Roster of Potential Employers Washington, D.C. Area Geology, Geophysics, and Associated Disciplines

Note: This alphabetical list of potential employers in the geosciences was first generated in 1996 and has been only partially updated in the intervening years.

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  • Advanced Land and Water, Inc.
    7540 Main Street, Suite 7
    Sykesville, MD 21784
    Tel: 410-795-4626
    www.alwi.com
  • AMA Analytical Services, Inc.
    4485 Forbes Blvd.
    Lanham, MD 20706
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
    1333 H St. N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20005
  • American Geological Institute
    4220 King St.
    Alexandria, VA 22302-1507
  • American Geophysical Union
    2000 Florida Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20009
  • American Petroleum Institute
    21011 L Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20005
    (202) 682-8000
  • American University
    Department of Chemistry
    Washington, D.C. 20016
  • Applied Environmental, Inc.
    200 Fairbrook Drive, Suite 201,
    Herndon, VA 20170 D.C. 20016 200 Fairbrook Drive, Suite 201,
    (703) 648-0822200 Fairbrook Drive, Suite 201,
    http://www.appenv.com
  • ARIAS, Inc.
    201 Glyndon St., SE
    Vienna, VA 22180
    (703) 255-3410
  • Army Corps of Engineers
    Kingman Building
    Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
  • Associated Technical Consultants
    P.O. Box 20
    Germantown, MD 20767
  • Atec Associates
    8989 Herrmann Road
    Columbia, MD 21045
  • A.W.D. Technology
    15204 Omega Dr.
    Rockville, MD
    948-0040
  • The Robert B. Balter Co.
    18 Music Fair Road
    Owings Mills, MD
    (301) 723-6677
  • Bechtel Group
    1015 15th Street N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20005-2612
  • Bechtel (Int. HQ)
    5275 Westview Drive
    Frederick, MD 21703-8306
  • Bengtson, De Bell, Elkin, & Titus
    10801 Lockwood Dr., Suite 320
    Silver Spring, MD 20901
    (301) 681-8575
  • BHP Minerals
    200 Fairbrook Dr. Suite 204
    Herndon, VA 22070
  • British Mining Consultants USA, Ltd.
    10195 Main St.
    Fairfax, VA
  • Bureau of Land Management
    19th & E Street, N.W.
    Office of Personnel
    Dept. of the Interior
    Washington, D.C. 20240
  • Business and Technical Systems, Inc.
    Suite 440, Aerospace Building
    10210 Greenbelt Road
    Seabrook, MD 20801
  • Chirlin & Associates
    18 Anamosa Ct.
    Derwood, MD
    (301) 330-8441
  • Clean Sites, Inc
    1199 North Fairfax St #400
    Alexandria, VA 22314
  • Dames and Moore
    7101 Wisconsin Avenue
    Bethesda, MD 20814
    (301) 652-2215
  • Defense Mapping Agency
    8613 Lee Highway
    Fairfax, VA
    285-9370
  • Delaware Geological Survey
    DGS Building
    University of Delaware
    Newark, Delaware 19716
  • Delphic Associates
    7700 Leesburg Pike
    Falls Church, VA 22043-2615
  • Dewberry and Davis
    8103 Arlington Blvd.
    Fairfax, VA 22031
    (703) 560-1100
  • Department of Energy
    Office of Personnel
    1000 Independence Ave., S.W.
    Room 4F 077, Code MA 152
    Washington, D.C. 20585
  • Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
    5241 Broad Branch Road, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20015
    (202) 966-0863
  • Dynamac Corp.
    2275 Research Blvd.
    Rockville, MD 20850
    301-417-9800
  • Earth Data Inc.
    605 S. Talbot St.
    St. Michaels, MD 21663
    (contact: Andrew Bullen)
  • Earth Satellite Corporation
    6011 Executive Blvd.
    Rockville, MD 20852
  • Earth Technology Co., Inc.
    2136 Gallows Road, Suite F
    Vienna, VA 22170
    (703) 573-3374
  • Victor Elias and Associates
    6809 Carlynn Ct
    Bethesda, MD
    (301) 229-6805
  • Engineering and Science Associates, Inc.
    6110 Executive Blvd.
    Rockville, MD
    (301) 770-2550
  • ENSCO, Inc.
    5400 Port Royal Road
    Springfield, VA 22151
  • ERT, Inc. (environmental conservation, compliance, restoration and pollution prevention services)
    6100 Frost Place, Suite A
    Laurel, MD 20707
    (301) 323-1448
    Ira.May@ertcorp.com
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    401 M Street, S.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20460
  • Everett and Associates
    203 Dale Drive
    Rockville, MD 20850
    (301) 279-2606
  • Geocentric Engineering, Inc.
    8476 Terminal Rd.
    Newington, VA
    (703) 550-9253
  • Geomatrix, Inc.
    7009 Freeport St.
    Hyattsville, MD
    (301) 322-8033
  • Geophysical Laboratory
    5251 Broad Branch Rd., NW
    Washington, D.C. 20015-1305
  • George Mason University
    Dept. of Geography and Earth Systems Science
    4400 University Drive
    Fairfax, VA 22030
  • George Washington University
    Department of Geology
    2129 G Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20052
  • GEO-SCI Consultants, Inc.
    4410 Van Buren St.
    Hyattsville, MD 20852-1121
  • Geoscience Consultants
    4221 Forbes Blvd.
    Lanham, MD 20706
    459-9677
  • Geotech Engineers
    892 Westside Dr.
    Gaithersburg, MD
    (301) 670-0924
  • Geotechnical Instruments, Inc.
    7505 Standish Pl.
    Rockville, MD 20855-2731
  • Geotimes
    5205 Leesburg Pike
    Falls Church, VA 22041
  • Geo-Trans, Inc.
    250 Exchange Place (?)
    Herndon, VA (?)
  • Geotrans, Inc.
    46050 Manekin Plaza
    Suite 100
    Sterling, Va 22170
    (703-444-7000)
  • Geraghty and Miller, Inc.
    1131 Benfield Blvd.
    Millersville, MD 21108-2540
    912-2097
  • Goddard Space Flight Center-NASA
    Office of Personnel
    Greenbelt Road
    Greenbelt, MD 20771
  • Greenhorne and O’Mara, Inc.
    9001 Edmonston Rd.
    Greenbelt, MD
    (301) 982-2800
  • Groundwater Env. Ser., Inc.
    2134 Espry Court
    Suite 16
    Crofton, MD 21114
    (contact: Kevin Hopson, 410-721-0047)
  • E.D. Hagarty, C.C. Johnson & Malhotra
    601 Weaton Plaza South
    Silver Spring, MD 20902
  • Handex of MD, inc.
    1350 Blair Drive Suite H
    Odenton, MD 21113
    (Bruce Norton, 410-674-3100)
  • T.A. Houston and Associates
    414 N. East Street
    Culpeper, VA 22701
    (703) 825-6262
  • Howard University
    Department of Geology
    Washington, D.C. 20001
  • HYDRO-TERRA, INC.
    5513 Twin Knolls Rd.
    Columbia, MD
    (301) 596-3160
  • Hydrogeologic, Inc.
    1165 Herndon Pkwy. Suite 900
    Herndon, VA 22070
    (David Black, 703-478-5186)
  • ICCS
    6654 Hampton Park Ct.
    McLean, VA 22101
  • ICF Resources
    9300 Lee Highway
    Fairfax, VA 22031-1207
  • Independent Testing Laboratories, Inc.
    14650 Southlawn Ln
    Rockville, MD
    (301) 424-3090
  • Institute for Energy and Environmental
    Research
    Takoma, MD
  • Inter-American Development Bank
    808 17th Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20577
  • Intergraph Corp.
    Federal Systems Div.
    2051 Mercator Drive
    Reston, VA 22091-3413
    (703) 264-5779
  • Internal Revenue Service
    Employment Section, Personnel Div.
    Room 1028
    1111 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20224
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Department of Earth Science
    Baltimore, MD 21218
  • Johnston and Associates Inc.
    15905 Berkley Drive
    Haymarket, VA 22069
    (703) 385-0153
  • Japan National Oil Corporation
    1750 New York Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20006
  • Killmar Associates
    752-F1 Walker Road
    Great Falls, VA 22066
    (703) 759-6166
  • Kidde Consultants, Inc.
    8306 Patuxent Range Rd.
    Jessup, MD
    (301) 937-5121
  • Kleinfelder, Inc.
    1340 Charwood Road, Suite I
    Hanover, MD 21076
    (866) 862-9760
  • Land Tech Remedial
    435 Pennsylvania Ave.
    Fort Washington, PA 19034
    215-646-5855
    (office in Frederick, MD also)
  • Richard F. Langhill & Associates, Inc.
    20150 Wynnfield Dr.
    Germantown, MD
    (301) 972-2979
  • Law Engineering
    4460 Brookfield Corporate Dr.
    Chantilly, VA
    (703) 968-4700
  • Mary Washington College
    Department of Geology
    Fredericksburg, VA 22401
  • Maryland Department of Natural Resources
    Tawes State Office Bldg.
    580 Taylor Avenue
    Annapolis, MD 21401
  • Maryland Geological Survey
    2300 St. Paul Street
    Baltimore, MD 21218
  • Mineralogical Society of America
    1015 18th St. N.W.
    Suite 601
    Washington, D.C. 20036
  • Minerals Management Service
    Personnel Division
    381 Elden Street, Suite 1109
    Herndon, VA 22070-4817
  • Mitre Corporation
    1820 Dolley Madison Blvd.
    McLean, VA 22101
    (703) 827-6535
  • Montgomery College
    Department of Physics and Geoscience
    Rockville, MD 20850
  • National Academy of Sciences
    2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20418
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    Office of Personnel, Room 516
    6010 Executive Blvd.
    Rockville, MD 20852
  • National Park Service
    Personnel Management Division
    Room 3325, Interior Building
    Washington, D.C. 20240
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
    Gaithersburg, MD 20899
  • National Research Council
    2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20418
  • National Science Foundation
    2701 Wilson Blvd.
    Arlington, VA 22230
  • NASA
    Solar System Exploration Division
    NASA Headquarters
    Washington, DC 20546-0001
  • NASA-Goddard
    Space Flight Center
    Greenbelt Rd.
    Greenbelt, MD
    Employment: (301) 344-5326
  • Naval Research Lab
    4555 Overlook Ave. SW
    703-545-6700
  • Nuclear Regulatory Commission
    Geosciences Branch, MSP 314
    Washington, D.C. 20555
  • Oosterban Associates
    4909 Cordell Avenue
    Bethesda, MD 20814
    (301) 907-9100
  • S.S. Papadopulos & Associates Inc.
    7944 Wisconsin Ave.
    Bethesda, MD 20814-3620
    718-8900
  • Patton, Harris, Rust, and Associates
    14221-A Willard Rd Suite 500
    Chantilly, VA 22021
    (703) 263-0400
  • Petroleum Information Corporation
    1299 National Press Building
    Washington, D.C. 20045
  • Prince Georges Community College
    Department of Earth Science
    Largo, MD 20870
    Ringan Associates, Inc.
    4003 Clagett Road
    University Park, MD
    (301) 277-4292
  • S-Cubed, Inc.
    11800 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 1112
    Reston, VA 22091
  • Science
    1333 H St. N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20005
  • Schnabel Engineering Associates
    4909 Cordell Avenue
    Bethesda, MD
    (301) 652-5300
  • Schonstedt Instrument Co.
    1775 Wiehle Avenue
    Reston, VA 22090
  • Soil Consultants, Inc.
    13944-G Willard Road
    Chantilly, VA 22033
    (703) 631-3555
  • Soil Consultants of MD
    7801 Old Branch Ave. #104
    Clinton, MD 20735
    301-856-4806
  • Soil Tech Inc.
    14630-F Flint Lee Road
    Chantilly, VA 22021
    (703) 631-9647
  • STS Consultants, Ltd.
    3725 Concord Parkway
    Suite, 100
    Chantilly, VA 22021
    (703) 698-5300
  • Smithsonian Institution
    Office of Personnel Administration
    Arts and Industries Bldg., Room 1410
    900 Jefferson Drive, S.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20560
  • Smithsonian Institution
    Museum of Natural History
    Constitution and 10 St. N.W.
    Washington, D.C.
    202-357-1300
  • Southwest Research Institute
    Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses
    Crystal City, Virginia
  • Teledyne Geotech, Inc.
    2111 Wilson Blvd.
    Arlington, VA 22201
    703-276-4600
  • Terradynamics Corp.
    Rt 1
    Aldie, VA 22001
    (703) 327-6500
  • Tidewater, Inc.
    8990-D State Route 108
    Columbia, MD 21045
    410-997-4458
    FAX 410-997-8713
    www.tideh2o.net
  • Towson State University
    Department of Earth Sciences
    Towson, MD 21204-7097
  • University of the District of Columbia
    Department of Biological and Environmental Science
    4200 Connecticut Avenue
    Washington, D.C. 20008
    (202) 282-7300
  • University of Maryland
    Geology Department
    College Park, MD 20742
  • U.S. Army Topo. Eng. Ctr.
    7701 Telegraph Road
    Alexandria, VA 22310-3864
  • U.S. Department of Energy
    Office of Energy Research
    Washington, D.C. 20585
  • U.S. Geological Survey
    Office of Human Resources
    Reston, VA
    www.usgs.gov/ohr/
  • Virginia Division of Mineral Resources
    P.O. Box 144
    Abington, VA 24210
  • Washington Gas Light Co.
    6801 Industrial Road
    Springfield, VA 22151
  • Washington Post
    Science Editor
    1515 L. Street N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20005
  • Washington Testing Inc., Professional Service Industries, Inc.
    4270-C Henninger Court
    Chantilly, VA
    (703) 631-7878
  • Woodward-Clyde Consultants (now URS Corporation)
    Gaithersburg, MD
    301-258-9780
  • World Bank
    1818 H Street, N.W.
    Washington, D.C. 20433

Authored by Jane M. Hammarstrom

Roster Compiled: August 28, 1996 (Last Partial Update: November 15, 2010)