FPM Geophysical & UXO Services maintains a full-time, dedicated group of professionals that have extensive worldwide project experience collecting, reporting, and managing geophysical data from environmental. engineering, water resource, and UXO geophysical surveys and remediation. All our personnel are current with OSHA Health and Safety HAZWOPER Training (29 CFR 1910. 120). FPM's key personnel include:
Jeff Hackworth, R.Gp., P.G.
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Mr. Hackworth is a Registered Geophysicist and Professional Geologist with over 20 years of environmental/engineering geophysics and seismic data processing experience in both the government and private sector. As the manager of FPM Geophysical & UXO Services, he is responsible for the technical and budgetary aspects of geophysics & UXO projects, including assisting clients with selection of the technical methodologies to best accomplish their goals.
Mr. Hackworth has conducted and managed geophysical surveys at U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and Department of Energy (DOE) sites and commercial/industrial sites throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Pacific Region, and Southeast Asia. Mr. Hackworth has conducted and managed geophysical investigations using magnetic, gravity, spontaneous potential (SP), time- and frequency-domain electromagnetic (EM) induction, very low frequency (VLF) EM, ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity, induced polarization (IP), p-wave and shear-wave seismic reflection, seismic refraction, spectral analysis of surface waves (SASW), multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW), controlled-source audiofrequency magnetotellurics (CSAMT), sub-bottom profiling, side-scan sonar, bathymetric, and borehole geophysical logging techniques. His experience also includes seismic vibration/blast monitoring, seismic refraction tomography, seismic reflection data processing, land surveying using conventional total station and RTK global positioning systems (GPS), and software development.
In addition, Mr. Hackworth has authored several papers on applied environmental/engineering geophysics and given numerous presentations and workshops on near-surface geophysical techniques. Some of the workshops have been used by attending students to earn professional continuing education credit hours.
Mr. Hackworth earned his B.S. in Geophysics at Boise State University in 1983 and attended graduate school in Geophysical Engineering at Montana Tech from 1983-1984.
Contact Mr. Hackworth at j.hackworth@fpm-geo.com
Elizabeth Agin
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Elizabeth Agin has 8 years experience in geophysics, remote sensing, and geographic information systems (GIS). Her education and professional background emphasizes geophysical investigations for the location and delineation of subsurface archaeological sites, particularly unmarked gravesites. Many of her geophysical investigations locating unmarked graves are known internationally through conferences, several authored papers, and investigations featured in numerous publications.
She has conducted geophysical investigations for corporations, municipalities, and federal governments throughout the country with large format aerial photography, ground penetrating radar (GPR), electrical resistivity, magnetic, time-and frequency-domain electromagnetic (EM) induction, borehole geophysical logging techniques, as well as land surveying instruments including total stations and global position systems (GPS). In addition to data collection, Ms. Agin is experienced with various data processing systems including RADAN, GPR Slice, OASIS Montaj, Surfer, and RES2DINV® and GIS platforms such as ArcGIS. Most recently, Ms. Agin has gained valuable experience in her technical involvement with the Military Munitions Response Program.
Ms. Agin received her B.A. in Archaeology from the University of Kansas and her M.S. from Emporia State University with an emphasis in Geophysics. She is current with OSHA Health and Safety HAZWOPER Training (29 CFR 1910.120).
Contact Elizabeth Agin at e.agin@fpm-group.com
Boban Stojanovic
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Mr. Stojanovic has 5 years of experience in environmental/engineering geophysics, including field data collection, data QA/QC and data processing using Geosoft’s Montaj and UX-Detect, and Data Analysis System (DAS) (Linux Red Hat platform). He conducts UXO digital geophysical mapping (DGM) surveys and processes and analyzes data from portable and multi-sensor towed array platforms consisting of electromagnetic systems (e.g., EM61 MK-II, EM61-HP, TM-5EMU, EM31) and magnetic systems (e.g., G-858G and TM4). Mr Stojanovic also performs environmental/engineering geophysical studies using seismic refraction, DC electrical resistivity, ground penetrating radar (GPR) and borehole logging techniques. He is experienced operating total station, robotic total station (RTS), and global position system (GPS) land surveying instruments and to integrate these land survey data with various geophysical data. Other responsibilities include in-house software development and maintaining/repairing geophysical and GPS equipment.
Mr. Stojanovic graduated from the University of Belgrade in physics.
Contact Mr. Stojanovic at b.stojanovic@fpm-geo.com.
Mike Sample
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Mr. Sample is a Geophysicist in the Geophysical and UXO Services Branch Office, located in San Antonio, TX. Mr. Sample received his B.S. and M.S. in Geology from Oklahoma State University has 3 years of combined experience in the fields of geology and geophysics. Most recently, his experience has focused on environmental/engineering geophysics, with an emphasis on unexploded ordnance (UXO) geophysical surveys. His educational and professional background emphasizes geophysical investigation and imaging of environmental site characterization, hydrologic mapping, shallow target detection and UXO.
Mr. Sample has conducted geophysical projects at federal government facilities as well as various commercial properties throughout the U.S. His training and experience includes the employment of ground penetrating radar (GPR), frequency- and time-domain electromagnetics (EM and TEM), magnetics, and DC electrical resistivity methods. He commonly uses differential global position system (DGPS) and survey-grade RTK-GPS land surveying techniques coupled to geophysical sensors.
Contact Mr. Sample at m.sample@fpm-geo.com.
Ivana Raicevic, Ph.D.
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Ivana Raicevic leads the R&D group within FPM’s Geophysical & UXO Services division and serves as a QA/QC officer for geophysical operations. She has over 5 years of experience in resistance noise spectroscopy and transport/magnetization measurements. While completing her Ph.D. in physics, Ms. Raicevic operated and maintained low-temperature systems such as a dilution refrigerator and He3 system. She worked in collaboration with other physicists to determine the sources of problems in the existing ground system at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL), including identification of low- and high-frequency noise sources, and the cause of a low signal-to-noise ratio. She investigated diagnostic methods for unwanted electrical noise and participated in the development of the new grounding system at NHMFL. She performed data acquisition and data processing, and presented data results at numerous conferences. Ms. Raicevic’s research work focused on high-temperature superconductors and two-dimensional systems in semiconductor heterostructures, the results of which she published in several prestigious physics journals.
Ivana Raicevic received her Ph.D. in physics from the Florida State University, and B.S. in physics from the University of Belgrade, Serbia.
Contact Ms. Raicevic at i.raicevic@fpm-geo.com.
Paul Hackworth
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Mr. Hackworth is an Engineering Technician / Heavy Equipment Operator with over 30 years of experience. He has owned and operated his own heavy equipment company giving him management skills along with a thorough knowledge of all types of on- and off-road equipment. An avid conservationist, Mr. Hackworth has introduced to several of FPM’s projects, a unique mechanized process of brush clearing that involves minimal soil disturbance and ground invasion which not only controls erosion, but also minimizes contact with potential UXO on MMRP sites. As part of FPM’s Geophysical & UXO Services team, he routinely performs excavations using a variety of earth moving machinery (EMM) on our MMRP contracts requiring MEC removal actions, and operates heavy equipment for building and infrastructure demolitions/removal.
Mr. Hackworth also works as a geophysical technician on environmental geophysical and UXO digital geophysical mapping (DGM) surveys. His experience includes assisting with geophysical surveys using the G-858 magnetometer, EM61, and ground-penetrating radar, and also conducting land surveys and reacquiring geophysical targets using RTK-GPS and DGPS.
Mr. Hackworth has extensive HazMat training and will soon graduate from the Texas A&M engineering extension service as a UXO Tech I.