The recipient of a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from the University of Southern California, Dianoush Emami worked as an electrical engineer at Bechtel Power Corporation for six years. Dianoush Emami has helped project teams in designing and implementing safety programs for environmental remediation projects and power plant construction.
A measure that is taken to reclaim contaminated areas and prevent associated environmental and health hazards, environmental remediation involves removing pollutants from an area. Some examples of contaminated areas include spaces occupied by commercial units, landfills, some abandoned lands (such as old military training grounds), and spaces occupied by industrial facilities.
Generally, every environmental remediation project starts with an initial assessment of the area suspected of being contaminated or having a potential for contamination. This includes collecting water and soil samples to check for contaminants and evaluate possible risks to the environment and health. The next step involves planning and implementing suitable intervention and remediation measures to remove the contaminants from the area. This may include the conversion of harmful chemical contaminants to less harmful environmental-friendly chemicals or gases. Once remediation is done, monitoring of the decontaminated site will be necessary to evaluate results.
