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Learn from a distinguished faculty with real world experience
The Civil Engineering faculty are a diverse group of international professionals from a myriad of backgrounds related to civil engineering. They are passionate about both engineering and teaching, and bring the latest developments in their professional activities and research right into the classroom. Each instructor is chosen specifically for his or her unique insight into the curriculum of particular seminars.
All School of Graduate Studies faculty receive comprehensive training in the online learning environment. They recognize their responsibility to bring their experience and expertise to bear in the classroom, to facilitate vibrant and engaging discussion of the subject matter, and to support students in all of their learning activities.
The following is a partial faculty list. Please contact an Admissions Advisor for additional information about our faculty.
Thomas J. Descoteaux, PE
Program Director
PhD, The University of Connecticut
Tom Descoteaux, currently the Director of Engineering Graduate Programs at Norwich University, earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Connecticut. Prior to joining Norwich he spent ten years as a member of the Civil Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Curricula Committee and the American Society for Engineering Education.
William Barry
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
William Barry completed his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and his MS in Structural Engineering at Stanford University. For several years he served as Assistant Professor and Coordinator for Structural Engineering at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. His research has focused on computational solid and fluid mechanics with projects ranging from analysis of vehicle/guardrail impact to wind effects on mega-billboards in the Bangkok region. He also has been active, with several journal papers, in the area of meshless methods, an alternative to the finite element method. He has recently returned to the US and is currently a Visiting Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Norwich University.
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
PhD, The University of Virginia
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt received her PhD in Civil Engineering and her MS in Civil Engineering both from the University of Virginia. She is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She has extensive teaching experience in engineering and has taught engineering courses at Piedmont Virginia Community College, North Carolina State University and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Her dissertation was entitled, Optimal Design of a Compacted Soil Liner Containing Sorptive Amendments. Her research interests are in the area of geoenvironmental engineering, specifically contaminant transport in soil and groundwater systems.
N. Catherine Bazán-Arias, PE
PhD, The University of Pittsburgh
Catherine Bazan-Arias completed her PhD and her MS in Geotechnical Engineering both from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught engineering at both the undergraduate and graduate level at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. As a staff engineer, she works on geotechnical and structural analyses and designs in various geotechnical-environmental projects including dam works, stabilization of coal combustion by-products, pavement, landfills, and transmission towers.
Bruce A. Bowman
PhD, Columbia University
Bruce Bowman earned his PhD, Civil Engineering, and Master of Philosophy, Civil Engineering, both from Columbia University, and his MS, Operations Research, from the US Air Force Institute of Technology. He has 24 years of demonstrated leadership in systems thinking, technology evaluation, strategic planning, and engineering management. He is a skilled consultant in defense and homeland security matters and an accomplished educator at internationally renowned universities and research institutions. He taught graduate-level courses at The George Washington University and served as Adjunct Professor of Engineering Management, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. He was awarded the 2003 Technology to Empower Communities Champion Award by Congressman Major Owens, Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus Education Braintrust.
Robert L. Brungraber, PE
PhD, Stanford University
Robert Brungraber earned his PhD in Civil Engineering and his MSCE in Construction Engineering, both from Stanford University. With a specialty in heavy timber structures using traditional joinery methods, he is currently Operations Director and a co-owner of Benson Woodworking, Inc., an 80-member firm designing and building some of the finest heavy timber frames in the US His professional activities include: past Director and Treasurer of the Timber Framer's Guild of North America; past Chairman of the ASCE Committee on Timber Bridges; a current member of ASCE, the Society of Wood Science and Technology, and the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire. A registered Professional Engineer in nine states, he has two sons, one of which is a structural engineering graduate student at the University of California San Diego.
Peggy R. Caserto, PE
PhD, Wayne State University
Peggy Caserto earned both her PhD and MS in Mechanical Engineering from Wayne State University and her MS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor). Her thesis topic for her PhD involved the measurement of the drop size distribution, velocity, and atomization rate of metal working fluid mist. A registered Professional Engineer, she is a Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the United States Coast Guard Academy. She has taught Dynamics in the Mechanical Technology Department at Wayne State University, worked as a Climate Control Engineer for DaimlerChrysler, and instructor for the PE exam review modules.
Julie Mark Cohen, PE
PhD, Cornell University
Julie Cohen graduated from the University of Waterloo with an MASc in Systems Design Engineering, from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with an SMCE, and Cornell University with a PhD in Structural Engineering. As a Professional Engineer, she has over two decades of professional experience in private practice as a consulting structural and forensic engineer, along with self-initiated research and teaching. In her practice, she evaluates structures for code-compliance and safety, analyzes new structures, and conducts forensic investigations of structural failures. Her projects include high-rise and historic buildings, older bridges, a new baseball stadium, and offshore structures. She performs nonlinear seismic, vibration, and progressive collapse analyses. Dr. Cohen brings timely, relevant issues from her practice and from the profession into her classroom in her lecture notes and as topics for classroom discussion.
Norman D. Folmar, PE
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Norman Folmar obtained both his doctoral and master's degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. His primary area of focus is in the field of water resources, specifically surface water hydrology and open channel hydraulics. He has instructed many courses relating to water resources and civil engineering at both Penn State and Bucknell Universities. He is very active in industry working with consulting firms and regulatory agencies on water resources issues. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and has worked on many projects in the field of water resources.
J. Thomas Haigh
PhD, The University of Wisconsin
Thomas Haigh earned his PhD and MS in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching at the college level and performing research in differential equations and control theory for 16 years, he left academia for industry, where he applied his mathematical skills to the analysis of complex space systems at Martin-Marietta and then to the analysis of secure computing systems. At the Secure Computing Corporation he served as the Vice President for Research and then the Chief Technology Officer. He is currently a member of the technical staff at Adventium Labs, a non-profit R&D Lab in Minneapolis. He has served on several NSF panels and has chaired or served on the program committees for many of the major information security conference, including the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, the Computer Security Foundations Workshop, and IFIP WG 11.3 on Database and Application Security.
James E. Maccariella, Jr, PE
MS, Drexel University
Jim Maccariella holds a BS degree in Architectural Engineering, and BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Drexel University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states and serves as the Bridge Department Head of a large transportation consulting firm. He is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (serves on the Bridge and Tunnel Security Committee), and the American Society of Highway Engineers (serves on the Southern New Jersey Board of Directors). He has experience designing and rehabilitating fixed and movable highway and rail bridges. His projects have been featured at the International Bridge Conference, Deep Foundations Institute Seminars, and have received awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies (NJ Section), and Historic Preservation Societies.
Anthony T. Maida
MS, The University of Southern California
Tony Maida earned his MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and his BSCE from Norwich University. Since then, he has held several positions with the US Air Force and US Air National Guard including Base Engineer, Deputy Base Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, and Construction Management Engineer. In these positions he was responsible for all aspects of constructing, maintaining, and operating all facilities, grounds, and utilities on USAF and USANG bases with the added responsibility for airfield and aircraft support function. The largest portion of this vast responsibility involved management of all phases of facility project development, design, contracting, construction, and commissioning activities.
W. Nicholas Marianos, PE, SE
PhD, Tulane University
Nick Marianos earned his PhD from Tulane University and his MS in Structural Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a registered Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer. He has served as a consulting bridge engineer and a part-time Research Professor at the University of Missouri — Rolla. His duties included supervision of design, quality assurance/quality control, marketing, preparation of statements of interest and proposals, negotiation of contracts, client relations, personnel management, and supervision of engineering operations. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Institute, the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association, and the International Association of Bridge and Structural Engineers.
Joseph F. Miller
MS, The University of Wyoming
Joe Miller earned his MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming. He has worked as the head of structural engineering at several design build firms specializing in heavy timber construction, with responsibilities ranging from project development through construction. His research background has been focused on mechanical timber connectors and their analysis in new and existing structures. Among his other duties, he is very active with his consulting business, specializing in providing and increasing engineering expertise with small firms. He is a committee member of the Timber Framers Guild, and is a member of the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire.
David K. Muckerman, PE, DEE
MS, University of Missouri, at Rolla
David Muckerman earned his MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He is a registered Professional Engineer with more than 28 years of experience in all aspects of water and wastewater projects, including feasibility studies, facility planning, process selection, process design, detailed design, construction administration, construction certification, utility management consulting and expert witness testimony. He has in-depth knowledge of reclaimed water, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and pipelines. He is a member of the American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation, American Society of Civil Engineers, and a Diplomat of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers.
Kurt N. Ohlinger, PE
PhD, The University of California — Davis
Kurt Ohlinger earned his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis and his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the California State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer in California. Kurt has 15 years of professional experience in the environmental engineering field, working as a process engineer, plant engineer, and operations manager at large regional wastewater treatment facilities. He also has seven years of academic experience as a faculty member and as the Associate Director of the Office of Water Programs at California State University Sacramento, where he has pioneered computer-based distance learning for water treatment and distribution operators.
Linda Ratsep, PE
MCE, Villanova University
MBA, Drexel University
Linda A. Ratsep earned a Master of Civil Engineering, Water Resources Concentration, from Villanova University and a MBA from Drexel University. She is a registered Professional Engineer with over 28 years of environmental and civil engineering design and project management experience. She co-founded a successful environmental science and civil engineering consulting firm in 1995. She has completed hundreds of projects involving: site development design for residential, commercial, industrial, airport and recreational facilities; stream/stream corridor, wetland, and watershed studies and assessments; stormwater management designs; municipal engineering reviews; and airport engineering design. Many of these projects have involved the development and utilization of project specific Geographic information Systems (GIS) technologies, as well as, 3-D visualization and advanced civil engineering software applications. In addition, she has been extensively retained as an expert witness in civil engineering.
Scott A. Sabol, PE
MS, Pennsylvania State University
Scott Sabol earned his Master of Science (Civil/Structural Engineering) degree from Pennsylvania State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer and he has worked as Associate Professor at Vermont Technical College, Director of the Delaware Transportation Institute, and Senior Program Officer at the National Research Council. He continues to practice as a consulting structural engineer. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Structural Engineering Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE).
Shawn H. Veltman, PE
PhD, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Shawn Veltman earned his PhD, Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and his MS, Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University. He is a registered Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the planning and design of water supply and wastewater treatment facilities. He serves as the senior technical advisor for an environmental engineering firm and environmental laboratory with a staff of 50. He is responsible for the preliminary engineering design of all major environmental engineering projects completed by the firm, and the identification, development, and application of new technologies to maintain the firm's technological edge in the marketplace. He is an expert in the area of anaerobic processes. He is a member of the America Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation.
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