Dave Becker is a geologist with the Geoenvironmental and Process Engineering Branch at the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Omaha, Nebraska. Since 1991at the HTRW CX, Dave is primarily involved with providing technical consultation (including optimization of systems), review of HTRW-related documents, teaching, and preparation of guidance relevant to field studies and in-situ remediation. He has strong interests in optimization of remediation systems, site characterization techniques for environmental restoration projects, and in-situ remediation technologies.

Before coming to the HTRW CX in 1991, Dave was Chief, Geology Section at the Corps' Omaha District between March 1989 and December 1990. In that position, he supervised 16 geologists and engineers and 2 drill crews engaged in geological studies and designs related to civil, military, and environmental restoration projects. For 5 years prior to becoming a supervisor, Dave was a project geologist in Omaha District actively involved in many environmental restoration projects and performed numerous seismic hazard analyses for USACE dams in the North-central US.

Dave has been a member of the ITRC RPO team since 2002 and is an instructor on the team's Internet-based training courses. Dave earned a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of Nebraska at Omaha in 1981 and a master's degree in geophysics from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas in 1985 . He is a registered professional geologist in Nebraska and is a member of the Geological Society of America, the American Geophysical Union, the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, and the Nebraska Geological Society.