SDAG Monthly Meeting / Joint Meeting with Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
First Wednesday - November 6 |
Location:
Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society
123 W. Alvarado St.
Fallbrook, CA 92028
Directions:
From I-15:
1. Take I-15 north toward Fallbrook.
2. Take exit 51 toward Mission Road/Fallbrook.
3. Turn left onto Old Hwy 395.
4. Slight right onto Mission Road.
5. In 4.4 miles, turn left onto N. Brandon Road.
6. In 0.2 miles, turn right onto E. Alvarado Road.
7. In 0.4 miles, Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society is on the right.
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6:00pm -
Social hour
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SDAG Monthly Meeting / Joint Meeting with Association of Engineering Geologists (AEG)
6:00pm - Happy Hour
7:00pm - Dinner
7:30 pm - Program
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7:00pm
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Menu: Mexican Buffet / Vegan
Walawender Bar open for donations
if pre-registered by the deadline, $5 extra if you did not make a reservation.
Click the SDAG member checkbox on the reservation form if you are a member.
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Cost: $ 45.00 Member; Non-Member $55.00; Student $ 25.00
Reservations:
Make/Pay your reservation online by clicking the button below
by Noon Friday, November 1
RESERVATIONS CANNOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER by Noon Friday, November 1
(Please note beginning January 2024 all meeting reservations will require on-line pre-payment due to venue costs,
venue contracts, and loss of money due to no shows.)
IF YOU DO NOT PRE-PAY YOUR FOOD RESERVATION, WE CANNOT GUARANTEE YOU A MEAL.
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7:30pm - Program
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"How Climate Change Impacts Infrastructure?"
Speaker: Cynthia Delaney Palomares, P.G., P.E.
The terms global warming and climate change are often used interchangeably,
but the two phenomena are different. Global warming is the rise in global mean temperature
due to the release of heat trapping gasses like carbon dioxide and methane. Climate change
is a more general term that refers to changes in many climatic factors (such as temperature
and precipitation) from the global to the local scale. These changes are happening at different
rates and in different ways in response to global warming. The timing and amount of rainfall
is changing, which is generally resulting in more severe storms. In addition, global warming
and associated climate change is shrinking ice caps, melting glaciers, causing water
shortages, causing sea level to rise and increasing wildfire risk. The climate is becoming
more extreme in response to global warming. As a result, infrastructure (e.g. buildings, roads,
power supplies) are being impacted at an alarming rate. A record number of hurricanes,
wildfires and floods cost the world $210 billion in damage in 2020. Specific weather related
impacts, and potential mitigation to infrastructure will be discussed.
Cynthia Delaney Palomares has over 30 years of experience as both an Engineering Geologist
and Environmental Engineer. Her last position was as an Adjunct Instructor (retired), at Texas A&M
University, Texas Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) in College Station, TX, from 2016 -2020.
As an adjunct instructor, Ms. Palomares conducted training courses for environmental professionals
for certification of Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response. Prior to working for
TEEX, Ms. Palomares was a Project Manager, at Texas Commission on Environmental Quality,
Austin, TX, from 1993-2016. As a project manager in the Industrial & Hazardous Waste Permits
Section, Ms. Palomares reviewed and evaluated hazardous waste permit applications, compliance
reports and notices of waste management activities for both regulatory and technical completeness
to ensure compliance with applicable hazardous waste, radioactive waste and Texas Risk Reduction
Program rules and regulations. In addition, Ms. Palomares was a member of the Waste Permits
Division Disaster Response team and was also a project manager for RCRA Authorization rule
projects that adopt EPA hazardous waste amendments into Texas Administrative Code regulations.
Prior to her position as a project manager in the I&HW Permits Section, Ms. Palomares conducted
technical reviews and processed applications for underground injection control (UIC) and in situ
leachate uranium mining facilities in the UIC/Radioactive Waste Section of the TCEQ. In 2016, Ms.
Palomares was recognized for 25 years of service with the State of Texas. Prior to employment with
the TCEQ, Ms. Palomares was employed as a staff scientist for Westinghouse Hanford Company in
Richland, Washington for 3 years.
Ms. Palomares earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering Geology from Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX, and a Master of Science in Engineering Geology from Texas A&M
University, College Station, TX in 1990. She is both a licensed Professional Geologist and Licensed
Professional Engineer in Texas.
Ms. Palomares joined AEG in 1986 as a student member of the Lone Star student chapter at
Texas A&M University. In 1990, she was awarded the "Best Student Presentation Award" at the
Texas Section Spring Meeting. In 2011, she was awarded the "Floyd T. Johnston Outstanding
Engineering Geologist Award" at the Texas Section Fall Meeting. In 2022, she was awarded the
Association-level "Floyd T. Johnston Outstanding Engineering Geologist Award" at the AEG Annual
Awards Banquet in Las Vegas, Nevada. Service to AEG includes the following positions: Lone Star
Student Chapter Officer (1986-1990), Washington Section Field Trip Coordinator (1991-1993),
Texas Section Board (2001-2012), 2010 Shlemon Specialty Conference Chair on "Gulf Coast
Subsidence and Sea-level Rise", Governance Committee member (2010-2012), Section/Chapter
Support Committee Chair (2012-2018), AEG Strategic Planning Committee Co-Chair (2014-2016),
DEI Committee Member (2020-present), AEG Executive Council (2016-2021), Floyd T. Johnston
Outstanding Engineering Geologist Award (2022).
AEG/GSA Dr. Richard H. Jahn's Distinguished Lecturer in Environmental and Engineering Geology (2023-2024.)
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Upcoming SDAG meetings - 2024
First Wednesday November 6 Joint Meeting with AEG Inland Empire Section / Jahn's Lecturer
Cynthia Palomares at Fallbrook Gem & Mineral Society.
December 18- Traditional Holiday Celebration at the NAT with Tom Demere
Recordings of past meetings
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8/21/2024 Upper Cretaceous through lower Eocene strata in San Diego: Messages for the end-Cretaceous impact, extinctions, and paleoclimates - Dr. Pat Abbott
5/15/2024 Exploring Iceland's Geological Wonders: From a Regional Perspective to a Hiking Expedition - Don Barrie & William Buckley
3/19/2024 Mighty Bad Land: A Perilous Expedition to Antarctica Reveals Clues to an Eighth Continent - Bruce Luyendyk
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