DR. EMILY J. VIAU, E.I.T.

addma1@r.postjobfree.com 480-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Apply a multidisciplinary environmental project and field assessment background to new air/water treatment/remediation, and clean energy engineering projects and team dynamics

SUMMARY

Experienced and versatile environmental engineer with complex AZ air/water remediation, solid waste, and clean energy projects. Strong planning, communication, modeling, research, and technical writing skills. Excellent analytical risk analysis and technical review ability at expert engineering and financial levels. Able to articulate issues, develop site and energy flow project assessments, permitting and identifying technology and budget outcomes for multiple pollution abatement projects simultaneously. Deep knowledge of state and federal environmental regulations and best practices for pollution abatement through extensive PhD course work, including environmental law, multivariate statistics for environmental sciences, and environmental risk analysis. Facilitated local and federal policy development, trained a variety of personnel, and taught at the university level.

EXPERIENCE

Fresh Recycling Inc., Phoenix AZ April 2011 – Present

CEO, R&D Environmental Engineer

• Role: developed multiple projects, including bidding documents, design and construction specs (ACAD), permitting, up-front field assessments and pilot laboratories for data gaps, construction oversight, site planning and project reporting/presentations. Assisted and lead in data preparation and project delivery, including equipment procurement and technology decisions, establishment of safe operating procedures/ SOPs, working within quality/budget/timing expectations for task delivery, and coordinating technology and operation repairs and maintenance. Notable local projects include:

-Facilitated local 9 municipality master planning study for water treatment facility updates with clean energy and food solids recycling with ASU Global Institute of Sustainability (GIOS)

-Developed and executed DOE-based SAM app for anaerobic digestion/composting clean energy

-Initiated and collaborated with City of Phoenix public works to develop field-based bench and pilot scale compost operations for Super Bowl 2014 recycling, including optimizing ideal microbiological and related environmental parameters (Jan 14 – Oct 15), led construction team to completion of 60,000 TPY compost facility, led ASU Biodesign Institute for city-wide investigation of compost-related soil health at city parks

-Collaborated with City of Tempe and ASU GIOS for field laboratory investigations of zoo fecal and commercial food biogas and inoculation parameter optimization for Master Planning a biodigestion recycling facility and fueling station.

Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, AZ January 2012 – January 2016

Adjunct Professor

•Taught 2-7 sections of Microbiology labs/lecture, Earth & Space Science labs/lecture.

•Advised medical students on relevant graduate schools and internships.

•Participated on committees for updating and redeveloping medical curriculum.

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland November 2012 – June 2013

Editor and Expert Risk Analyst

•Edited risk analysis manual for developing world governmental agencies, including substantial changes for clarity to introductory chapters.

•Responded to 20+ peer-reviewed comments to manual and redeveloped risk analysis and case studies section of manual based on reviewer comments.

Capital Review Group, Phoenix, AZ June 2012 – February 2014

Director of Engineering

•Conducted energy modeling of commercial and public buildings (HVAC, envelope and lighting analyses) for businesses eligible for energy infrastructure tax credits for 10 – 20 weekly projects.

•Developed asset tax depreciation schedules for businesses and new tangible property service for capital tax assessments associated with small business energy retrofit and additions.

Stanford University, Stanford, CA June 2009 – June 2011

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Post-Doctoral Researcher

•Lead researcher on team of 12-15 grad students and researchers; set up NOAA field and research lab for molecular biological-based survey of 22 stream/beaches in Oahu, Hawaii for NOAA to develop government recreational water quality standards.

•Developed molecular biology protocols, set up labs and trained lab workers for 1200 Tanzanian household water and hygiene study with diverse high-throughput sequencing applications.

•Peer review, publication, writing and response to comments, statistical analysis and data processing.

OTHER SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS

AZ Engineer-in-Training (#09333), Certified Compost Operator (Cal Poly 2014)

MS Office (Word, Excel, PP, Project, Access), site assessment and laboratory studies, AutoCAD, GIS, HEC-RAS, Team facilitation, energy modeling (DOE Trace700), pollution abatement facility design and financials, multivariate statistical analysis, technical writing/SOPs, federal and AZ environmental permitting, AZ water reuse and policy, AutoCAD, DOE SAM (Systems Advisory Model), SBIR (Small Business Innovation & Research) Grant Training, Spanish writing, speaking and reading.

EDUCATION

Yale University, New Haven, CT

PhD, Environmental Engineering, Dec 2009, GPA – Honors

Thesis: Bioaerosol characterization of risks associated with land application of sewage sludges

Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

MS Civil and Environmental Engineering, May 2005, GPA – 3.75

Thesis: Organic farming water quality study on US/Mexicali border – SCERP

Arizona State University, Barrett Honors College, Tempe, AZ

BSE Civil Engineering (Environmental), May 2003, GPA – 3.46, Cum Laude

Thesis: Bioaerosol source tracking from Mexicali, MX wastewater reuse agricultural operations

REFERENCES

Dr. Jordan Peccia; Yale University; addma1@r.postjobfree.com; 203-***-****

Dr. Alexandria Boehm; Stanford University; addma1@r.postjobfree.com; 650-***-****

Marky Moore; Capital Review Group; addma1@r.postjobfree.com; 877-***-****

RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS

Source tracking aerosols released from land-applied class B biosolids during high-wind events

C Baertsch, T Paez-Rubio, E Viau, J Peccia (2007); Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 73 (14), 4522-4531

Survey of wastewater indicators and human pathogen genomes in biosolids produced by class A and class B stabilization treatments

E Viau, J Peccia (2009); Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 75 (1), 164-174

Respiratory toxicity and inflammatory response in human bronchial epithelial cells exposed to biosolids, animal manure, and agricultural soil particulate matter

E Viau, F Levi-Schaffer, J Peccia (2010); Environmental science & technology 44 (8), 3142-3148

Toward a consensus view on the infectious risks associated with land application of sewage sludge

E Viau, K Bibby, T Paez-Rubio, J Peccia (2011); Environmental science & technology 45 (13), 5459-5469

Further transcripts, publications, and references available on request.

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