CURRICULUM VITAE – jAMIE SMITH

 

Staff Geologist

 

Current Address

 

COTTON, SHIRES AND ASSOCIATES, INC.

330 Village Lane

Los Gatos, California  95030

Phone:  (408) 354-5542, FAX:  (408) 354-1852

Web site:  www.cottonshires.com

 

Education

M.S., Geology, San Jose State University, in progress

B.S., Geology, Florida Atlantic University

Representative Experience

 

As a staff geologist at Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc. (CSA), Ms. Smith has worked on a variety of projects including monitoring and logging of well drilling for depressurization wells on quarry projects in the San Francisco Bay area, logging of borings for the Sycamore Ranchito Lansdslide Repair project in Santa Barbara, and geologic mapping of city owned land in South San Francisco.  She also has two years experience in reviewing site development and construction permits for several Bay Area cities and towns.  She has experience completing geologic and geotechnical peer reviews for Portola Valley, Saratoga, Cupertino, South San Francisco, Belmont, Pacifica, Millbrae, and Los Altos Hills.  She also has experience in construction inspections, monitoring of inclinometers, field surveying, floor level surveying, drafting of geologic cross sections, and geologic mapping.

 

Prior to employment at CSA Ms. Smith developed skills in geology through participation in university sponsored field trips, GSA meetings and fieldtrips, and serving as a field assistant to Professors and fellow masters students at San Jose State University, state funded research projects, mapping and analysis of masters project field area in Nevada, and finally through teaching (T.A.) both classroom and field geology courses at San Jose State University.

 

Professional History

 

T.A., San Jose State University Geology Department, GEOL 1L, and GEOL 4L Instructor 2004-2006

T.A., San Jose State University Geology Department, Summer Field Camp, 2005, 2006

Staff Geologist, Cotton, Shires and Associates, Inc., 2006- Present

Professional Affiliations

Geological Society of America (GSA)