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Eric is a Research Associate in the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies, and the Graduate Program in Environmental Management. He brings to MSU over 35 years in US Government, academia, non-profit research, consulting and entrepreneurial start-up disciplines - globally. His teaching profile has included graduate classes in Waste Management, Water Resources, Environmental Management and Research Methods and undergraduate classes in Oceanography and Marine Science. Eric has served on both Master's and Doctoral thesis/dissertation committees. He is actively involved in student mentoring, academic and career development as well as closely working with students in the successful placement of student internships and full-time career positions. Eric is integrated with MSU faculty in contaminated sediment research. His applied interests includes integrated contaminated sediment management, Urban and Regional Sediment Management, beneficial use applications of dredged material and post-treated contaminated sediments, sediment sustainability, development of integrated system approaches to managing contaminated sediments coupled with innovative decontamination treatment technologies (ex and in-situ) and multi-media
beneficial use applications. Eric and students from the Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Department as well as campus "Gotta Go Green" club was instrumental in developing and constructing a Landscape Contaminated Sediment Sustainability Demonstration Project on the campus of MSU (outside of Mallory Hall) utilizing decontaminated sediments from the Passaic River, New Jersey Superfund Site. Sediments were processed utilizing low and high temperature full-scale innovative treatment technologies that created a post-treated beneficial use product as manufactured soil (included plantings of NJ native species) and construction grade cement for landscaped sidewalks. Eric works closely with the the MSU Clean Energy and Sustainability Data Analytics Center and the Master's and Doctoral Program's in Environmental Management. Presently (2024), Eric is involved in the Gorge Dam/Akron, Ohio sediment stabilization processing of 877,000 cubic yards of contaminated material from behind the Dam that needs to be removed behind the Dam pool before the Dam is deconstructed. This is for the purpose of of bringing back the Cuyahoga River, the river which launched the US environmental movement, to it natural state.
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Specialization

Urban / Watershed Regional Sediment Management (Sustainable Systems/Resiliency)
Integrated Contaminated Sediment Remediation
Dredged Material and Contaminated Sediment Management Environmental Assessments
Adaptive Waste Management Strategies
Bench / Pilot / Full-scale Innovative Sediment Treatment Demonstrations/Applications
Beneficial Use of Sediments (including contaminated)
Materials Handling of Sediments including Logistics
Field Operations
Regional Sediment Processing Facility(s) Development
Stakeholder and Public Outreach Support
Regulatory and Environmental Permitting
Sediment Market Research
Sediment Program(s) Peer Reviews

Resume/CV

Office Hours

Fall

Monday

3:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Other times by appointmant only

Summer

Wednesday

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

By Appontment Only

Winter

Thursday

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm

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• MSU Passaic River Institute

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