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Meredith Metcalf

• Experience Level: 2 Years
• Location: Connecticut, Rhode Island
• Last Updated: December 21, 2012

Experience

EDUCATION
 
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT: PhD Degree in Natural Resources and the Environment with a concentration in Hydrogeology, ABD
Dissertation Title: Deciphering Hydrogeologic Conditions in Fractured Bedrock Using Domestic Well Data and GIS
 
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT: Masters Degree in Geology and Geophysics with a Concentration in Hydrogeology, Spring 2006
Thesis Title: Comparison of Compliance Monitoring Methods for Determining Temporal Trends in Gasoline Related Contamination.

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY: Bachelor of Arts Degree in Geology, Spring 2002

SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS

Phi Kappa Phi – John Tanaka Graduate Student Award
Environmental Professionals of Connecticut Scholarship Award – 2006-2007, 2007-2008 Academic Year
Natural Resources Management and Engineering Summer Fellowship for Advanced Graduate Students – Summer 2007 and Summer 2008
Bishop-Carder Graduate Fellowship – 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 Academic Year

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT – August 2011 to Present
Full-time faculty/instructor in the Environmental Earth Science Department.  Courses taught include Geographic Information Systems (Fall 2011), Advanced Geographic Information Systems (Spring 2012), laboratory sections of Hydrology (Spring 2012), and GIS Applications in Environmental Science (ERDAS Imagine) (Fall 2012).

Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT – August 2009 to August 2011
Full-time faculty/instructor in the Environmental Engineering Technologies Program.  Courses taught include Environmental Studies/Principles of Environmental Science, Fundamental Measurements and Applications (with laboratory), Environmental Regulations, Sustainable Landscape Ecology, Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, Soil Ecology and Conservation, Site Analysis (Architecture), and Introduction to Software Applications. 

Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT – January 2009 to August 2009
Adjunct Position – Instructor to Introduction to Geographic Information Systems. 

Department of Integrative Geosciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – Fall 2008, Fall 2009, Spring 2010
Teaching Assistant to introductory geology course.

Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – Summer 2008
Experience in surveying for the Connecticut Cooperative Highway Research Program.  Project Title: Improving Surveying Accuracy and Efficiency in Connecticut: An Accuracy Assessment of GEOID03.

Department of Natural Resources and the Environment, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT – 2006 to 2008
Graduate Research Assistantship funded by STATEMAP National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program, joint collaboration between the Department of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Connecticut and the Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey at the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

The Louis Berger Group, Inc.  New York City, New York – September 2005 to March 2006.
Professional experience in environmental services, including site assessments, investigations, and laboratory testing. 

Connecticut Academy for Education, Terri Clark, Middletown, CT - Summer and Fall of 2004
Assisted fourth grade teachers from the town of Wallingford involved in a pilot of re-evaluating the science curriculum.  Assistance included teaching topics and answering questions that were orientated towards the field of geology.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

University of Connecticut, Hydrogeology Laboratory, Storrs, Connecticut.  Research assistant/laboratory head involved assisting in all research projects, managing the projects as necessary and providing knowledge and skill to remaining graduate students.  (Spring 2009 – Spring 2010)

University of Connecticut, Department of Natural Resources Management and Engineering, Storrs, Connecticut.  Teaching Assistant.  Taught and provided assistance to students in Dr. Daniel Civco’s course Natural Resource Applications of GIS at the University of Connecticut by demonstrating techniques and applications within ArcGIS.  (Fall 2007) 

Environmental Consulting Services, New York, New York.  New York City School Construction Authority – Environmental Scientist.  Work is performed under the terms of an indefinite quantity contract (IQC) that requires rapid mobilization and local resources sufficient to handle multiple concurrent and complex projects subject to NYSDEC and NYCDEP environmental regulations.  Performed work included Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Phase II Environmental Site Inspections.

University of Connecticut, Hydrogeology Laboratory, Storrs, Connecticut.  Research Assistant.  In obtaining Masters degree, assessed accuracy of water quality sampling techniques set forth by the State of Connecticut at a location with high levels of MTBE contamination.  Provided assistance to students in Introduction to Hydrogeology at the University of Connecticut by demonstrating techniques and field methods in hydrogeology. 

Boston University’s Earth Sciences Laboratory and Analytical Geochemistry and Geochronology Laboratory in Conjunction with Colgate University, Boston, Massachusetts and Hamilton, New York.  Research Assistant.  Performed geochemical analyses of ocean sediments obtained from Antarctica to determine terrigenous provenance and export production.  Laboratory equipment used includes Multibeam sonar system, Bathy 2000 chirp system, inductively coupled plasma-emission spectrometer, and Malvern Mastersizer-laser particle analyzer.

General Information

PUBLICATIONS

Metcalf M. and Robbins, G.A., (in review).  Domestic Well Database Development and Integration into a GIS: An Approach for Managing Ground Water Resources. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply.

Metcalf M. and Robbins, G., (in review).  Deciphering Groundwater Flow Conditions within Fractured Crystalline Rock Using GIS, Hydrogeology Journal.

Meyer, T.H., Metcalf, M. J., Robbins, G.A., and Thomas, M. A.  Bedrock Surface Elevation, Coventry Quadrangle, Connecticut [map].  1:24,000.  7.5 Minute Series.  Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 2008. 

Meyer, T.H., Metcalf, M. J., Robbins, G.A., and Thomas, M. A.  Depth to Bedrock and Confidence Contours, Coventry Quadrangle, Connecticut [map].  1:24,000.  7.5 Minute Series.  Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 2008. 

Meyer, T.H., Metcalf, M. J., Robbins, G.A., and Thomas, M. A.  Depth to Bedrock, Coventry Quadrangle, Connecticut [map].  1:24,000.  7.5 Minute Series.  Hartford, Connecticut: Connecticut Geological and Natural History Survey and Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, 2008. 

Metcalf, M. J. and G. Robbins, 2007.  Comparison of Water Quality Profiles from Shallow Monitoring Wells and Adjacent Multilevel Samplers.  Ground Water Monitoring and Remediation 27, no. 1: 84-91. 

ABSTRACTS AND PRESENTATIONS

Metcalf, M., Robbins, G.A. Meyer, T., and Thomas, M., (2013).  Defining Ground Water Drainage Basin Boundaries and Recharge for Fractured Crystalline Bedrock Using Domestic Well Databases, Geol. Soc. of Amer., Northeastern Section Meet., submitted abstract, March 18-20th, Bretton Woods, NH.

Metcalf, M. (2012).  A Tracking System for Well Information in Connecticut. The 50th Annual Yankee Conference on Environmental Health, September 26-28th, oral presentation, Mystic, Connecticut.

Metcalf, M.. and Robbins, G., (2012).  An Approach to Deciphering Ground Water Trends in the Fractured Bedrock Using ArcGIS.  ESRI International User Conference, July 23-27, Map Gallery, San Diego, California.

Metcalf, M.J. and Robbins, G.A., (2012).  Deciphering Groundwater Trends in the Fractured Bedrock Using GIS for Resource Management and Planning, International Conference on Groundwater in Fractured Rocks, May 21-24, poster presentation, Prague, Czech Republic.

Metcalf, M.J. and Robbins, G.A., (2010).  Deciphering Trends in Ground Water Quality and Quantity in the Fractured Bedrock in the Coventry Quadrangle, Connecticut Using GIS, Geol. Soc. of Amer., Northeastern/Southeastern Section Meet., abstracts with program, March 15, oral presentation, Baltimore, MD., p 32.

Meyer, T.H., Metcalf, M J., Robbins, G. A., and Thomas, M A., (2009), Development of Bedrock Surface Elevation and Depth to Bedrock Maps for the Coventry Quadrangle, Connecticut, Using Water Wells and Lidar Data, Geol. Soc. of Amer., Northeastern Section Meet., abstracts with programs, March 22 , poster, Portland, Me., p 42.

Meyer, T.H., Robbins, G.A., Thomas, M. A., Metcalf, M. J. (2008).  Mapping the invisible: creating bedrock elevation contour maps. Oral presentation at the Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources, Storrs, CT, March 10th.

Meyer, T.H., Robbins, G.A., Thomas, M. A., Metcalf, M. J. (2008).  Mapping the invisible: creating bedrock elevation contour maps. Oral presentation at the ACSM National Conference, Spokane, WA, March 4-9th.

Metcalf, M.J., Robbins, G.A., and Meyer, T., 2007, Applications of Spatial Statistics within GIS to Assess Natural Trends in Ground Water Quality in Fractured Bedrock and the Impact of Rural Development.  Oral presentation at the New England Private Well Symposium, Newport, RI, December 3rd & 4th.

Metcalf, M., Robbins, G.A., Harel, O., Li, P., Martin-Hayden, J., 2007, Shadow Zone Capture During Purging and its Impact on Contaminant Concentration Averaging in Monitoring Wells, Geol. Soc. of Amer., Northeastern Section Meet., abstracts with programs, March , Durham, NH, p. 85.

Metcalf, M. J., G. Robbins, and R. Budaj, 2007.  Connecticut’s Ban on MTBE: Is It Effective?  Presented at the Graduate Student Council Research Forum at the University of Connecticut, March 2007.

Robbins, G.A., Rondeau, J., Metcalf, M., 2007, Ground Water Recharge Beneath the Asphalt at UST Sites, Poster presented at 19th Annual National Tanks Conference and Expo, March, San Antonio, TX.

Robbins, G.A., Meyer, T., Thomas, M., Arafuzziman, K., Metcalf, M., Witharana, C., U. Clark, E., 2007.  Need for Digital Domestic Well Database for Connecticut, Presented at the 1st Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources (CCNR), March 9th, Storrs, CT.

Robbins, G.A., Meyer, T., Thomas, M., Arafuzziman, K., Metcalf, M., Witharana, C., U. Clark, E., 2007, Need for Digital Domestic Well Database for Connecticut, Presented at the 1st Connecticut Conference on Natural Resources (CCNR), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, March 9.

Robbins, G.A., Rondeau, J., Metcalf, M., 2007, Ground Water Recharge Beneath the Asphalt at UST Sites, Poster presented at 19th Annual National Tanks Conference and Expo, March, San Antonio, TX.

Metcalf, M. J. and G. Robbins, 2006.  Evaluating the Effectiveness of Connecticut’s Ban on MTBE.  Presented at the 18th Annual National Tanks Conference and Expo, March, Memphis, TN.

Robbins, G.A., Metcalf, M., and Budaj, R., 2005, Evaluation of Purging and Sampling Bias in Conducting Remediation Compliance Monitoring, Geol. Soc. of Amer., Northeastern Section Meet., March 2005, Saratoga Springs, NY.

Robbins, G.A., Metcalf, M. and Budaj, 2005, Observations of Spurious MTBE Fluctuations, presented at API Soil and Groundwater Technical Task Force Meet., June 15, Storrs, CT

Robbins, G., M. J. Metcalf, and R. Budaj, 2004.  Evaluation of Purging and Sampling Bias in Conducting Remediation Compliance Monitoring.  In abstracts for the Geological Society of America, Northeastern Section meeting, presented at March 2005 meeting. 

Metcalf, M. J. and Rodriguez, A., 2003.  Sedimentary Facies and Holocene Evolution of the Mobile Bay-head delta, Alabama.  In: Coastal Sediments: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries, Spring 2003 meeting. 

M J Metcalf, A Leventer, K Kryc, R Murray, S Brachfeld, E Domack, R Dunbar, P Manley, C McClennen, 2001. Holocene Changes in Terrigenous Provenance and Biological Export Production: initial data from Edward VIII Gulf, East Antarctic Margin.  EOS, Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, presented at the Fall 2001 meeting.

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