Tressie Word

My professional goal is to improve global and local environmental conditions in creative, appropriate and elegant ways. Water, space and beauty drive me. Eight years of engineering, four years of construction and fabrication, and a lifetime of artistic endeavors propel me to catalyze broad scale changes in global health and sanitation, with style.

My engineering experience is focused in natural wastewater treatment, hydrology, stream restoration, civil engineering, and appropriate hazardous waste management. My applied skills lie in sculpture, interior design, residential home construction, equipment fabrication and auto body repair. My work in effecting broader change has manifested in local and international events on natural wastewater treatment, watershed management, alternative energy and excellence in building design.

tressieword@gmail.com

Experience[edit | edit source]

Project Engineer at Winzler & Kelly Consulting Engineers[edit | edit source]

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Civil Engineering industry)

October 2006 – Present (4+ years)

Manageing environmental and civil engineering projects; designing natural wastewater treatment systems, sewer and water distribution system upgrades; conducting research; permitting; acquiring infrastructure funding for public agencies; writing technical reports; inspecting infrastructure projects.

Parras Program Design Project Coordinator at Cal Poly Humboldt[edit | edit source]

(Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

May 2004 – August 2006 (2 years 4 months)

Designing and coordinating implementation of a pilot wastewater treatment marsh; directing construction of appropriate technology projects; coordinating relevant student outings within the community; completeing program bookkeeping

Associate Engineer and Hydrologist at Graham Matthews & Associates[edit | edit source]

(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Environmental Services industry)

October 2002 – July 2004 (1 year 10 months)

Assisting in the design of stream restoration projects; collecting and analyzing hydrologic data including water quality, sediment transport, and discharge measurements; surveying; fabricating, installing, operating, and maintaining stream monitoring systems; composing reports.

Engineering Student Assistant at California Department of Transportation[edit | edit source]

(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Transportation/Trucking/Railroad industry)

May 2001 – September 2002 (1 year 5 months)

Inspecting asphalt paving, electrical work, drainage, and structural steel construction; preparing construction documentation including estimates, quantity calculations, as-built plans, and contract change orders.

Energy Research Undergraduate Laboratory Fellowship at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory[edit | edit source]

(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Research industry)

May 1999 – August 1999 ( 4 months)

Researching and identifying current and possible site specific environmental hazards; preparing official pollution prevention documents; revising and implementing aspects of a chemical recycling program.

Construction Worker at Tim Milton Construction[edit | edit source]

(Public Company; 1-10 employees; Construction industry)

February 1996 – August 1998 (2 years 7 months)

Surveying residential lots, operating heavy equipment such as front end loaders, backhoes, and rollers; framing, plumbing, wiring, roofing, laying foundations and concrete slabs; landscaping using tools such as Bobcats and Ditch Witch trenchers.

Education[edit | edit source]

Cal Poly Humboldt[edit | edit source]

MS, International Development Technology, 2004 – 2006

My Master's Work provided the basis for an ongoing outreach program on watershed management in the Oaxaca Valley.

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders, Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers

Cal Poly Humboldt[edit | edit source]

BS, Environmental Resources Engineering, 1998 – 2002

Senior Design Project on Recommended Storm Water Management was utilized to resolve issues regarding contaminant issues within the Colorado Lagoon in Long Beach, CA.

Activities and Societies: Environmental Resources Engineering Student Association, Society of Women Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers

Projects and Affiliations[edit | edit source]

Discussion[View | Edit]

Logos[edit source]

Hola! I left a suggestion at Appropedia:Logos#New_Logo, for an experiment with simpler versions of your logo. I hope you don't mind my comments - it's obviously a very subjective thing. I like the idea of the windmill in the logo, and now that I can see it, it's a nice windmill, and I'm wondering how it would look if there were less other things.

I think I'm maybe one of these people that notices detail and so can miss the overall picture. But I'm also not the only one like this, and simpler might be helpful in creating a first impression. Con amor (I have now used almost all the Spanish I know, from my El Salvadoran friend's emails...) --Chriswaterguy · talk 18:59, 19 April 2007 (PDT)

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Hey Tressie, I've seen the work you done on the Appropedia logo's. Having had a new idea regarding this topic, I thought you may be intrested in the suggestion I made at the village pump page. The new image would be used mainly to focus on less-ordinary/more sustainable designs/technology (eg using domes/zomes rather than dwellings, using CSP, ...) Also, I was guessing that the logo could reflect the more "worldwide" view of appropedia (eg the dome drawn could be eg made somewhat resembling Arabian architecture; eg I was thinking about a style resembling the Hagia Sophia; where the windturbine or CSP functions as the "pillars"; eg so as not to come too close to only the Arabian style and keep it generic; fusion-like in appearance, rather then reflecting a single style)

KVDP 08:46, 26 October 2009 (UTC)

High-res logo file?[edit source]

Hi, I'm one of the tech interns for the summer and I'm trying to create a smaller version of the logo for mobile sites. Any chance you have a high quality copy of the logo lying around for use with photoshop / gimp? --Tahnok 13:44, 10 June 2011 (PDT)

Lonny has the hi-res version, so I've emailed him. I don't think Tressie has it. --Chriswaterguy 22:13, 10 June 2011 (PDT)

Your 2021 impact stats are right here![edit source]

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Hi Tressie! We thought you may want know that your top performing pages so far are:

  1. UABJO Demonstration Wetland Wastewater Treatment, Reclamation, and Outreach (2 402 page views) Update!
  2. DIF Adobe Senior Center (1 097 page views) Update!
  3. Practivistas Chiapas windbelt español (856 page views) Update!
  4. Natural Wastewater Treatment and Outreach, Tlacolula, Oaxaca (584 page views) Update!
  5. CR sustainable design class (180 page views) Update!

Overall, your impact has been of 5,119 page views, woozaa!

Also, your user page has received 749 visits! People are interested in knowing more about you, edit your user page to tell the world what you've been up to.

Thanks for your contributions and for making Appropedia great, have a merry green Christmas!!

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