Principal
and founder of the company, which commercially provides new and recently developed technology, especially in remediation
of contaminated soil. Responsible for execution of all operations of the
company, including administrative oversight, sales, marketing, engineering,
and field activities.
8/90 – 9/97: University
of Cincinnati
Geochemical Group Leader, Center for GeoEnvironmental
Science and Technology
Managed a
multi-disciplinary group of 9 scientists and engineers doing research of
methods for in situ remediation of contaminated soils. Personally listed as
principal investigator for research sponsored by the US EPA as wells for research
and technical services for corporate clients. As adjunct faculty provided
consultation to students and sat upon advisory committees for graduate
students in environmental engineering and geology. Also compiled and taught a
course on Solidification and Stabilization processes for contaminated soil.
88 – 90: Chevron USA
Engineering Manager, Midland, Texas
Supervised
twelve engineers and held responsibility for engineering analysis and project
design for 37 oil fields, which produced, in aggregate, 22000
bbl oil per day from 3700 wells. Prepared budgets, coordinated efforts
with other corporate elements, and negotiated with partners, vendors, and
customers.
Chevron USA
Senior Project Engineer, Houston
Conducted and
directed studies of petroleum reservoirs. Designed and evaluated enhanced oil
recovery projects for oil fields along the Gulf coast and in West Texas.
Gulf Research and Development
Company
Research Engineer, Pittsburgh
Planned,
justified, conducted and documented fundamental investigations of multiphase
flow through porous media utilizing bench top experiments and numerical
models.
Education
Ph.D.,
Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
M.S., Chemical
Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Murdoch, L.C.,
D. Wilson, K. Savage, W. Slack, and J. Uber. Alternative Methods for Fluid Delivery and Recovery.
USEPA/625/R-94/003, 1995.
Seigrist, R.
L., K.S. Lowe, L.C. Murdoch, W.W. Slack, T.C. Houk. X-231A demonstration of in situ remediation of DNAPL compounds in low
permeability media by soil fracturing with thermally enhanced mass recovery
and reactive barrier destruction. DOE document ORNL/TM-13534, March
1998.
Whiting, T.,
W. Slack, L.C. Murdoch. Dual-phase extraction with hydraulic fractures at a
superfund site. International Conf.
On Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey,
CA, May 1998.
Murdoch, L.C.,
W. Slack, R. Siegrist, S. Vesper, T. Meiggs, Hydraulic fracturing advances. Civil Engineering, May 1997,
10A-12A.
Murdoch, L.C.,
M. Kemper, and W.W. Slack. Applications of hydraulic fractures during in situ
remediation. 1st Hawaiian National
Remediation Technology Conference, Honolulu, HI, Sept. 1994.
Murdoch, L.C.,
W. Slack, R. Siegrist, S. Vesper, T. Meiggs ,
Advanced hydraulic fracturing methods to create in situ reactive barriers. Proceedings of the International
Containment Technology Conference and Exhibition, Feb. 9-12, 1997, St.
Petersburg, FL
S.C. Hunt,
T.O. Meiggs, L.C. Murdoch, W.W. Slack. Method
and system for bioremediation of contaminated soil using inoculated support
spheres. Patent 5,733,067 issued 31 March 1998.
Murdoch, L.C.,
W.W. Slack, W. Harrar, B. Nilsson, and R. Siegrist. Sidewall sensors for
monitoring fractured clay till. Journal
of Nordic Hydrology.
Murdoch, L.C.,
W.W. Slack, W. Harrar, R. Siegrist, and T. Whiting. Sidewall sensors for
measuring in situ properties. Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant
Compounds Conference Proceedings, Monterey, CA, May 18-21, 1998.
Murdoch, L.C.,
W.W. Slack, W. Harrar, B. Nilsson, and R. Siegrist. Sidewall sensors for
monitoring fractured clay till. Proceedings of the Mass Transport in
Fractured Aquifers and Aquitards Conference. Copenhagen, DK. May 14-16, 1998.
Murdoch, L.C.,
W.W. Slack, W. Harrar, R. Siegrist, and T. Whiting. Arrays of sidewall
sensors to monitor subsurface conditions. 4th
International Symposium on Environmental Geotechnology,
Boston, Mass. Aug. 9-13, 1998.
William W.
Slack, Lawrence C. Murdoch, Rex Hodges, and Dave Butler, “Recovering
Free Product from Clay Using Hydraulic Fractures” Second Conference on
Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, 2000.
William W.
Slack and Lawrence C. Murdoch, “Hydraulic Fractures to Improve In Situ
Remediation” Second Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and
Recalcitrant Compounds, Monterey, 2000.
Murdoch, L.C.
J.R. Richardson, and W.W. Slack. Hydraulic fractures in fine-grain materials.
Southeastern Geol. Soc. Amer, abstracts, March 2000.
Agee, C., L.C.
Murdoch, S. Brame, W.W. Slack. Effects of hydraulic fractures on well
performance in saprolite Southeastern Geol. Soc. Amer, abstracts, March 2000.
Davis-Hoover,
Wendy J., L. Taras Bryndzia, Michael H. Roulier, Lawrence C. Murdoch, Mark C.
Kemper, Phillip R. Cluxton, Souhail Al-Abed, William W. Slack, Stephen J.
Vesper, “In Situ Bioremediation Utilizing Horizontal Lasagna”,
Fifth International Sysposium for In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, San
Diego, CA, April 1999.
Davis-Hoover,
Wendy J., Michael H. Roulier, L. Taras Bryndzia, Lawrence C. Murdoch, Mark C.
Kemper, Phillip R. Cluxton, Souhail Al-Abed, William W. Slack, Stephen J.
Vesper, “Horizontal Lasagna to Bioremediate Trichloroethylene In
Situ”, Midwest Focus Groundwater Conference, National Groundwater
Association, Chicago, October 1999.