Mohsen Mehran

About Mohsen Mehran

Dr. Mehran is a certified ground water professional with over 40 years’ experience in hydrogeology, ground water quality, and environmental sciences and engineering. He has held teaching and research posts and has taught advanced courses in ground water hydrology, contaminant transport in fractured/porous media, and soil mechanics. He has served in senior technical and management positions with responsibility for conducting remedial investigation/feasibility studies; RCRA Facility Investigations; risk assessment; and design, installation, and operation of remediation systems. Dr. Mehran has developed/applied computer models to solve ground water flow and chemical migration problems. He has applied this specialty to site characterization, evaluation of remedial alternatives, development of cleanup criteria, and cost allocation among potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for various industries and government agencies. Dr. Mehran is active professionally by publishing and regularly presents at industry conferences. He has been a reviewer for the Journals of Groundwater; Groundwater Monitoring and Remediation; and Environmental Science and Technology. He has been a member of the Research Advisory Board of the National Water Research Institute since 1991. He recently served on the National Academy of Sciences Committee on “Future Options for Management in the Nation’s Subsurface Remediation Effort”. The efforts of the Committee resulted in publication of the book entitled “Alternatives for Managing the Nation\'s Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites”. Dr. Mehran is a certified mediator. He provides legal support and expert witness testimony for cases including environmental compliance, sources and causes of contamination, off-site contaminant migration, allocation of cost amongst PRPs, justification for the type/extent of remediation imposed by the regulatory agencies, and relative responsibilities of owners and tenants.

Experience

1. Chief Executive Office and Program Manager

   Rubicon Engineering Corporation

   Jan 2004 — Present · Orange County, CA, US

   Responsible for the day-to-day operation of the company. Supervises environmental investigation and remediation projects; leads marketing efforts to attract new clients; performs quality control/quality assurance; and acts as the chief client contact. Client projects include RCRA facility investigations/corrective measures studies, site characterization and remediation, feasibility studies, ground water/contaminant transport modeling, vapor intrusion investigation and mitigation, risk assessment, and water reuse/recycling projects.

Education

• Tehran University

  Bachelor’s Degree, Agricultural Engineering

  1962

• University of California, Davis

  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Soil Mechanics

  1971

• University of California, Davis

  Master’s Degree, Soil Physics

  1966

Skills

• Rcra
• Microsoft Office
• Cercla
• Public Speaking
• Expert Witness
• Lecturing
• Cost Allocation
• Hydrogeology
• Project Management
• Strategic Planning
• Hydrology
• Sustainability
• Fate and Transport
• Management
• Research
• Water Resources
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Site Investigation