Curriculum Vitae
Erin Cunningham Rudders
Professional Experience
September 2002 - present
Instructor in the Water Resources Program at
Spokane Community College
Spokane, Washington
- Teach courses in the Water Resources Technician Program
- Manage students completing field projects and occupational preparation activities
- Maintain field equipment to insure proper operation and maintenance
- Represent the program and provide technical support of local water resource projects
- Work cooperatively on water resource issues with public and private entities
May 2001 - August 2002
Ground Water Program Coordinator for Spokane County
Water Quality Management Program
Spokane, Washington
- Conducted surface water and groundwater monitoring, managed water data and performed analysis
- Performed spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.)
- Prepared and reviewed technical documents and figures
- Managed field equipment to insure proper operation and maintenance and recommend new methods and operation procedures
- Worked with local water purveyors to meet the contaminant source inventory requirement of wellhead protection programs
- Represented the county and provided data in support of work in the Middle Spokane and Little Spokane watershed planning process
- Worked cooperatively on water resource issues with other public agencies
- Provided information on local water resources through public education events
July 1997 - August 1997 and June 1998 - May 2001
Hydrogeologist - Pacific Groundwater
Group
Seattle, Washington
- Developed, planned, directed and/or conducted environmental site investigations and
technical data collection for groundwater, soil, and surface water investigations
- Scoping and study design
- Managed field tasks (drilling, sampling)
- Environmental water and soil sampling
- Aquifer testing
- Electronic water level and water quality monitoring
- Gathered data and performed analysis
- Electronic data management, database maintenance, and mumerical and graphical
calculations
- Performed spatial analysis using Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.)
- Created graphical presentations of data
- Prepared and reviewed technical documents and figures
- Coordinated marketing efforts and prepared proposals
- Managed field equipment to insure proper operation and maintenance and recommended
new methods and operation procedures
- Trained junior staff
September 1997 - May 1998
Scientist - Scientists, Engineers, and Architects
(S.E.A.), Inc.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
- Designed and conducted environmental site investigations
- Collated data and prepared technical reports (including analysis, graphics preparation, and writing)
- Drafted large scale water and sewer design plans
August 1994 - June 1996
Research Assistant and Teaching
Assistant
University of Arizona; Laboratory of Isotope Geochemistry and
Department of Geosciences
Tucson, Arizona
- Performed laboratory tasks associated with tritium, radiocarbon, and mass spectrometric analyses
- Taught Historical Geology lab sections (including honors level)
Education
M.S. Hydrogeology - Department of Geosciences University of Arizona, 1996
- Designed and conducted an investigation of mountain front recharge to an arid alluvial
basin using tritium and stable isotope analyses from spring and well waters
- 1995 Chevron Summer Graduate Research Grant Recipient
- Won "Best First Talk" award for presenting research at 1996 Geoscience Days
Symposium and was the first author of a paper published in 1998 in the Hydrogeology
Journal describing the research
Field Studies in Hydrology - Department of Hydrology, Ohio University, 1994
- Intensive study of hydrogeologic site investigations and analyses including well construction,
well logging, pump test analyses, environmental sampling, and remediation
National Outdoor Leadership School - Wilderness Expedition, Wind River Range, Wyoming. 1993
- Developed wilderness survival skills and discovered personal leadership styles
B.S. Geology - Department of Geography and Geology, East Tennessee State
University, 1994
Memberships and Registrations
- Member of the American Water Resources Association (AWRA)
- Member of the Western Instructors in Natural Resources Technology (WINRT)
- Board member of the Society of Inland Northwest Environmental Scientists (SINES)
- Washington State Registered Hydrogeologist
