (movement of chemicals through environmental media). As part of the Hazardous Waste Engineering course, Ms. Burkard participated in a design project where the class divided into two teams and challenged to design a system to treat a plume of TCE in groundwater. Ms. Burkard served as team leader, and the team selected a pump-and-treat system that included an air stripper followed by carbon adsorption treatment on the air stream. Ms. Burkard also studied fundamental Chemical Engineering courses, such as Unit Operations, Thermodynamics, and Process Design. Ms. Burkard’s senior design project was a device for desalinating seawater to create potable water using only solar heat, evaporation, and condensation. During her undergraduate work, Ms. Burkard participated in an Inter-Professional Project (IPRO), where a team of students of varying majors worked, with the assistance of professors outside their major, on a group project. Ms. Burkard participated in an IPRO where the goal was to develop a device that would be mounted onto a rail car hauling chlorine gas. The device contained a chlorine gas sensor and telemetry to notify via pager the owner of the rail car and the operator of the yard if chlorine gas was detected. Ms. Burkard’s responsibilities with the project included writing and maintaining a webpage, a Business Plan, a budget, and grant applications. Ms. Burkard is preparing to obtain her Professional Engineer license.
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