Task Force Mission
The Health Engineering Task Force will explore the need for a collaborative forum to address the environmental and public health aspects of A/E/C disciplines. This forum is open to all interested parties and through it, SAME fills a critical gap between the mission to sustain national security and the people who execute it. It will further identify the needs, requirements and interests of preventive medicine and environmental and public health professionals to determine additional multi-discipline collaboration, professional development and education & training opportunities.
Purpose
- To promote the highest degree of skill, efficiency and professional competence among all environmental engineering, preventive medicine, environmental health and public health personnel in the SAME.
- To provide for a mutual exchange of knowledge and experience between members of the different Uniformed Services of the United States and civilian/government organizations and to promote the advancement of public health education and environmental health science and engineering.
- To represent the professional interests of the COI’s members in the SAME and other organizations by promoting and conducting public discussions, forums, panels, lectures or similar programs to advance environmental health knowledge at such organizations’ annual education conferences.
Co-Chair
Maj. Derick Chandler, USAF
Program/Planning Chair: LT Kim Eisberg, USPHS
Membership Chair: Tech Sgt. Kristi Gillespie, USAF
Strategic Communications Chair: Capt. Derrick Chandler, USAF
Liaisons
Environmental & Facility Asset Management COIs: Lt. Col. Elisa Hammer, USAF
SAME National Webinars
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The Expanding Role of Artificial Intelligence in Energy
Recently, artificial intelligence (AI) has been prevalent in the news, but did you know that AI in the energy industry has been around for over 20 years? Over that time, its use has both grown and evolved; however, there are still foundational principles that remain for AI in the energy sector. -
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How Passive Samplers can Optimize and Reduce the Costs of Environmental Sampling Programs
This session highlights passive sampling devices (PSDs) and their many advantages over conventional sampling methods for quantifying the availability of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS), hydrophobic organic compounds (HOC) and inorganic compounds in groundwater, sediment porewater, surface water and stormwater in terms of cost and data quality. -
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Creating Opportunities – Where you Are and Where you Will Be
Do you have challenges, risks, and obstacles, or are they opportunities? While the word opportunity means several things to SAME’s members, above all it denotes a mindset. -
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Climate Change: Adapting to Sea Level Rise
Due to climate change, sea levels along the U.S. coasts are expected to rise about 11 inches over the next 30 years. These increases, along with changing storm patterns, will result in severe flooding, erosion, and rising groundwater tables.