Biography

Ms. Bisping is an Environmental Protection Engineer at PNNL. She has more than 30 years of experience delivering environmental solutions with an emphasis on project and data management as they pertain to environmental surveillance of the Hanford Site and surrounding areas. Ms. Bisping is currently the PNNL project manager for the Drinking Water Project delivering radiological monitoring of the Hanford Site drinking water systems in accordance with DOE, Federal, and State requirements. Ms. Bisping oversees daily operations of the ambient radiological air and ambient external dose surveillance for the PNNL Richland Campus in addition to performing data management activities.

Ms. Bisping offers technical expertise on the fundamentals of successful data management including data entry, evaluation, validation, and regulatory compliance reporting. She provides clear oversight and effectively implements project activities including interfacing with collection staff, resolving equipment issues, writing and implementing operational procedures, contributing to technical publications, and preparing analytical services requests and confirm compliance. Ms. Bisping has authored over 50 technical reports and one journal article.

Research Interest

  • Environmental surveillance sample collection and data management
  • Relational databases
  • Data validation and quality assurance
  • Operations of the Hanford Environmental Information System (HEIS)

Education

  • B.S., Central Washington University, Business Administration - 1987

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • Voting member of the Hanford Environmental Information System Technical Advisory Group (HTAG)

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2016, Energy & Environmental Directorate, Outstanding Performance Award, supporting the Orchards Characterization project
  • 2009, Energy & Environmental Directorate, Outstanding Performance Award, in recognition of outstanding efforts, rapid response, and service in collecting 100-K area river sampling for CHPRC.
  • 2007, Environmental Technology Directorate, Outstanding Performance Award, in recognition of outstanding effort during the August 2007 Columbia River Transect sampling event for the Surface Environmental Surveillance Project.
  • 2004, Environmental Technology Directorate, Outstanding Performance Award, in appreciation of outstanding efforts to support end of the fiscal year sampling events
  • 2004, Hanford Site Solid Waste Program (1997-2004) Certificate of Appreciation for dedication, commitment and technical capabilities.
  • 2000, Energy Division Certificate Appreciation for support in developing the wining proposal to the California Energy Commission.

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2015

  • Fritz B.G., J.M. Barnett, S.F. Snyder, L.E. Bisping, and J.P. Rishel. 2015. "Development of criteria used to establish a background environmental monitoring station." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 143. PNNL-SA-107340. doi:10.1016/j.jenvrad.2015.02.010

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