Meet at 10:00a at the Southside Travel Center in Thermopolis.  The in-canyon presentation will begin at noon and the guest speaker will be Todd Sullivan, P.G., WYDOT. Trilobite hunting at Boysen Dam starts at 1:30p.

Presenter: Todd A. Sullivan

Job Title: Project Geologist WyDot

Wyoming Department of Transportation Geology Program

Cheyenne, Wyoming 82009-3340

Tel: 307-777-4783

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Todd Sullivan is a Project Geologist at WYDOT Geology where he specializes in designing foundations and mitigating landslides and rock fall throughout the state. With 25 years of experience, Mr. Sullivan has been involved with landslide and groundwater monitoring using inclinometers, shape arrays, piezometers and data loggers. Todd was instrumental in setting up new monitoring equipment at the “Big Fill” on Teton Pass, where he installed equipment to remotely access data through the “cloud”. He has an extensive background in logging drill holes, characterizing site geology, providing construction support and serving as a construction inspector.

Prior to WYDOT employment, Mr. Sullivan worked as a hydrogeologist for R.L. Stollar and Associates in Denver, which specialized in groundwater remediation and hazardous waste mitigation at several large superfund sites in Colorado, Nebraska and California.

Todd was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1960. He was raised by an electrical contractor and stay at home mom in Ralston, Nebraska where he graduated from Ralston High School in 1977. He worked in the construction trades for several years and began taking continuing education classes at CSU in 1981. Mr. Sullivan graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Geology in 1987. Todd is married and has one daughter. He lives with his wife in Waverly Colorado. His hobbies include woodcraft, playing bluegrass, hiking, camping, and of course, rock collecting.