Henry Wise, President of the AIPG Texas Section, announced at a recent AIPG-TX Board meeting that Bailey Hodakievic has been appointed and will be joining the Board as the new Student Councilor-at-Large for the AIPG Texas Chapter. She is a senior at the University of Houston pursing a bachelor degree in geology, and is expected to graduate in July of 2024. She is driven by a strong interest in blending geology with engineering. By melding these disciplines together she hopes to develop solutions that can address environmental challenges we currently face and will continue to do so in the future. Ms. Hodakievic will also serve on the AIPG-TX Board and serve as President of the Texas Statewide Vitual Student Chapter.
Currently, Ms. Hodakievic is an intern with APTIM Environmental and Infrastructure as a part of the Site Assessment and Remediation Division. She has also conducted research analyzing polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) in groundwater samples from the Edwards Aquifer, San Antonio, and surface-water samples Guadalupe Rivers under the supervision of a Ph.D. student.
In addition to her interest in developing sustainable infrastructure to account for flooding, drought, and contamination of vital resources, Ms. Hodakievic is also interested in aerospace and currently works as a project investigator and biofilm team lead for a group of graduate and undergraduate students awarded NASA grant funded under the LSPACE program. Through the group’s work in astrobiology and nanofibers research, they aim to reduce biofilm contamination on International Space Station systems.
