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, algae-energy bioconversion processes.

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, treatment processes, waste management and utilization

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., Associate Professor

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

Environmental engineering, water quality, water resources, treatment processes, limnology, lake management and restoration

NAU 2003  

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

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

Structural engineering, advanced bridge design

NAU 2005

Debra S. Larson, Ph.D., P.E., Professor

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

Civil engineering, structures, design, wood

NAU 1994

Stephen Mead, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

(B.S., George Mason University; M.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., Loughborough University of Technology 1999)

Construction safety, mechanical and electrical systems, construction estimating, methods, scheduling, computing applications

NAU 1998

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, water quality, water resources, drinking water treatment, non-point source pollution, river and stream restoration, natural resources 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

Edward J. Smaglik, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

(B.S., Marquette University; M.S., Purdue University; Ph.D., Purdue University 2005)

Civil engineering, transportation

NAU 2007

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

Marti Blad, Ph.D., P.E.

(Ph.D., Louisiana State University)

Environmental Engineering

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

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

Engineering management

NAU 1998  

Robert Shinham

Civil Engineering

Dave Merrell

Structural Engineering

Alisa Vadasz, Ph.D.

(Ph.D., Biochemical Engineering)

Biomedical engineering, environmental engineering

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)

Civil Engineering, geotechnical

Engineering.

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)

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 (retired 2008)