Summer 2009 - Soils Geological Training Courses at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania

May 7, 2009 - PRLog -- The Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences Department, in partnership with the Center for Continued Learning at Wilkes University, is proud to offer a variety of credit and non-credit courses and workshops in the summer of 2009.

Mr. Brian Oram is the laboratory manager for The Center for Environmental Quality at Wilkes University. He is a licensed professional geologist, licensed Well Driller, Professional Soil Scientist, and licensed Sewage Enforcement Officer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with over 20 years experience in conducting hydrogeological investigations related to water supply development, contaminant migration, wetland mitigation, and land based wastewater disposal systems.
With respect to land based wastewater disposal, Mr. Oram’s primary expertise is in site selection and evaluating large volume wastewater disposal systems, spray irrigation, conducting permeability assessments, hydrogeological studies and nitrate nitrogen loading assessments.

Mr. Oram has conducted environmental training workshops related to water quality testing and analysis, groundwater quality, on-lot wastewater disposal, lake management, and the development of citizen monitoring programs.

EES 394P (Undergraduate) /EES 498P (Graduate)
Field Methods in Applied Geosciences
June 1-June 5, 2009- 2 credits
The primary focus of the course will be to provide a strong introduction to applied soil science, geology, Geograhpic Information Systems (GIS)/Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and hydrology to undergraduates, graduates, and professionals with a science background. During the course, we will discuss soil science, soil morphology, applications of soil science to stormwater and on-site wastewater disposal, redoximorphic features, hydric soils, regional geology, soil hydrology, obtain hands one use of GIS/GPS equipment, and use field water quality monitoring equipment.

EES 394B (Undergraduate) /EES 498B (Graduate)
Introduction to Hydric Soils
July 20 - July 22, 2009- 2 credits
This course will be used as an introductory field course to the topic of hydric soils. The course will provide a foundation for identifying and describing hydric soils, the field indicators for hydric soils, and understanding the
physiochemical and morphological features of hydric soils.

Courses also available for Continuing Education Units.

For More Information - please visit
http://www.wilkes.edu/continuedlearning

http://www.water-research.net/course/soilsciencetraining.htm

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