AEG St. Louis Chapter Newsletter
September 2017
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Upcoming AEG St. Louis Chapter Meetings, Speakers, and Field Trips
Wednesday, September 6, 2017 – Joint AEG/ASME CME Field Trip. For additional information please see below.
Tuesday, September 19, 2017 – AEG Chapter Meeting – Dr. Scott Anderson, AEG’s Jahns Lecturer. Presentation: Natural hazards, risk, and the resilience of the built environment, especially highways. Location: Pietro’s Restaurant.
September 29 – 30, 2017 – Association of Missouri Geologists is hosting a St. Francois Mountains field trip and meeting. The meeting will begin from Farmington. For additional details, please visit:
Wednesday, October 25, 2017 – AEG Chapter Meeting – Mark Haddock of Golder Associates. Presentation: Bingham Tunnel Rehab Project in Utah. Location: Pietro’s Restaurant.
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AEG and ASME Joint Field Trip at CME
Please join ASME and AEG on Wednesday, September 6, 2017 for a joint field trip at Central Mine Equipment (CME), founded in St. Louis in 1928. CME is a local drill-rig, tooling, and support equipment manufacturer, designing and manufacturing a complete product line of drilling equipment for environmental, geotechnical, mineral exploration, and construction industries. CME holds patents on auger connections, drill rig safety features, and sampling systems. Please join us in a tour of their 210,000-square foot, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Earth City, Missouri.
This event will be free, but an RSVP is required. Attendance is limited to the first 40 people to sign up. Please RSVP at Dinner will be Jimmy John’s boxes, so please remember to choose your food as you complete your RSVP.
Agenda:
5:30-5:40 Introductions
5:40-6:10 Dinner
6:10-6:30 Drilling and sampling tools
6:30-7:00 History of CME
7:00-8:00 Factory tour
CME is located at 4215 Rider Trail North in Earth City, Missouri. Park in the lot that faces Rider Trail North and enter by the door off of the parking lot. Stephanie Kline-Tissi (cell 314-280-2670) is the contact for this event.
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September Chapter Meeting
The September Chapter Meeting will be held on Tuesday, September 19 at 5:30 PM at Pietro’s Restaurant (3801 Watson Road). Dr. Scott Anderson, AEG’s 2016-2017 Jahns Lecturer, will share his presentation titled “Natural hazards, risk, and the resilience of the built environment, especially highways.” Cost will be $30 per member, $40 for non-members, $10 for students and those between jobs. Please RSVP at by Monday, September 18, 2017.
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Dr. Jim Williams to Receive 2017 AEG Terzaghi Mentor Award
Congratulations to Dr. Jim Williams, recipient of the 2017 AEG Terzaghi Mentor Award. He will be recognized at the 2017 AEG Annual Meeting to be held in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in September. Jim’s nomination was led byStephanie Kline-Tissi, with assistance by Dr.Greg Hempen , Dr. Allen Hatheway, Mimi Garstang (KC Chapter), Dr. Chris Stohr (Chicago Chapter), Duane Kreuger, and Dr. J. David Rogers. The Terzaghi Mentor Award was established in 2008 to recognize individuals who have made a lifelong effort in providing professional, ethical, and technical mentoring for environmental and engineering geologists.
There are many people in the AEG St. Louis Chapter who have benefited from Jim’s generous sharing of experience, perspective, insight, and information. Congratulations, Jim!
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Opportunity: Geologists Needed for Education Outreach in Webster Groves
There are six elementary schools in the Webster Groves School District. During this upcoming school year the fourth-graders there are studying the major Earth processes, such as erosion, earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, tsunamis, etc. One of their assignments will be to design an engineering project that will withstand one of these processes that they select. This assignment is ambitious to say the least!
The Webster Groves teachers would like to arrange for geologists to visit these students at the six schools at different times during the school year. For example, at Avery Elementary School, the geologist’s visit would probably be in early November. At Hudson Elementary, the visit probably would be in April 2018. Other teachers in other Webster Groves schools may prefer other times during the school year.
Arrangements and schedules will be coordinated directly by Kim Fitzgerald, Fourth Grade Teacher at Avery Elementary School ( or 314-963-6425, ext. 15205). Ideally, there will be enough geologists so that each volunteer will visit just one school.
Advocacy for the geosciences is a responsibility of active professionals: this includes being a resource to all levels of education. (And fourth-graders are a hoot!) If at all possible, please contact Kim and offer your expertise. Many thanks!
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AEG St. Louis Chapter Sponsors Needed
The AEG St. Louis Chapter is looking for sponsors for our Winter 2017-2018 meetings. Sponsorships are $300 per meeting. Please contact Jon Truesdale for more information ()
Benefits of being a Meeting Sponsor include: a 20-30 word summary in the newsletter, one or two PowerPoint slides to run on the slide-show loop that is projected in the dining room during the networking and dinner time, and if a representative of the sponsoring company attends the meeting, he or she will have two to three minutes to talk about their organization. Brochures, giveaways, table-top displays, and business cards are certainly welcome as well.
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Employment: Job Seekers & Positions Open
Employment Wanted: Dependable graduate from UT Dallas with a BS in Geosciences w/Geophysics (GPA - 3.54); Strong physics, mathematics, and IT/Programming background, plus multiple in-the-field courses mapping geological structures. 2 yrs full time Computer Programming experience. Seeking a full-time, entry-level geophysics position near St. Louis. Braxton Evans ( - 830-734-4201)
To all Jobseekers and Employers – Please contact the newsletter editor, Jessie Goodwin (), to post your search for an employer or employee. When you have found a new job or hired the new employee – this helps us keep our postings accurate and timely.
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AEG St. Louis Chapter Officers
Phyllis Steckel, Chair ()
Stephanie Kline-Tissi, Interim Vice Chairman ()
Jon Truesdale, Treasurer ()
Jessie Goodwin, Interim Secretary ()
Dale Markley, Past Chair ()