Tuesday, January 29, 2019

Join us on February 11th as Tom Kroeger presents: Dirty Milwaukee - Our City's Industrial Past & Present

Come One & All!!! Return and gather once again with your fellow nerds in the cozy back room of the Sugar Maple to hear Milwaukee's very own Tom Kroeger speak on the sources and locations of the environmental impacts to soil and groundwater that we are still addressing today in the Milwaukee Metropolitan area. Tom will also briefly cover the evolution of the remedial approaches following the Clean Water Act and its amendments.



Prior to being the Lakeshore State Park Manager for the last 10 years, Tom worked for a local engineering firm for 25 years. He was a Principal Hydrogeologist and Wetland Biologist as well as co-department manager for the firm's environmental group. His specialties included Brownfield remediation, environmental permitting and urban degraded wetlands. His projects include the Milwaukee Road Yard facility, Allis Chalmers, Potawatomi Casino and Department of WI Transportation work in south eastern Wisconsin.

Tell your family, friends and fellow nerds!!! Hope to see you there!!!

Sunday, January 13, 2019

Join us on January 14th, as Paul Nurczyk presents: Learning from our mistakes: Engineering for Safety

Greetings fellow science nerdlings!!! It's that time once again to gather in the cozy back room of the Sugar Maple and absorb some SCIENCE!!! This time come join our January speaker, Paul Nurczyk, as we enter a world of danger... and learn how engineers think up all kinds of ways to keep us safe!! Planes! Trains!! Automobiles!!! Tell your family! Tell your friends!! Tell your neighbors!!! Hope to see you there!!!