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Expert in Soil Science
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He has used his extensive basic knowledge of soil science and agronomy to use land as a media to treat solid and liquid commercial and industrial "wastes" for recycling and benefical uses such as soil amendment,liquid fertilizer and supplemental irrigation water for agricultural production. His experience includes use of nonhazrdous solid wastes such as pulp & paper primary and secondary clarifier solids, sludges, biosolids, ashes, wood wastes, and food processing byproducts for resource recovery and use in land treatment operations to improve soil productivity and prevent expensive landfilling. He has written and is currently revising a guidance document for land application of industrial solids and byproducts.
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Expert has many years of experience reviewing management plans for land application of municipal and industrial sludges, providing statewide consultation to public and private clients for beneficial and sustainable land treatment operations. He is well acquanited with the EPA Part 503 Rule regarding biosolids risk assessment and related federal regulations.
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Expert has a Ph.D degree in Soil Science with emphasis in soil chemistry and fertility. He has 16 years of experience teaching various courses including basic soil science, soil chemistry, soil fertility, soil crop analysis, clay mineralogy, salinity; and leading related research work including reclamation of sodic or alkaline saline soils and other marginally productive land. He has the same number of years of experience as a regulator and a researcher applying his knowledge of Soil Science and related fields to land treatment of municipal and industrial byproducts and wastewaters; project mangement cleanup and site closure of petroleum-contaminated soil and groundwater; and design of onsite or septic advanced treatment systems.
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His experience includes review of management plans for agricultural and related reuse of municipal and industrial treated effluents or reclaimed water. He has developed guidance document and checklist to encourage water reuse and conservation in such operations as municipal wastewater treatment and food processing plants. He is a proponent of water reuse by appling drip irrigation technology as the tertiary and final step in land discharge of effluents in decentralized single-family and commercial wastewater treatment systems.
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Expert as a Soil Scientist and a regulator has been involved with the State of Oregon's Onsite Program for many years, providing statewide consultation and oversight to regulatory staff. In this capacity his overall responsibilties have included site and septic system selection for severly limited land; siting criteria and rule development; onsite technology review and adoption; system repairs; dispute resolution in tort claims; conducting annual onsite soil workshops; training and mentoring regulatory personnels. He was the lead technical staff for selection of onsite or septic denitrification systems,technology development and adoption in EPA-sponsered LaPine National Demonstration Project. His interest and applied research in advance onsite treatment systems has included use of subsurface drip irrigation and raised bed to achieve tertiary treatment and repair of failing septic systems. The model can be applied to any situations including poorly drained, wet and difficult-to-build single-family or commercial community sytems in watersheds, where surface or groundwater pollution with organics, bacteria, nitrogen, and phophorus is an issue. The system allows nutrient recycling and reuse of highly treated septic tank effluent for landscaping and other applications, while being protective of groundwater and non- discharging to surface water.
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Show Secondary and Basic Areas of Expertise | Localities:
Expert may consult nationally and internationally, and is also local to the following cities: Portland, Oregon;
Eugene, Oregon;
Salem, Oregon;
Gresham, Oregon;
Beaverton, Oregon;
Hillsboro, Oregon;
and Vancouver, Washington.
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1975
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PhD
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Soil Science
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Ohio State University
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1967
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MS
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Soil Science
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Texas A&M University
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1965
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BS
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Agriculture
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University of Nottingham
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1990 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Land Quality/Water Quality
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Natural Resource Specialist
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Project Manager - Underground Storage Tank Cleanup; Land Application Specialist & Consulting Soil Scientist - writing guidance document on land application of industrial byproducts
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1985 to 1989
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Chemland Inc.
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Plant Director
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Plant Manager, QC/QA, R & D
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1968 to 1984
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Jundi Shapur University, Iran
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Soil Science
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Associate Professor
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Department Head, Teaching undergraduate & Graduate Students, Research
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Associations/Societies
Member of American Soil Science Society;
Oregon Society of Soil Scientists
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Licenses/Certifications
Certified Professional Soil Scientist (CPSS)
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Publications and Patents Summary
Various research publications and text books on Fundamentals of Soil Science, Soil Chemical Analysis in Persian. Written Guidelines for Land Application of Industrial Wastewater and Solids for Oregon DEQ; published a recent paper on A Wastewater System for High Shrink-Swell Clays
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Selected Publications and Publishers
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- American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE)
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1990 to
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(Undisclosed)
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Soil Scientist/ Project Manager
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Soil Scientist/Environmental Specialist in various Water Quality Program development & Rule-making for Onsite systems, Land Application of municipal & Industrial Byproducts, Bioremediation; Land Quality Program (Underground Storage Tanks Cleanup Project Management
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His position as the Department's Soil Scientist mainly has been to conduct workshops and provide State-wide consultation to the State and local government staff with issues related to septic systems, product approval, land treatment and recycling of "wastes" and bioremediation.
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In the past during his university career, he has conducted research and provided consultation related to soil fertility issues, soil stabilization, and reclamation of salt-affected or saline and sodic soils.
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Expert Witness Experience Summary:
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Testifying as Department's Soil Expert in tort cases regarding siting of septic tank systems; Testifying as Depatment's Soil Expert in a court case involving product approval in septic system drainfields
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Recent Litigation Client Requests:
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Expert for consulting on expert witness re Soil/Dust related accident.
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Expert in septic systems for consulting on septic systems, aquifer or groundwater contamination.
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1968 to 1984
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Iran (Persia)
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He was a faculty member at Jundishapur University.
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1958 to 1965
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England
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He was a high school and university student finishing his high school diploma and geeting his bachelor degree
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Persian (Farsi)
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He is proficient in Persian as his native language
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Leading the technical group for selection and field testing of innovative onsite (septic) systems as a part of EPA-sponsored National Onsite Demonstration Project in LaPine area in eastern Oregon
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| Additional Skills and Services: |
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Training/Seminars
Developing & Conducting Annual Onsite (Septic) Soil Workshops for County & State Staff for many years. Various presentations in State & regional seminars on land application of industrial byproducts, phytoremediation, and septic systems
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Supplier and Vendor Location and Selection Experience in sourcing and locating vendors and consulting firms regarding septic systems, soil and groundwater bioremediation and engineering firms
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Other Skills and Services
Designed and conducted research in innovative advanced treatment onsite (septic) drip systems for nutrient removal and functioning on high clay shrink-swell soils and other wet sites
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