2010
GSI is among the 100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon. Check out the March 2010 edition of Oregon Business magazine (look under Small Companies): link
2006
2006 Engineering Excellence Award
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of Oregon
GSI received this award, with Anderson Perry & Associates, Inc., for work completed on the Aquifer Storage and Recovery (ASR) Program for the City Baker City, Oregon.
Presentations
MAY 2010
Conference 2010, American Water Works Association, Tacoma, Washington
“New Frontiers in ASR Applications”
Presented by Jeff Barry (GSI Hydrogeologist)
“Peak Flow Guidance and ASR Source Water in Oregon”
Presented by Adam Sussman (GSI Water Resources Consultant)
2010 GeoCanada Convention in Calgary, Alberta, Canada
“Hydrogeochemical Prospecting for Natural Gas: The Geochemical Chimney, Shallow Groundwater Hydrogeology, and Interpretation of Near-Surface Data”
Presented by Matt Kohlbecker (GSI Hydrogeologist)
“Amendment Performance at the McCormick & Baxter Former Creosoting Company Superfund Site, Portland, Oregon”
Poster presented by Heidi Blischke (GSI Hydrogeologist)
APRIL 2010
National Ground Water Association’s 2010 Ground Water, Denver, Colorado
“Challenges to Interpreting Hydrogeologic Conditions in the Columbia River Flood Basalt Province”
Presented by John Porcello (GSI Groundwater Hydrologist)
Co-authors are Terry Tolan, Kevin Lindsey, and Walter Burt (GSI Hydrogeologists), and teaming partners S.S. Papadopulos & Associates
“Aquifer Storage and Remote Recovery by Vadose Zone Injection of Flash Flood in Jeju Volcanic Island, South Korea”
Presented by Dr. Youncheol Kim (GSI client)
Presentation prepared with Jinsam Kim (GSI Hydrologist) and Jeff Barry (GSI Hydrogeologist)
“A Multiple Hydrologic Tracer Study of Recharge, Residence Times, and Groundwater Depletion in the Columbia Basin Ground Water Management Area, Washington”
Presented by Dimitri Vlassopoulos, S.S., Papadopulos & Associates (GSI Teaming Partner)
Presentation prepared with Terry Tolan and Kevin Lindsey (GSI Hydrogeologists)
MARCH 2010
26th Annual Waterworks & Wastewater Short School, Eugene, Oregon
“How Well Reports Affect You and Your Customers”
Presented by Dennis Nelson (GSI Hydrogeologist)
FEBRUARY 2010
The Future of Oregon’s Water Supply and Management Seminar, Portland, Oregon
“New Storage Opportunities in Water Supply Management”
Presented by Jeff Barry (GSI Hydrogeologist)
“Water Supply Challenges and Opportunities for Municipalities”
Presented by Adam Sussman (GSI Water Resources Consultant)
Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies (ACWA)
“Risk Evaluations Using Fate and Transport Modeling for UICs”
Presented by Heidi Blischke (GSI Hydrogeologist)
Oregon Association of Clean Water Agencies, Durham, Oregon
“UIC Risk Analysis”
Heidi Blischke and Matt Kohlbecker (GSI Hydrogeologists)
JANUARY 2010
2010 Environmental Cleanup Conference, Portland, Oregon
Legal, regulatory, and technical issues concerning the Portland Harbor Superfund Site
Panelists included Heidi Blischke (GSI Hydrogeologist) and our City of Portland clients
2009
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GSI VOLUNTEERS
DECEMBER 2009
• Erin Carroll (GSI Hydrogeologist) volunteered in a rural community in Nicaragua.
Because of Erin’s experience conducting her MS thesis work in the central highlands
of Nicaragua, she was invited by Dr. John Rueter, environmental science professor
at Portland State University (PSU), and Jason Selwitz, director of service learning for
Green Empowerment, to assist with a Senior Capstone Project at PSU during fall term 2009.
The students in this particular Capstone group are working to improve the quality of life,
including water supplies, for residents in rural Nicaraguan communities. GSI sponsored Erin’s trip.
• Dozens of new toys were donated to Toys for Tots in the Portland area by GSI employees.
OCTOBER 2009
• GSI employees donated nearly 500 pounds of food to local food banks in Oregon and Washington.
SEPTEMBER 2009
• As Team H2O, several GSI staff members and their families participated in the Komen Race for the Cure in Portland.
