Civil & Environmental Engineering

Faculty Searches, Accreditation & General Update on Departmental Activities

Fall CEE Advisory Council Virtual MeetingDecember 11, 2007

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Agenda

1:30 to 1:35pm Welcome and the meeting’s outline Dave Reckhow

1:35 to 2:00 pm ABET Visit and Follow-up Dave Ahlfeld; BS Civil Engineering John Tobiason; MS Environmental Engineering

2:00 to 2:15 pm Faculty Searches Dave Ahlfeld; Water Resources faculty search Sergio Brena; Structures faculty search John Tobiason; Amherst 250 sensors faculty search

2:15 to 2:50 pm Program Updates John Collura; Transportation Program update John Tobiason; Environmental Engineering Program update Don DeGroot; Geotechnical Program update Scott Civjan, Structures Program update

2:50 to 3:00 pm Wrap up & general discussion Dave Reckhow

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ABET Visit & Follow-up: BSCE

As part of our regular review process, the Civil Engineering faculty are considering a significant restatement of our CE Program Educational Objectives. We need the input of the CEE Advisory Council on these proposed Objectives.

ABET defines Education Objectives as broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that graduates are expected to achieve.

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Proposed Program Educational Objectives

The Educational Objectives of the UMass Civil Engineering Program describe the accomplishments we expect of our graduates.1. Program graduates will directly enter the engineering

profession or continue with graduate studies. 2. Program graduates will be recognized by supervisors and

colleagues as possessing the skills needed for a successful engineering career.

3. Program graduates will demonstrate leadership in their profession and in their communities through service to professional societies, on municipal boards, with charitable organizations and similar activities.

4. Throughout their careers program graduates will use educational opportunities to continue to expand their understanding of science and engineering.

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Current Program Educational Objectives

The Civil Engineering Program has the following educational objectives: Prepare graduates for the professional practice of Civil Engineering

through the following five objectives:1. Provide graduates with an understanding of engineering principles and

current engineering techniques.2. Provide graduates with education in environmental, geotechnical,

structural, and transportation engineering and an understanding of the interrelationship of these areas in the practice of Civil Engineering.

3. Prepare graduates to maintain their state-of-the-art competency in the field of Civil Engineering throughout their careers.

4. Provide graduates with an understanding of the civil engineer’s responsibility to society for public health, safety, and a quality environment.

5. Provide graduates with an understanding of the civil engineer’s personal responsibility to participate in, and contribute to, the Civil Engineering profession and community activities throughout their career. and

6. Provide opportunities for students to prepare for graduate school in Civil Engineering.

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MS in Environmental EngineeringABET Requirements UMass is one of 7 ABET accredited MS in

Env. Engr. programs in the USA (Arkansas, Cincinnati, GA Tech, VA Tech, Texas, Texas Tech)

Meet General Criteria for BS programs, Program Criteria for BS in Environmental Engineering, one academic year beyond BS, demonstrate ability to apply advanced level knowledge in a specialized area.

Develop, publish, review educational objectives and program outcomes

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MS in Environmental Engineering

Objectives Educate environmental engineers capable of addressing both current and future

environmental problems, Promote a sense of professionalism and leadership among our students, Engage students in the generation and dissemination of knowledge for the

protection of human health and the environment.Outcomes: Students must have/be a fundamental understanding of the both science and mathematics applicable to

environmental engineering. thoroughly familiar with and able to use modern engineering techniques, skills,

and tools, including those for the analysis and interpretation of data, that are needed to solve environmental engineering problems.

able to apply the fundamental knowledge of science and mathematics in conjunction with modern engineering techniques, skills and tools for the identification, formulation and solution of environmental engineering problems including the design and execution of experiments.

an understanding of the impact of environmental engineering on society. a solid understanding of the professional and ethical responsibility of an

environmental engineer. In addition, students must recognize the need to engage in life-long learning and continued professional development.

the ability to communicate effectively. must participate in an academic environment which includes generating and

disseminating knowledge. generate research results and disseminate the results of this work in a written

report and a public oral presentation. experience working productively with others who possess different technical skills

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MS in Environmental EngineeringABET Visit Result Result of Review: very strong faculty, facilities,

students, institutional support, curriculum, etc. Weakness: Program educational objectives

Did not demonstrate process in place for constituencies to review/evaluate objectives & extent they are obtained

Existing assessment techniques more appropriate for outcomes

Weakness: Program outcomes and assessment Not enough evidence that students satisfy outcomes

on graduation Need to use assessment results to further program Existing outcomes are different than Criterion 3

“ABET a-k”, so difficult to evaluate meeting those outcomes.

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MS in Environmental EngineeringABET Follow-up Plan

Establish identified MS Environmental Engineering Advisory Board (subset of CEE Adv Council, plus others?)

Revise Program Objectives & Assessment More measurable/quantifiable objectives Revise survey instruments for employers, alumni

Revise Program Outcomes & Assessment Adopt Criterion 3 “ABET a-k” and appropriate Program

Criteria based outcomes Devise more outcome specific assessment measures

(i.e., a specific component of a specific course) Better demonstrate use of assessments to

revise/develop the program

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Water Resources/Hydrology Position Description

We seek candidates with research interests in one or more of the following areas: surface hydrology, ecohydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, water resources engineering and hydrologic response to climate change. The capability to complement existing research at UMass in hydrogeology, water resources management, numerical modeling and surface and groundwater quality impacts of watershed processes is desirable

Applicant review began November 15.  6 member search committee 79 Applicants to-date Interviews planned for January/February

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Structural Engineering and Mechanics Search

Assistant Professor Level, open background Complement existing faculty

Search Committee Breña (chair), Arwade, Civjan, Lardner - SEM Ho - GeoTech Clouston - BMAWT Charron – SEM Grad student

Advertisement will be posted within 1 week Evaluations commence 2 January 2008 Interviews: mid-February – early March 2008

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CEE Faculty Search – Amherst 250Environmental Sensors

Proposed to Provost as part of a cluster hire involving ongoing CEE Water Resources hire and two positions in Geosciences, with focus on hydrology, hydrometerology, watersheds, climate change

Provost approved the CEE hire in the Environmental Sensors area, but not the Geosciences hires

Seek a person to complement broader civil & environmental engineering research, especially in geotechnical, environmental & water resources

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CEE Faculty Search – Amherst 250Asst. Prof., Environmental Sensors Proposed Advertisement: We seek candidates with research interests in the

development and application of sensing technologies that support applications in civil and environmental engineering. Technologies at the full range of scales (nano to global) are of interest, with expected applications that complement existing research at UMass-Amherst in hydrology, surface and groundwater quality, geotechnical engineering and environmental engineering processes in natural and engineered systems. Applications in related infrastructure and environmental systems will also be considered.

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Transportation Engineering Program• Added one more faculty Dr. Song Gao to bring total to 4

•2006-2007 Degrees Awarded

10 of 28 CEE/EVE graduate degrees awarded

1 PhD

9 MS

•2006-2007 Current Enrollment

22 of 63 CEE/EVE graduate enrollment

5 PhD/17 MS

13 M/9F

15 U.S./7 International

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Transportation Engineering PhD Students

Hometown: Worcester, MA

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, UMass AmherstMBA Clark University

Advisor:Dr. Hancock

Chris Ahmadjian

Hometown:Miami, FL

Education: B.S. Sociology, Smith CollegeM.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst

Advisors:Dr. ColluraDr. Knodler

Heather Rothenberg

Hometown: Waltham, MA

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering,UMass AmherstM.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst

Advisor:Dr. Knodler

David Hurwitz

Hometown: Guayama, PR

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Puerto RicoM.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst

Advisors:Dr. FisherDr. Knodler

Lisandra Garay-Vega

Hometown: Beijing, China

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Hebei University of TechnologyM.S. Transportation Planning and Management, Beijing University of Technology

Advisor:Dr. Ni

Haizhong Wang

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Transportation Engineering Graduate Students

Hometown: Beijing, China

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering,Beijing University

Advisor:Dr. Collura

Francis Wu

Hometown: Westfield, MA

Education: B.A. Economics, Westfield State College

Advisor: Dr. Collura

Melissa Paciulli

Hometown: Easthampton, MA

Education: A.B. Psychology, Smith CollegeM.S. Exercise and Sports Studies, Smith College

Advisor:Dr. Knodler

Stacy Metzger

Hometown:Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia

Education: B.S. Applied Math, Moscow Institute of Phys & Tech, Moscow, RussiaM.S. Applied Math, Moscow Institute of Phys & TechAdvisor:Dr. Ni

Mariya Maslova

Hometown: Shenyang, Liaoning

Education: B.S. Transportation,Northern Jiaotong University

Advisor:Dr. Collura

Jerry Lu

Students with no photo available :Hometown: Franklin, MA

Education: B.S. Physics, UMass Amherst

Advisor:Dr. Knodler

Arthur Bonney

Hometown: Newton, MA

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Duke University

Advisor:Dr. Collura

Amitai Lipton

Hometown: Bedford, MA

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Advisor:Dr. Collura

Patrick Baxter

Hometown: St. Paul, MN

Education: B.S. Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst

Advisors:Dr. ColluraDr. Ni

Loren Barcus

Hometown: Jinjiang, Jienpxi, China

Education: B.E. Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Advisor:Dr. Gao

Huang He

Hometown: Hyderabad, India

Education: B.Tech Civil Engineering, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & TechnologyAdvisor:Dr. Collura

K. Pothu Raju

Hometown: Guangxi, China

Education: B.E. Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University

Advisor:Dr. Gao

Xuan Lu

Hometown: Kingston, NH

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering,UMass Amherst

Advisor:Dr. Knodler

Arianna Mickee

Hometown: Carl Place, NY

Education: B.S. Civil Engineering,UMass Amherst

Advisor:Dr. Knodler

Hugo Rivera

Hometown: Wellesley, MA

Education: B.S. Computer Systems Engineering, UMass Amherst

Advisor:Dr. Ni

Adam Bailin

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Transportation Engineering Faculty

EDUCATION:Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 1976, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina

M.S.C.E in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 1971, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania

BSCE in Civil Engineering, 1970, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transportation Systems Engineering and PlanningIntelligent Transportation SystemsPublic Transportation Systems

Dr. John Collura

Ph.D.

Professor

EDUCATION:Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2004 University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2002 University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts

B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1999, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts

RESEARCH INTERESTS:Transportation SafetyTraffic Operations and SimulationGeometric DesignHuman Factors and Driving Simulation

Dr. Michael Knodler

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

EDUCATION:Ph.D. (2004) Georgia Institute of Technology (Transportation / Operations Res.)

M.Sc. (2003) Georgia Institute of Technology (Industrial Engineering)

M.Sc. (2001) Georgia Institute of Technology (Transportation)

M.Sc. (1994) Beijing Agricultural Engineering University (Mechanical Engineering)

B.Sc. (1991) Jilin University of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)  

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Sensing and Information TechnologyTransportation Logistics and Optimization

Dr. Daiheng Ni

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

EDUCATION:Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2002, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts

B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1999, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Optimization in stochastic networksEconometric models of (adaptive) travel behaviorTraffic models of uncertain networks with traveler informationIntelligent transportation systemsTransportation planningCongestion pricing and emission pricingFreight transportation

Dr. Song Gao

Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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Transportation Engineering Faculty (Visiting and Emeritus)

Dr. Ikki Kim

Ph.D.

EDUCATION:Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 1990, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

M.S. in Urban & Regional Planning 1985, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

B.S. in City Engineering, 1982, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea

RESEARCH INTERESTS:Transportation Systems AnalysisTransportation Demand AnalysisITS: Traveler Information and Route Choice BehaviorTransportation and Land Use

Visiting Professor

Dr. Paul Shuldiner

Ph.D.

EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering, 1961, University of California - Berkeley

M.S. in Civil Engineering, 1953, University of Illinois

B.S. in Civil Engineering , 1951, University of Illinois

RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transportation Engineering Transportation and Regional PlanningEnvironmental Assessment.

Professor Emeritus

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National Summer Transportation Institute

UMASS Amherst Summer 2007Principal Investigator: Mike Knodler Ph.D. Student David HurwitzGuest Lecturers: John Collura and Daiheng Ni

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Duvall Patrick Lecture: Public Service

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Boston Harbor Cruise: Examining Port Infrastructure

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Ship Design Contest: Load Ships To Failure

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Tour of MassHighway Zipper Car

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Tour of MassHighway Operations Center

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Weekly Student Presentation Teams

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Guest Lecture: Bridge Design Concepts

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Students Learn to Rock Climb

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Environmental Engineering Program Update

Fall 2007 – 8 full-time, tenure track faculty Two new faculty hired Spring 2007 Dr. Chul Park (PhD VA Tech)

Biological processes Activated sludge, proteins, process optimization…

Dr. Erik Rosenfeldt (PhD Duke) Physicochemical processes Photochemistry (UV), advanced oxidation, emerging

contaminants Dr. Sarina Ergas – sabbatical at Technion, Israel, Fall 07

Biological processes, membranes Dr. David Reckhow – interim CEE DH

Environmental chemistry, physicochemical processes Dr. John Tobiason – EVE Program Coordinator

Physicochemical processes, water supply engineering Dr. David Ostendorf

Water resources, groundwater, field data, models Dr. David Ahlfeld – chairing water resources search

Water resources, groundwater/surface water, modeling Dr. Paula Rees – resigning as of August 2008

Water resources, surface water, rainfall/runoff28

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Geotechnical Engineering Graduate Program Status – Fall 2007

1. FacultyDon J. DeGroot (DJD), CoordinatorChing S. Chang (CSC)William H. Highter (WHH)Carlton L. Ho (CLH)Alan J. Lutenegger (AJL)

2. In Residence Funded Research Personnel

1 Post Doc (DJD)1 Research Fellow (DJD)2 PhD (DJD)4 MS (1 AJL and 3 DJD)3 UG (2 AJL and 1 DJD)

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3. Current Funded Research

MassHighway – In Situ Testing Research (DJD and AJL)VTrans – Lightweight foam fill (AJL)VTrans – Early warning instrumentation system (DJD and

AJL)National Science Foundation – Offshore Geohazards (DJD)MassHighway – Salt Contamination (DWO and DJD)Mass. Board of Higher Education – (AJL)

Pending Research Proposals:MassHighway – AJL project on liquefactionMassHighway – CLH Phase II of silt fence project

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4. Activity Highlights Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Student Research Symposium

Hosted on Friday October 26, 2007 by the UMass Amherst Geotechnical Engineering Group.

The Symposium was Chaired by UMass Amherst PhD student Hoang Nguyen and the Proceedings were co-edited by Hoang and UMass Amherst PhD student Adriane Boscardin.

The Symposium included participants from MIT, Tufts, Northeastern, URI, UMass Lowell, RPI, Clarkson, UVM, and UMass Amherst.

Twenty-four presentations were given by students from these universities.

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Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Student Research SymposiumAward Winners

Geosyntec Consultants sponsored an abstract competition. UMass Amherst graduate students won 3 of the prizes:

2nd Place to Jeffrey Lloyd for his presentation on "Evaluation of an Automated Early Warning System for Unstable Soil Slopes,"

Co-3rd place to Cody Jones for "High Quality Deep Water Geotechnical Sampling and Shear Wave Velocity."

Best Presentation to Matt Ciuffetti for "Full-Scale Pilot Study to Reduce Lateral Stresses in Retaining Structures Using GeoFoam,"

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UMass Amherst Geotechnical Engineering MS student Adriane Boscardin spent January to September 2007 conducting research on offshore geohazards at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) in Oslo, Norway.

Adriane completed her MS degree in May 2007 and is now a PhD student in the Geotechnical Engineering Program conducting research on the National Science Foundation project on offshore geohazards. [www.offshoregeohazards.org].

Adriane pictured above in NGI's laboratory using equipment (on the left) developed as part of her MS research at UMass Amherst. Pictured (from the left) with Tom Lunne (Technical Advisor, NGI), Farrokh Nadim (Director, International Centre for Geohazards) and Knut Anderson (Technical Director, NGI).

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UMass Amherst Geotechnical Engineering PhD student Hoang Nguyen was selected from an international competition to attend the "LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation" (LARAM) school in September 2007 at the Università di Salerno, Italy.

The two week school brought together faculty, practitioners and graduate students from around the world to learn about and discuss technical issues associated with prediction, assessment and mitigation of landslides.

Pictured above Hoang Nguyen (in white shirt with stripes) leads a group discussion on site characterization and soil modeling.

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UMass Amherst Post-Doctorate Melissa M. Landon is spending 6 months at the Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems (COFS), University of Western Australia, Perth.

Melissa is conducting collaborative research with COFS on offshore geohazards and modeling of offshore infrastructure. Soil-structure interaction experiments are being conducted using the centrifuge facilities at COFS.

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Joint Seminar Series with Structural Engineering Group

During the Fall 2007 semester the Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering Groups are conducting a joint weekly seminar series. Speakers include visitors from industry and academia and students presentations on their research.

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5. Major Program Challenge

- potential loss of critical mass in graduate program

- need more graduate students

- applicant pool was very strong past few years

- issue is funding; need more sponsored research projects and fellowship money.

Structural engineering and mechanics

Faculty Sanjay ArwadeSergio BrenaScott CivjanTom Lardner

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Sanjay ArwadeMechanics Background

Coup in getting him hereJohns Hopkins 4 years

Already Making huge impact

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Sanjay’s CollaborationsStructural Engineering and MechanicsCEE DepartmentJohns HopkinsMarine Biologist MAINEHealth Monitoring MIEMechanics of Proteins Computer ScienceBMAWTGeo Sciences CommitteeArchitecture and Design 40

Graduate Students9 New, 2PhD (12 Total)

Excellent GroupUMass, Smith, Johns HopkinsChina, Turkey, Iran, Vietnam

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Current Funding SourcesNational Science Foundation

Vermont Agency of TransportationNew England Transportation

ConsortiumMassachusetts Executive Office of

Transportation

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Top PriorityNew Faculty Position

Position to Complement Existing GroupBroad AdvertisementAssistant Professor

Search started last weekReview Applications in January

Interviews in Late February43

Growing Pains/NeedsContracting Issues

HiringSpace

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Faculty Balance

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Chul Park

Dr. Chul Park was hired in the fall of 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering program. His experience includes service as an instructor at Virginia Tech and a

Study abroad scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Washington State University, Aug 1998 – Jul 1999

EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia

Tech, 2007 M.S. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia

Tech, 2002 B.S. Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam

University, 2000 RESEARCH INTERESTS

Activated sludge process and biofilms wastewater engineering Sludge digestion and biosolids handling processes Role of metals and extracellular polymeric substances in bacterial

aggregation Metaproteomics and metagenomics in complex environmental

microbiota Membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment

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Song Gao

Dr. Song Gao was hired in the fall of 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Transportation Engineering program

EDUCATION Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA:

Ph.D. in Transportation, February 2005; Tsinghua University, China:

B.S. in Civil Engineering, summa cum laude, July 1999 EXPERIENCE

Caliper Corporation, Transportation Engineer, 11/2004-7/2007 Research Interests

Optimization in stochastic networks Econometric models of (adaptive) travel behavior Traffic models of uncertain networks with traveler

information Intelligent transportation systems Transportation planning

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Erik Rosenfeldt Dr. Erik Rosenfeldt was hired in the fall of 2007 as an Assistant Professor

in the Environmental Engineering program. His experience includes Visiting Research and Instructor, North Carolina State

University 9/06–8/07, Visiting Research, EAWAG, F’03, Project Engineer, Environmental Resources Management, St. Louis, 1999 - 2001

EDUCATION Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University,

2007 M.S. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University,

2003 B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St.

Louis, 1999 RESEARCH INTERESTS

UV and advanced oxidation technologies for treating emerging biologically active contaminants in drinking water.

Study methods to determine potential oxidant efficacy in waters. biological stability of treated drinking waters in distribution systems using

novel flow cytometry methods. oxidative and microbiological technologies to achieve enhanced removal of

biologically active contaminants in water

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Richard Palmer Dr. Richard Palmer has accepted a position of Professor and

Department Head. He plans to join us in mid-March 2008. EDUCATION

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1979.

M.S. Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1973.

B.S. Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1972. PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS

1979 – present; University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Sciences Program.

1973 - 1977: Hydrologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA

SELECTED AWARDS 1988 “Service to the Profession” Award from the ASCE 1992 Huber Award for Research Excellence by ASCE 2006 Julian Hinds Award from ASCE for research on impacts of

climate change on water resources

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New Faculty: future Water Resources

Rees departure Search is underway

Ahlfeld is chair of committee Junior level

Structures Edzwald (part); reallocated Search is just beginning

Brena is chair of committee Junior level

Sensors in CEE A250 position; part of cluster proposal

Tobiason will be chair; junior level

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Research Productivity

Student satisfaction

OIR Graduating student survey CEE ranked 5th of 50 depts overall.

The other three Engineering departments were 17th, 27th and 36th.

The highlights for CEE were: Faculty accessibility 5th out of 50 Access to classes 2nd out of 50 Career prep & guidance 2nd out of 50 Overall experience w/major 5th out of 50 Overall UMass experience 1st out of 50

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Undergraduate Counts based on Class

Increases starting with 2008

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American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) STUDENT CHAPTER

Student President: Mike Sullivan Faculty Advisor: Dr. Scott Civjan

and Dr. Sergio Brena ASCE Student Chapter competitions

allow students to use technical skills on unique projects. Students build, design, and race in concrete canoes.

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Concrete Canoe Team – Spring 2006

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Balsa Bridge Competition

Other challenging activities include balsa wood and timber bridge building events, hydro power design, and unique local projects such as spaghetti bridge building and egg drop contests.

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Community Service

ASCE Student Chapters organize public service projects where students apply their classroom skills to real life situations. ASCE offers guided field trips to engineering projects, some of which are still under construction and closed to outsiders. In addition, students may visit major projects already in operation and be escorted by practicing engineers who can explain the details of their work. ASCE invites practicing engineers in the field to discuss unique projects on which they are working.

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Engineers without Borders (EWB) Student President: Bree Carlson Faculty Advisors: Dr. Sharon Long, Dr. John Tobiason, and

Dr. David Ahlfeld EWB-UMass is a group of engineering and non-engineering

graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Our mission is to assist disadvantaged communities to improve their quality of life by developing environmental, equitable, and economically sustainable engineering projects. We believe that engineers are a part of the solution to social inequalities.

Project in Kenya National Conference in AmherstApril 2007

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Undergraduate Student Research

Catherine Goodrich REU & Honors student Treatment of endocrine disrupters

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CEE Career Fair

February 22, 2007 October 18, 2007

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Open House & Recruiting

Saturday; October 13, 2007 About 100 prospective freshmen & family

members General CEE session Lab tours for Fluids, Transportation &

Structures

Undergraduate Applications are up by ~25%

Concern over retention

CEE Pre-Registration Night

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CEE Spring Picnic

May 16, 2007

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Class of 2006