Background
Helm, Donald Cairney was born on March 26, 1937 in Yokohama, Japan. Son of Nathan Teal and Rebecca Forsyth (Cairney) Helm.
educator engineer hydrogeologist
Helm, Donald Cairney was born on March 26, 1937 in Yokohama, Japan. Son of Nathan Teal and Rebecca Forsyth (Cairney) Helm.
Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics cum laude, Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1959. Master of Divinity in Theology, Hartford Seminary, 1962. Postgraduate, Colorado School Mines, Golden, 1965.
Master of Science in Geological Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Civil Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1974.
Volunteer in rural development, Mitraniketan Project, Kerala State, India, 1963-1964;
hydraulic engineer, United States Geological Survey, Portland, Oregon., 1965-1968;
hydraulic engineer, United States Geological Survey, Berkeley, California, 1968-1969;
research hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Sacramento, 1969-1978;
research hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Las Vegas, Nevada, 1991-1993;
research hydrologist, United States Geological Survey, Carson City, Nevada, 1993-1996;
research physicist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, 1978-1984, retired 1990;
group leader, geohydrology and environmental studies group, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, University of California, 1981-1984;
principal research scientist Geomechanics Division, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Melbourne, Australia, 1984-1992, retired 1992;
hydraulics group leader, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Melbourne, Australia, 1984-1986;
chairman selection committee for hiring research scientists, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Melbourne, Australia, 1986;
representative to Research Officers Association, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Melbourne, Australia, 1986-1987;
member ex-officio divisional staff consultant committee, Commonwealth Science and Industrial Research Organisation (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Melbourne, Australia, 1986-1987;
research hydrogeologist Nevada Bureau Mines and Geology, U. Nevada, Reno, Las Vegas, 1989-1998;
visiting research scientist Nevada Bureau Mines and Geology, U. Nevada, Reno, 1989-1992;
chief Las Vegas Office, 1989-1993;
professor geology, U. Nevada, Reno, 1992-1998;
Adjunct Professor, U. Nevada, Reno, since 1998;
Massie professor сivil engineering, Morgan State University, Baltimore, since 1996. Instructor United States Geological Survey Advanced Groundwater School, Denver, 1972-1978, United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization International Workshop on Land Subsidence, Mexico City, 1979, Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, California, 1982, courses on subsidence for various mining companies, Western Australia, 1985, for United States Geological Survey research hydrologists, Tucson, 1987. Advisor, member of national steering committee Geothermal Subsidence Research Program, unites states department Energy, 1976-1984.
Visiting senior research scientist State Elec. Commission Victoria, Australia, 1982-1983, United States Bureau Reclamation, Phoenix, 1984. Member subcommittee on mathematics modeling ofsubsidence NSW Department Mineral Resources, 1984-1986.
International exchange scientist from Australia to Institute Soil and Rock Mechanics, Academy Sinica (Chinese Academy Science), Wuhan, 1988, to department сivil engineering U. Colorado, Boulder, 1990. Member graduate faculty joint Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation-James Cook U. program in rock engineering, 1989-1990, department geological science U. Nevada, Reno, 1990-1998, hydrology/hydrogeology program, 1991-1995, hydrol. science program, 1995-1998, department сivil engineering, 1994-1998, department geoscience U. Nevada, Las Vegas, 1992-1993. Coordinator multi-agency research project on subsidence of the Las Vegas Valley, 1989-1991.
Member of national liaison committee between American Society of Civil Engineers, Geological Society American and Association Engineering Geologists, since 1997.
Member High School committee American Friends Service Committee, Salem, Oregon, 1966—1968. Board directors Montessori School Council, Melbourne, 1986—1987. Member Maryland Tributary Team Protecting the Chesapeake Bay, 1997—2000, Baltimore Mayor's Transition Team, 2000.
Co-chairman New England Student Christian Movement, 1958—1959. Board directors Center Theology and Natural Sciences, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, 1981—1984. Fellow: Institute Engineers Australia (College Civil Engineers), Geological Society of America.
Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Society of Civil Engineers (Maryland Educator of Year award 2006), National Society of Professional Engineers, American Society for Testing and Materials (member committee solid waste disposal), American Association of University Professors, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Baltimore Ethical Society, Maryland Society Professional Engineers (president Baltimore chapter, state vice president), Nevada Water Resources Association, International Association Hydrological Scientists, International Society Rock Mechanics, International Association Engineering Geology, International Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, New York Academy of Sciences, National Water Well Association, Association Geoscientists International Development, Association Engineering Geologists (Best Paper of Year award for Disciplines Environmental and Engineering Geology 1994), American Water Resources Association, American Geophysical Union, American Society Engineering Education, American Chemical Society, American Institute Professional Geologists, Baltimore Engineers Club (board directors), Outlook Club, Berkeley City Club, Sons of the American Revolution (board managers John Eager Howard chapter).
Married Usha Monica Sundari Muliyil, December 1961 (divorced). Married Karen Emily Reed, September 3, 1982. 1 child, Rebecca Bernice Vera.