EXPERTISE: Dr. Coakley's long career in Environmental Earth Science has covered distinct areas such as petroleum geology, sedimentology, coastal processes, Quaternary geology, arctic geomorphology, and sediment contaminants. He is best known for his work on tracing the fate and transport of contaminants in aquatic ecosystems through the sediment phase in the Canadian Great Lakes. He obtained the Ph.D. in Earth Sciences at the University of Waterloo, M.Sc. (Sedimentology) at the University of Ottawa, and B.Sc. at St. Francis Xavier University, all in various parts of Canada. He has worked for more then 30 years as a research scientist in the Canadian public service, in the field of environmental earth science. He speaks and writes fluent French, Spanish, and Norwegian, and reads Swedish, Danish, Portuguese and Italian.

EXPERTISE: Dr. Elliott is a recognized expert in modelling the fate of industrial and municipal effluents released into coastal waters. He has developed and used computer-based mathematical models and simulation methods for dealing with a wide variety of environmental, engineering and physics problems. Dr. Elliott obtained a Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Structure Physics from the Australian National University, and a B.Eng. in Engineering Physics from the University of Saskatchewan. He worked for more than 20 years with a major power generating utility in Canada and is familiar with most issues related to power generation (nuclear and thermal) and environmentally-sensible processes for effluent disposal.

EXPERTISE: Dr. Bisson has worked for over 20 years in various environment-related fields, and has acquired particular expertise in toxic chemicals management and water quality monitoring. His work as a scientist and science administrator with the Canadian government and UN-sponsored agencies has taken him all over the world, from France and the francophone countries of west Africa to Mexico where he has advised NGO's and local governments on water management. He received a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Western Ontario (Canada); his B.Sc. was from Université de Montréal. He is totally fluent in English and French, and is functional in Spanish. He is responsible for translations into French from English and Spanish.

EXPERTISE: Arne Heggen brings to Nor-word a lengthy experience in the field of plastics and commercial polymers. As Marketing Director for a large Norwegian distributor of plastic and glass-fibre products for many years, he has travelled to most major cities of Europe and North America. In addition to his native Norwegian, Mr. Heggen is completely fluent in German and French and functional in Swedish and Danish. He is a graduate in Commerce of Norges Handelshøyskole in Bergen, Norway.

EXPERTISE: Tordis Heggen has worked as a professional in the field of social work and vocational rehabilitation for many years; she is presently a adjudicator with a major agency of the province of Ontario. Ms. Heggen graduated from the Social Work program at Mohawk College and continued her studies in Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. She is fluent in Norwegian and Swedish. In addition to her duties as Nor-word Manager, she is a technical consultant in matters related to industrial and labour issues and is a translator / editor for Norwegian and Swedish texts.

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EXPERTISE: Ramón A. Victoriano graduated from the Law program at Universidad Católica Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic), is an expert in the field of cultural law, and has taught in various Dominican universities. He has workes as a political researcher and analyst for the Dominican government and various NGO's. Mr Victoriano is a native Spanish speaker, fluent in English. He is the translator of the book "The Struggle for Democratic Politics" (in press) and the Judicial Editor and Compiler of the Dominican Cultural Legislation Compendium. He has wide freelance experience for a variety of commercial firms in Canada.

EXPERTISE: Tom Beese graduated in mechanical engineering from Purdue University and for more than 25 years worked for a global leader in power generation as a technical and marketing professional. He is an expert in most issues related to thermal power station design and construction and has more recently developed a keen insight into the utility of small and large turbine-based systems in power co-generation. He was worked in the Middle East, Mexico, and North America. Though unilingual English, Mr. Beese is a valuable team member as a technical consultant and text editor.

EXPERTISE: EBB Tide Software Services and its President, Erik Beese, represents a window for Nor-word into computer software technology and matters related to the Internet and the World-Wide-Web. Erik is presently a senior student at a major university in Ontario, Canada, majoring in Computer Science. In addition to technical consulting, he also serves as the e-communications leader and web-master.

EXPERTISE: Michel has worked for many years in Canadian industry, first in technology and marketing fields accessory to the pulp and paper industry and more recently in the Canadian railroad industry in Montreal. He has maintained contacts with these industries both in Canada and in France and is an expert on proper technical terms and vocabulary in both English and French.

EXPERTISE: Dr. Marchildon of Montreal (Quebec) has recently joined the Nor-Word team. Nathalie is a native French speaker, fluent in english and Spanish. She holds a Ph.D. in Geology (Petrology) from the University of British Columbia, and has worked in government research and universities. She has long experience as a technical and scientific translator and editor. She has also worked in sub-titling of documentary and full-length feature movies in Montreal and in editing English scientific texts for the Moscow Diamond Institute. In addition, she is equipped to handle translations and editing involving graphics applications and web-pages. She has published numerous papers in peer-reviewed journals on various petrological topics.

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