Tamir KlaffTamir Klaff is a Principal Technologist with CH2M out of the Washington, DC office. He has worked for CH2M since 2003 and in consulting since 1993. Tamir is CH2M's lead munitions response geophysicist, a co-instructor of CH2M's Innovation 101 course and leads the Environment and Nuclear Group's Data Acquisition Technologies service area, developing innovative data capture methods for a wide base of programs. He is an active member of the Interstate Technology & Regulatory Council (ITRC) Geophysical Classification for Munitions Response team and the National Association of Ordnance Contractors (NAOC) Technology Committee. Tamir is also the Principal Investigator on several advanced geophysical classification projects with the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP), the U.S. Department of Defense's environmental technology demonstration and validation program. His most recent project with ESTCP is for the development of an underwater advanced electromagnetic induction sensor to classify munitions buried beneath the sediment in marine environments. Tamir earned a bachelor's degree in Geology from Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, PA in 1991 and a master's degree in Engineering Geology from Texas A&M University in College Station, TX in 1993. He is a California Registered Professional Geophysicist and Virginia Registered Professional Geologist.