Mary Ellen C. Bruce, P.E.

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President, geotechnica, s.a., Inc.

Education:

B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Maryland, 1988
M.S., Geotechnical Engineering, Cornell University, 1990
40-Hour OSHA Health and Safety Training ASFE, Institute for Professional Practice

Professional Registration:

P.E.: Pennsylvania - No. PE-050454-E (1996)

Professional Affiliations:

American Society of Civil Engineers
International Association of Foundation Drilling (ADSC)
Society of Women Engineers Chi Epsilon Engineering Honor Society

Professional Experience and Background:

PRESIDENT, GEOTECHNICA, S.A., INC., VENETIA, PA, JUNE 1998 TO PRESENT
Ms. Bruce established geotechnica, s.a., Inc., assuming the position of President. The corporation operates as a consultancy offering technical, administrative, and project management consulting services in the civil, environmental, and geotechnical engineering industries. This woman-owned business enterprise is operated by Ms. Bruce, and particular areas of practice include: geotechnical design preparation and review; geotechnical report writing and technical editing; drilling inspection; market studies; and project management.

GEOTECHNICAL PROJECT ENGINEER, GANNETT FLEMING, INC., PITTSBURGH, PA, JUNE 1995 – JUNE 1998

Ms. Bruce was responsible for evaluation and design aspects for various geotechnical, environmental and solid waste projects. She routinely performed geotechnical and environmental site reconnaissance and assessment; conducted geologic literature reviews and mapping; planned and implemented subsurface investigations, interpreted air photographs; performed drilling inspection and soil and water sampling; assigned and evaluated geotechnical laboratory tests; performed slope stability analyses and retaining wall and foundation evaluations and design; and developed engineering and environmental reports, construction plans, technical specifications and cost estimates. She has been involved in seismic refraction and electrical resistivity geophysical surveys, and developed treatments for landslide stabilization, pavement subgrades, and springs for roadway reconstruction. Ms. Bruce was the project engineer for numerous Phase I environmental site assessments, responsible for performing record searches, interviews, field reconnaissance, and compiling information for reporting and development of Phase II sampling and analytical recommendations.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER, PAUL C. RIZZO ASSOCIATES, PITTSBURGH, PA, NOVEMBER 1993 TO JUNE 1995

Ms. Bruce was involved in a variety of geotechnical and environmental projects during her employment with Paul C. Rizzo Associates. She was the engineer responsible for the on-site literature search of regulatory documents, field investigation development and work plan preparation, and field management for an environmental assessment at a solid waste landfill site in Puerto Rico. In addition her duties included compiling and evaluating water quality data, reporting, and developing an operations and maintenance plan for the landfill for the new owners. Ms. Bruce was also responsible for engineering analyses related to a large-diameter tank facility at a hazardous materials site in the U.S., involving evaluating subsurface information, developing site characterization; and performing liquefaction (SHAKE), slope stability (UTEXAS2 and STABL5) and settlement analyses. Ms. Bruce also served as the project engineer responsible for evaluations of a buckle in a penstock of a 100-foot high hydraulic fill dam. Her duties included preparing a field investigation work plan; directing on-site drilling and piezometer installations; conducting subsequent slope stability, settlement (beam on an elastic foundation), seepage, and liquefaction analyses; and reporting.

WOODWARD-CLYDE CONSULTANTS, BATON ROUGE, LA, NOVEMBER 1990 TO NOVEMBER 1993

Ms. Bruce served as the Project Manager for a major corporate client, an aluminum manufacturing facility in Louisiana, responsible for the management and technical execution of multiple projects. She was the engineer responsible for writing two new solid waste permit applications for 800-acre spent bauxite surface impoundments; developing modifications for several existing solid waste facilities to allow for waste stream changes and expansions; coordinating and executing field sampling, evaluating and reporting for semi-annual sampling of 64 monitoring wells at the facility’s bauxite extraction plant; and assessing performance of recovery well systems installed for remediation of brine and chloride releases. Her other responsibilities included on-site environmental and geotechnical subsurface investigation and engineering evaluations, including a staged-loading scheme for large-diameter tanks for a proposed wastewater treatment plant at another chemical plant. She was also responsible for completing three successive years of SARA Tier II Right-to-Know inventories for an industrial client in Louisiana, involving on-site interviews at the industrial plant and collection and compilation of hazardous material inventory data. She also assisted with the development of software for data compilation and reporting.

Publications:

1. Bruce, D.A., and M.E.C. Bruce. (1997). “International Workshop on Micropiles.” Proceedings of DFI Specialty Conference on Micropiles, Seattle, WA, September 26-28, 463 p.

2. Bruce, D.A., M.E.C. Bruce, and A.F. DiMillio. (1998). “Deep Mixing Method: A Global Perspective.” Soil Improvement for Big Digs. Proceedings of Sessions of Geo-Congress 98, American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 81, Boston, MA, October 18-21, pp. 1-26.

3. Bruce, D.A., M.E.C. Bruce, and A.F. DiMillio. (1998). “Deep Mixing Method: A Global Perspective.” Civil Engineering. Vol. 68, No. 12, December, pp. 38-41.

4. Bruce, D.A., M.E.C. Bruce, and R.P. Traylor. (1999). “High Capacity Micropiles – Basic Principals and Case Histories.” GeoEngineering for Underground Facilities. Proc. of the 3rd National Conference of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Geotechnical Special Publication No. 90, Urbana-Champaign, IL, June 13-17, pp. 188-199.

5. Bruce, D.A., and M.E.C. Bruce. (1999). “An Update on Deep Mixing Technology Worldwide.” GeoEngineering for Underground Facilities. Proc. of the 3rd National Conference of the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 90. Urbana-Champaign, IL, June 13-17, pp. 1007-1015.

6. Bruce, D. A., M.E.C. Bruce, and A.F. DiMillio. (1999). “Dry Mix Methods: A Brief Overview of International Practice.” Dry Deep Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stabilization, Proceedings of the International Conference on Dry Deep Mix Methods for Deep Soil Stabilization, Ed. by H. Bredenberg, G. Holm, and B. Broms, Stockholm, Sweden, October 13-15, pp. 15-25.

7. Bruce, D.A., M.E.C. Bruce, A.F. DiMillio. (2000). “Deep Mixing: QA/QC and Verification Methods.” Grouting Soil Improvement, Geosystems Including Reinforcement. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Ground Improvement Geosystems. Finnish Geotechnical Society, Helsinki, Finland, June 7-9, pp. 11-22.

8. Bruce, D. A., M.E.C. Bruce, and R.P. Traylor. (1999). “High Capacity Micropiles – Basic Principles and Case Histories.” Proceedings, XI Panamerican Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, Iguassu Falls, Brazil, August 8-12, pp. 1505-1511.

9. Bruce, D.A., M.E.C. Bruce, A.F. Dimillio. (2001). “Deep Mixing Method: An International Overview of Technology, Testing and Product.” XV ICSMGE, Istanbul, Turkey, August 27-31, 2001. 4 pp.

10. Bruce, D.A., and M.E.C. Bruce (Editors). (2002). “IWM 2002: International Workshop on Micropiles,” Venice, Italy, May 30-June 1 (available on CD from ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling).

11. Bruce, D.A., and M.E.C. Bruce. (2003). “The Practitioner’s Guide to Deep Mixing.” Grouting and Ground Treatment, Proceedings of the Third International Conference, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 120, Ed. L.F. Johnsen, D.A. Bruce, and M.J. Byle, American Society of Civil Engineers, pp. 475-488.

12. Barley A.D., D.A. Bruce, M.E.C. Bruce, J. C. Lang, H. Aschenbroich. (2003). “High Capacity and Fully Removable Soil Anchors.” 12th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering, 39th U.S. Rock Mechanics Symposium. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA. June 26, 2003. 9 pp.

13. Bruce, D.A., and M.E.C. Bruce (Editors). (2003). “IWM 2003: International Workshop on Micropiles,” Seattle, WA, September 25-28 (available on CD from ADSC: The International Association of Foundation Drilling).

14. Gómez, J., M.E. Bruce, D.A. Bruce, D.L. Basinger and A.W. Cadden. (2004). “Stabilization of Retaining Wall along Tailrace Channel of Hodenpyl Dam,” GeoSupport 2004 Drilled Shafts, Micropiling, Deep Mixing, Remedial Methods, and Specialty Foundation Systems, , ADSC: International Association of Foundation Drilling and American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 124, Orlando, FL, January 29-31, pp. 346?360.

15. Bruce, M.E., R.P. Traylor, A.D. Barley, D.A. Bruce and J. Gómez. (2004). “Post Grouted Single Bore Multiple Anchors at Hodenpyl Dam, Michigan,” GeoSupport 2004 Drilled Shafts, Micropiling, Deep Mixing, Remedial Methods, and Specialty Foundation Systems, ADSC: International Association of Foundation Drilling and American Society of Civil Engineers, Geotechnical Special Publication No. 124, Orlando, FL, January 29-31, pp. 361?373.