Hygro-Mole: A Logging Tool for Determining Moisture Content in Environmentally Sensitive Subsurface Zones

Mindy Weimer graduated from Louisiana State University in December 2000 with her BS in Environmental Engineering. She went on to graduate from University of New Hampshire with her MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering in July 2003, writing her thesis on Evaluation of Metal Availability from Portland Cement Manufactured with Contaminated Dredged Material. She founded a nonprofit organization in June 2004, Yayasan Emmanuel Water Program, which serves urban poor scavenger communities in Indonesia with water and sanitation aid. Mindy worked as a Public Health Engineer with Oxfam in Banda Aceh during the Tsunami relief effort January to June 2005, and has now returned to her service work in Jakarta, Indonesia.

W. David Constant, Ph.D., P.E., DEE holds the Humphreys T. Turner Endowed Professorship in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Louisiana State University and currently serves as Associate Dean in the College of Engineering. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from LSU and is a Registered PE (Chemical and Environmental) in L.A. He is a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and member of AIChE, AEESP, SPE, and ASME. Current research involves (1) long term monitoring and assessment of natural attenuation at a regional Superfund site and (2) demonstrating active capping technology of contaminated sediments in the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C.