Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

William Auberle, M.S.E., P.E., Professor

(B.S.I.E., M.S.E., West Virginia University 1967)

Environmental engineering, air pollution technology and management, waste management, environmental laws and regulations, sustainable design principles and practices

NAU 1991

Terry E. Baxter, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor

(B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Kansas 1988)

Environmental health engineering, air quality, wastewater treatment

NAU 1993  

Bridget Bero, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor

(B.S., Cleveland State University; Ph.D., University of Idaho 1994)

Chemical engineering, air pollution, human health risk assessment

NAU 1995  

Rand Decker, Ph.D., Professor

(B.Sc., University of Utah; Ph.D., Montana State University 1986)

Hydraulics, snow hydrology, wind and snow engineering

NAU 2002  

Paul T. Gremillion, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor

(B.S., M.S., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Central Florida 1994)

Environmental engineering, water quality, water resources

NAU 2003  

Joshua T. Hewes, Ph.D., P.E., Assistant Professor

(BS., M.S., Ph.D., University of California, San Diego 2002)

Structural engineering

NAU 2005

Debra S. Larson, Ph.D., P.E., Professor, Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

(B.S., M.S., Michigan Technological University; Ph.D., Arizona State University 1994)

Civil engineering, structures, design, wood

NAU 1994

Eugene B. Loverich, M.S., M.A., P.E., Associate Professor

(B.M.E., University of Detroit; M.S.E.M., Ohio University; M.A., Eastern Michigan University 1970)

Engineering mechanics, structural analysis

NAU 1979

Wilbert I. Odem, Jr., Ph.D. P.E., Professor

(B.A., University of Texas; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona 1991)

Civil and environmental engineering

NAU 1992  

Craig A. Roberts, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor

(B.S.C.E., Kansas State University; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology 1999)

Civil engineering, transportation, statistics, spatial analysis

NAU 1999  

Charles M. Schlinger, Ph.D., P.E., C.P.G., Associate Professor

(B.S., University of Michigan–Flint; M.S., Utah State University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University 1983)

Geotechnical engineering, hydraulics, geophysics, geology

NAU 1998

Paul D. Trotta, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

(B.S., State University of New York–Stonybrook; M.S., University of Denver; Ph.D., Colorado State University 1975)

Civil engineering, water resources, hydrology, flood control, drainage, sanitary engineering, water and wastewater engineering and technology

NAU 1977  

Adjunct Faculty

Charles W. Dryden, M.S., P.E., R.L.S.

(B.S., M.S., University of Arizona 1968)

Engineering management

NAU 1998  

Charles K. Erdey, M.S., P.E., S.E.  

(M.S., University of California, Los Angeles 1974, Dipl. Ingenieur, University of Technology of Budapest 1953)

Structural Engineering

NAU 2004

Greg H. Gentsch, B.S., P.E.

(B.S., Northern Arizona University 1985)

Hydrology, pavement design

NAU 1998  

Faculty Emeriti

Spencer L. Brinkerhoff Jr., Ph.D., Professor

(B.S.C.E., University of Arizona; M.S.E., Ph.D., Arizona State University 1972)

Civil engineering, structural analysis and design

NAU 1978 (retired 2002)  

Carl G. Cawood, B.S., Lecturer

(B.S., Northern Arizona University 1974)

Civil engineering, surveying, strength of materials

NAU 1982 (retired 2000)  

Joseph E. Gust Jr., P.E., M.S.E., Associate Professor

(Met.E., Colorado School of Mines; M.S.E., Purdue University)

NAU 1976 (retired 1998)  

Clyde N. Holland, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

(B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; M.S., Duke University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology)

NAU 1970 (retired 1997)

Richard Mirth, Ph.D., P.E., Associate Professor

(B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University)

Civil engineering

NAU 1985 (retired 1999)