Workshops
& Training Courses - David L. Derrick
Name:
David
Derrick
Telephone: 601-638-7717
Cellular: 601-218-7717
d_derrick@r2d-eng.com
- Taught 16 three to five day workshops in 2006
for over 900 students
- Workshop coordinator for all ERDC Hydraulic Lab
PROSPECT courses taught
from 1998 to present.
- Developer and sole instructor for 3-day
comprehensive workshops (with
field trips) on “Stream Investigation, Stabilization, and
Restoration”, Manhattan, NY (July 2004) and Buffalo, NY (Apr
2004).
- Co-developed and co-instructor for the American
Society of Civil
Engineers (ASCE) 3-day course “Introduction to Stream
Investigation, Stabilization, and Restoration” Houston, TX
(Dec 2004); Buffalo, NY (Sept 2004); Portland, OR (July 2004); St. Paul
(June 2004); Charlotte, NC (Mar 2004); Scottsdale, AZ (Feb 2004); and
St. Louis, MO (Nov 2003).
- Co-developer and main instructor for a 3-day
course “Stream
and Riparian Area Investigation, Analysis, and Design
Workshop” Auburn, NY (Sept 2004)
- Co-developer and instructor “Workshop
on Restoration of
Riparian Zones for Water Quality and Ecological Functions”
Louisville, KY (Aug 2004); Phoenix, AZ (Sept 2003); and Louisville, KY
(July 2002).
- Co-developer, instructor, and field trip
coordinator for a 4-day
comprehensive workshop “Watershed and Stream Analysis and
Design for Planners, Project Managers, and Regulators”,
Grenada, MS (Aug 2004)
- Co-developer and instructor for 3-day workshop
“Importance,
Threats, Protection, and Restoration of Streams and Associated Riparian
Areas for Water Quality and Ecological Functions”,
Charlestown, NH (Aug 2004)
- Co-developer and Instructor of 2-day
“Stream Realignment and
Restoration Workshop for McKinstry Creek”, DOT realignment
project, Ellicottville, NY (June 2004)
- Developer and sole instructor for one to
three-day workshops (with
field trips) on “Stream Investigation, Stabilization, and
Restoration”: Van Buren, MO (Apr 2004); Atlanta, GA (May
2004); Salem, AR (Aug 2003); Tallahassee, FL (Apr 2003); Cincinnati
(Mar 2003); Grenada, MS (Jan 2003); Yankton, SD (Jan 2003), Peapack and
Gladstone, NJ (Sept 2002); Buffalo, NY (July 2002); Ventura, CA (June
2002); Manhattan, KS (June 2002); Kingman, KS (June 2002); Bismark, ND
(May 2002); Pittsburgh, PA (Mar 2002); Galesburg, IL (Feb 2002),
Jackson, TN (Aug 2001); Philadelphia (Apr 2001); Los Angeles (Oct
2000); Las Vegas (Sept 2000); Clinton, NJ (May 2000); San Francisco
(Mar 2000);; Jackson, WY (Sept 1997); Garrison Ft. Belvoir (Sept 1997);
Oxford, PA (June 1997); Paris, TX (Jan 1997);Byrd, IL (Aug 1997); Alton
IL (Mar 1997); Alton, IL (June 1996); Seattle (Sept 1995); and Hanover,
NH (Dec 1993).
- With Wayne Kinney (NRCS-IL) co-developed and
taught three 1-day classes
on “Bendway Weirs and LPSTP for NRCS Personnel”,
various locations, State of IL ((Aug 2002)
- With John McCullah, Salix Applied Earthcare,
Redding, CA) developed and
taught two 3-day classes, “Biotechnical Streambank
Stabilization and Restoration” Fairbanks, AK (May 2002) and
San Jose, CA (May 2002)
- With Hollis Allen, co-developed and taught a
3-day class on
“Stream Stabilization”, Little Rock, AR (Nov 2002).
- Course coordinator, co-technical coordinator,
group leader, and lead
instructor for the ERDC-CHL 5-day PROSPECT workshop
“Streambank Erosion and Protection, #285”,
(Vicksburg, MS., twice a year, 1998 to present, 30-35 students per
class).
- Course coordinator, co-technical coordinator,
and instructor for the
ERDC-CHL 5-day PROSPECT workshop “Advanced Streambank
Protection, #394” (1998 to 2005, (except 2004) & 2007
Vicksburg and Grenada, MS.
- Instructor and lead field investigation
instructor for 2 to 3 day
workshops on Stream Investigation and Pipeline Protection for Equipment
Operators, Sales, Engineering, and Customer Pipeliner Personnel@ for
Submar, Incorporated (yearly, 2001-2007, Vicksburg, Tchula, Grenada,
and Tunica, MS). Submar designs, manufactures, and installs Articulated
Concrete Mattress (ACM) protection systems for pipeline protection, and
stream grade and bank stabilization functions.
- Lead coordinator and instructor for 5-day
workshop,
“Watershed and Stream Investigation, Analysis, and Design for
Planners, Program Managers, and Regulators” (2004 &
2006, Grenada, MS).
- Lead coordinator, and instructor for
multi-laboratory 5-day training
workshop, “Watershed Analysis & Protection”
for five Plata Basin (South American) countries (9/03).
- Lead coordinator and instructor for 5-day
workshop,
“Watershed and Stream Investigation, Analysis, and Design for
Engineers” (Sept 2005, Grenada, MS).
- Class Coordinator for all PROSPECT workshops
presented by the ERDC
Hydraulic Laboratory
- Co-developed and instructed at several 5-day
EPA funded Streambank
Stabilization Workshops, Omaha, NE (July 2000); Alton, IL (Oct 2000),
Vicksburg, MS; (Feb 2001), Denver, CO (July 2001), and Louisville, KY
(Aug 2001).
- Co-developed and instructed at five 2-day EPA
funded Streambank
Stabilization Workshops: Paris, TX; Godfrey, IL; (1997), Denver, CO;
Baltimore, MD; Mankato, MN; and Altus, OK (1998).
- Developed and taught 3 day workshops on
“Bank Stabilization
for the Kansas Department of Health and Environment” in
Topeka, KS and the Teton County Natural Resource District, Jackson, WY
(Aug 1997 & Sep 1997)
- Co-developed and was the main instructor (8
lectures) for a 2-day
Natural Resources Conservation Service streambank protection workshop
in Godfrey, IL. (Jun 1996) and co-developed and taught at a 2-day
continuing education short course “Streambank Stabilization
using Bioengineering Means”, for the American Society of
Civil Engineers in Memphis, TN. (Mar 1997).
- Developed and taught one-day symposiums on
“Innovative
Streambank Stabilization Methods for the NRCS” in
Lawrenceville, IL, and Toledo, IL., the Oklahoma Department of
Transportation, and the U.S. Army at Ft. Belvoir, VA (all during Aug
and Sep 1997).
- Developed and chaired two Corps-wide workshops
focused on
“Dike Repair Criteria and Repair Methods” (Feb
1987), and “River Training Structure Design for Navigation
Channel Improvement Through Constricted Bends” (Feb 1989).
Instructor for
short courses, and select conference presentations:
- Presenter of a 1.5 hr technical session at an
NRCS urban stream
restoration conference, Urbana, IL (Feb 2002).
- Technical session instructor (1.5 hrs) at the
Kansas Wetlands and
Stream Conference, Overland Park, KS (Aug 2003)
- Three presentations (innovative case studies)
at the COE, Corps-Wide
Geotextile Tube Workshop, New Orleans, LA (July 2003)
- Co-developed and instructed in course on stream
investigation and
stabilization with field trip, Lincoln, IL (July 2001).
- Co-developed and instructed at an 8-hour
bioengineering short course at
the ASCE Denver conference on stream restoration.(Apr 1998)
Instructor at
the following ERDC-WES week-long PROSPECT courses:
- Hydraulic Design of Shallow Draft Channels
(1990); Hydraulic Design For
Project Engineers & Planners (1990, 1992); Sedimentation
Investigations (1990); Hydraulic Design of Flood Control Channels
(1991); Hydraulic Design of Movable-bed Flood Control Channels (1993);
and Streambank Erosion and Protection (1995-1997).
International
Erosion Control Association Conferences:
- Co-instructor for a technical session
“How to Use
Biotechnical Methods for Streambank Protection” at the
IECA’s 26th Annual Convention (1995), sole instructor for a
4-hour technical session “New Methods for Better
Performance” at IECA’s 28th Annual Conference
(1997), presented a 3-hour class on “How to Perform a Stream
Investigation of a Bank Erosion Problem” at the
IECA’s Annual Conferences in both 1998 and 2001, conducted a
tour of three of my innovative stabilization projects on Las Vegas Wash
during the 2001 IECA conference, taught a 3-hr technical session
“THE USE OF INDIRECT METHODS FOR STREAMBANK
STABILIZATION” at IECA Orlando(2002), co-instructor for two 8
hr classes,”Environmentally Sensitive Streambank
Stabilization (www.E-SenSS.com)”, and “Enhancing
Erosion Control Projects in Riparian Areas to Provide Improved Physical
and Ecological Functions” plus a 4-hr technical session
“How to Read a Stream” (IECA Las Vegas 2003), and
taught a 4-hour technical session “Goal and Function-Based
Design for Stream and Riparian Areas”, IECA Philadelphia, PA
(2004). Taught a 4-hr technical session “Innovative Stream
Stabilization” (IECA Reno 2007)
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