Lakes Environmental - About Lakes

Lakes Environmental is committed to supplying robust and easy-to-use air dispersion modeling software to consulting companies, industries, governmental agencies and academia. The introduction of Lakes Environmental's graphical Windows based interfaces revolutionized the air dispersion modeling software field, while our leading risk assessment software packages continue to break new ground. Our technical staff of experts continually investigate new areas of research to provide our users with state-of-the-art software based on current knowledge. Our software packages are regularly updated by our specialized software development teams who incorporate the latest technology to provide sophisticated, powerful software tools.

Below you will find some details on some of the people who are behind Lakes Environmental Software's successful products. Unfortunately, we cannot list all of our valued colleagues, but the people below will provide you with an indication of the expertise that is involved in our quality products and services. Part of Lakes Environmental's commitment to the industry is to provide personalized, friendly service. Our clients can expect to feel welcome whenever they contact us, and also know that they will receive reliable, efficient support.

A Brief Listing of some of Lakes Environmental Technical Personnel

Dr. Jesse L. Thé, P.Eng.

President and founding partner of Lakes Environmental Software.
Senior author of ISC View, Screen View, BPIP View, SLAB View, Rammet View, and WRPLOT View.

Dr. Thé is also a professor at the University of Waterloo, and a visiting professor at the University of Santa Catarina, where he supervises grad students and is responsible for graduate level environmental management courses.

Co-authored and participated in the development of Flowpath 5.0 & 5.1, Visual MODFLOW 1.0, AirFlow SVE and other software products, which sold thousands of copies worldwide, while partner and director in a groundwater consulting company.

Coordinated and participated in air pollution and groundwater projects in Canada, the United States, and abroad.
Currently developing non-orthogonal control volume codes for the Canadian National Research Council.
In 1993 obtained his doctoral degree from University of Waterloo (considered the highest quality comprehensive Canadian university). His area of concentration was in moving non-orthogonal control volume formulation in Computational Fluid Dynamics .

In march 1993, joined an environmental consulting partnership and was a founding partner on its incorporation.

In June 1995, he left the previous company and founded Lakes Environmental Consultants Inc.

December 1999 is the schedule for the 1st edition of Dr. Thé's air quality dispersion modeling book "Air Pollution Modeling - A Visual Approach". An abridged version of this book will be available in the Internet.

Cristiane L. Thé, M.A.Sc.

Director and founding partner of Lakes Environmental Software.
Co-author of ISC View, Screen View, BPIP View, SLAB View, Rammet View, and WRPLOT View.

In 1992 obtained her master's degree in Civil Engineering from University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
First woman to receive a Master's Gold Medal for academic performance from University of Waterloo.
In 1985 graduated in Architecture and Urban Planning, also receiving a Gold Medal for academic performance.

Cristiane is an expert in interface ergonomics, software usability, and code friendliness. She is also responsible for software quality in Lakes Environmental Software.

Michael A. Johnson, B.Sc.

Head of the Software Development Group of Lakes Environmental Software.
Co-author of ISC View, BPIP View, SLAB View, Rammet View, and WRPLOT View.

Mr. Johnson is an expert in environmental software development including: object oriented development, design and analysis, computer graphics, and software system construction.

B.Sc. in Computer Science from Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
Chief programmer for Visual MODFLOW versions 1.0 to 1.5. Visual MODFLOW is a graphical pre and post-processor for the popular USGS MODFLOW model.
Co-developer of SpillCAD versions 1.0 to 3.0. SpillCAD is a graphical CAD and database package used to evaluate and plan remediation for sub-surface LNAPL spills.

Co-developer of the Bio-Sensor software system, a real-time water quality monitoring system deployed throughout the world.

Dr. Igor Raskin

Specialized software developer at Lakes Environmental.
Dr. Raskin is an expert in three-dimensional mathematics and related software development. He is responsible for developing and optimizing both 2D and 3D software applications.
Received both his Master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Waterloo in Civil Engineering where his research focused on the stability of three-dimensional frames (M.A.Sc.) and on the structural characteristics of pantographic deployable columns (Ph.D.).

L. N. Palma, M.Sc.

Senior air quality modeler at Lakes Environmental Software.
In 1989 obtained his master's degree in Environmental Sciences from California Institute of Technology (CALTECH).
Coordinator and responsible for hazardous materials destruction in cement kiln.
Mr. Palma has executed and coordinated close to one hundred air quality projects.

Dr. Achilles Karagiozis

Senior technical reviewer at Lakes Environmental Software.
Author of Latenite, a moisture transport visual code.

Co-author of Screen View and technical reviewer of ISC View.
Research officer at Canadian National Research Council.
In 1992 obtained his doctoral degree in Fluids and Thermal Sciences from the University of Waterloo in Canada.

Dr. Karagiozis has published advanced scientific papers in the fields of Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Sciences.

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