ALAN M. JACOBS, Ph.D., P.G., Professor, Chair

Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences

Youngstown State University, 1 University Plaza, Youngstown, OH 44555

330.941.2933 (office); 330.718.2933 (mobile); 330.941.1754 (fax); amjacobs@ysu.edu (e-mail)

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42 years of experience in teaching, research, consulting, and management. Disciplines include: geology and environmental science

Selected Achievements:

· Faculty, Youngstown State University, since 1996. Tenured, since 2000. Associate Professor, 1996-2003. Professor, since 2003. Graduate Faculty, since 1999.

o Director, Environmental Studies Programs (1996-2005). Coordinated the undergraduate (since 1996) and graduate programs (Certificate since 1999 and Masters since 2001).

o Instructor in the following programs: environmental studies (undergraduate and graduate), geology (undergraduate), environmental engineering (graduate), and public health (graduate)(1996-present).

o Chair, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, since June 2005.

o Sabbatical year program in Italy, 2003-04, lecturing and research, University of Genoa and D’Appolonia S.p.A.

· Consulting projects throughout the United States and in Italy, Spain, Sweden, Venezuela, the Caspian Sea Coast, Pakistan, and Korea;

· Developed specialized techniques and hardware for underground and underwater television probes used in boreholes, monitoring wells, and mines;

· Taught general geology, geomorphology, glacial geology, and field geology at Indiana University (1963-1967) and is a part-time instructor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie-Mellon University (1987-present);

· Developed a cooperative program with West Virginia University to offer graduate level courses in environmental sciences at the office (IT Corporation) after hours;

· New York State Regents Scholarship in Science and Engineering (1959-63), NASA Traineeship (1964-67); Teaching Assistantships at Indiana University (1963-67), the Certificate of Merit from the American Institute of Professional Geologists (1984), and Environmental education grants (NSF and Ohio EPA, 1996-2001).

Education

Ph.D., Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1967; Traveling Scholar to the University of Minnesota, 1965; Dissertation: "Pleistocene Proto-Cirque Hollows, Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana"

M.A., Geology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, 1965

B.S. (Honors), Geology, The City College, City University of New York, 1963

Registrations/Certifications

AIPG: Certified Professional Geologist, CPG No. 2675, AIPG, 1974+

Delaware: Professional Geologist, No. 209, 1974+

California: Registered Geologist, No. 3452, 1978-99; Cert. Engineering Geologist, No. 1053, 1979-99

Pennsylvania: Professional Geologist, No. PG-000674-G, 1994+.

affiliations

· American Institute of Professional Geologists, Pennsylvania Section, Secretary/Treasurer: 1981 and 1982, President, 1983 and 1984, Executive Committee: 1985 and 1986

· The New York Explorers Club, Fellow

· Geological Society of America

Selected Publications: Dates, Titles, and Publisher

2003, “Simulation of the Sediment Load in Rio Puerco, New Mexico Based on Linear Regression of 50-Year Data,” Abstract, Geological Society of America

2002, “Collaboration between Geology and the Arts—Environmental Theater,” American Institute of Professional Geologists

2001, “The Significance of Cyclic Vinyl Chloride Fluctuations in a Ground-Water Cleanup Strategy, Maryland, USA,” Swets and Zeitlinger

1997, “Using Topographic Indicators to Prevent Environmental Damage from Mine Subsidence,” Abstract, University of Bologna, Italy

1987, "Tracing Contaminant Leaks Using Borehole TV," USEPA

1986, "Borehole TV: The Problem Sites...A New Investigative Tool," Eng. and Mining Journal

1980, "Paleomagnetic and Paleontological Dating of a Section at Gioia Tauro [Calabria], Italy: Identification of the Blake Event," Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Elsevier

1979, "Quaternary Deposits of Illinois," map, 1:500,000, Illinois State Geological Survey

1974, "Erosion of Lake Michigan's Shoreline Bluffs, Wilmette to Waukegan, Illinois," Abstracts, Geological Society of America

1971, "Geology for Planning in St. Clair County, Illinois," Illinois State Geological Survey

1971, “Statistical Considerations for Grain-Size Analyses in Tills,” Mathematical Geology

1971, "Environmental Terrane Studies in the East St. Louis Area, Illinois," Chapter 10, Environmental Geomorphology, State University of New York, Binghamton Press, Binghamton, New York.

1970, "Persistence of Lake Basins in Southern Illinois from Late Illinoian Time to the Present," Revue de Geographie Physique et de Geologie Dynamique

1969, “Pleistocene Niche Glaciers and Protocirques, Cataract Creek Valley, Tobacco Root Mountains, Montana,” Geological Society of America