Montana Tech Environmental Engineering Alumni Workshop Coming to Campus

The Montana Tech Environmental Engineering department will hold their 2018 alumni workshop on Thursday March 1, 2018 in the Copper Lounge on the campus of Montana Tech. The day will kick-off with Montana Tech alum Bret Gallo, chair of the Montana Tech Environmental Engineering Industrial Advisory Board, welcoming attendees. The day will then see a town hall forum about Environmental Engineering career options and opportunities discussed with alums Gina MacIlwraith, Michelle Slyder, Courtney Greyn, and Dustin Wasley. In the afternoon, the following sessions will take place: Evolution of the Seleniferous Overburden Cover Design for Simplot’s Smoky Canyon Mine by alum Grant Williams; Black Pine Mine Reclamation Project by Devin Clary; Groundwater and Surface Water Monitoring for Remote Sites by alum Sarah Lupton; and Bakken History with an Air Quality Twist by alum Bret Gallo.

The afternoon will begin with a panel discussion with alums John Haney, Jeff Chaffee, and Josh Vincent discussing Changing Environment: Policies, Politics and Perspectives on the Environment. After the panel, Montana Tech’s three design teams will present. The teams are: Solar Powered Biofilm Electrode Reactor for Aquatic Denitrification with team members Brett Jonson, Emma Rott, Tylar Holden, and Nels Thorsrud; Feasibility Study of Reusing an Industrial Solid Waste for Soil Amendment with team members Mohammed Alotaibi, Dylan Livingston, Garrett Karnath, Trent Magill, and Jeremy Shupak; and Using Waste Plastic to Enhance Water Evaporation While Discouraging Migratory Birds from Landing on the Berkeley Pit with team member Grant Myhre.

The day will end with department head Kumar Ganesan presenting the inaugural Environmental Engineering Performance Award for “outstanding and/or innovative work in the field of Environmental Engineering by a MTEE Alumni.”

The event is open to the public. Full agenda can be found HERE. For more information, please contact Shelley Reed at 406-496-4115.