Jan. 1996 – Present
Engineering consultant to several local engineering firms on various projects including a biological nutrient removal activated sludge system for Bangkok, Thailand, and an overland flow system for a tannery/slaughterhouse in the Texas panhandle. Dr. Kruzic has also worked with a consulting firm in San Salvador, El Salvador, Biotec S.A. de C.V., in the development of design recommendations for industrial waste treatment systems in El Salvador. Through his relationship with the principles of Biotec he has presented two workshops (1997 and 1999) in San Salvador on domestic and industrial waste treatment. He is also the author of one of chapters in a recently released U.S. EPA Design Manual, Constructed Wetlands Treatment of Municipal Wastewaters.

Sep. 1985 - Dec. 1987
Consulting Engineer with Nolte and Associates, Sacramento, CA. Dr. Kruzic was the lead design engineer of wastewater facilities for a prison in northern California which uses biological nitrification-denitrification and chemical phosphorus removal by direct filtration prior to wetlands treatment and rapid infiltration disposal in an environmentally sensitive area. Other work included several facility planning reports and writing major portions of a U.S. EPA design manual on constructed wetlands and aquatic plant systems for treating munici-pal wastewater.

Jul. 1976 - Sep. 1979
Sanitary Engineer, Reedy Creek Utilities Co., Walt Disney World, Florida. Reedy Creek Utilities Co. is responsible for all utilities associated with the Walt Disney World complex (43 square miles). Dr. Kruzic performed an extensive solid waste management study and a wastewater treatment plant expansion study preparing for a major expansion (EPCOT) of the complex. Additionally, he was responsible for the design and engineering aspects of the development of a $650,000 multi-sponsor (including EPA and DOE) demonstration wastewater treatment project using water hyacinths.

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