DYLAN M. COOPER Current Address:

7944 Riverhaven Dr, Apt #D-1, Fairlawn, VA 24141 Email: dylanc88@vt.edu

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Previous Home Address: 306 Winkler Rd, Luray, VA 22835 Phone: 540-742-3273

Notable Skills/Qualifications GIS, AutoCAD, HEC-HMS&RAS, MATLAB&R, WQ&biomonitoring, stormwater design, stream measurements, wetland delineation.

Objective I am looking for an entry-level, full-time position in natural resource restoration, management, and engineering to start in May 2016.

Education B.S. Biological Systems Engineering (BSE), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, May 2015, cumulative GPA: 3.61, in-major: 3.83 Engineer-in-Training (EIT) certification. Passed Fundamentals of Engineering (FE)- Environmental Exam, Fall 2014. Associate Ecological Designer (AED) certification. Completed AED course from Amer. Eco. Engr. Soc., UC Berkeley, October 2015. M.S. Biological Systems Engineering (BSE), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, expected May 2016, current GPA: 3.75

Work/Research Experience Graduate Research Assistant, May 2015-present, full-time

-Master’s Thesis: Nutrient release potential during floodplain reconnection: Comparison of conventional and ecological stream restoration approaches. Build floodplain inundation model in GIS & HEC-GeoRAS, design stream restoration in AutoCAD Civil 3D. -Summer Project: Project manager for a bioretention retrofit. Surveyed, designed, estimated costs, installed, and planted a large bioretention and two small rain gardens for an apartment complex as part of a VA DEQ watershed improvement grant. Environmental Science Technician for Kleinschmidt Associates (Based in Lancaster, PA), May 2014 to present, 20 hrs/month -Monitor water quality effects of Claytor Lake hydropower dam on New River with Hydrolab and HOBO water quality sondes, erosion and sedimentation surveys, groundwater monitoring, and aquatic vegetation surveys. Senior Design Project: Detention Pond Retrofit, August 2014-May 2015 -Capstone design and build project for a 20 year old detention pond on a live stream with wetlands, retrofitting it into an enhanced extended detention pond as part of a VA DEQ watershed improvement grant. Also performed wetland delineation. -Equipment: RTK GPS survey, AutoCAD Civil 3D, ArcGIS, TR-55, HydroCAD, HEC-RAS, Google Docs. Stormwater Engineering Intern for VT Site and Infrastructure Development, August 2013 to May 2015, 20-40 hrs/week

-Inspected and maintained all campus post-construction stormwater BMPs, redesign failing BMPs, LIDs, and retrofits, monitor ESC, map drainage areas, find and inspect illicit discharges, and help with a TMDL implementation plan and MS4 permitting. -Equipment: ArcGIS, AutoCAD Civil 3D, HydroCAD, MS Word & Excel, inspection manuals, YSI Water Quality sonde, iPad.

Undergraduate Researcher in VT BSE, Dr. Durelle Scott’s Lab, August 2013 to May 2015, 12 hrs/month -Designed my experiment (C,P,N in floodplain soils), took floodplain soil samples, and analyzed in a Water Quality lab. -Equipment: Various lab and field equipment, nutrient analysis equipment, MS Excel, YSI Water Quality sonde.

Undergraduate Researcher in VT StREAM Lab Summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, June-August 2013, full-time -Assisted in the design, operation, and analysis of a flood experiment for a nutrients and hydrology research study. -Equipment: MS Excel, YSI water quality sonde, water quality grab samples, data loggers, hydraulic pumps, Google Docs.

Volunteer Work for USFWS, Trout Unlimited, VA Dept. of Game and Inland Fisheries, Summer-Winter 2013/2015, 8 hrs/season -Helped protect restored streams by planting and fencing trees and maintaining in-stream structures. Various field equipment.

Volunteer Sophomore Intern for Senior Design Team, March 2013 -Helped survey the stream topography of a proposed project restoring a streambank of North River (Augusta County, VA).

Research Intern for Shenandoah Riverkeeper, Summer 2012, 30 hrs/week -Designed and conducted a research process to quantify the spread of algae in the entire Shenandoah River watershed. -Equipment: In-Situ water quality sonde, water quality grab samples, MS Excel, various field equipment, canoe.

Leadership Experience

American Society for Agricultural and Biological Engineers, VT chapter Vice President, Spring 2013 to Spring 2015 VT Bass Fishing Team, Vice President, Spring 2015-present, Sponsor Representative, Spring 2013 to Spring 2015 VT Relay for Life Team Captain, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016

Conference Presentations American Ecological Engineering Society (AEES), Stillwater, OK, June 2015 Virginia Water Conference- Virginia Lakes and Watersheds Association, Richmond, VA, Spring 2014, Spring 2016 Virginia Tech Undergraduate Research Conference, Spring 2014, Summer 2013

Major Academic Awards BSE Senior Design Excellence Award, for Detention Pond Retrofit, awarded by BSE Department, Spring 2015 Dean’s List, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015 Virginia Lakes and Watersheds Association Scholarship, Fall 2013

DYLAN M. COOPER Email: dylanc88@vt.edu

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Phone: 540-742-3273

Relative Graduate Courses Fluvial Forms and Processes

-Geomorphic stream assessment (pebble counts, bankfull identification, hydraulic geometry, channel stability, Marsh-McBirney flow meter) and survey (laser level, longitudinal and cross-section profiles); channel morphology: predict river reactions to human activities and watershed change; interactions between ecosystems and fluvial systems; predict channel adjustment in response to changes in climate, channel geometry, land use, and sediment supply -Calculate channel discharge, boundary and critical shear stress, channel geometry, planform geometry

Advanced Wetland Soils and Mitigation -Wetland delineation (soils, hydrology, and vegetation), wetland water budgets, mitigation and restoration, constructed wetlands for nutrient removal and acid mine drainage treatment, management of agricultural and forested wetlands

Advanced Field Methods in Hydrology -Stream channel and floodplain surveying and mapping, electronic data acquisition; measurements of water flow, hydrologic conductivity, precipitation, evaporation; sampling surface water, groundwater, soil pore water sampling; QA/QC

Nonpoint Source Modeling and Management -Nonpoint source pollution models: parameters, variables, governing mathematical relationships, spatial variation of inputs, model calibration and error; sediment and nutrient transport; NPS pollution control -GWLF, HEC-RAS, HEC-HMS, HEC-GeoRAS, GIS, VA P-Index, HSPF, TMDL and Chesapeake Bay Models

Surface Water Quality Modeling -Use, analysis, and development of water quality and quantity models for lakes, rivers, and estuaries

Environmental Monitoring and Sampling -Environmental monitoring techniques and statistics at environmental sites; Programming in R

Environmental Soil Chemistry -Soil mineral structure and chemistry, CEC calculation, soil weathering and redox processes

Analysis of Spatial Data -Trend surface analysis, accuracy, PCA, cluster/discriminant analysis, geostatistics

Relative Undergraduate Courses Comprehensive Design Project (Senior Design/Capstone)

-Project: Design a retrofit of a stormwater detention pond to restore sediment trapping and peak-flow attenuation; Stormwater BMP specs, permitting, wetland delineation; website: http://xcdetention-vtseniordesign14-15.weebly.com/ -GPS survey equipment, TR-55, HydroCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D & Civil Express, ArcGIS -Teaching Assistant for this course in Spring 2016

Nonpoint Source Assessment & Control -Erosion prediction, control, and modeling; Fate and transport of sediment, nutrients, and microorganisms; Design of nutrient management plans, NPDES permits (MS4), TMDLs, wetlands, stormwater detention facilities; USLE, RUSLE2

Small Watershed Hydrology -Hydrologic cycle analyses, designs of grassed waterways and manmade channels, functions of natural stream systems, hydrologic and hydraulic engineering calculations such as peak runoff, flood wave routing, hydrographs; TR-55

Landscape Measurement & Modeling -Land surveying (total station, laser level) and AutoCAD Civil 3D for hydrologic and land development techniques -Teaching Assistant for this course in Spring 2016

Engineering Analysis for Biological Systems -Numerical and error analysis for hydrologic information; programming with MATLAB

GIS for Engineers -ArcGIS for hydrology, resource management, site selection, and network analysis; Project on groundwater vulnerability

Animal Agriculture and Environment -NMPs, farm nutrient balance, agricultural BMP implementation and funding, agronomy, manure management, permits

Freshwater Ecology -Aquatic invertebrate ID and sampling, stream and lake ecology, hydrology, nutrient cycling, fisheries, and macrophytes

List of professional references for Dylan Cooper

Master’s Advisor, Senior Design Mentor, Undergrad Research Advisor: Dr. Durelle Scott dscott@vt.edu O: 5402312449

Master’s committee member, Senior Design Professor: Dr. Cully Hession, P.E., chession@vt.edu O: 5402319480

Kleinschmidt Associates Boss: Drew Walterhouse, drew.walterhouse@kleinschmidtgroup.com O: 7179834160

Overhead Boss at VT SID, Senior Design Project Industry Advisor: Chuck Dietz, P.E., charlid@vt.edu WC: 5403156636

Direct Boss at VT SID, Senior Design Project Industry Advisor: Lauren Grimes, E.I.T., lgrimes@vt.edu O: 5402313716

Boss at Shenandoah Riverkeeper: Jeff Kelble, jeff@prknetwork.org O: 2024292629

AutoCAD Professor: Denton Yoder denton@vt.edu O: 5402319841