Short Course Presentions Now Available!

Five short courses on select technologies and alternative approaches in the environmental restoration and munitions management areas offered unique training opportunities on recent advancements in science and technology. Professional Development Hours (PDH) were offered for short courses. For more information about each course, click the course number to view a brief description, the agenda, and the corresponding presentations.

TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 1

SHORT COURSE 1:  Geophysical System Verification – Alternative to Geophysical Prove-Outs (GPO).  (Course webcast is available here.)
This short course will highlight a more rigorous physics-based alternative to geophysical prove-outs (GPO): Geophysical System Verification (GSV).

WEDNESDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 2

SHORT COURSE 2:  Long-Term Monitoring Optimization
This course will discuss the various tools available for optimizing Long-Term Monitoring programs and their relative advantages and disadvantages.

THURSDAY (ALL DAY), DECEMBER 3

SHORT COURSE 3:  Tools for Management of Chlorinated Solvent-Contaminated Sites. (Audio webcast of this course is availabe here.)
The short course will provide training on the use and implementation of several recently developed decision and management tools for dense nonaqueous phase liquid (DNAPL) source zones.

SHORT COURSE 4:  Visual Sample Plan – Unexploded Ordnance Module
This short course will demonstrate VSP methods for transect design, target area identification and delineation, anomaly density mapping and estimation, and final verification sampling.

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 3

SHORT COURSE 5:  Multi-Increment Sampling (MIS) Applications for Environmental Remediation
This short course will provide an update on the merits and usage of multi-increment sampling and U.S. EPA Method 8330B sample processing for the analysis of energetic compounds and metals on active and nonactive military training and testing ranges.