EDS Personnel
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James R. Kulpa |
| Principal / Hydrographer
Mr. Kulpa has over 15 years’ experience in field data collection including hydrologic instrumentation and surveying with an emphasis on bathymetric surveying and instrumentation. During his 15 years as a professional hydrographer, he has managed extensive field efforts for the United States Geological Survey (branch of Pacific Marine Geology – Palo Alto, CA), Bigelow Laboratories for Ocean Sciences (Boothbay Harbor, Maine), and Philip Williams and Associates (San Francisco, CA).
As a result, Mr. Kulpa has managed federally-funded research projects, academic-based projects, and private-sector projects for the engineering, restoration, hydrologic and modeling communities. Typical work products include hydrologic data time series generation for model calibration and monitoring, conditional and pre and post dredge bathymetric surveying, pre and post restoration construction topographic surveying, water quality monitoring and report generation, and telemetry design and implementation.
His projects include Gulf of Maine Coccolithiphore Monitoring, Coastal Louisiana Barrier Island Migration Monitoring, Central and Northern California State Beaches Monitoring, Sly Park Reservoir Water Quality Monitoring and Bathymetric Surveys, Salton Sea Seabed Classification, Bathymetric Survey and Water Quality Monitoring, Sonoma Baylands Wetlands Restoration Implementation and Monitoring and the Integrated Regional Wetland Monitoring Program (water quality and physical processes). Top of page.
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Sean R. Avent |
| Environmental Scientist
Mr. Avent has over 10 years experience in the hydrology, water quality, biology and ecology of estuarine and marine systems. He has participated in many oceanographic and estuarine monitoring and research projects that target biologically important water quality parameters. In addition, he is experienced in both hydrographic and topographic survey techniques as well as hydrologic and meteorological monitoring using both cellular phone and radio based telemetry.
Recently, Mr. Avent’s work has focused on the hydrology and water quality (e.g., suspended sediment concentrations, conductivity and salinity, temperature, total dissolved solids, and chlorophyll concentrations) of multiple restored marsh habitats in the San Francisco Estuary as part of an interdisciplinary team in the IRWM project working for Wetlands and Water Resources and San Francisco State University.
Currently, he is the project scientist for the Island Ponds (South San Francisco Bay) water quality monitoring effort. Additionally, Mr. Avent has performed pre- and post-dredge surveys for the Alameda Point shipping channel and numerous marina dredging projects, as well as ACDP surveys and monitoring for the Vallero Oil Company shipping lanes. Mr. Avent has several published articles in peer-reviewed professional journals.Top of page.
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Jacob H. Schweitzer |
| Project Cartographer
Mr. Schweitzer has over 10 years of professional experience in geographic information science, including GIS, cartography, CAD modeling, GPS surveying, and related web-based technologies. Combining high-end graphics with advanced analysis, his project experience includes South Bay Salt Pond Reference atlases, hydrographic analyses of tidal marsh restoration sites, mapping and describing wetland restoration projects throughout the San Francisco Estuary and Delta, preparing wetland restoration construction plans, and numerous bathymetric contour map generation projects.Top of page.
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