Battelle Welcomes Jill Engel-Cox

After seven years with Battelle, Ms. Jill Engel-Cox joins Measurement and Data Analysis Sciences in the Environmental Sector as a Principal Research Scientist. Located in the Battelle Arlington (Virginia) office, she leads and participates in international and domestic projects in the fields of environmental monitoring and assessment, air quality policy, and pollution prevention, with a focus on the clear and useful communication of environmental data to policymakers, stakeholders, and the public.

Ms. Engel-Cox spent three years as the Pollution Prevention program manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and co-authored Pollution Prevention Opportunity Assessments for Research & Development Laboratories (Battelle Press). She moved to Washington, D.C., to take a Science and Engineering Policy Fellowship from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, where she worked at the U.S. EPA's Office of International Activities and Office of Research and Development.

She has conducted projects with several Battelle-managed laboratories, private industry, and other government agencies such as NASA and U.S. AID. Before she joined Battelle, she worked for Westinghouse Hanford in Richland, Washington, and for the South Coast Air Quality Management District in Los Angeles, California.

Ms. Engel-Cox holds an M.S. in mechanical/environmental engineering from Colorado State University, and a B.S. in mechanical engineering and a B.A. in honors liberal arts from University of Texas in Austin. She is in the process of obtaining her Ph.D. in environmental science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. She can be reached at (703) 875- 2144, engelcoxj@battelle.org.

Battelle Welcomes Leslie Lundgren

Battelle is pleased to announce the addition of Leslie Lundgren, Project/Program Manager, to its Coastal Resource and Environmental Management and Safety (CREMS) group. Ms. Lundgren is a Civil Engineer with over 22 years' experience in engineering, biological and physical science fields. She specializes in the management, marketing, and technical aspects of environmental engineering projects. Ms. Lundgren will manage coastal resource projects based out of the San Francisco office.

During her career, Ms. Lundgren has worked in a vast range of engineering, planning, regulatory, and project management positions. Additionally, she has overseen projects with numerous regulatory compliance issues under federal, state, and local environmental agencies. Ms. Lundgren received her bachelor of science degree in civil engineering from San Francisco State University.

For additional information, please contact Ms. Lundgren at (415) 273-7159, lundgrenl@battelle.org.

Hitt Institute Offers PIM Workshop for Pipeline Professionals

The Hitt Institute of Technology Training is offering a workshop for pipeline professionals beginning May 5th through 9th, 2003. The workshop, entitled "Implementing an Integrity Management Program under the Recent/Proposed OPS Rules," will be held at Battelle in Columbus, Ohio, and at Battelle’s Pipeline Technology Training Center in nearby West Jefferson, Ohio. The workshop has been specifically designed to provide information needed to begin planning an effective Pipeline Integrity Management program. The fee for attending this course is $2500 ($2300 for registrations received before April 15, 2003). For details and registration information visit www.battelle.org/conferences/hitt/integrity.

Battelle Participates in Conferences

Beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada is the host city for the 2003 International Oil Spill Conference (IOSC) scheduled for April 6-10, 2003. IOSC 2003 is regarded as the world's premier oil spill prevention, response, and science conference. Battelle's Coastal Resource and Environmental Management and Safety (CREMS) group is hosting a booth at the conference. Please come visit us at booth # 622. For additional information, contact Paul Boehm at (781) 895-4862, boehmp@battelle.org.

CREMS is also participating as a sponsor of Restore America's Estuaries Inaugural National Conference on Coastal and Estuarine Habitat Restoration. The conference will be held April 13-16, 2003 in Baltimore, Maryland. The purpose of the conference is to mobilize the coastal and estuarine habitat restoration community - including participants from the government, corporate, non-profit and education sectors - to advance our knowledge, practice, pace and success in habitat restoration.

For additional information, contact Karen Foster at (781) 952-5370, foster@battelle.org, or Sally Yozell at (781) 952-5331, yozells@battelle.org.

Battelle Co-sponsors EPA Pollutants Conference

The 26th Annual Conference on Analysis of Pollutants in the Environment is jointly sponsored by Battelle and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The conference will be held from April 29-30, at the Holiday Inn Chicago Mart Plaza Hotel, Chicago, Illinois. This conference continues to be recognized as the leading forum for discussion of technical issues related to environmental water regulations and compliance monitoring. Representatives from EPA's Office of Water will present the most recent developments in technology for use in the laboratory. Presenters also include state and independent laboratory experts, federal and state regulatory personnel, and consultants in the environmental measurements field. For additional information, please contact Bob Beimer at (781) 952-5332, beimerr@battelle.org.