Eduardo J. Miles

Marine Scientist I, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, NOAA Chesapeake Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Virginia

Email: emiles@vims.edu
Phone: (804) 684-7836

Education:

M.S. 1995. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Environmental Engineering.
M.E. 1991. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. . Industrial and Systems Engineering.
B.S. 1987. Universidad de la República. Montevideo, Uruguay. Industrial Electrical Engineering.
Environmental Management Specialist UNIT-ISO 14000. 2002. Uruguayan Institute of Standardization.

Research Interests:

My primary research interest is in the area of quality management systems applied to water quality monitoring programs. Topics of special interests include continuous improvement of monitoring techniques, creative design and edit of SOPs for quality assurance purposes and application of methodologies and procedures to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Reserve operations.

Current Projects:

• Data quality analysis and management
  
• Design and construct YSI monitoring stations
  
• Fieldwork support activities
  
• Design and edit of SOPs
  
• Edit Manual: Construction of a shoal datalogger water quality monitoring station
  

Selected Publications:

Environmental Education Program. Co-author. 1998. Edited by the Association of Recovery of the Carrasco Stream (APRAC) - America Fund - National Environmental Agency (DINAMA). Montevideo. Uruguay.

Reay, W.G., Eduardo Miles, Daniel L. Gallager, and George M. Simmons Jr. 1995. Groundwater Transport of Fecal Coliform Bacteria and Nutrients from Residential On-site Wastewater Disposal Systems to Estuarine Surface Waters of Virginia's Coastal Plain. Department of Civil Engineering. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Environmental Quality's Coastal Resources Management Program, NOAA.

Simmons, G.M., Jr., Eduardo J. Miles, William G. Reay, and Daniel L. Gallagher. 1992. Submarine Groundwater Discharge Quality in Relation to Land Use Patterns in the Southern Chesapeake Bay. pp. 341-350. In: Proceedings of the First International Groundwater Ecology Conference. J.A.Stanford and J.J. Simon (Editors) American Water Resources Association. Bethesda, Maryland.

Miles, E. J. and George M. Simmons, Jr. 1992. Quality Assurance Program. Coastal Ground Water Research Program. Department of Biology. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Virginia Department of Conservation and Historic Resources. Division of Soil and Water Conservation. Unpublished Reports.