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Rooni Mathew, Ph.D, PE
<br />Senior Waterfront Resources Engineer
<br />Rooni Mathew is a Senior Water Resources Professional. He is a subject matter expert in
<br />the numerical modeling of hydrodynamics, sediment transport and contaminant fate and
<br />transport for problems of climate change resiliency, sediment management, flood defense,
<br />infrastructure development, contaminated sediments, etc. Mr. Mathew has developed and
<br />applied 1-, 2-, and 3-dimensional models using Delft3D, (model-based and incremental
<br />knowledge engineering, environmental fluid dynamics code, extended control model, etc.
<br />in coastal, estuarine, lacustrine, and riverine settings. Mr. Mathew has extensive experience
<br />in the consulting industry performing multidisciplinary and technically challenging
<br />projects for planning-level assessments and to support engineering design. Mr. Mathew
<br />is experienced with various aspects of the project life-cycle—concept development, field
<br />sampling, feasibility study, and engineering design. Mr. Mathew regularly presents technical
<br />information for technical and non-technical stakeholders via reports, publications, and
<br />presentations.
<br />PREVIOUS PROJECT EXPERIENCE
<br />Contaminated Sediment Management for the Newark Bay Superfund Site, Cooperating
<br />Parties Group and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Newark, NJ: Project manager
<br />and technical lead responsible for development and application of hydrodynamic, wave,
<br />sediment transport, and contaminant transport models (using the extended control model
<br />and route cause analysis model frameworks) for a remedial investigation and feasibility study
<br />assessing contaminated sediment management alternatives. Designed targeted and efficient
<br />field sampling programs and performed data analyses in support of conceptual site model
<br />development. Presented work products at conferences and to various stakeholders.
<br />Scour Protection and Sediment Stability for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site,
<br />U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Portland, OR: Authored guidance document
<br />for incorporating climate change resiliency in scour protection design. Developed and
<br />implemented methodology for assessing climate change impacts (sea level rise and
<br />hydrological change) on sediment stability. Applied a hydrodynamic model (using the Delft3D
<br />model framework) to assess sediment stability under the current and future climate.
<br />Contaminated Sediment Management for the Newtown Creek Superfund Site, U.S.
<br />Environmental Protection Agency, New York, NY: Conceived and implemented data
<br />analyses and numerical modeling for assessing sediment and contaminant source control
<br />measures, and for independent assessment of third-party work products. Provided oversight
<br />of third-party hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and contaminant transport modeling
<br />(using the Environmental Fluid Dynamics Code model framework) designed to assess the
<br />feasibility of contaminated sediment management alternatives.
<br />National Lakes Sedimentation Assessment, Ireland Environmental Protection Agency,
<br />Ireland: Developed and implemented innovative approaches to estimate sedimentation
<br />rates in approximately 800 lakes in Ireland. Analytical lake-scale mass balance approaches
<br />and numerical watershed-scale approaches investigated and implemented. Results were
<br />used to identify lakes with high sedimentation issues.
<br />Sediment Scour Protection for Hunters Point, U.S. Navy, San Francisco, CA: Applied
<br />hydrodynamic and wave models (using the model-based and incremental knowledge
<br />engineering model framework) to characterize currents and waves during extreme events,
<br />including future climate change impacts at Hunters Point in San Francisco Bay. Model results
<br />were used to support the design of an armor layer for capping contaminated sediments.
<br />Achieved cost-effective and timely project completion by proposing use of pre-existing third-
<br />party model application.
<br />Contaminated Sediment Management for the Lower Passaic River Superfund Site,
<br />Cooperating Parties Group, Newark, NJ: Project manager and technical lead for
<br />development of hydrodynamic, sediment transport, and contaminant transport models
<br />(using the extended control model and route cause analysis model frameworks) for
<br />EDUCATION
<br />Ph.D., Sediment Transport,
<br />Delft University of
<br />Technology, Netherlands
<br />M.S. Civil and Environmental,
<br />Duke University
<br />B.E., Civil Engineering,
<br />University of Pune, India
<br />INDUSTRY/GEI EXPERIENCE
<br />24 years/1 year
<br />REGISTRATIONS & LICENSES
<br />Professional Engineer, NY No.
<br />107633
<br />PROFESSIONAL
<br />AFFILIATIONS
<br />American Society of Civil
<br />Engineers
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