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REVIEW OF MASTER OF SCIENCE
PROGRAM
January 2008
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Tennessee Technological University
Table of Contents
M.S. Program Review January 2008
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................................2 A. Program Overview.....................................................................................................................2 B. Faculty .......................................................................................................................................4 C. Students.....................................................................................................................................6 D. Centers of Excellence................................................................................................................9 E. Research and Laboratory facilities ..........................................................................................11 F. Curriculum ...............................................................................................................................12 G. Program Quality Assessment ..................................................................................................12
II. OBJECTIVE STANDARDS ..............................................................................................................14 A. Admission of Students.............................................................................................................14 B. Supervision and Retention of Students ...................................................................................16 C. Availability and Sophistication of Coursework.........................................................................20 D. Methodologies and Techniques of Discipline ..........................................................................22 E. Extra-disciplinary Experience ..................................................................................................23 F. Comprehensive Examination...................................................................................................24 G. Research .................................................................................................................................25 H. Communication........................................................................................................................26
III. QUALITATIVE STANDARDS..........................................................................................................28 A. Student Experience .................................................................................................................28 B. Graduate Faculty Quality.........................................................................................................29 C. Teaching/Learning Environment .............................................................................................38 D. Program Evaluation .................................................................................................................39
E. Closing Statement……………………………………………………………………………………41
APPENDIX 1 FACULTY RESUME APPENDIX 2 GRADUATE PROGRAM ACTIVITY
APPENDIX 3 B.S./M.S. FAST-TRACK PROGRAM APPENDIX 4 GRADUATE COURSE LISTING
APPENDIX 5 GRADUATE SYLLABI FOR COURSES OFFERED DURING 2005-2007 APPENDIX 6 GRADUATE SEMINARS AND GRADUATE HANDBOOK
APPENDIX 7 STUDENT PROGRAMS OF STUDY APPENDIX 8 SAMPLE PRESENTATIONS OF M.S. THESIS DEFENSE
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I. INTRODUCTION
A. Program Overview
Historical Background The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) has offered a Master of Science and
Master of Engineering degree since the late 1960’s with the first degrees conferred in 1969. During
the past 38 years, 291 Master’s degrees have been awarded in the areas of structural mechanics,
environmental, transportation, geotechnical and structural engineering. The degrees granted include
the Master of Science in Civil Engineering (MSCE) which began at the college level in 1965, the
Master of Civil Engineering (MCE) and the Master of Engineering (ME). The ME programs were
available to students from 1975 to 1985. The MSCE (MS for short) is the only degree currently
available to CEE students. Figure 1 below illustrates the distribution of degrees conferred each
academic year since the program was initiated in 1969.
Number of Graduates per year since 1969
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1999-2007 annual average
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each academic year since the program was ted.
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Since the last review in 1999, a modest rise in number of students graduating has been noted in
CEE MS program. The most recent 8 year (1999-2007) average annual graduates is 9.125 per year,
which is about 29% higher than the previous 30 year (1969-1999) average annual graduates of 7.03
per year (Figure 1). A consistent feature of the CEE graduates is that it has never been below 5,
which is the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) specified limit below which a
graduate program is classified as “low-producing”.
The goal of the graduate program in CEE is to provide the strong academic training needed for
students to become educated members of society who can both join and make significant
contributions to the civil engineering profession. Because of this goal for graduates to make
significant contributions, a research project and a thesis document are a necessary component of
the degree. Concentration areas approved by the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) are in
environmental engineering, structural engineering and transportation engineering. The CEE
department has plans to establish further sub-disciplines in some or all of these concentrations in the
future (see Table 1). This should facilitate improved publicity and marketing of the program leading
to higher growth in enrollment. A significant number of students have also specialized in the areas of
engineering mechanics, materials, and water resources (Table 1).
Table 1 – Distribution of graduates as a function of area of specialization during 2002-2007
02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 Environmental 5 1 3 1 1 Water Resources 1 1 1 2 2 Structural Engineering 3 2 3 1 1 Engineering Mechanics 2 1 3 Transportation 1 2 1 2 Materials 3 3 3 2 Total 13 9 13 7 9
Recent Development: B.S/M.S Fast Track Program In the fall of 2007, a Fast-Track BS/MS Program in Civil Engineering was initiated to provide an
opportunity for promising undergraduate students to accelerate the completion of the MS degree.
CEE undergraduate students are eligible to apply to the CEE Fast-Track MS program by the end of
their second junior term, provided they maintain at least an overall GPA of 3.25 and have at least a
3.5 GPA in CEE courses. Students admitted to the Fast-Track program must take the GRE during
their second senior term (one semester prior to their anticipated BS graduation). The general
admission criteria to the Fast Track graduate program are the same as the regular MS program. In
anticipation of the additional 30 credit hour requirement for professional licensure by the National
Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES) in 2015, the B.S/M.S Fast-Track
program is considered a timely addition for our CEE graduate program.
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B. Faculty
Currently there are 15 full-time faculty members in the CEE Department. They are all engaged in the
continued growth of the CEE graduate program. Faculty expertise covers the breadth, depth and the
level of sophistication required for today’s highly inter-disciplinary Civil Engineering profession. All
graduate faculty hold terminal degrees in a major area of Civil Engineering. Table 2a below shows
the makeup of CEE faculty expertise in core areas of civil engineering research. Several CEE faculty
have cross disciplinary expertise that allow them to play a more synergistic mentoring role during a
student’s MS research experience. Detailed qualifications of each faculty are provided as resumes in
Appendix 1.
Table 2a- Distribution of Faculty Expertise. Sl Name PhD
Degree Area of Specialization
Geotechnical/ Materials
Transport-ation
Structural Mechanics
Structural Engineering
Water/ Environ.
1 Daniel Badoe U Toronto X X 2 George
Buchanan Virginia Polytech.
X X
3 Steven Click NCSU X 4 Lenly
Weathers Iowa X
5 Vince Neary Iowa X 6 Faisal
Hossain U. Conn X
7 Dennis George
Clemson X
8 Jane Liu Hawaii X X 9 Sharon Huo Nebraska X X 10 Craig
Henderson U Tenn. X X
11 Ed Ryan U. New Mexico
X X
12 David Huddleston
U Tenn. X X
13 Ben Mohr GA Tech X 14 L. K. Crouch Missouri X 15 Guillermo
Ramirez Colorado State U.
X X
Graduate Affairs Committee In a bid to formalize the review of the student research experience and continually enhance the
overall program quality, the Graduate Affairs committee was set up in the department in the fall of
2005. This committee comprises five CEE graduate faculty members chaired by one committee
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member. The primary responsibilities of the Graduate Affairs Committee are to review applications
for graduate admission, review graduate curriculum (review requests for changes or additions by
faculty), provide orientation to incoming students and organize the graduate seminar series that is
held each semester.
Performance Metrics of Faculty Activity During 2002-2007, faculty remained very active in providing leadership to their professional
societies, such as the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Institute of Transportation
Engineers (ITE), American Concrete Institute (ACI), American Geophysical Union (AGU), American
Water Resources Association (AWRA) etc. At least 14 national/international conference sessions
were organized or chaired by graduate faculty during this time. Nine external PhD theses were sent
to CEE faculty for review from universities as far away and as prestigious as the Indian Institutes of
Technology. More than 500 research proposals were reviewed by faculty for federal grant agencies.
One assistant professor holds an associate editorial position with the Journal of American Water
Resources Association. Collectively, faculty reviewed more than 180 manuscripts for the editorial
boards of scholarly journals in the CEE discipline. Sixty-nine invited presentations were delivered
nationwide by faculty during this time. Total external funding for research secured by CEE faculty
during this 5-year period was $2.39 million (see Table 1a in Appendix 2). The average annual
research funding over the last five years has been approximately $478,000/year. CEE faculty were
particularly successful in securing research funding from federal agencies such as the National
Science Foundation (NSF), the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), the United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the United
States Geological Survey (USGS) and the US Fisheries and Wildlife Service (USFWS). These
projects have supported more than 50% of graduate students. Several faculty have also been
actively engaged in engineering education societies such as the American Society of Engineering
Education (ASEE).
In terms of productivity of scholarly work, more than 90 journal papers and 70 conference
proceedings were published by the graduate faculty during 2002-2007. The average rate of scholarly
journal publications by CEE faculty has remained consistently above 15 per year. Aggressive
support for newly recruited faculty over recent years has contributed to a trend of increased
productivity. Faculty publications have increased to 20 per year during the last two years. Table 2b
below provides a summary of research and scholarly activity by faculty during 2002-2007. In
Appendix 2 (Tables 1a and 1b) more detailed activity on scholarship and research funding are
provided.
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Table 2b – Summary of research and scholarly activity by CEE graduate faculty during 2002-2007
02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08* External Research Funding $467,320 $504,616 $462,188 $474,208 $483,562 $521,341 Journal publications 14 13 21 20 21 7 Conference Publications 12 12 14 12 22 8 Chaired Sessions/Editorship of Journals
2 3 2 0 4 1
Review of project proposals and research manuscripts
90 132 125 154 148 10
Invited seminars 12 10 7 13 17 2 * In progress
C. Students
General Overview On average, the enrollment in the CEE MS program is about 20 graduate students. Over the 2002-
2007 period, a total of 227 student applications to the CEE MS program were received. One hundred
and thirty-six applications (60%) were granted admission (including provisional standing). A total of
75 actually enrolled during this time. Sixty-nine (69%) of those enrolled have already successfully
completed their MS degree in an average time of 2.27 years. A remaining 20% (admitted between
2005-2007), at the time of documentation, were either continuing their program or were expected to
complete by 2008. The 3-year average graduation rate is 81%, which is a reflection of the high
standards enforced in retention of MS graduates. Among those enrolled who did not receive a
degree, some of them left the program for employment and the others could not meet the
requirements of satisfactory progress in coursework and research. Table 3 below provides a
summary of the minimum and average qualifications of all the students enrolled in the program. An
aspect that is not apparent in the data reported herein is the participation by CEE faculty in advising
a large number of graduate students from other departments. In particular, faculty from the
mechanics area have regularly served as major advisor of several Mechanical Engineering (ME)
students due to the inter-disciplinary nature of research work. Water resources faculty have also
served as major advisor to students from the ME and Biology Departments.
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Table 3 – Demographic pattern and qualification of students enrolled in the CEE MS program Year Minimum
GRE/GPA score of all enrolled
Average GRE/GPA score of all enrolled
Number of women/minority candidates enrolled each year
02-03 1190*/3.118 1577*/3.237 5 03-04 1190*/3.000 1384*/3.459 8 04-05 1015/2.760 1098/3.212 7 05-06 735/2.640 1115/3.473 9 06-07 1050/3.029 1176/3.482 6
*Older system of GRE score out of 2400(Q800+V800+A800)
Student Participation in B.S/M.S Fast-Track Program As mentioned earlier, the Department has also been working on developing a new BS/MS Fast-
Track graduate program since spring 2005. The program is designed to enable qualified CEE
undergraduates to accumulate up to six credit hours of graduate coursework while still pursuing their
undergraduate degree and to transition to the graduate program with accelerated completion. The
new program is well aligned with the Department’s goals to develop a graduate program of high
quality as well as the University’s goals of focusing on upper division undergraduate education and
preparing students for graduate studies. At the initiation of the program in fall 2007, four candidates
met the stringent requirements and were admitted to the Fast Track program. Of the four Fast-Track
students, three of them have received the highly honored University Academic Service Scholarships.
The students’ overall GPAs range from 3.72 to 3.98 and their major GPAs range from 3.85 to 4.0. A
particularly unique feature of the Fast-Track program is that the Fast-Track students have the
opportunity to participate in challenging undergraduate research that can transition into MS thesis
research. Each of the four students participates in research work, to various degrees, in their senior
year under the guidance of his/her mentor. It is anticipated that the program will have a positive
impact on graduate student enrollment. The description of the CEE BS/MS Fast-Track program is
enclosed in Appendix 3.
Student Make-up Demographic data indicate that the graduate student body is made up of both US citizens and
international students. Very recently, CEE has attracted considerably greater interest from high
caliber students from renowned institutions such as the Indian Institutes of Technology, Tsinghua
University, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and the Ohio State University.
Applicants from countries like India, China, Lebanon, Malaysia, Egypt, Vietnam, Bangladesh and
Phillipines have become a regular feature. This is a testimony to the increasing visibility of the
graduate program and its quality in the international arena. About 34% of those enrolled are women
or minority as noted in Table 3.
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Student Recruitment Typically, faculty recruits qualified students through dissemination of information on their research
interests and current projects during seminars on campus and elsewhere. The CEE graduate
seminar series, held regularly since fall 2006, has served as an information gateway for
undergraduate seniors to consider the CEE graduate program. Open graduate assistantship
positions having funded research projects are also publicized in magazines published by
professional societies such as ASCE and AGU. Many graduate students also receive an opportunity
to broaden their research experience through internships at research centers (such as Oak Ridge
National Research Laboratory - ORNL), co-ops in industry and international summer workshops.
Between 2005 and 2007, three students participated in international summer workshops in China
and India. Another undergraduate student, expected to join the M.S. Fast-Track program in fall 2008,
has participated in a 5-week long NSF field trip to Ethiopia in summer of 2007.
Financial Support for Students There are primarily two sources of financial support available to graduate students, namely –
research assistantships and teaching assistantships. Teaching assistantships are administered
through the CEE department. Research assistantships are usually administered by one of the three
Centers of Excellence at TTU, which are discussed in the next section. Table 4 below provides a
summary of support provided to graduate students.
Table 4 – Distribution of graduate students supported and research funding secured by CEE faculty through the Centers of Excellence
Year Water Research Center Center for Energy Systems Research
CEE Department
CEE Students Supported
Research Funding related to CEE program ($)
CEE Students Supported
Research Funding related to CEE program ($)
Students Supported
2002-2003 12 180,417 9 299,030 14 2003-2004 9 252,772 9 147,366 15 2004-2005 4 316,990 7 126,943 10 2005-2006 6 235,273 3 140,373 8 2006-2007 6 263,539 5 304,285 9
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D. Centers of Excellence
TTU has three state-funded centers of excellence for research. These are: 1) Center for the
Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources (CMUPWR or Water Center), 2) Center
for Energy Systems Research (CESR) and 3) Center for Manufacturing Research (CMR). These
centers have played a supporting role in sustaining the quality of the CEE graduate program and its
continued growth. A brief overview is provided on each center followed by the supporting role played
in the CEE graduate program.
Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources
The Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources (Water Center) is
dedicated to the vision of enhancing environmental education through research by focusing the
expertise of its team of interdisciplinary professionals in the areas of environmental hazards,
environmental informatics, and environmental resource management and protection. Within those
categories, Center faculty concentrate on aquatic toxicology, ecological assessment, environmental
social issues and education, fisheries assessment, water and wastewater treatment, waterborne
pathogens, and watershed analysis. Their work has received international attention as they publish
and present their findings, but nowhere has the Center’s research been more valuable than in its
own state of Tennessee. Since its inception, the Center has attracted more than $31.7 million (2006
equivalent dollars) in externally funded research, approximately $31.1 million (2006 equivalent
dollars) of which has remained in the state.
Center for Energy Systems Research The Center for Energy Systems Research (CESR) was established to advance and apply scientific
and engineering knowledge associated with energy systems and in particular with electric power
while supporting the instructional program of TTU in academic areas associated with energy
systems. Research efforts, both theoretical and experimental, are focused on solving current and
anticipated problems associated with energy systems. Special emphasis is given to the needs of the
electric power industry.
Center for Manufacturing Research The Center for Manufacturing Research (CMR) was created to draw together resources of the State
of Tennessee, TTU, industries from Tennessee and abroad, and government funding agencies into a
cooperative effort to be on the leading edge of the latest technological advances in manufacturing.
The Center utilizes expertise from throughout the College of Engineering and various other colleges,
departments and the University, as appropriate, as well as resources outside the University. The
Center also employs dedicated faculty and staff who are responsible for enhancing and supporting
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the center’s strategic research program. Staffing includes four faculty, one Post Doctoral Assistant,
three R&D engineers, eight supporting office and laboratory staff, and numerous graduate research
assistants.
Supporting Role of Centers in Graduate Program Centers provide financial support to CEE graduate students in the form of research assistantships
from research projects directed by CEE faculty. Centers also host internationally recognized experts
for the graduate seminar series. Students are provided access to the laboratories of the Centers for
conducting research. The chemistry analytical laboratory and the Geographic Information Systems
(GIS) laboratory of the Water Center have been regularly utilized by CEE students to perform
graduate level research in the field of water resources and environmental engineering. CMR’s
Computer Aided Engineering Laboratory has been frequently used by CEE graduate students
engaged in high performance computational research in the engineering mechanics and water
resources area. Between 2002-2007, the Water Center provided financial support (including logistic
and laboratory facilities) to 16 MS CEE students in the Environmental/Water area. In the same
period, CESR supported 10 MS students in various sub-disciplines such as mechanics, structural
engineering and transportation engineering. CMR supported four students (4 MS) in the area of
mechanics and transportation engineering. Table 4 provides a summary of graduate student support
and research project funding secured by CEE faculty through the Centers of Excellence.
Centers also provide extensive secretarial support to CEE faculty to secure and successfully
manage externally funded projects. Each center has dedicated staff for grant proposal submission,
contract compliance, fiscal management and publications/editorial activities. The staff works closely
with CEE faculty to prepare project proposals, manage project budget and provide project reports
according to the requirements of funding agencies. Newly recruited CEE faculty have utilized this
support from Centers and become very successful in starting a research program in their areas of
expertise.
As part of enhancing research collaboration beyond TTU, the Water Center has recently established
a 5-year Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three institutions – i) Institute of Water
Modeling, Bangladesh; ii) Faculty of Sciences, Tunisia; and iii) Tennessee State University (TSU).
The intent of these MOUs is to facilitate an exchange of faculty, students, research data, and
educational and developmental programs between the cooperating parties. As such, these
collaborative agreements provide an opportunity for graduate students to enrich their research
experience beyond the classroom.
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E. Research and Laboratory facilities
Overview The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has adequate space for classes and
laboratories. All classrooms are equipped with state of the art multi-media presentation facilities that
can be used for instruction, presentations by students, and which allows the presentation of quality
seminars. Graduate students often use these rooms for their comprehensive exams, dissertation
defense, and class project/seminar presentations. Each area of concentration has specific rooms or
floor space designated for research and development. The rooms are adequately stocked with
supplies, and have necessary equipment for research as well. Currently there are a total of seven
types of laboratories for performing graduate level research. These are: 1) The Cement-based
Materials Laboratory; 2) The Construction and Materials Laboratory; 3) The Surveying Laboratory; 4)
The Structures Laboratory; 5) The Environmental Research Laboratory; 6) The Mechanics and
Experimental Stress Laboratory; and 7) The Transportation Laboratory. There also exists a Machine
Shop where CEE students can have their experimental apparatus built and customized. Condition of
these laboratories range from good to excellent. Total floor space for laboratory is 17,856 sq. ft (see
Table 2, Appendix 2).
Student Facilities All graduate assistants are generally provided with office space and a personal computer. There are
also an additional 14 state-of-the-art networked computers available in the student computer
laboratory in the main Civil Engineering building. This laboratory is open 24 hours a day and
provides valuable auxiliary support to graduate students during intense research periods. Faculty
and graduate students also make use of the Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) laboratory
maintained by CMR to solve real-world engineering problems in civil engineering. The CAE
laboratory is the University’s high performance computer center with a total data storage volume of
nine terabytes, 85 GB of memory and several dual processor machines. These high performance
computing facilities can be remotely accessed by faculty and student from their desktops both on
and off campus.
Library Facilities Adequate library facilities are available through the TTU main library which currently houses
approximately 347,146 volumes. Electronic resources of the library consist of 45 research
databases, 23 reference e-books, 196 discipline-specific e-books and 25,871 general academic e-
books. As a member of the Southeastern Library Network (SOLINET), CEE faculty and students
can leverage the vast library resources of other institutions in the region. A memorandum of
understanding exists to utilize the library resources of University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UT),
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Vanderbilt University (VU) and most research libraries in the nation. CEE graduate students and
faculty may use and borrow materials from any UT, VU or TBR library. The TTU library currently
subscribes to more than 50 journals (electronic/hard copy) and 16 electronic databases that are
relevant to the Civil Engineering discipline. A list of these CEE relevant journals available is provided
in Table 3 of Appendix 2. At the beginning of every fall term, a workshop is organized by the TTU
library as part of the graduate seminar series to introduce new graduate students to the library’s
facilities.
F. Curriculum
The CEE Department provides coursework at the 5000, 6000, and 7000 levels to accommodate
students’ Program of Study requirements and their desired field of specialization. Additionally,
courses are available in supporting departments and colleges that can be used to satisfy degree
requirements. The CEE Department has compiled folders, each containing a synopsis of a recent
offering of each CEE course. These folders are available from the Departmental Chairperson.
Courses approved for graduate studies in the CEE Department are listed in Appendix 4. The
instructor syllabi for the courses offered during the 2005-07 period is included in Appendix 5
(detailed course syllabi is available upon request). Courses are offered frequently enough to enable
students to make reasonable progress towards degree completion. Table 4 in Appendix 2 provides a
summary of CEE graduate courses and the frequency of their offerings during the 2002-2007 period.
G. Program Quality Assessment
The quality of CEE graduate program is assessed through a process of continual review of the
performance of students before and beyond graduation. Performance is measured in terms of
student research publications, job placement, graduates opting for a PhD program, achievement of
student awards, honors and participation in international camps. Recently initiated data collection
efforts from alumni indicate that at least six of our graduates have continued graduate studies in a
doctoral program in prestigious universities like Vanderbilt University, the University of Texas
(Arlington), Auburn University and the University of Southern California during 2002-2007. This is a
testament to the confidence peer institutions have in our MS program. CEE graduates have received
placement in reputable firms in the industry or state/national organizations (such as TDOT, USACE,
FHWA, USGS). Recently, two CEE MS graduates have taken full-time and tenure-track faculty
positions in academia while pursuing their Ph.D. degree at TTU. Between 2002-2007, there have
been a total of 18 journal publications and 31 conference proceedings with primary authorship by an
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MS student. Three students have received national or international awards (such as the Ivanhoe
Fellowship) while another three have participated in international camps. Table 5a and Table 5b in
Appendix 2 provide a statistical summary of student achievements.
Elements of Quality Enhancement As one specific measure of quality enhancement, a Civil Engineering Graduate Handbook was
compiled to guide new graduate students effectively through the MS degree. This handbook is
currently provided to all entering CEE graduate students during an orientation that is held the first
day of the seminar series. The handbook is also made available on the CEE website. The graduate
affairs committee has been regularly hosting seminar speakers from the industry and academia.
Speakers are selected experts in their field and are brought to campus to promote student
interaction. A particular feature of the seminar series is the introduction to students of potential
federal funding opportunities for research, training on thesis/manuscript writing, usage of online
scientific databases and library facilities for research. Although the implementation of these recent
quality enhancement procedures are relatively new, qualitative feedback from recent graduates and
employers alike indicate that these measures have been effective. Appendix 6 provides the schedule
of seminar speakers and some sample seminar abstracts since the seminar program began in the
fall of 2006. The Graduate Handbook is also provided in Appendix 6.
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II. OBJECTIVE STANDARDS
A. Admission of Students
General Admission Standards The student who completes the MS degree is a product of the CEE Department and one of the reasons
for State funding of the program. This MS student must therefore receive the training that meets the
needs of employers and graduate schools. The graduating students must be personally satisfied with
their accomplishments, and be able to contribute to society during their career. The CEE graduate
program must therefore maintain appropriate academic rigor.
The requirements for admission to the MS program are the same as the general requirements for
graduate admission to the College of Engineering. The minimum requirements for regular admission
are: i) a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering (BSCE); ii) a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0
scale; iii) a total of at least 1000 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the General Test of the
Graduate Record Examination (GRE) along with a 3.5 score on the analytical writing portion of the test;
iv) and three letters of recommendation from persons familiar with the applicant’s academic abilities.
Admission standards are documented in the TTU Graduate Catalog and the CEE Graduate Student
Guide. In addition, a prospective student can access all relevant information remotely from the website
of the graduate school at http://www.tntech.edu/graduatestudies/. All admission and funding decisions
are based upon the application submitted by the student.
International Applicants International students must score at least 550 (or 213 in computer-based format) on the Test of English
as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). An applicant who is granted provisional admission due to a low
TOEFL score is required to take ESL 1010 and/or ESL 1020 as remedial study. Applicants must also
provide proof of access to sufficient funds to cover all of their expenses including travel home at the
completion of their studies. The CEE graduate program is designed for graduates of approved
undergraduate programs. Thus a baccalaureate degree in civil engineering is required for full standing.
Applicants that have an undergraduate degree in a closely related field are evaluated on a case-by-
case basis and may be admitted to full standing upon completion of identified background courses.
Enforcement of Admission Standards Although the basic standards for admission are clearly defined by the College, these standards
comprise only the minimum requirement to make a preliminary assessment of the applicant. To judge
an applicant more rigorously, the CEE Chairperson, in consultation with a faculty familiar with the
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applicant’s institution, assesses applications by paying particular attention to prior coursework
performance and the quality of undergraduate instruction at the applicant’s institution. This qualitative
procedure has helped CEE to maintain standards of admission and thus achieve high probability of
successful graduation for all enrolled students.
Admission with Provisional Standing is granted to some applicants who do not satisfy all of the
requirements previously stated or if the graduate affairs committee deem the candidate to be deficient
in preparation. This category indicates that in the opinion of the CEE Department and the Associated
Vice-President of Research and Graduate Studies, the student does not qualify for Full Standing and
that before Full Standing can be granted, certain deficiencies must be addressed. The defined remedial
work must be completed prior to the completion of 15 graduate hours. Deficiencies may be either (1)
low undergraduate grade average, (2) insufficient background preparation for the specific field,
indicating the necessity for certain prerequisite courses as preparation for pursuing the proposed
graduate program, or (3) lack of satisfactory scores on admission tests. The student must apply for
reclassification after deficiencies are addressed and special conditions or requirements are met.
Applicants who have earned their BS in a field closely related to civil engineering can be granted
provisional admission. Such applicants will usually be required to complete appropriate remedial
coursework. The student’s status from Provisional to Full Standing is changed once deficiencies have
been addressed. The graduate student is informed via a memo from the graduate school that is also
sent to the department. The student and chairperson initiate the change after all specified criteria have
been met.
Evidence of Enforcement of Admission Standards As mentioned earlier, between 2002-2007, a total of 227 applications were received for the graduate
program. One hundred and thirty-six were granted admission. A general summary of the qualifications
of those enrolled was provided in Table 3 of the previous section. In Table 6 of Appendix 2, examples
of the enforcement of admission criteria are provided on a case by case basis. Although the
qualification of applicants in the 2002-2007 period has varied widely, the minimum qualifications for
those granted admission with full standing has always been above the minimum required by the
College. Furthermore, the large number of applicants who were denied admission despite meeting the
quantitative standards of admission is evidence of the additional rigor that has been followed by CEE in
granting admission. The average GRE score and GPA of those granted admission has typically
hovered above 1100 and 3.24/4.00, respectively.
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Student Orientation In the previous review period (1994-2000) there was no formal student orientation. In the fall 2005
semester, the CEE Graduate Affairs Committee was established as a standing committee and a formal
graduate student orientation program was implemented. Beginning with the fall 2006 semester, regular
orientation began at the start of each semester for new incoming students. This initial orientation is
made a part of the graduate seminar series where each student is provided with the CEE Graduate
handbook and supplementary information packet. The handbook was compiled by the committee to
provide students with knowledge of pertinent rules and procedures for maintaining candidacy during
the graduate program (see Appendix 6). In addition, guidelines are provided to assist students with
research, thesis writing, presentations, and avoidance of plagiarism. Presentations are also made by
selected CEE faculty, the CEE Chairperson, and the College of Engineering Associate Dean for
Graduate Studies and Research relative to research and academic policies and procedures.
Mechanism of Student Orientation Typically, a new CEE graduate student would undergo three rounds of orientation during the first year
of his/her study period. While the first is the general orientation held en masse during the beginning of
the graduate seminar in fall/spring, the second one usually occurs when the student forms his/her
advisory committee upon consultation with the chairperson of the department during the early stages
of the second semester. Subsequent to the formation of the advisory committee, the student then
undergoes the third round of orientation where a preliminary research proposal is presented by the
student in front of the committee to ensure quality and relevance of the student’s thesis and
coursework. In addition to this, all students under assistantship are also required to pass an online
training course on sexual harassment prevention. This is a university-wide policy. Details of the
general student orientation can be found listed on the CEE web link for the seminar at
http://www.tntech.edu/cee/Graduate%20Seminar%20Schedule.htm. As seen from the seminar
schedules posted in Appendix 6, new students experience several opportunities to orient themselves
with the art of thesis writing, preparing research proposals, practicing oral presentations and learning
to search library databases for scientific literature search.
B. Supervision and Retention of Students
Retention Standards Retention standards are clearly mentioned in the Graduate Handbook that is distributed to all new
students during student orientation (see Appendix 6). These standards can also be remotely accessed
by any student from the website of the graduate school at http://www.tntech.edu/graduatestudies. The
minimum program requirements for the MSCE degree include 24 semester hours of graduate-level
coursework specified on the program of study approved by the student’s graduate advisory committee
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and a minimum of six hours of research and thesis completed under the supervision of the graduate
advisor and committee. The thesis requirement includes development of a research problem
statement, successful execution of a research program, and documentation of the research findings
written to the satisfaction of the Graduate School Office and the student’s graduate advisory
committee. Additionally, the research findings and thesis must be successfully defended in front of the
graduate advisory committee.
Minimum GPA requirement in coursework: A graduate student is required to maintain a
cumulative GPA of at least a B (3.0) on all courses taken for degree purposes. Credit toward the MS
degree objective will be granted for any graduate course in which a grade of A, B, C, or S
(Satisfactory) or SP (Satisfactory Progress) for thesis is assigned; however, not more than six hours of
C credit will be accepted. If a grade of D, U, F, WF, or NF is assigned in a degree-related course, the
course must be repeated, and both the original grade and grade for the repetition will be counted in
the cumulative average. The grade point distribution for MSCE students between 2002-2007 is
presented in Table 7 of Appendix 2.
Background Courses: A graduate student must achieve a grade of at least a C for each course
taken for non-degree purposes, that is, courses taken for background preparation, certification, or
personal enrichment. A student will be required to repeat each non-degree course in which a grade of
D, U, F, WF, or NF is assigned. With the approval of the student’s advisory committee, it may be
possible that repetition of a course will not be required if a student’s cumulative grade average on all
courses (degree and non-degree) is at least B (3.0).
Probation: If a student’s cumulative average on courses applied toward the graduate degree falls
below B, he/she will be permitted one semester of probationary standing in which to sufficiently raise
the average. If the term average on all courses taken during any one semester falls below C, the
student’s case will be reviewed by the Dean of Graduate Studies and CEE representatives (usually
the chair of the department and the student’s committee) and, without extenuating circumstances, the
student will be dismissed from the graduate program. During this reporting period, 3 students were
dismissed from the program for poor academic performance, as indicated in Table 7 of Appendix 2. Graduate Assistant Requirements: A graduate assistant is required to maintain a minimum GPA of
3.0 each semester. On the recommendation of the CEE department chairperson and Dean of
Engineering, the student may be permitted to retain the assistantship on probation for one semester
should the average fall below the minimum requirement. Additionally, an M.S student is only allowed
to remain on assistantship during his/her first two calendar years in the degree program. Exceptions
can be granted if the Graduate Affairs Committee deems circumstances as extra-ordinary for the
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student (such as death in the family, health issues etc.). This performance is monitored by the CEE
department as part of the graduate student data base. Criteria Enforcement Procedures: The major advisor will often meet informally with his/her
graduate student at the end of each semester to discuss the progress of the student during the
previous semester. Much emphasis is placed on the 3.0 GPA and the C grade. Generally, the student
is advised to leave the program if academic problems are present. Occasionally, students are granted
another semester to improve their performance or are allowed to change the area of concentration
and essentially begin a new program of study. Reasons for exceptions to the retention criteria have
included personal problems which have been mostly solved (work schedules, illness or death in the
immediate family, divorce, etc.), research works in progress which are of great importance to the
student and a faculty member, or some indication that the student initially pursued the wrong option.
Monitoring of Student Progress
The primary responsibility to monitor student progress resides with the Major Professor (major
advisor). For students who have not yet formed a graduate advisory committee, the responsibility
resides with the CEE Chairperson or the Chair’s designee. Students are expected to make steady
progress towards their degree requirements.
Typically, a new student admitted to the MS program is first advised to confer with the chairperson or
his/her designee to determine specific chronological requirements. Generally, the following
checkpoints need to be verified by the student in sequence to ensure steady progress toward degree
objectives.
1. Standardized Examinations. Admission to graduate study is conditioned by a requirement
to take a standard examination (GRE) before or during the first term of enrollment. CEE graduate
students are to check the certificate of admission and confer with personnel in the Graduate School
Office to ensure compliance.
2. Appointment of an Advisory Committee. The graduate student’s advisory committee may
be appointed during the student's first term but no later than the term in which 15 credits of course
work are to be completed.
3. Reclassification. This step is necessary for any CEE student who was admitted on
Provisional Standing. Students must apply for reclassification by the completion of 15 graduate hours.
4. Program of Study. The student’s program of study should be developed by the student as
soon as an advisory committee is selected. There will be a hold placed on a student’s registration if
the program of study has not been filed by the time 15 semester hours have been earned.
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5. Candidacy. Students should apply for candidacy no later than the term in which 15 hours of
graduate credit have been completed.
6. Application for Graduation. The M.S. candidate should initiate the application for
graduation at the beginning of the semester in which conferral of the degree is expected. All of the
above steps, plus course substitution, should be completed prior to application.
7. Comprehensive (Oral) Examination. The CEE student must complete a comprehensive
examination conducted by the Advisory Committee at least three weeks prior to graduation.
8. Thesis Submission to Graduate School Office. The student must submit the final form of
thesis at least two weeks prior to graduation, or sooner if stipulated in the official Schedule of Classes.
9. Graduation. Students are required to be present for the conferral of the degree unless a
written exception is made by the Dean of Graduate Studies. Students graduating in absentia may
have their diploma mailed, but must assume the inherent risks.
For initial advisement, all new MS students meet with the CEE chairperson or the Chair’s designee to
discuss the graduate program and determine the student’s interest, potential funding sources, and
other personal needs. They agree on the first semester program of study, and then students are
advised to meet individually with each faculty member in the chosen area of concentration to discuss
coursework, research and funding. The student is responsible for forming a graduate committee and
determining a research project which is satisfactory to all concerned.
After the formation of the committee, each member of a graduate student's advisory committee is
expected to review the student's research proposal and to approve it or make recommendations
toward improvement. This step should be completed before the student registers for research and
thesis credits. Each member of the committee is expected to review the student's thesis prior to the
comprehensive examination. The committee member will assist in conducting an examination to
ensure that the student has at least a satisfactory knowledge of the subject matter covered in the
program of study and that the thesis (when required) is of suitable caliber and presents a valid
investigation properly completed. Unless an exception has been granted by the departmental
chairperson, the dean of the college, and the Associate Vice President of Research and Graduate
Studies, a graduate student who has earned at least 15 semester hours of course credit that does not
have an appropriate advisory committee will not be permitted to register. After 15 semester hours
have been earned, failure to form or to maintain an appropriate committee is cause for transfer of the
student to non-degree status.
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Each student must make certain that all requirements of the CEE department, the area of
concentration, the College of Engineering, and the Graduate School are satisfied. Their advisory
committee will help them pursue and accomplish a course of study so that all requirements will be
met; however, final responsibility rests with the student.
Time Limits for Completion of the MS Degree
Per TTU policy (see: http://www.tntech.edu/gcat/asp/degree_general_time.asp), a graduate student in
a master's program needs to complete all degree requirements within a period of six consecutive
years. Time limits are computed from and including the first term in which credit applied to the degree
is earned. If the student has not graduated by the end of 21 semesters (including summers) after
entering the graduate program and has not been granted special approval to continue to take
graduate courses and satisfy requirements within the most recent 21 semesters, the student’s status
changes to non-degree graduate student and all regulations pertaining to non-degree graduate
students will apply. This university-wide policy ensures that the time limits are appropriate for the MS
degree. A summary of the time taken for each student to graduate is provided in Table 7 of Appendix
2. The average time taken during the 2002-2007 period was 2.2 years with no student exceeding 4.5
years for degree completion.
C. Availability and Sophistication of Coursework
Course Rigor and Graduate Quality Courses approved for graduate studies in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department are
listed in Appendix 4. Detailed course syllabi for courses offered in the 2005-07 period are included in
Appendix 5. Courses are offered frequently enough to enable students to make reasonable progress
towards degree completion. Table 4 of Appendix 2 lists all graduate courses offered during 2002-2007.
In any two year cycle, a graduate student is typically able to avail themselves of all necessary CEE
graduate courses in his/her area of specialization.
The rich and diverse set of courses evident from Appendix 4 illustrates the level of academic rigor in
advanced courses. As can be noted from the course descriptions and syllabi, doctoral courses
generally include at least one graduate level prerequisite course. The prerequisite is one indication of a
distinction in level of academic rigor. Per TTU policy documented in the graduate catalog, no more than
30% of a student’s program of study can be comprised of dual-listed courses (5000 level).
Core Curriculum
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering maintains four areas of specialization for the
MS degree. These are 1) transportation engineering, 2) structural engineering, 3) environmental
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engineering, and 4) structural mechanics. Therefore there is no core curriculum for the MS in Civil
Engineering but instead a core of courses for each concentration. Students must work with their
graduate advisory committee to establish the plan of study and research project. Each area of
concentration is next presented with the core of courses recommended for every student.
Core Courses for the Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Concentration (1) CEE 6610 – Applied Environmental Chemistry
(2) CEE 6520 – Open Channel Hydraulics
(3) Statistics Course (Specific Course is dependent on research area)
Students register for the Statistics course upon consultation with their major advisor.
Core Courses for the Structural Engineering Concentration (1) CEE 6930 – Theory of Elasticity
(2) CEE 7610 – Finite Element Analysis I
Core Courses for the Transportation Engineering Concentration (1) CEE 6470 – Transportation Demand Analysis
(2) CEE 6410 – Traffic Control Systems
(3) CEE 6300 – Composition and Properties of Concrete (or Multi-Scale Analysis of Concrete)
(4) Statistics or Materials Course – Statistical Methods for Engineers (ISE 6200) or Advanced
Mechanics of Material (CEE5190).
Students pursuing a Program of Study with emphasis on transportation materials are required to take a
course in Composition and Properties of Concrete (CEE 6300) and either Statistical Methods for
Engineers (ISE6200) or Advanced Mechanics of Material (CEE5190). Students pursuing a Program of
Study with emphasis on transportation planning and operations are required to take Transportation
Demand Analysis (CEE6470), Traffic Control Systems (CEE 6410), and one of the courses in statistics,
which is determined in consultation with the major advisor.
Core Courses for the Structural Mechanics Concentration (1) CEE 6930 – Theory of Elasticity
(2) CEE 7610 – Finite Element Analysis I
(3) MATH 5510 – Advanced Math for Engineers
Interdisciplinary Course Work Graduate students have many options available to them with regards to course work taken outside of
the CEE department. Our engineering mechanics specialization is highly interdisciplinary by nature with
strong collaboration between faculty from CEE and Mechanical Engineering (ME). Similarly, students
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who choose the environmental option have substantial opportunities for collaboration with students and
faculty from the broad environmental science community (such as Biology and Geology). Recently, our
materials group has focused resources and energy to participate in collaborative research with
Chemical Engineering (ChE) faculty and students in the study of cement properties and performance.
The interdisciplinary emphasis is balanced by requiring that the majority of the course hours utilized in
the students’ program of study must be taken in the CEE department. Table 8 in Appendix 2
summarizes the number of non-CEE courses and hours taken by our graduate students by department
and emphasis area. In addition, the plans of study of students who graduated between 2002-2007 are
also provided in Appendix 7. These plans of study exemplify the nature of specialization pursued by
each candidate beyond the minimum that is required as core.
Dual-listed Course Work (undergraduate-graduate) A part of the graduate course curriculum comprises courses that are also offered to senior level
undergraduate students. These courses are dual-listed (as 4000/5000) and a higher level of rigor is
enforced for graduate students that enroll in the course. In general, at least 21 semester credits
including the thesis shall be required at the 6000 level (pure graduate level) in a thesis program for the
master's degree. The remainder of the courses in the program of study may be at the 5000 levels.
However, TTU policy does not allow more than 30 percent of the courses in a student's program of
study to be dually numbered 4000 (5000) courses. Also, courses below the 5000 level are not counted
toward a graduate degree; and, although they may appear on the written program as background
requirements, these courses are not figured into degree requirements.
D. Methodologies and Techniques of Discipline
Real-world Nature of Research Projects The most fundamental aspect of methodology adopted in imparting the student with MS level training
is the requirement that each student work on a research project of real-world significance to the Civil
Engineering discipline. Titles of conference and journal publications authored by students in Tables 9
and 10 and the thesis titles in Table 11 of Appendix 2 indicate that the real-world nature of the
research project. The research projects, being directly relevant to the graduate course curriculum,
allow students to practice the education acquired in the class room on a real-world problem pertinent
to society. As an example, a student in the water resources area, after taking courses on Engineering
Hydrology (CEE5420) and Water Resources Engineering (CEE 5440), can confidently tackle a
hydrologic modeling problem for a real watershed where research is on-going.
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Graduate Seminar Series and Internships Other than advanced and inter-disciplinary course work, the graduate program also offers several
other resources and tools for honing the research and critical thinking skills of the students. For
example, the graduate seminar series, held every semester, brings speakers from industry and
academia who are experts in their fields. Appendix 6 provides samples of seminar speakers who were
invited for the graduate seminar series since it began in fall 2006. Bringing in outside expertise allows
students to gain a broader real-world perspective of their research area and identify the potential
implications of their own research. Students also regularly present seminars on their research work for
their fellow peers to critique.
Graduate students are also encouraged to pursue co-op or summer internship opportunities in an area
relevant to their research. For example, the Oak Ridge National laboratory, which is only 70 miles from
campus, has been a venue for several graduate students to pursue advanced learning/workshops in
cutting-edge areas of research. Students have also taken part in international field camps. In such
camps, students get a chance to apply the theory learned in classes in the field. Recently, three
students in the water area have recently taken part in a four week NSF funded field camp in the
Nanjing Hydraulic Institute in China. The CEE Department strives to provide the opportunity to
students to attend conferences and workshops. The College of Engineering also provides financial
support to graduate students to cover travel expenses for attending conferences. Several CEE
students have utilized this opportunity for travel to attend and present their work at conferences. Table
9 in Appendix 2 summarizes the various conference presentations students have performed to hone
their research and critical thinking skills.
University Student Research Day The University also organizes a Student Research Day during the first week of April where student
research poster submissions are solicited. Awards are given out to the best presenter. Student
Research Day often acts as a catalyst for students to compete and strive for intellectual excellence
while they are beginning to perform scientific inquiry in a field they have not completely explored.
During the Student Research Day in 2007, M.S student Kristen Batey won an award in the discipline of
civil and environmental engineering.
E. Extra-disciplinary Experience
Graduate students in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering have a wide variety of
opportunities to participate in enrichment programs outside the normal classroom or laboratory
routine. They may continue to participate in all activities of the Student Chapter of the American
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Society of Civil Engineers, Sigma Xi and attend seminars of CEE professionals at a frequency of
about two per month. They are invited to the ASCE-Nashville Section meetings on a monthly schedule
where seminars are presented on all aspects of civil engineering. The local student chapter regularly
hosts speakers from the industry to talk about the emerging issues of the Civil Engineering profession.
In addition to campus and local enrichment opportunities, graduate students are encouraged to
become involved in professional organizations and to attend conferences and present seminars and
papers. Regional possibilities are numerous and include, among others, the prestigious Stonecipher
Symposium, the TN Section AWRA that hosts a two day symposium every year with special sessions
for graduate students, the TN Academy of Science that holds a two day symposium and a one day
students conference, and the North American Lake Management Conference that has southeastern
regional conferences each year. In addition, several national conferences are attended each year
where students frequently have the opportunity to make presentations on their research (see Table 9
of Appendix 2). Our on-going survey of alumni students indicates that more than half of the students
were members of pertinent professional societies such as the Institute of Transportation Engineers
(ITE), ASCE, American Geophysical Union (AGU) and American Concrete Institute (ACI) during their
graduate candidature.
F. Comprehensive Examination
At or near the completion of the course requirements for the MS graduate degree, each candidate must
pass a comprehensive academic examination and thesis defense conducted by the candidate’s
graduate advisory committee. The comprehensive examination begins with an open session in which
the candidate makes an oral presentation and the members of the audience, including the committee,
ask questions regarding the contents of the presentation and the research work the candidate has
carried out towards his/her degree requirement. Members of the audience who do not belong to the
examination committee are then asked to leave the examination hall and, in a closed session, the
committee examines the candidate on the content of the thesis or dissertation as well as other relevant
material. The candidate is then excused and the committee discusses the performance of the
candidate on the exam and the contributions of the thesis/dissertation and votes to pass or fail the
candidate in the examination. If the candidate passes the exam, the committee instructs the candidate
on the changes, if any, needed on the thesis. If the candidate fails the exam, the committee informs the
candidate regarding the additional work that the candidate shall undertake before attempting the next
examination. All forms and decisions taken by the committee are documented and provided to the CEE
department for inclusion in the student record file.
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In the comprehensive examination, the student must demonstrate the required breadth of knowledge in
civil and/or environmental engineering, depth of knowledge in specific concentration areas, and the
ability to integrate what has been learned. The CEE faculty empowers the graduate committee to
handle the comprehensive examination and to report the results in writing to the Graduate School. The
Graduate School keeps the report on file indefinitely. Recently, it has become a trend to dual-list the
presentation part of the comprehensive examination as a graduate seminar to increase attendance. All
comprehensive examinations are publicized either via email and/or flyers on the announcement boards.
Appendix 8 provides samples of oral presentations of graduating students during their comprehensive
examination.
G. Research
Research Requirement and Monitoring No more than six semester hours of CEE 6990 (Research and Thesis) credit may be counted towards
the MS degree. Thesis credit is made available only in increments of 1, 3, 6, or 9 semester hours
during any given semester. Graduate students are required to be registered for at least one course
appropriate to the student’s degree objective in order to have access to computer equipment,
laboratories, library, and other university facilities and resources even if the student is working in
absentia on research and thesis. A graduate student needs to be enrolled during the term in which the
degree is awarded.
When a student makes satisfactory progress in research and thesis, a grade of SP (Satisfactory
Progress) is assigned for credit earned. When satisfactory progress is not achieved, a grade of NP
(No Progress) is assigned. However, a grade of NP will not satisfy either the program or degree
requirements, and the student must register again for additional thesis credit. Only grades of SP and
NP shall be used to indicate a student’s progress in thesis credit.
Research Thesis Preparation The Graduate School has published the “Guide to the Preparation of Theses and Dissertations” that
serves as the official guide for all MS theses. Although examples in the manual are recommended for
making footnotes, endnotes, and giving bibliographical references, the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department is encouraged to use those systems of citations that are most commonly
used in its own profession. Any other departure from the manual must have the prior approval of the
Dean of Graduate Studies. The manual can be purchased at the bookstore in the Roaden University
Center or an online copy may be accessed at http://www.tntech.edu/graduatestudies/
thesis/default.asp. Two acceptable copies of the MS thesis ready for binding, must be submitted to the
Dean of Graduate Studies at least two weeks prior to the close of the semester in which the degree is
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to be conferred, or at an earlier date if such is specified in the University calendar. These copies will
be hardbound for library reference purposes. Binding costs are paid by the degree candidate; the
University pays microfilming costs. Authentic signatures (not photocopies) of members of the
candidate’s advisory committee are required on each approval sheet. Final approval of each thesis is
made by the Dean of Graduate Studies using the Guide to the Preparation of Theses and
Dissertations as the approval standard.
CEE graduate students are expected to consult frequently with their major advisor during thesis
preparation. The final rough draft should be in typed form, and at that point the only revisions made
should be those suggested by the advisory committee. The student should allow ample time for the
committee to study the thesis. MS students are asked to provide two weeks between thesis
presentation to the committee and the final comprehensive examination.
CEE faculty have always required the student’s thesis to be of a high quality in all respects – at least
an A-level effort. The high standard means that several drafts may be required before the committee
approves the thesis. The student is expected to work closely with members of the committee to
achieve this high standard. The final thesis remains the original work of the student, but it must be
satisfactory to the committee and the Graduate School. Table 11 in Appendix 2 provides a complete
listing of student’s thesis title.
H. Communication
Each student is required to demonstrate the ability to communicate, both orally and in writing, in a
manner and at a level that is appropriate to the degree and discipline. The absence of a non-thesis MS
program and the mandatory requirement for an oral defense automatically guarantees that every
student is subject to a rigorous scheme that results in improvement of the student’s oral and writing
communication skills.
Program Components on Communication Improvement The CEE program has explicit program components to improve communication skills of students as
follows. During the candidature, the graduate student would typically deliver at least three oral
presentations. The first is given to the student’s advisory committee where a preliminary proposal is
presented for committee approval. The next opportunity occurs at the graduate seminar series in front
of the student and faculty body. At this forum, the student gets an opportunity to rectify the
communication skills for his/her final comprehensive defense for graduation. The third opportunity is the
final comprehensive examination which is also publicized as a public-domain seminar event.
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Additionally, CEE graduate courses (5000 and 6000 level) have a project component that require an
oral presentation at the end of the semester. Students also attend a conference to present their work
at scientific meetings such as the AGU, Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI),
Transportation Research Board (TRB) annual meetings, TN AWRA meeting, ACI (see Table 9 of
Appendix 2). These opportunities improve the student’s ability to communicate effectively. Although it
is not a requirement, students are expected to publish their research work in close collaboration with
their major advisor. In addition to the final thesis, a journal quality publication or a conference
proceeding is regarded by the advisory committee as a testament to the student’s ability to
communicate effectively in writing (see Tables 9 and 10 of Appendix 2 for student publications).
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III. QUALITATIVE STANDARDS
A. Student Experience
Peer-to-Peer Student Interaction The CEE graduate program has grown steadily since its last review in 1999. As mentioned earlier,
more than nine new students have typically entered the program each year since 2002, which is about
two more than the previous 30-year average (Figure 1). The sustained growth of the student body has
allowed students to be immersed within a group of peers and enrich his/her graduate experience both
on the individual and collective level. For example, collective participation in student orientation and
graduate seminars has now become a regular event since 2005 (see Appendix 6). This is one forum
where students regularly and collectively exercise their curiosity to understand and learn more about
emerging issues in Civil Engineering that are otherwise not easily apparent from regular coursework or
traditional research. There is a plan for establishment of a parallel seminar series to be managed and
run entirely by the students through a CEE Graduate Student Council in the future. Additionally,
students present their own research prior to their comprehensive examination for critique by their
fellow peers. The Student Research Day organized each year in April by the University’s Office of
Research has regularly seen multiple submissions of graduate student work often in the same area of
specialization. Several CEE students have won the best poster/paper award at this event. Most
students are also members of their respective scientific/professional bodies, such as ASCE, AGU, ITE,
ACI, PCI, and Sigma Xi etc.
Student Off-campus Experience The student’s plan of study shown in Appendix 7 demonstrates that the CEE graduate program does
not accept any short course or co-op, workshop experience towards degree credit. While these are
encouraged as enrichment experiences, they do not satisfy the necessary condition for graduation.
More often than not, such activity has been closely monitored and authorized only when there was
sufficient justification. For example, three students in the Water/Environment specialization participated
in NSF-sponsored international workshop in China in 2005 and 2006. Because the workshop was to
be held in Nanjing Hydraulic Institute, the participation was considered appropriate. The CEE graduate
program does not currently offer any distance learning opportunities.
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Student Enrichment Opportunities Students also utilize a wide range of enrichment opportunities to ensure a healthy scholarly
environment. The graduate seminar series, already described in earlier sections, is the most notable
example as it is sustained by student participation and presentations. Students also attend other
seminar series from other departments (e.g. Chemical Engineering Seminar series). The Stonecipher
Symposium is another event organized each year by the University where a nationally recognized
authority is hosted for a seminar on a timely topic (Appendix 6 provides a summary of Stonecipher
Symposium seminars). Students also regularly attend regional and national conferences where they
present their research in public. Table 9 of Appendix 2 provides a list of conference attendances by a
sample of students where the student was the speaker. In Table 10 (Appendix 2), a list of journal
publications that has ensued from the research work is summarized.
B. Graduate Faculty Quality
Faculty Credentials One hundred percent of current CEE faculty holds a terminal degree (PhD) in a specialized field of
Civil Engineering. All are also members of the TTU Graduate Faculty. Detailed resume describing
faculty credentials are provided in Appendix 1. A summary of the areas of specialization can also be
found in Table 2a of Section 1.
Faculty Scholarly Activity
Faculty Honors and Recognition The faculty of the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering are widely recognized for their contributions to the University and the civil engineering
profession. Recent honors and recognition by faculty who have been directly involved in the expansion
of the graduate program are summarized below: Daniel A. Badoe
• Co-organizer of a joint meeting of the Tennessee and Kentucky Travel Demand Model-User
Groups in Bowling Green, Kentucky, October 2006.
• Co-organizer of a workshop on “Travel Demand Modeling with TRANSCAD”, held at
Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, June 12 –14, 2007.
• Kinslow Research Award, 2003-2004, TTU.
George R. Buchanan
• Capelenor Award, in 2004-2005 for excellence in research, TTU.
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• Kinslow Award in 2005 for paper titled “Layered Versus Multiphase Magneto-Electro-Elastic
Composites,” TTU.
Steven Click • Awarded a 1-year, $100,000 grant in 2007 from the Tennessee Department of
Transportation for the project "Application of Non-Traditional Interchange Treatments to
Improve Interchange Quality of Service and Preserve the Service Life of Narrow Over-
and Underpass Roadways."
• TTU Tablet PC Initiative Award, 2007
• Invited speaker for the Transportation Research Board’s Traffic Signal Systems Committee
Annual Meeting Workshop on “Operating Traffic Signal Systems in Oversaturated
Conditions,” January 21-25, 2007.
• Awarded a TTU QEP grant for the 2006-2007 academic year to improve critical thinking and
real-world problem solving in CEE 6410 – Advanced Traffic Control.
• TTU Exemplary Course Award for his innovative use of technology in CEE 4640/5640 –
Highway Engineering, 2006
• Invited speaker for the Transportation Research Board’s Traffic Signal Systems Committee
Summer Meeting, July 10-12, 2006.
L.K. Crouch • Caplenor Faculty Research Award. 2006-2007, TTU.
• Awarded a 2-year, $192,508 FHWA grant. The project, Rapid Repair of Highway and Airfield
Pavements, represents the first CEE research project funded via direct Congressional
appropriation, 2005
• Highlights of research featured in two issues of the industry trade journal, Tennessee
Concrete. 2005.
Robert Craig Henderson • Developed the 2005 edition of the ACI national masonry code as an executive voting member
of the ACI 530 Masonry Standards Joint Committee and Chairman of the Infilled Frame
Subcommittee.
• Selected to serve as one of ten executive voting members of the ACI 530 Masonry Standards
Joint Committee (Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures).
Faisal Hossain • Outstanding PhD Thesis Award from the School of Engineering at the University of
Connecticut, 2005.
• Interviewed and featured in an American Geophysical Union article describing research on
management of arsenic contamination.
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• Associate Editor for the Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA) on
Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing for Water Resources since August 2006.
• Member of the Science Team of NASA’s Precipitation Measurement Mission (PMM) for 2007-
2010.
David H. Huddleston • AcademicKeys Who’s Who in Engineering Education. 2004
• Manchester Who’s Who Among Executives and Professionals 2005
• Selected to be a participant in the first Regents Academic Leadership Institute. 2006.
• Corresponding member of the ASCE Curriculum Committee for Academic Prerequisites.
2007.
Benjamin Mohr • Awarded a 3-year, $220,767 NSF grant in the first year as a member of the CEE faculty.
• ORAU Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards. 2007
• 2nd place recipient of the ASEE Southeastern Section New Faculty Research Award. 2007.
• Patent for “Methods for Internally Curing Cement-Based Materials and Products Made There
from,” (US Patent #11/738,906).
Vincent S. Neary • Organized three technical sessions in Ecohydraulics for the ASCE-EWRI World
Environmental Congress, Tampa Bay, Florida, May 1-5, 2007.
• Organized and chaired two meetings of the Everglades model technical review panel,
Lafayette, LA, November 24, 2006, and March 27, 2007.
• Selected to Serve as Member of Technical Advisory Group, “Envisioning the Future of the
Gulf Coast Symposium” (www.futureofthegulfcoast.org), One of thirty invited international
scientists and engineers specializing in large scale wetland and river restoration who helped
draft recommendations to the Governor’s Office for saving the coastal wetlands of Louisiana,
April 25-27, 2006.
• Invited Speaker, "Effects of Urbanization on Watershed Hydrology," Caney River Watershed
Compact, January 18, 2005.
• Co-organizer. Special Session Eco-hydraulics: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions
IASME/WSEAS International Conference on Fluid Mechanics, , Corfu Island, Greece,
August 17-19, 2004
Guillermo Ramirez • Visiting professor at Universidad Nacional de Colombia, June-July 2006
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Selected (Recent) Faculty Publications Most faculty have remained very active in pursuing publication of their research work in scholarly
journals. Below, a sample of recent and scholarly faculty publications is listed:
Daniel Badoe
• “Modeling Trip Generation with Data from Single and Two Independent Cross-Sectional
Travel Surveys,” ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development Vol. 130, no. 4,
December 2004, pp. 167 – 174
• “Unit of Analysis in Conventional Trip-Generation Modelling: An Investigation,” Canadian
Journal of Civil Engineering, September 30, 2003.
• “Impact of Transit Pass Ownership on Daily Number of Trips Made by Urban Public Transit,
Forthcoming,” ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development, Vol. 133, no. 4,
December 2007, p. 1-8.
George Buchanan
• “Free vibration of a transversely isotropic thick-walled toroidal shell,” International Journal of
Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol. 6, No. 3, 359-376, 2006.
• “Galerkin finite element derivation for vibration of a thermopiezoelectric structure”, Journal of
Sound and Vibration, Vol.294, 362-367, 2006.
• “Elastic compensation simulation of elastic/plastic axisymmetric circular plate bending using a
deformation model”, International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Vol.41, 377-387, 2006.
L.K. Crouch • “Lessons from the TDOT/TCA/ACPA Maturity Project Lesson 2: Field-cured Cylinders: Are
They the Right Choice”, Tennessee Concrete, Vol. 18, No. 3, Winter 2004.
• “2004 TCA Pervious PCC Research at TTU: 5 Questions”, Tennessee Concrete, Vol. 18, No.
3, Winter 2004.
Craig Henderson • “The Effect of Prior Out-of-plane Damage on the In-plane Behavior of Unreinforced Masonry
Infilled Frames,” The Masonry Journal, 24(1), (2006).
• “Designing Interactive Instructional Tools to Serve Both Students and Instructors,” Computers
in Education Journal, Vol. 16(4), pp. 36-50, (2006).
• Masonry Standards Joint Committee. ACI 530-05 / ASCE 6-05 / TMS 602-05. Building Code
Requirements for Masonry Structures.
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Faisal Hossain • “Flood Prediction in the Future: Recognizing Hydrologic Issues in anticipation of the Global
Precipitation Measurement Mission - Opinion Paper,” Water Resources Research, Vol. 44,
(doi:10.1029/2006WR005202) 2006.
• “Is Correlation Dimension a Reliable Proxy for the Number of Influencing Variables required to
Model Risk of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater? Stochastic Environmental Research
and Risk Assessment,” Vol. 22(1), pp. 47-55 (doi: 10.1007/s00477-006-0098-6), 2008.
• “The Emerging role of Satellite Rainfall Data in Improving the Hydro-political Situation of Flood
Monitoring in the Under-developed Regions of the World,” Natural Hazards (Special Issue),
43:199-210. Invited Paper (doi 10.1007/s11069-006-9094-x), 2007.
Xiaoming (Sharon) Huo • “Experimental Study of Early-Age Behavior of High Performance Concrete Deck Slabs under
Different Curing Methods,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol.10, pp. 1049-1056,
December 2006.
• “A Simplified Method of Lateral Distribution of Live Load Moment,” ASCE Journal of Bridge
Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 4, July/August 2004, pp.382-390.
• “Finite Element Modeling of Slab-on-Beam Concrete Bridge Superstructures,” Computer and
Concrete, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2004, pp. 355-369.
• “Sensitivity of Live Load Distribution Factors to Vehicle Spacing,” ASCE Journal of Bridge
Engineering, October 2004.
David H. Huddleston • “Water Distribution Network Analysis Using Excel,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering,
Vol. 130, No. 10, pp. 1033-1035, October. 2004.
• “A Proposed Computer-Assisted Graphics-Based Instruction Scheme for Stochastic Theory in
Hydrological Sciences,” Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2, pp. 16-25, April,
2007.
Benjamin Mohr • “Supplementary Cementitious Materials for Mitigating Kraft Pulp Fiber-Cement Composite
Degradation,” Cement and Concrete Research, April 2007.
• “Microstructural and Chemical Effects of Wet/Dry Cycling on Pulp Fiber-Cement Composites,”
Cement and Concrete Research, 36(7): 1240-1251, 2006.
• “Aligned Kraft Pulp Fiber Sheets for Reinforcing Mortar”, Cement and Concrete Composites
2006, 28(2): 161-172, 2006.
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Vincent S. Neary • “Hydrologic modeling as a development tool for HGM functional assessment models”,
Wetlands, 26:1, 161-180. 2006.
• “Factors Affecting Estimates of Average Watershed Slope”, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering, 2005, 10(2), 133-140.
• “Hydrologic modeling study with NEXRAD precipitation in Middle Tennessee.” Journal of
Hydrologic Engineering, 9(5): 339-349, 2004.
Guillermo Ramirez • “Frictionless contact in a layered piezoelectric medium characterized by complex
eigenvalues,” Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, pp.1287-1295, August 2006.
• “Frictionless Contact in a Layered Piezoelectric Half-Space”, Journal of Smart Materials and
Structures, Vol. 12, pp. 612-625, 2003.
Recent Faculty Participation in Workshops/Conferences and Other Peer Service Faculty have also remained active in providing leadership in their respect areas of research and
professional societies. For example, many faculty regularly review project proposals for funding, attend
panels organized by federal agencies to select proposals for funding, review submitted manuscripts to
journals, review books, book chapters etc. Additionally, faculty also chair sessions at conferences,
deliver seminars as invited speakers and perform editorial duties for scholarly journals. A statistical
summary of faculty activity on this aspect during the 2002-2007 period is provided below. Details of
such activity may be provided upon request.
Daniel Badoe
• Invited Seminars: 3
• External Thesis Review: 8
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 124
• Sponsors for which research proposals were reviewed: NSF, Israel Science Foundation,
Maryland Agricultural Experimentation Station.
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: European Journal of Operations
Research, Journal of Transportation Research Board, Journal of Land Use Policy, Journal of
Transport Geography.
George Buchanan
• Invited Seminars: 1
• External Thesis Review: 1 (For Indian Institute of Technology, Madras)
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• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 29
• Publishers for which books were reviewed: Springer-Verlag, Thompson Engineering.
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: ASCE Journal of Engineering
Mechanics, Mechanics Research Communications, Journal of Vibration and Control, Journal
of Sound and Vibration, Thin-walled Structures, Acta Mechanica, Journal of Mechanics of
Materials and Structures.
Steven Click
• Invited Seminars: 5
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 8
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: ITE Journal, Journal of the
Transportation Research Board
L.K. Crouch • Invited Seminars: 11
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 6
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: Journal of Environmental Management,
ACI Materials Journal, ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, Portland Cement
Association R&D.
Dennis George • Invited Seminars: 6
• Sessions Chaired: 1
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 179
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: Water Research, Water Environment
Research, Canadian Journal of Water Quality, ASCE Journal of Environmental Engineering,
ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
• Sponsors for which proposals were reviewed: NSF, NASA, USDA, US EPA Robert Craig Henderson • Sessions Chaired: 3
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 8
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: The Masonry Journal, Journal of
Structural Engineering, Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Earthquake Spectra.
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Faisal Hossain • Invited Seminars: 5
• Sessions Chaired: 2
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 85
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: Journal of Hydrometeorology,
Computers and Geosciences, IEEE Transactions in Geosciences and Remote Sensing,
Remote Sensing of the Environment, Journal of American Water Resources Association,
Non-linear Processes in Geophysics, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering.
• Sponsors for which proposals were reviewed: NSF and NASA.
David H. Huddleston • Invited Seminars: 3
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 5
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: ASCE Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering, Computers in Education Journal, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering.
• Sponsors for which proposals were reviewed: NSF, Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality.
Xiaoming (Sharon) Huo
• Invited Seminars: 8
• Sessions Organized: 1
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 151
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: ASCE Bridge Engineering Journal,
ASCE Structural Engineering Journal, ASCE Material in Civil Engineering,
Benjamin Mohr • Invited Seminars: 5
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 15
• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil
Engineering, ACI Materials Journal, ACI Concrete International, Cement and Concrete
Research. Vincent S. Neary • Invited Seminars: 19
• Sessions Chaired: 6
• Manuscripts and Proposals reviewed: 55
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• Journals for which manuscripts were reviewed: Advances in Water Resources, IAHR
Journal of River Basin Management, ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, AGU Journal
of Geophysical Research, IAHR Journal of Hydroinformatics, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic
Engineering.
• Sponsors for which proposals were reviewed: NSF, USGS and SEAC.
Funded Research Production by Faculty As discussed briefly in section one, the CEE faculty has a good record of research production during
the past five years (2002-2007). Table 1a of Appendix 2 shows external funds generated by CEE
faculty for research, testing projects, service projects, faculty research grants, etc. It does not include
College, Center or Department matching funds that were often available for research activities. For
example, Centers and Departments frequently provide full graduate assistantships for graduate
students working on externally funded projects. Dr. Dennis George, Director of the Water Center, is a
CEE faculty member and is responsible for managing and maintaining the annual State funding at a
level of approximately $1.15 million per year. Dr. George also writes proposals and generates external
funding in addition to the State funding. In Table 1a of Appendix 2, Dr. George’s external funding is
that in addition to the State funding. In Table 12 of Appendix 2, more details of each funded project
(project title, sponsor) are provided.
Faculty Teaching Load In order for faculty to be successful in pursuing their research career and be effective mentors for
graduate students, teaching load is compatible with the needs of the graduate program. Table 13 in
Appendix 2 shows the teaching load of each faculty per term during 2002-2007. A particular new
aspect to note from this table is that since the last review in 1999, the CEE program now tries to
accommodate a reduced teaching load for newly recruited faculty during their start-up years. This
allows new faculty to be successful in obtaining research grants and developing their own research
program. This reduced teaching load is complemented with support from the Centers of Excellence in
the form of start up packages such as graduate student, travel funds or seed money for initiating proof
of concept research. Signs of effectiveness of this strategy are being witnessed now (notice the * for
faculty recruited after 2002 in Table 13 of Appendix 2). All three newly recruited faculty have been
consistently successful in securing external funding (mostly federal) and advising graduate students
through those externally funded projects. The most recent (2006-2007) average annual publication
rate by faculty has also increased. It is expected that this upward trend will continue and propel CEE
towards becoming a nationally recognized graduate program.
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C. Teaching/Learning Environment
Auxillary support for CEE faculty There are two full-time secretaries, one part-time secretary and one technician employed by the CEE
department. Each faculty is assigned one secretary to look after his/her various needs related to
teaching, graduate students and office work. It must be noted that with the advent of personal
computers, the need for constant personalized secretarial support has diminished. However, the
secretaries continue to perform a vital function to ensure prompt services for faculty. For example, all
project related expenditures and purchasing are looked after by a dedicated secretary trained in
business matters. All student records related to admissions, advisory committee and coursework
performance are kept in order by another secretary. Secretaries also assist faculty to dispense their
service work, such as seminar organization, chairing sessions and serving as editors of journals. The
full-time technician frequently sets up/fixes hardware in the research laboratories to ensure that a
student’s research progress is not hampered. Many faculty display a summary of their research in
display boards outside their office which are maintained and set up by the technician.
Centers also provide extensive secretarial support to CEE faculty to secure and successfully manage
externally funded projects. Each center has dedicated staff for grant proposal submission, contract
compliance, fiscal management and publications/editorial activities. Center staff works closely with
CEE faculty to prepare project proposals, manage project budget and provide project reports
according to the requirements of funding agencies. Newly recruited CEE faculty have leveraged this
support from Centers and become very successful in starting a research program in their area of
expertise.
Library Support for Faculty and Students The library support available to faculty is considered adequate. As already noted in Section I and in
Table 3 of Appendix 2, CEE faculty and students have access to more than 50 scholarly journals
through the library. Many journals are now available electronically, which makes their access more
convenient for the faculty. The electronic databases subscribed to by TTU provide access to students
and faculty to virtually any published research thesis relevant to Civil Engineering.
New Laboratory and Office Support In section I.E (‘Research and Laboratory Facilities’ on page 11), adequate laboratory facilities and
accessible computer support have been described in detail. Three new laboratories and many
classrooms have been renovated since the last review in 1999. A new laboratory named “Cement and
Concrete Composites Laboratory” has been set up in 2007. The centerpiece of this lab is an Instron
100-kN universal testing machine (UTM) with closed loop controls and assorted accessories including
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tension grips, 3/4-point flexure fixtures, and extensometers for tensile and flexure testing. Primary
funding for this equipment was provided by the National Science Foundation (CMS-0556015) with
additional cost-sharing provided by the TTU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the
TTU Center for Energy Systems Research, a Hands-on-Learning grant, and the State of Tennessee.
The new state of the art laboratory is expected to further enrich and enhance student research
experience in the Materials/Transportation area of specialization.
Office space for faculty and students is adequate. Each faculty is assigned a room equipped with a
desktop PC connected to the internet and a printer. All graduate assistants are assigned a desk with a
PC and internet connection. Various research related software (such as MATLAB, MAPLE, C,
STAADPRO, ArcGIS etc.) are available through the University for office usage at a discounted license
price. The University computer center staff provides dedicated service to faculty when new software is
required to be purchased and installed. The college of engineering maintains a full-time computer
support staff for setting up of new computer hardware, troubleshooting etc.
D. Program Evaluation
One way of evaluating the success of the graduate program and identifying remedial measures to
correct existing weaknesses is to track student performance after graduation. Recent reports in terms
of awards, placement, exposure to seminars, workshops and industry feedback indicate that graduate
students are well prepared for a professional career in civil engineering. Our on-going efforts to collect
data from alumni indicate that our graduates have secured placement in industry or academia, while
several have gone on to pursue a PhD at prestigious institutions. Students graduate in a fairly timely
manner taking on the average about 2.27 (±1.11) years to complete their degree (see Table 7
Appendix 2).
While student performance after graduation appears satisfactory, there remain additional aspects to
monitor for maintaining program quality. For example, the CEE curriculum committee regularly reviews
the relevance of the curriculum and faculty would often propose new additions to maintain
sophistication of coursework. During 2002-2007, 14 new and timely graduate courses were designed
and taught by faculty in various areas. These courses bring in newer insights to the changing field as
well as an inter-disciplinary depth and breadth that have now become a common feature of Civil
Engineering profession today. Table 14 in Appendix 2 provides a listing of the new courses that have
been added as part of curriculum enhancement along with a brief justification.
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E. CLOSING STATEMENT
Current Outlook of CEE MS Program
The CEE MS program has evolved significantly since the last review conducted in 1999. While the
number of graduates has increased from 7 to over 9 per year, quality attributes in all other
categories, particularly during the most recent years, have been most encouraging and surpassed
expectations. Our limited alumni survey record indicates that prestigious universities (such as the
University of Texas, Auburn University and the University of Southern California) continue to place
tremendous confidence in the quality of our MS graduates for their PhD program. Graduates have
consistently secured placement in industry, state and national organizations across the nation.
Research expenditures and faculty publications have witnessed an upward trend since 2004. An
increasingly higher number of faculty continue to receive national/international level accolades, serve
as editors of journals, review proposals/manuscripts and organize/chair sessions in recognized
conferences. A greater number of students have begun to participate in international summer camps
to practice their education overseas. More students participate in conferences and make oral
presentations. Their thesis work has regularly been published in scholarly journal publications for
global recognition. This was not a common observation several years ago.
Our recently launched BS/MS Fast-Track program has further strengthened the quality of the MS
program. The new program is well aligned with the Department’s goals to develop a graduate
program of high quality as well as the University’s goals of focusing on upper division undergraduate
education and preparing students for graduate studies. It is anticipated that the program will have a
positive impact on graduate student enrollment by attracting top quality undergraduates.
As discussed earlier, to monitor and continually enhance graduate program quality, CEE established
a dedicated Graduate Affairs Committee for the first time in 2005. This committee comprises five
faculty members. The primary responsibilities are to review graduate curriculum (review requests by
faculty for course change or addition), conduct regular orientation for incoming students and review
application for graduate admission. Through the committee, structural enhancements to the graduate
program for our MS students have been added. Most notable additions are: 1) regular graduate
seminar series with participation by students and recognized experts from the nation; 2) regular
orientation for new students; 3) training students in proposal writing and issues on plagiarism; 4)
increased frequency of mentorship of graduate students by the committee; and 5) launch of a
graduate handbook for graduate students.
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In summary, the unique features of the CEE MS program for the current reporting period of 2002-
2007 can be summarized as follows:
Formation of Graduate Affairs Committee in fall of 2005.
Launch of BS/MS Fast-Track Program in fall of 2007.
Revitalization of Graduate Seminar Series and Student Mentoring Program in 2006.
Launch of Graduate Student Handbook in 2007.
Higher Number of Student accolades and faculty recognition.
Regular graduate Student Orientation on: Plagiarism, Proposal/thesis writing, communication skills,
program of study.
Higher Faculty Peer-reviewed Publications (20 per year).
Increasing Trend in Research Expenditures – $520,000 in 2007.
Higher Number of Awards of Nationally Competitive Research Funding – National Science
Foundation, NASA, DOT, FHWA.
Vision for the Future
Where does the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering want to be a decade from now?
It is not enough to be satisfied with the status quo of quality in the MS program. An agenda is
needed to maintain the reputation that was built over many years of dedicated service by faculty.
Recently, in the fall of 2007, input from the CEE Advisory Board was therefore sought in anticipation
of structural changes anticipated in the Civil Engineering profession by 2015. The Advisory Board is
made up of CEE alumni who have been extremely successful as practicing engineers or academics
in the nation. The Advisory board identified that the CEE graduate program should have the foresight
to address the following key and emerging areas in various sub-disciplines in order to maintain and
enhance the reputation of our graduate program:
1) Environmental/Water Resources: Focus on sustainable design (in all relevant CEE
courses) and the implications of global warming; Implement courses on ‘Green engineering’
(in all relevant CEE courses).
2) Transportation/Materials: Focus on traffic systems optimization; Train students to write
traffic impact studies that are becoming common for any large scale construction project;
focus on traffic asset management and on the use of environmentally friendly construction
materials (such as porous concrete).
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3) Structural Mechanics/Structural Engineering: Focus on the design of cable systems;
Implement courses on structural system stability and composite materials; focus on
alternative use of cementitious products; Train students on self-health monitoring of large
structures.
CEE plans to implement the long-term suggestions raised by the Advisory Board above in the future
planning cycles. CEE has therefore embraced a long-term vision to further raise the quality to a level
that will earn recognition from within and outside the nation by 2015. The vision is in sync with the
overall vision of TTU. Currently, TTU is regarded as a top engineering school in the South, with
particularly strong undergraduate programs in engineering. To build upon this legacy, the university’s
leadership has embarked upon a longer-term vision to transform TTU into a nationally recognized,
midsized research and teaching institution by 2015. Along these lines, major steps have been taken
to hire new faculty, expand facilities and promote research activities. Concurrently, the CEE
Department is fully committed to the vision of TTU. Namely, the goal to become one of the nation’s
leading institutions for Civil Engineering research and instruction, with strong national/international
visibility. Towards this vision of CEE, the following quantifiable targets have been identified as goals
to achieve by 2015 for the CEE graduate program:
Establish nationally-recognized niche areas of research in ‘High Performance Concrete’, ‘Nano-
composites’, ‘Hydrologic Remote Sensing Applications’, ‘Real-time Bridge Monitoring’, ‘Eco-
Hydraulics’.
Increase Out-of-State US Enrollment to the Graduate Program by 25%.
Increase External Research Expenditure beyond 1 Million USD per year by 2015.
Increase Annual Scholarly Research Journal Publications by 100% by 2015.
Develop an NSF-funded REU/IGERT for more cohesive intra-Department faculty Cooperation on
Research and Graduate Education by 2015.
Increase Global Visibility through Strategic Partnerships with National/Foreign Institutions.
So far, the trends revealed during the recent years appear very promising. Newly recruited faculty
under the able mentorship of senior faculty are providing a thrust to the graduate program. With
additional recruitment of productive and energetic faculty under the stable mentorship by existing
dedicated faculty, CEE has confidence that the aspirations of the MS program as articulated above
will carry the program on a path of national fame.
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APPENDIX 1 FACULTY RESUME
DANIEL BADOE
1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
B.Sc. - First Class Honors (Civil Engineering), University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 1985 M.Sc.E. (Civil Engineering - Transportation), University of New Brunswick, Canada, 1988 Ph.D. (Civil Engineering - Transportation Planning), University of Toronto, Canada, 1994
2. Principal Publications of last five years.
Couch, K.L. and D.A. Badoe (2007), Travel Behavior of University Students in the Weekday Journey to Campus and its Implications for Campus Transport Planning, Presented at 2007 Transportation Research Board International conference. Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board on CD-ROM, National Research Council, Washington, D.C. Badoe, D.A. and M.K. Yendeti (2006), Impact of Transit Pass Ownership on Daily Number of Trips Made by Urban Public Transit, Accepted for Publication, ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development
Crouch, L.K., Borden, T.A. and D. Badoe (2006). Factors Affecting the Accuracy of Maturity Predictions, Tennessee Concrete, Volume 20, No. 2
Crouch, L. K., Borden, T. Adam, Hall, Steve. M., Egan, Brian, and Badoe, D., “Tennessee Evaluation of New Maturity Technology: Laboratory Investigation,” Transportation Research Board 84th Annual Meeting Preprint CD-ROM, January 2005
Badoe, D.A. (2006). An Efficient Estimator for Market Segment Models of Travel Mode Demand. Research Report Submitted to The Office of Research, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, September 2006 Badoe, D.A. (2006). Survey of States Contiguous to Tennessee and Selected Other States on their Respective Travel Demand Model User Group. Report Submitted to Planning Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation, through University of Tennessee at Knoxville, April 2006
Badoe, D.A. (2005). Multidimensional Model of Work-Trip Mode Choice, Transit Pass Ownership, and Daily Frequency of Trips by Transit. Research Report Submitted to The Office of Research, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, October 2005
Badoe, D.A. and C. Chen (2004), Modeling Trip Generation with Data from Single and Two Independent Cross-Sectional Travel Surveys, ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development Vol. 130, no. 4, December 2004, pp. 167 – 174 Badoe, D.A. and C. Chen (2004), Unit of Analysis in Conventional Trip-Generation Modelling: An Investigation, Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Volume 31, Number 2, April 2004, pp. 272-280 Crouch, L.K., Dotson, V.J., Badoe, D.A., Maxwell, R.A., Dunn, T.R., and A. Sparkman (2004), Long Term Study of 23 Excavatable Tennessee Flowable Fill Mixtures, Journal of ASTM International, June 2004, Volume 1, No. 6 Badoe, D.A. (2004). Theory of Mode Choice Modeling, and Current Practice in Mode Split Modeling by MPO’s in Memphis, Knoxville, and Nashville. Report Submitted to Planning Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation, December 2004
Crouch, L.K., Cates, A.M., Dotson, J., Honeycutt, K. and D.A. Badoe, (2003) Measuring the Effective Air Void Content of Portland Cement Pervious Pavements, Journal of Cement, Concrete, and Aggregates, Volume 25, Number 1, June 2003, pp. 1-5
Crouch, L.K., Badoe, D.A., Dotson, J.V., Maxwell, R., Borden, T.A. and T.R. Dunn (2003). Tennessee Flowable Fill Study. Final Report Submitted to Materials and Test Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation, September 2003 Crouch, L.K., Badoe, D.A., Cates, M., Borden, T.A., Copeland, A.R., Walker, C.T., Dunn, T., Maxwell, R.A. and W.A. Goodwin. Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures: Finding a More Widely Applicable Method. Final Report Submitted to Materials and Test Division, Tennessee Department of Transportation, July 2003 Badoe, D.A. (2003). Conventional Trip Generation Models Developed Using Multiple Linear Regression Analysis. Research Report Submitted to The Office of Research, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee, July 2003
Crouch, L.K., Cates, M., Borden, T.A., Copeland, A., Walker, C.T., Badoe, D.A., Dunn, T., Maxwell, R. and W.A. Goodwin. “Bulk Specific Gravity of Compacted Bituminous Mixtures: Finding A More Widely Applicable Method – Final Report”, Submitted for
review (2/03) by Tennessee Department of Transportation: 3. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Member, Institution of Transportation Engineers Member, Southeastern Division of the Institute of Transportation Engineers University Representative, Transportation Research Board University Representative, Council of University Transportation Centers
Volunteer, Transportation Research Board Committee on Travel Demand Forecasting Volunteer, Transportation Research Board Committee on Transportation Planning for Small and Medium-Sized Communities
4. Honors and awards. Kinslow Research Award, 2003 Post Doctoral Fellow, Joint Program in Transportation, University of Toronto, 1994-1995 University of Toronto Doctoral Fellowship, 1991-1993 Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship, 1986-1988 5. Professional Service.
Editorial Board Member, ASCE Journal of Urban Planning and Development Reviewer, Transportation Research Part B: Methodological (2006) Proposal Reviewer for Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station (2005) Reviewer, National Science Foundation, Graduate Research Fellowship Program Reviewer, Journal of the Transportation Research Board (2005) Reviewer, Growth and Change (2005) Reviewer, Environment and Planning (2005)
Reviewer, Journal of Transport Geography Reviewer, Journal of Environment and Planning Reviewer, Journal of Land Use Policy Volunteer, Transportation Research Board Reviewer, Journal of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers
6. Professional Development Activities in the last five years.
Workshop on Activity-Based Approaches: Theory, Methods, Data, and Applications, 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, January 2005 Workshop on Innovative Travel Models: Proof of Concept, 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Washington, DC, January 2005 Regional Workshop in Teaching and Learning in Engineering Education , November 2001 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Professional Institute, Individual Choice Behavior: Theory and Application of Discrete Choice Analysis to Consumer Demand and Market Share, June 2000
GEORGE BUCHANAN
1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
B.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Kentucky, 1961 M.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Kentucky, 1962 Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1966
2. Other related experience – teaching, industrial, etc.
Instructor: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1963-1965 Graduate Assistant: Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1962-1963 Guest Lecturer: Symposium on Matrix Analysis of Structures, Memphis State University, 1968 Guest Lecturer: Matrix and Computer Methods of Structural Analysis Short Course, Vanderbilt University, 1967. Special Lecturer in Engineering: George Washington University, Nuclear Defense Design Institute, Washington D.C.1965.
Visiting Scientist: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., 1982-1983. Visiting Scientist: Army Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Al. Summers,1973, ’74, ’76 ’91. 3. State in which registered. Tennessee (1967-1995) 4. Principal publications of last five years.
“Free vibration of a transversely isotropic thick-walled toroidal shell,” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol.6, No.3, 359-376,2006, (with Y.J. Liu),. "Galerkin finite element derivation for vibration of a thermopiezoelectric structure” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.294, 362-367, 2006. “Elastic compensation simulation of elastic/plastic axisymmetric circular plate bending using a deformation model,” International Journal of Non-linear Mechanics, Vol.41, 377-387, 2006. (with M. Upadrasta, andJohn Peddieson). “A finite element in elliptic coordinates with application to membrane vibration,” Thin-Walled Structures, Vol.43, 1444-1454, 2005, (with J. Peddieson). “An analysis of the free vibration of thick-walled isotropic toroidal shells,” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, Vol.47, 277-292, 2005, (with Jane Liu).
“Vibration of circular membranes with linearly varying density along a diameter,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.280, 407-414, 2005. “Free vibration of homogeneous and layered piezoelectric hollow spheres,” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, Vol.4, No.3, 443-458, 2004, (with G. R. Ramirez). “Layered versus multiphase magneto-electro-elastic composites,” Composites Part B: Engineering, Vol.35, 413-420, 2004. “Free vibration of stepped cantilever Mindlin plates,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.271, 1083- 1092, 2003. (with Jane Liu). “Free vibration of an infinite magneto-electro-elastic cylinder,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.268, No.2, 413-426, 2003.
“Large axisymmetric deformation of elastic/plastic perforated circular plates,” ASME, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol.125, 357-364, 2003, (with D. Wu, J. Peddieson, GRB and S.G.Rochelle). “Vibration of moderately thick square orthotropic stepped thickness plates,” Applied Acoustics, Vol.64, No.7, 753-763, 2003, (with P.V. Hull). “Application of nonlocal continuum models to nanotechnology,” International Journal of Engineering Science, Vol.41, No.3-5, 305-312, 2003. (with J. Peddieson and R.P. McNitt) “An analysis of the free vibration of a hermetic capsule,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.259, No.2, 490-496, 2003. “Estimation of disk burst pressure using limit analysis collapse loads,” ASME, Journal of Pressure Vessel Technology, Vol.124, 493-494, 2002, (with D. Wu, J. Peddieson, GRB and S.G. Rochelle). “A note on the vibration of transversely isotropic solid spheres,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, Vol.253, No.3, 724-732, 2002, (with G.R. Ramirez). “Effect of boundary conditions on free vibration of thick isotropic spherical shells,” Journal of Vibration and Control, Vol.8, No.3, 389-403, 2002, (with Brian S. Rich).
5. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
Society of Engineering Science Order of the Engineer
6. Honors and awards. Kinslow Research Award, 2005 Caplenor Research Award, 2004
Brown-Henderson Faculty Award, 2000 Kinslow Research Award, 1991
Chi Epsilon Phi Kappa Phi Sigma Xi Tau Beta Pi Sigma Xi Research Award, 1970 Outstanding Young Faculty Member Award, 1967
7. Specific programs in which faculty member has participated to improve teaching and
professional competence during the last five years. Visiting Faculty Member: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, N.M., Summer, 2002.
NASA/ASEE Summer Faculty Fellow, Summer 1999 Attended professional meetings and presented papers listed under publications, 8. During the past five years, major professor of the following MS graduates:
Amin Kalili, Application of an Incremental Elastic Compensation Method to Trusses, May, 2002 (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, co-director with John Peddieson) Satish V.N. Perivilli, Study of Temperature Distribution in a Friction Stir Weld using Finite Element Analysis, December 2002, (M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, co-director with John Peddieson)
Deepali Manrekar, Axisymmetric Elasticity Versus Thick Plate Theory for Analysis of a Transversely Isotropic Disk, August2004. Raghuram Nissankarao Study of Behavior of Layered and Multiphase Magneto-Electro-Elastic Plates, August 2006 Sunitha Penmetsa, An Analysis of the Equations of Molecular Diffusion, May 2007
9. Number of MS students currently serving as major professor: 1
Stability of Multi-Walled Cylinders, Shantanu Nadgir
10. Number of MS students advisory committees on which currently serving (not including those in 16): 6 11. During the past five years, major professor of the following PhD graduates: Omar J. Al-Khatib, Vibration of Parabalodial Shells, December 2006 12. Number of PhD students advisory committees on which currently serving: 4 13. Grants/ contracts awarded (including faculty research grants) during past 5 years:
Solid-State friction stir welding NCAM, National Center (John Peddieson, co-principal For Advanced 6/2001 investigator) Manufacturing 3/2002 $90000 Solid-State friction stir welding NCAM, National Center (John Peddieson, co-principal For Advanced 4/2002 investigator) Manufacturing 3/2003 $90000 Solid-State friction stir welding NCAM, National Center (John Peddieson, co-principal For Advanced 4/2003 investigator) Manufacturing 3/2004 $90000 14. Invited participations during the past five years
“Free Vibration of an infinite Magneto-Electro-Elastic Cylinder,” Seminar presented at the Loa Alamos National Laboratory, ESA-WR, Engineering Science Application-Weapons Response, August, 2002.
15. Professional service external to the university during the past five years:
Reviewer for:
Acta Mechanica European Journal of Mechanics/ A Solids International Journal of Mechanical Science International Journal of Acoustics Thin-Walled Structures Mechanics Research Communications Journal of Sound and Vibration ASME Journal of Applied Mechanics ASCE Journal of Engineering Mechanics Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Journal of Vibration and Control
Composites Part B: Engineering International Journal of Solids and Structures ASME Journal of Acoustics and Vibration
STEVEN CLICK
1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
PhD. in Transportation Engineering. North Carolina State University, 2001. M.S Civil Engineering in Transportation Engineering. North Carolina State University, 1996. B.S. in Civil Engineering. Tennessee Tech University, 1993. B.S. in Mathematics. Tennessee Tech University, 1993.
2. Number of years service on this faculty, including date of original appointment and dates of
advancement in rank.
2005-08-01: Initial Appointment as Assistant Professor
3. Other related experience--teaching, industrial, etc. Teaching
NCDOT Internal and External Training. Multiple occasions and topics, 1998 to present. CE 401/501 Transportation Systems Analysis. NC State, Fall 1996, via “Preparing the
Professoriate”. Interpersonal Management Skills Training. NC State Leadership Development Series, 1994-1996.
IndustrialSenior Systems Engineer (TE III), 2001-2005, NCDOT Signals & Geometrics Section. Project Engineer (TE II), 2000-2001, NCDOT Signals & Geometrics Section.. Design Engineer (TE I), 1999-2000, NCDOT Signals & Geometrics Section.. Design Technician (Tech IV, temp), 1998-1999 NCDOT Signals & Geometrics Section.
4. Consulting, patents, etc. Consulting with:
Econolite, Inc. Review of traffic signal control products. Mekuria Engineering. Developed training materials for Synchro+SimTraffic classes.
5. States in which registered.
Professional Engineer 027470, North Carolina, Active since 2002. Professional Engineer 00110910, Tennessee, Active since 2006.
6. Principal publications of last five years. “Calculation of Yellow Change and All-Red Clearance Intervals - The North Carolina Experience.”
Proceedings of the 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 2006.
“Variables Affecting Stopped to Control Delay Relationship at Signalized Intersections.” Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 2003.
Stopped and Control Delay at Signalized Intersections. Doctoral Dissertation, NC State, 2001. 7. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
Transportation Research Board Institute of Transportation Engineers
8. Honors and awards.
Recipient, Teaching/Learning Enhancement Grant to Support the QEP, 2006. Eno Transportation Foundation Fellow, Inducted April, 1995. The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, Inducted 1993. Tau Beta Pi, the National Engineering Honor Society, Inducted 1992. Chi Epsilon, the National Honor Society of Civil Engineering, Inducted 1992. Kappa Mu Epsilon, the Mathematics Honor Society, Inducted 1991.
9. Institutional and professional service in the past five years.
Year Event or Group 2007 Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of ITE
Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee Reviewer of Papers for the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering
2006 Faculty Advisor, Student Chapter of ITE Member, Departmental Curriculum Committee Reviewer of Papers for the 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board Reviewer of Papers for the ASCE Journal of Transportation Engineering Workshop on Non-Traditional Intersection Treatments, developed and presented to the
Tennessee Department of Transportation
10. Professional development activities in the last five years.
In total, current records include over 100 hours of professional development. Selected activities include:
Year Event, Month PDH 2007 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 21 2006 Summer Meeting of the Transportation Research Board’s Traffic Signal Systems
Committee, July 85th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January.
16
28 2005 84th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January.
Econolite Translink32 Training, June. 15 12
2004 83rd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January. Encom Wireless Theory and Spread Spectrum Radio Deployment Techniques,
March.
16 3
2003 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January. NCDOT Traffic Engineering Conference on Operations and Safety, April.
22 11
2002 81st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January. Introduction to the 2070L Controller, September. 2070L Local, Master, and Closed Loop Software, September.
9 2 15
L.K. CROUCH 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates. B.S. (Geology), Murray State University, 1984 B.S. (Geological Engineering), University of Missouri-Rolla, 1986 M.S. (Geological Engineering), University of Missouri-Rolla, 1986 Ph. D. (Civil Engineering), University of Missouri-Rolla, 1990 2. Consulting, patents, etc. Tennessee Ready Mixed Concrete Association (1999) Rogers Group, Inc. (1999) 3. States in which registered. Professional Engineer 00101274, Tennessee, 1994 Masonry Inspector 052194062, Tennessee 1994 4. Principal publications of last five years. 35 publications in refereed Journals, conference proceedings, magazines and research reports within the past five years. Selected principal publications are: Crouch, L. K., Copeland, A. R., Walker, C. T., Maxwell, R.A., Duncan, G .M., Goodwin, W. A., Badoe, D., and Leimer, H. W., “Determining Air Void Content of Compacted HMA Mixtures,” Transportation Research Record 1813, Paper No. 02-2099, pp. 39-46. 2002. Crouch, L. K., Cates, Mark A., Dotson, V. James, Jr., Honeycutt, Keith B., and Badoe, Daniel A. “Measuring the Effective Air Void Content of Portland Cement Pervious Pavements,” ASTM Journal of Cement, Concrete, and Aggregates, CCA, Vol. 25, No. 1, June 2003. Crouch, L. K., Dotson, V. James, Jr., Clouse, Larry, Egan, Brian, and Hall, Steve M., “Rapid Set, High- Early Strength, Non-Excavatable Flowable Fill,” Innovations in Controlled Low-Strength Materials (Flowable Fill), ASTM STP 1459, Jenny L. Hitch, Amster K. Howard, and Warren P. Baas, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2001, 2004. Crouch, L. K., Dotson, V. James, Jr., Badoe, Daniel A., Maxwell, Richard A., Dunn, Timothy R., and Sparkman, Alan, “Long Term Study of 23 Excavatable Tennessee Flowable Fill Mixtures,” Innovations in Controlled Low-Strength Materials (Flowable Fill), ASTM STP 1459, Jenny L. Hitch, Amster K. Howard, and Warren P. Baas, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA, 2001, 2004. Crouch, L. K., Borden, T. Adam, Hall, Steve. M., Egan, Brian, and Badoe, D., “Tennessee Evaluation of New Maturity Technology: Laboratory Investigation,” Transportation Research Board 84th Annual Meeting Preprint CD-ROM, January 2005 Crouch, L. K., Smith, Nathan, Walker, Adam C., Brown, Heather J., Dunn, Timothy R., Sparkman, Alan, “Effect of Aggregate Type and Gradation on Pervious PCC,” Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium Aggregates: Asphalt Concrete, Portland Cement Concrete, Bases & Fines; International Center for Aggregate Research, April 10-13, 2005, Austin, Texas
Crouch, L. K., Sparkman, Alan, Dunn, Tim R., Hewitt, Ryan, Mittlesteadt, Wes, Byard, Ben and Pitt, Jordan, “Estimating Pervious PCC Pavement Design Inputs with Compressive Strength and Effective Void Content”, Concrete Technology Forum: Focus on Pervious Concrete, Nashville, May 24-25, 2006, Conference Proceedings, Publication 2PCTF06, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. 5. Scientific and professional societies of which a member. American Concrete Institute International American Society for Testing and Materials 6. Honors and awards. 1998 Brown-Henderson Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research and Service 2005-2006 Caplenor Faculty Research Award Chi Epsilon 7. Institutional and professional service in the past five years Student advising Department Equipment Committee Department Safety Committee Department Curriculum Committee Department ABET 2000 Committee Departmental Tenure and Promotion Committee Pavement Material / Geotechnical Faculty Search Committee Chair Member, American Concrete Institute International American Society for Testing and Materials Member, Committee D-04 on Road and Paving Materials Member, Committee C-09 on Concrete and Aggregates 8. Professional development activities in the last five years. Seventeen professional development activities in the past five years. Selected activities are shown below: Attended TRMCA Annual Concrete Conference featuring Dr. Ken Hover of Cornell University 11/18/02 in Nashville Attended TTAP Concrete Innovations in Nashville, TN 8/17/03
Attended INCON (Innovations in Concrete) 9/25 – 9/26/03, Orlando, FL Attended Cement Chemistry Seminar 11/05/03 at TDOT in Nashville, TN Attended TRMCA Annual Concrete Conference featuring Dr. Ken Hover of Cornell University 11/17/03 in Nashville, TN Attended High Performance Concrete with Slag Cement Seminar 11/18/03 in Nashville, TN Attended Concrete Streets & Local Roads Training Program 1/27/04 in Nashville, TN Attended Southeast Concrete Alliance Network (SCAN) Annual Forum 4/06 – 4/07/04 in Orlando, Florida.
Attended First International Symposium on Design and Construction of Long Lasting Asphalt Pavements June 7-9, 2004 at the National Center for Asphalt Technology at Auburn, Alabama. Attended Tennessee Concrete Pavement Conference in Nashville, TN 1/19 and 1/20/06
DENNIS GEORGE Director
Center for the Management, Utilization and Protection of Water Resources Tennessee Technological University Cookeville, Tennessee 38505 B.S. Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1970 M.S. Civil Engineering, New Mexico State University, 1972 Ph.D. Environmental Systems Engineering, Clemson University, 1976 1990-present Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Technological University,
Cookeville, Tennessee 1985-1990 Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Technological
University, Cookeville, Tennessee 1981-1985 Director, LCC Institute of Water Research, Lubbock, Texas 1975-1981 Assistant Professor, Utah Water Research Laboratory, Utah State University, Logan,
Utah 1971-1975 Research Assistant, Environmental Systems Engineering Department, Clemson
University, Clemson, South Carolina 1969-1971 Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, New Mexico State University, Las
Cruces, New Mexico Recent Major Research Projects 2007–2008 Nutrient and Biological Assessment of Jones Creek, Dickson County, TN. 2006-2007 Determination of a Water Quality Marker Reflecting System Effectiveness of the Sewanee Utility District’s Land Application System 2005 - Franke Co. Innovative Food Processing Exhaust Emission Treatment System 2005-2006 Duck River Watershed Scientific, Historical and Cultural Annotated Bibliography 2003-2006 Comparative Study of the Historical and Present Ecological State of the Emory River 2003-2005 High Performance Network Connection for Tennessee Technological University 2002-2007 Peat Moss Application to Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands for Herbicide Removal 1997-2002 Herbicide Removal by Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands Recent Refereed Publications Effects of Operational Factors on the Atrazine Degradation in a Fixed Nano-TiO2 Photocatalytic Reactor.
Journal of Advanced Oxidation Technology, 10(2): 397-398. Z. Li and D.B. George. 2007. Estimation of Environmental Impact for Water Quality in Lakes with Regard to Entropy Index. Journal of
Environmental Information Science, 35(5):101-108. H. Tatsumoto, Y. Amano, M. Machida, D. George, and K. Taki. 2007
Control of TN/TP Ratio by Sediment Treatment for Restraint of Water Blooms. Environmental Conservation Engineering, 36(5):357-364. H. Tatsumoto, Y. Amano., M. Machida, M. Aikawa, Y. Fujimura, D. George, S. Berk and K. Taki. 2007
Prediction of Microcystis Growth as a Function of Nutrient Salts Concentration Based on Lake Origin. Japanese Journal of Water Treatment Biology, 42(1): 37-44. H. Tatsumoto, Y. Amano, M. Machida, D. George, S. Berk and K. Taki. 2006
Pesticide Removal from Container Nursery Runoff in Constructed Wetland Cells. Journal of Environmental Quality, 32:1548-1556. G.K. Stearman, D.B. George, K. Carlson and S. Lansford. 2003.
Simazine and Metolachlor Removal by Subsurface Flow Constructed Wetlands. Water Environment Research, 75(2): 101-112. D.B. George, G.K. Stearman, K. Carlson, and S. Lansford. 2003.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Organic Carbon Removal in Simulated Wetland Treatment Systems. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 41(3):274-281. R.G. Hunter, D.L. Combs, and D.B. George. 2001.
Environmental Justice Issues Related to Inadequate Wastewater Treatment in Small Communities in Tennessee. J. Indian Anthrop. Soc., 36:19-27. H.N. Mookherjee, J.W. Riemer, D.B. George, M.J.M. Wells, Y.R. Clark, S. Rollins, A. Gilbert and A. O’Connell. 2001.
Growth of Softstem Bulrush (Scirpus validus) in Microcosms with Different Hydrologic Regimes and Media Depth. Wetlands, 20(1):15-22. R.G. Hunter, D.L. Combs and D.B. George. 2000.
Recent Edited Proceedings and Books, Non-Refereed Journals Prediction Model for Microcystis Blooms Based on Lake Origin. XIX-th National, VII-th International
Scientific and Technical Conference, Water Supply and Water Quality, Zakopane, Poland. H. Tatsumoto, Y. Amano, M. Machida, D. George, S. Berk and K. Taki. June 18-21, 2006.
Geographic Information System (GIS)-Based Selection of Health Risks for Waterborne Disease Resulting from Environmental Exposure to Wastewater. In: Environmental Exposure and Health, M.M. Aral, C.A. Brebbia, M.L. Maslia, and T. Sinks, eds., WIT Press, Southampton, UK, pp319-326. M.J.M Wells, D.B. George, and Y.R. Clark. 2005.
Determination of the Preferred Electron Acceptor for the Microbial Degradation of Simazine in Subsurface Flow Wetland Microcosms. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Wetland Systems. J.D. Slemp, J.L. Norman, D.B. George, G.K. Stearman, M.J.M. Wells. Avignon, France, September 26 - October 1, 2004.
Applying the HSPF Model with AGNPS Model using GIS. Proceedings of the American Water Resources Association Specialty Conference - GIS and Water resources III. Y. Clark, D.B. George, J. Weeks, P. Piszczek. Nashville, TN. June 2004.
Detention Basin Retrofit for Storm Water Treatment. Proceedings of the Nova Tech Conference. V.S. Neary, C.B. Neel, G.K. Stearman, and D.B. George. June, 2004.
Constructed Wetlands Removal of Herbicides and Nutrients from Container Nursery Runoff. Proceedings of the 45th Annual Southern Nursery Association Research Conference. G.K. Stearman, D.B. George, E.W. Davis, and S.N. Lansford. Vol. 45; pp. 528-531. October, 2000.
Manual Constructed Wetlands Treatment of Municipal Wastewaters. EPA/625/R-99/010, United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Cincinnati, OH 45268. D.B. George, Major Contributor/Author. September 2000.
Recent Technical Reports Case Studies Addressing Innovative (Utility) Approaches to Watershed Management. Final Report to
Water Environment Federation project EPA#83291701-0. T. Slawecki, K. McCormack, D.B. George, B. Marengo, T. Mount and D. Sen. September 24, 2007.
Determination of Water Quality Marker Reflecting System Effectiveness of the Sewanee Utility Districts Land Application System. Final Report to Sewanee Utility District, Sewanee, TN. D. Edison, D.B. George and M.J.M. Wells. April 27, 2007.
Emory River Watershed Stakeholder Discussion. Final Report to Tennessee Valley Authority, Contract No. 00023309. D.B. George, D. Feldman and M. Farnsworth. November 13, 2006.
Pesticide Fate and Removal in Constructed Wetlands. U.S. Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grants: Water Assessment and Protection. Final Report. G.K. Stearman and D.B. George. 2004
Educational Guides Emory River Annotated Bibliography: Biology, River Flow and Quality, Culture, Community, History (CD-
ROM). U.S.Fish and Wildlife Agency, Cookeville, TN. D.B. George, S.B. Cook, A. Knox, and Y.R. Clark. 2007.
Duck River Annotated Bibliography: Biology, River Flow and Quality, Culture, Community, History (CD-ROM). Duck River Development Agency, Shelbyville, TN. D.B. George, M.E. Birdwell, A. Knox, and Y.R. Clark. 2005.
Preventing Urban Nonpoint Source Water Pollution: Supplemental Guide to the Educational Sign Trail at Cane Creek Park, Cookeville, TN. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV through the Tennessee Department of Agriculture. B.M. Stumpf, G.K. Stearman and D.B. George. 2000.
Basics of Environmental Systems Management (CD-ROM). U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region IV: Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN. J.B. Ayers, D.B. George, C. Behr-Andres, M.J.M. Wells, B.M. Stumpf, G. Jones, L.B. Thayer, J. Ward and P. Dewees. 1999.
Recent Invited Speaker Boothbay Region Water District, ME., Source Water Protection and Land Acquisition. Water
Environment Federation Webcast on Case Studies Addressing Innovative (Utility) Approaches to Watershed Management, June 14, 2007.
Low-Impact Development Based on Curve Number and Time of Concentration Criteria. 18th Annual Meeting American Society of Civil Engineers, Tennessee Section, Smyrna, TN., September 23, 2005.
Low Impact Municipal Development. Save Our Cumberland Mountains, SOCM, Meeting, Cookeville, TN. February 16, 2004.
Water Resources Education and Research at Tennessee Technological University. Twelfth Tennessee Water Resources Symposium, Montgomery Bell State Park, TN. April 5, 2002.
Scientific and Professional Societies Water Environment Federation Kentucky/Tennessee Water Environment Association American Chemical Society - Division of Environmental Chemistry American Water Works Association Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors International Water Association National Society of Professional Engineers Recent Participation in Professional & State Organizations Member of Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation’s Water Resources Technical
Advisory Committee, 2007 - Reviewer, Natural Systems for Wastewater Treatment (MOP FD-16; 3rd Edition), Water Environment
Federation, 2007-2008 President, TN Chapter of the American Water Resources Association, 2007-2008 Member Utility Case Study Task Force, Case Studies Addressing Innovative Approaches to Watershed
Management, Water Environment Federation Project, EPA #83291701-0. 2007 President-elect, TN Chapter of the American Water Resources Association, 2006-2007 Member Water Reuse Committee of the Water Environment Federation, 2003-2008 Accomplishments, Honors, etc. Omicron Delta Kappa Governor’s Greenways and Trails Award for Greenway Conservation/Aquatic Preservation - 2001 Outstanding Honors Faculty Award, Tennessee Technological University, 1999 Order of the Engineer Registered Professional Engineer, State of Utah Outstanding Young Men of America, 1978 The Society of Sigma Xi Sigma Tau FWQA Traineeship, 1970-71 Registered Engineer-in-Training, 1970 Chi Epsilon Blue Key
CRAIG HENDERSON
1. Degrees with fields, institutions, and dates.
B.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Tennessee, 1986 M.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Tennessee, 1987 Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), University of Tennessee, 1994 2. Number of years on this faculty, including date of original appointment and dates of
advancement in rank. 11.5 years Initial Appointment: Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, August 1995. Tenure Granted: July 2000 Promotion: Associate Professor, July 2000 3. State in which registered: P.E. in Tennessee (License No. 100606). 4. Principle publications of last five years.
Henderson, R. C., Larimore, D.L., Lowhorn, D.E., and Mayfield, V.E., and Hayes, L.J. (Jan. 2006) “Testing and Improving Educational Software” Computers in Education Journal, 16(1), pp. 2-15. Henderson, R.C., Porter, M.L., Jones, W.D., Burdette, E. G., (2006), “The Effect of Prior Out-of-plane Damage on the In-plane Behavior of Unreinforced Masonry Infilled Frames”, The Masonry Journal, 24(1).
Henderson, R. C., Lowhorn, D.E., Tindall, B.E., and Larimore, D.L., (Oct. 2006) “Designing Interactive Instructional Tools to Serve Both Students and Instructors” Computers in Education Journal, 16(4), pp. 36-50.
Masonry Standards Joint Committee. ACI 530-05 / ASCE 6-05 / TMS 602-05. Building Code Requirements for Masonry Structures.
Henderson, R. C., Tindall W.R., Lowhorn, D.E., and Larimore, D.L., (April 3-5, 2005) “Helping Students Become Proficient at Solving Fundamental Engineering Problems through Practice – The Homework Laboratory” Proceedings ASEE SE Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Henderson, R. C., Fricke, K. E., Jones, W. D., and Beavers, J. E., (December 2003) “Summary of a Large- and Small-scale Unreinforced Masonry Test Program”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 129 (12), 1667-1675. Bennett, R. M., Flanagan, R. D., and Henderson, R.C., (June 2003) Discussion to “Arching in Masonry Walls Subjected to Earthquake Motions”, Journal of Structural Engineering, ASCE, 129(6), 838.
5. Scientific and professional societies of which a member: Chi Epsilon Sigma Xi Research Society The ASCE/ACI/TMS Masonry Standards Joint Committee (MSJC) 6. Honors and awards: Leighton Sissom Innovation and Creativity Award
7. Institutional and Professional Service in the past five years Advising:
CEE advising: 30 Undergraduates Committees: CEE Computer Committee (Chairman) CEE Library Committee TTU Information Technology Committee TTU Faculty Senate
Grad Students: • James Rossillon, “In Situ Pile Length Measurement Using Forced Random Vibration”,
MS, Summer 2001. • Paul Chambers, “In situ Pile Length Measurement with Diagonal Connections”, MS,
December 2002. • Ben Osborne, “A Parametric Comparison of Building Code Seismic Provisions”, MS, May
2005 • Charles Tucker, “Analytical Investigation of Masonry Infilled Frames”, Ph.D., August 2006
(expected) Grants Awarded:
TITLE SPONSOR AMOUNT DATES Improving Learning in Undergraduate Engineering (The Homework Laboratory)
National Science Foundation (Course
& Curriculum Develop.)
$ 138,454 Aug 1999 – Dec 2003
Field Verification of In Situ Wooden Pile Length Measurement
TN Department of Transportation
$ 91,908 (PI: Sally Pardue)
Jan 2000 – June 2003
Predicting the Capacity of Masonry Infilled Frames
Faculty Research Grant
$ 3,000 Funded (through Spring
2005) Retrofit of Existing Facilities for Resisting Missile and Radiological Attack
Department of Defense
$ 2,000,000 Submitted and Pending
Distance Learning for Engineering Mechanics
Engineering Development Friends
$ 5,000 Submitted and Pending
Development of Code-Appropriate Methods for Predicting the Capacity of Masonry Infilled Frames Subjected to In-Plane Forces
National Concrete Masonry Association
$ 36,970 Funded
Invited Presentations:
Henderson, R. C. and Tucker, C. J. “New Flexural and Ductility Requirements in ACI 318-02", ASCE Seminar Series, July 2003.
Tucker, C.J. and Henderson, R.C., “Behavior of Masonry Infilled Frames”, 17th Annual ASCE Section Meeting, September 2004.
Henderson, R. C., Tindall W.R., Lowhorn, D.E., and Larimore, D.L., (April 3-5, 2005) “Helping Students Become Proficient at Solving Fundamental Engineering Problems through Practice – The Homework Laboratory” ASEE SE Conference, Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Professional Service: ACI 530-05 Masonry Standards Joint Committee: Serving as Chairman of the Infill subcommittee which meets semi-annually to write and appropriate code sections for masonry infilled structures into the ACI Masonry Code and Commentary.
Text Reviewer:
• Enginering Mechanics – Statics (1st, 2nd, 3rd Ed.; Bedford & Fowler; Addison-Wesley Longman and Prentice Hall Publishing)
• Enginering Mechanics – Statics (4th Ed.; Merriam & Kraige; Wiley Publishing) • Design of Concrete Structures (13th Ed.; Nilson et al.; McGraw Hill)
Journal Reviewer: • The Masonry Journal (The Masonry Society) • Journal of Structural Engineering (ASCE) • Structural Engineering and Mechanics (Techno Press) • Earthquake Spectra (Earthquake Engineering Research Institute)
8. Professional Development Activities in the past five years E-learning Academy (Nov 18 & 19, 2004)
XIAOMING (SHARON) HUO 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
B.S. (Civil Engineering), Tsinghua University, 1983 M.S. (Civil Engineering), Tsinghua University, 1987 Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1997
2. State in which registered. Nebraska, E-8762 3. Principal publications of last five years.
Thirty-seven publications in refereed Journals, conference proceedings, and research projects within the past five years. Selected principal publications are:
“Case Study of a High-Performance Concrete Bridge in Tennessee,” ASCE Practice Periodical on Structural Design and Construction, Vol. 11, No. 4, November 2006, pp. 229-237. (with Zhu, P., Ung, F., and Wasserman, E.P.) “Experimental Study of Early-Age Behavior of High Performance Concrete Deck Slabs under Different Curing Methods,” Construction and Building Materials, Vol.10 (2006), pp. 1049-1056. (with Wong, L.U., “Sensitivity of Live Load Distribution Factors to Vehicle Spacing,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 11, No. 1, January/ February 2006, pp.131-134. (with Patrick, M.D., Puckett, J.A., Jablin, M., and Mertz, D.) “Influence of Parapets and Aspect Ratio on Live Load Distribution,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, March/April, 2006, pp.188-196. (with Conner, S.O.) “Simplified Method for Calculating Lateral Distribution for Live Load Shear,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 10, No. 5, September/October 2005, pp.544-554. (with Wasserman, E.P., and Iqbal I.A) “Simplified Live-Load Distribution-Factor Equations for Bridge Design,” Journal of the Transportation Research Board CD-11S, TRR, 2005, pp. 67-78. (with Puckett, J.A., Huo, X.S., Patrick, M.D., Jablin, M.C., and Mertz, D) “Looking to Load and Resistance Factor Rating,” Public Road, Vol. 69, No. 1, July/August 2005, pp. 58-65. (with Jaramilla, R.) “Experimental Study on the Behavior of High-Strength and Normal Strength Concrete Beams in a Tennessee Bridge” ACI Special Publication, SP-228, June 2005, pp. 862-882. (with Zhu, P., and Ung, F.) “Finite Element Modeling of Slab-on-Beam Concrete Bridge Superstructures,” Computer and Concrete, Vol. 1, No. 3, August 2004, pp. 355-369. (with M.D. Patrick) “A Simplified Method of Lateral Distribution of Live Load Moment,” ASCE Journal of Bridge Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 4, July/August 2004, pp.382-390. (with Wasserman, E.P., and Zhu, P.)
4. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE); American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE); Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI)
5. Honors and awards. (last five years)
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004-2006; Member of Sigma Xi Honor Society 6. Institutional and professional service in the past five years.
Advising: 12 graduate students, 25 Civil Engineering freshman/semester, and 24 graduate committees Committee service:
University Senate; University Academic Council; University Graduate School Executive, University Library, and TTU Engineers of Distinction Awards
Committees College Graduate Committees
Department Graduate Affairs (Chair), Technology, Advisement and Student Affairs, Admissions and Curriculum, and six faculty Search Committees
Reviewers: ASCE, PCI/FHWA/FIB, TRB, and Journal of Engineering Education
Professional Committees: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Research and Development,
Connection Details, and Bridge Repair Committees; American Concrete Institute 209 Committee
7. Professional development activities in the last five years.
Fifteen professional development activities within the past five years. Most recent activities are:
Attended the Transportation Research Board 86th Annual Meeting, and presented a paper, Washington DC, January 21 - 25, 2007. Technical Session Moderator, Session – Bridge Design and Rehabilitation, ASCE Structures Congress and Exposition, Nashville, Tennessee, May 22-26, 2004.
FAISAL HOSSAIN 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, The University of Connecticut, USA, 2004 M.Eng. in Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, The National University of Singapore, Singapore 1999
B.Tech in Civil Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, 1996
2. Other related experience--teaching, industrial, etc. Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate. Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Connecticut, Storrs, USA, 1999-2004 NASA Earth System Science Fellow – 2002-2004. Research Scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, The National University of Singapore, Singapore, 1997-1999. Industrial Attachment Trainee, Bangladesh Consultants Limited (BCL), Dhaka, Bangladesh, 1995. 3. Principal publications of last five years.
Forty (40) publications in refereed journals, twenty-five major conference proceedings, and research reports within the past five years. Selected principal publications are: Hill, A.J., F. Hossain and B. Sivakumar. (2006). Is Correlation Dimension a Reliable Proxy for the Number of Influencing Variables required to Model Risk of Arsenic Contamination in Groundwater? Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, (In press; doi: 10.1007/s00477-006-0098- 6). Hossain, F., N. Katiyar, A. Wolf, and Y. Hong. (2006). The Emerging role of Satellite Rainfall Data in Improving the Hydro-political Situation of Flood Monitoring in the Under-developed Regions of the World, Natural Hazards (Special Issue). INVITED PAPER (In press; doi 10.1007/s11069-006-9094-x) Hossain, F and D. Huddleston (2007). A proposed Computer-assisted Graphics-based instruction scheme for Stochastic Theory in Hydrological Sciences Computers in Education Journal. (In press; scheduled for May 2007 issue) Hossain, F. and Dennis P. Lettenmaier (2006). Flood Prediction in the Future: Recognizing Hydrologic Issues in anticipation of the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission - Opinion Paper Water Resources Research. vol. 44 (doi:10.1029/2006WR005202) Hossain, F., A.J. Hill, and A.C. Bagtzoglou (2006). Geostatistically-based management of Arsenic Contaminated Ground water in Shallow wells of Bangladesh. Water Resources Management. (In press, doi: 10.1007/s11269-006-9079-2) Hossain, F. and N. Katiyar (2006). Improving Flood Forecasting in International River Basins, EOS, 87(5), pp. 49-50. Hossain, F. (2006). Towards Formulation of a Space-borne System for Early-warning of Floods: Can Cost-effectiveness outweigh Prediction Uncertainty? Natural Hazards, 37(3), pp. 263-276 (doi: 10.1007/s11069-005-4645-0). Hossain, F. and B. Sivakumar. (2006). Spatial Pattern of Arsenic Contamination in Shallow Tubewells of Bangladesh: Regional Geology and Non-linear Dynamics Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, vol. 20(1-2), pp. 66-76 (doi: 10.1007/s00477-0055-0012-7).
Hossain, F., E.N. Anagnostou, M. Borga, T. Dinku (2004) Hydrological Model Sensitivity to Parameter and Radar Rainfall Estimation Uncertainty. Hydrological Processes 18(17), pp. 3277- 3299; (doi:10.1002/hyp.5659). Hossain, F., E. N. and Anagnostou (2004). Assessment of current passive microwave and infra- red based satellite rainfall remote sensing for flood prediction, J. Geophys. Res. vol 109(D7), April, D07102. (doi 10.1029/2003JD003986). Hossain, F., E.N. Anagnostou and Khil-Ha Lee. (2004). A non-linear and Stochastic Response Surface Method for Bayesian Estimation of Uncertainty in Soil Moisture Simulation from a Land Surface Model. INVITED PAPER - Special Issue In Non-Linear Processes in Geophysics 11, pp. 1-15 (SREF-ID: 1607-7946/npg/2004-11-1).
4. Scientific and professional societies of which a member. Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) American Geophysical Union (AGU) American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Meteorological Society (AMS) 5. Honors and awards.
Outstanding PhD Thesis Award, School of Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2005 NASA Earth System Science Fellowship, 2002 UConn Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 2003
6. Institutional and professional service in the past five years.
i) Associate Editor for advanced computing and artificial intelligence, Journal of American Water Resources Association (JAWRA)
ii) Proposal Review Panelist, National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Fellowship Application in GEOSCIENCES, 2006; NASA ROSES Science program.
iii) Mentoring of Middle School Students on Science Projects, 2006 iv) Mentoring of undergraduate students for career advisement Research Experience in
Undergraduate (REU), 2006 v) Reviewer for: Journal of Hydrologic Engineering Water Resources Research Journal of American Water Resources Association
Non-linear Processes in Geo-physics Environmental Modeling and Software (Short Communications) IEEE Transactions in Geosciences and Remote Sensing Water, Air and Soil Pollution Environmental Forensics Science of Total Environment Journal of Hydrometeorology Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 7. Professional development activities in the last five years.
Attended the sessions of the workshop on “Engineering Faculty Academy for Scholarship in Teaching” (E- FAST), which is a faculty development and mentoring program. The workshop was held on the Tennessee Tech campus during Fall 2004 and was organized by the College of
Engineering and College Education Attended the Tennessee EPSCor Environmental Summit, organized by the Water Center, Tennessee Technological University, February 16-17, 2005.
8. Media Outreach in the last 5 years.
i) PBS-WCTE TV interview for TTU Perspectives, aired Jan 18, 2007. ii) Eos (AGU), Front Page Feature, Jan 31, 2006, Improving Flood Forecasting in International River
Basins. iii) Eos (AGU), News Feature, Jan 17, 2006, Studies Examine Bangladesh Arsenic Contamination
Problem. iv) Herald-Citizen (Cookeville, Tennessee), Sunday Reader, Jan 8, 2006, TTU Professor seeks
answers to Water-quality crisis. v) PBS-WCTE (Tennessee) TV Interview, Oct, 2005. vi) Tech Times, Sept 9, 2005, Satellite forecasting needed for better Flood Forecasting. vii) Newswise, Sept 7, 2005, Space-borne Monitoring could Save Lives, Mitigate Dangers. viii) The Virginia Engineer, October, 2005, Monitoring Rainfall from Space. ix) The Strait Times, Singapore, March 12, 2003, Reaching for the Stars.
DAVID HUDDLESTON 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates. Ph.D., Engineering Science, University of Tennessee, 1989 M. S., Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1978 B. S., Engineering Science, Tennessee Technological University, 1977 2. Professional Awards & Honors. AcademicKeys Who’s Who in Engineering Education (2005 to present) Manchester Who’s Who Among Executives and Professional (2005 to present) Hearin-Hess Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, Mississippi State University (1997-98) Hearin-Hess Distinguished Professor, College of Engineering, Mississippi State University (1996-97) Outstanding Instructional Paper, College of Engineering, Mississippi State University (1996-97) 3. Academic Awards & Honors. VPISU Pratt Presidential Fellowship (1977-78) Phi Kappa Phi - National Honor Society Tau Beta Pi - National Engineering Honor Society Kappa Mu Epsilon - National Mathematics Honor Society 4. Professional Activities. Professional Engineer Registration, Mississippi I. D. 14068 Professional Engineer Registration, Tennessee I. D. 103765 Member, American Society of Civil Engineers Member, American Society for Engineering Education Member, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Publication Reviews (Past and Present)
• Journal of the American Water Resources Association • Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management (ASCE) • Journal of Hydraulic Engineering (ASCE) • Journal of Environmental Engineering (ASCE) • International Journal of Modeling and Simulation • Journal of Environmental Modeling and Software (Elsevier) • McGRaw-Hill Companies • Haestad Press • Water Research (IAWQ) • Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics • AIAA Journal • Journal of Computational Physics • Inverse Problems in Engineering • Computers and Fluids • U. S. Army Corps of Engineers • U. S. Environmental Protection Agency • NASA Lewis Research Center • National Science Foundation
Technical Review Panels • The Cooperative Institute for Coastal and Estuarine Environmental Technology (CICEET) • U. S. Environmental Protection Agency • U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
5. Recent Grants and Contracts. Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
• $500,000 Annual Task Order Contract • Member Technical Review Committee and TTU PI • Project participants: Camp-Dresser-McGee (lead company), Moffatt & Nichol, Crane
Creek Environmental, LLC, Jackson State University, Tennessee Technological University, CiViLTech, Inc., Mann & Associates
• Engineering and Scientific Technical Support for Waste Load Allocations, Total Maximum Daily Load Determinations and Watershed Management Activities
• June 1, 2006 – June 30, 2011 Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (via CDM Task Order Contract
• $50,000 (PI) • Application of St. Louis Bay Water Quality Model to Develop TMDLs for Tributaries • November 1, 2006 - May 15, 2007
5. Advising. • Ph.D. Committees
1. U. S. Kasavajjula (Current), Tennessee Technological University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
2. J. Hill (Current), Tennessee Technological University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
3. Z. Liu (August 2006), Mississippi State University, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Effective Modeling of Agricultural Practices Within Large Scale Hydrologic and Water Quality Simulations, Committee Co-Chair and Research Co-Director.
4. R. Vickery (Dec. 2003), Mississippi State University, Department of Computational Engineering, New Visualization Techniques for Multi-Dimensional Variables in Complex Physical Domains.
5. N. B. Hashim (May 2001), Mississippi State University, Department of Civil Engineering, Watershed, Hydrodynamic, and Water Quality Models for Total Maximum Daily Load St. Louis Bay Watershed Mississippi, Research co-Director.
6. W. Rivera (Aug. 2000), Mississippi State University, Department of Computational Engineering, Efficient and Accurate Domain Decomposition Algorithm for Solving Time Dependent Partial Differential Equations, Research co-Director.
7. C. O. E. Burg (Aug. 1999), Mississippi State University, Department of Computational Engineering, A Design Optimization Strategy For Open-Channel Flows Using Discrete Sensitivity Analysis, Committee Chair & Research Director.
8. B. T. Vu (Aug. 1999), Mississippi State University, Department of Aerospace Engineering, The Use of Non-Uniform Rational B-Splines in Overset Grid Generation.
9. Hazem Tleimat, (Dec. 1996), Mississippi State University, Department of Physics, Computational Simulation of High-Energy Heavy-Ion Collisions.
10. T. Yu, (Dec. 1996), Mississippi State University, Computational, CAGD Techniques in Grid Generation.
6. Refereed Publications. 1. Liu, Z., Kieffer, J. M., Hashim, N. B., Kingery, W. L., and Huddleston, D. H. (2005), “The Influence of
Crop Fertilization Practices on Nutrient Input Parameters for Water Quality Modeling in the Wolf River Watershed Using HSPF,” International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-19, April.
2. Huddleston, D. H., Alarcon, V. J., and Chen, W. (2004), “Water Distribution Network Analysis Using Excel,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 130, No. 10, pp. 1033-1035, October.
3. Huddleston, D. H. and Walski, T. M. (2003), “Using Commercial Analysis Software to Teach Hydraulic and Hydrologic Design,” Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 43-52, July.
4. Rivera, W. Zhu, J., and Huddleston, D. H. (2003), “An Efficient Parallel Algorithm with Application to Computational Fluid Dynamics,” Computers and Mathematics with Applications: Numerical Methods in Physics, Chemistry and Engineering, Vol. 45, pp 165-188.
5. Huddleston, D. H. (2002), “Spreadsheet Tools Utilized to Introduce Computational Field Simulation Concepts to Undergraduate Engineering Students,” Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 6-11, January.
6. Burg, C. O. E., Huddleston, D. H., and Berger, R. C. (2001), “An Efficient, Robust Design Tool for Open-Channel Flow,” ASCE Journal of Hydraulic Engineering, Vol. 127, No. 1, pp. 62-70, January.
7. Hashim, N. B., Shindala, A., Zitta, V. L., and Huddleston, D. H. (1999), “Evaluating Hydrodynamic and Contaminant Transport Models for Application to St. Louis Bay, Mississippi,” Journal Teknologi: Environment and Technology Process, No. 30, pp. 71-86, June.
8. Bangalore, P. V., Zhu, J., Huddleston, D. H., Skjellum, A., Welsh, D. J. S., Bedford, K. W., Wang, R. and Sadayappan, P. (1999), “Parallelization of a Coupled Hydraulics and Sediment Transport Model,” DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station Major Shared Resource Center/PET TR 99-08, CD Version, Vicksburg, MS, pp. 1-15, March.
9. Huddleston, D. H., Berger, R. C. and Burg, C. (1998), “A Computational Design Method for High-Velocity Channels,” DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station Major Shared Resource Center/PET TR 98-09, CD Version, Vicksburg, MS, pp. 1-21, January.
10. Zhu, J., Johnson, B., Bangalore, P., Huddleston, D. H., and Skjellum, A. (1998),“ On Parallelization of CH3D,” DoD High Performance Computing Modernization Program U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station Major Shared Resource Center/PET TR 98-07, Vicksburg, MS, pp. 1-18, January.
11. Huddleston, D. H., Stokes, M. L., Anderson, J. D., and Soter, S. (1997), “An Interactive Exhibit For the Smithsonian How Things Fly Gallery,” Computer Applications in Engineering Education, Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 13-20.
12. Huddleston, D. and Soni, B. (1996), “Application of a Factored Newton-Relaxation Scheme to Calculation of Discrete Aerodynamic Sensitivity Derivatives,” Inverse Problems in Engineering Vol. 3, pp.115-130.
13. Huddleston, D. H., Stokes, M. L., and Remotigue, M.G. (1995), “A Practical Model for Multidisciplinary Analysis Data and Algorithm Abstraction,” Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Vol. 65, 111-123.
7. Recent Invited Colloquia. 1. Huddleston, D. H. (2006), “Some Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling Issues in Estuaries,”
Alabama State University Department of Math and Science national Science Foundation HBCU-UP Program, AL, November.
2. Huddleston, D. H., and Jackson, G. (2001), “Model Application in Mississippi TMDL Development,” Gulf of Mexico Program Monitoring, Modeling and Research Committee Meeting, Stennis Space Center, MS, April.
3. Huddleston, D. H. and Burg, C. O. E. (1997), “Computational Design in Hydrodynamics,” U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station (CEWES), Vicksburg, MS, September.
8. Chairmanship of Technical Sessions. 1. Session Chairman and Moderator, Panel Discussion for Present and Future Analysis and Simulation
Needs for Hydraulic Structures, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2005, Anchorage, AK, May, 2005.
2. Session Chairman, Incorporating Hydrologic and Hydraulic Software in Engineering Education Symposium, World Water & Environmental Resources Congress 2003, Philadelphia, PA, June, 2003.
BENJAMIN MOHR 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates. Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2005 M.S. (Civil Engineering), Georgia Institute of Technology, August 2002 B.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Delaware, May 2001 3. Other related experience--teaching, industrial, etc. Graduate Research Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2001-2005 Undergraduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware, 1999-2001 4. Consulting, patents, etc. Consultant - GAF Corporation (2005) Benjamin J. Mohr, Kimberly E. Kurtis and Hiroki Nanko, “Wood-derived materials for internal curing
of cement-based materials,” Invention disclosure filed by Georgia Institute of Technology, April 1, 2005, 2006.
5. Principal publications of last five years. Thirteen publications in refereed journals, conference proceedings, and research reports within the past five years. Selected principal publications are: Mohr, B.J., Hood, K.L. “Internal Curing Water Movement in High Performance Cement-Based Materials.” In: Proceedings of the Material Science and Technology 2006 – Advances in Cement- Based Materials: Manufacture, Hydration, Admixture Interaction, Properties, and Degradation, V. 4: Processing, 2006: 13-24. Mohr, B.J., Hood, K.L., Buchanan, G.R. “Mitigation of Autogenous Shrinkage in Mortars: Analysis and Modeling of Water Migration and Comparison of Various Internal Curing Materials.” In: Proceedings of the International RILEM Conference on Volume Changes of Hardening Concrete: Testing and Mitigation, Lyngby, Denmark, RILEM Proceedings PRO 52, Eds. Jensen, O.M., Lura, P., Kovler, K., 2006: 127-136. Mohr, B.J., Biernacki, J.J., Kurtis, K.E. “Microstructural and Chemical Effects of Wet/Dry Cycling on Pulp Fiber-Cement Composites.” Cement and Concrete Research, 2006; 36(7): 1240-1251. Mohr, B.J., Nanko, H., Kurtis, K.E. “Aligned Kraft Pulp Fiber Sheets for Reinforcing Mortar.” Cement and Concrete Composites 2006; 28(2): 161-172. Mohr, B.J., Nanko, H., Kurtis, K.E. “Durability of Kraft Pulp Fiber-Cement Composites to Wet/Dry Cycling.” Cement and Concrete Composites 2005; 27(4): 435-448. 6. Scientific and professional societies of which a member. American Concrete Institute (ACI) • Voting Member, ACI Committee 231, Properties of Concrete at Early Ages, 2005- • Voting Member, ACI Committee 236, Materials Science of Concrete, 2005-
RILEM (International Union of Laboratories and Experts in Construction Materials, Systems and Structures)
• Member, RILEM Committee TC196-ICC, Internal Curing of Concrete, 2006- American Ceramic Society (ACerS), Cements Division American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE) 7. Honors and awards.
Georgia Institute of Technology President’s Fellow, 2002-2005 Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society, 2006 Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society, 2000 Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society, 2000 8. Institutional and professional service in the past five years. Faculty Advisor, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) TTU Chapter, 2006- Organizer and co-moderator of ACI TAC convention session – “Internal Curing of High Performance Concretes: Laboratory and Field Experiences” (Fall 2007, Puerto Rico) Co-author ACI 231 State-of-the-Art Report Chapters: • Development of Concrete Microstructure • Self-desiccation Reviewer: • ACI Special Publications — Concrete Heat Development: Monitoring, Prediction, and Management • (Atlanta, GA, Spring 2007) • ASCE Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering • Cement and Concrete Research • TTU Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Committees: • Facilities/Equipment Committee • Recruitment and Retention Committee 9. Professional development activities in the last five years. “Engineering Education in the College of Engineering: A Workshop for Young Faculty,” TTU College of Engineering, August 2005 “Behavior and Performance of Early-Age Concrete,” Technical University of Denmark, June 2002.
VINCENT S. NEARY 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
Ph.D., Civil & Environmental Engineering (Hydraulics), Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, University of Iowa, 1995
M.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering (Hydraulics), Iowa Institute of Hydraulic Research, University of Iowa, 1992
B.S., Agricultural Engineering (Soil & Water Resources) Rutgers University, 1987 2. Principal Publications of last five years.
Cui, J. and V.S. Neary “LES Investigation of Effects of Submerged Vegetation on Turbulent Flows.” IIAHR, J. of Hydraulic Research. (Submitted November 2006, In Review).
Hill, A.J., and V.S. Neary “Estimating Evapotranspiration and Seepage for a Sinkhole Wetland from Diurnal Surface Water Cycles” J. American Water Resources Association (Accepted for publication, November 2006).
Neary, V.S. and S.G. Constantinescu, “Analysis of Coherent Structures Generated by Plant Stems using LES.” Submitted for review and approved for Proceedings of the XXXII IAHR Congress, Venice, Italy, July 1-6, 2007.
Hill, A.J., V.S. Neary and K. Morgan (2006) "A hydrologic functional assessment model for depressional wetlands." Wetlands. 26:1, 161-180.
Hill, A.J. and V.S. Neary (2005) “Factors affecting estimates of average watershed slope." ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 10(2), 133-140.
Simon, A., S.J. Bennett, and V.S. Neary (2004) "Riparian vegetation and fluvial geomorphology: Problems and opportunities." In: Riparian Vegetation and Fluvial Geomorphology, edited by S.J. Bennett and A. Simon, Water Science and Application Series Volume 8, p. 1-10, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C.
Stoesser, T., V.S. Neary, and C.A.M.E. Wilson (2004) "Modeling Vegetated Channel Flows: Challenges and Opportunities." IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS (FLUIDS 2004), Special Session Eco-hydraulics: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions, Corfu Island, Greece, August 17-19, 2004
Neary, V.S., Neel, T.C., G.K. Stearman, and D.B. George (2004) "Detention basin retrofit for stormwater treatment." Proceedings Novatech’ 2004, 5th Intnl. Conf. on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management. Lyon, France, June 6-10, 2004.
Neary, V.S., E. Habib, M. Fleming (2004) "Hydrologic modeling with NEXRAD precipitation in Middle Tennessee." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 9(5), 1-11.
Fleming, M., and V.S. Neary (2004) "Continuous hydrologic modeling study with HEC-HMS." Journal of Hydrologic Engineering. 9(3), 175-183.
Neary, V.S. (2003) "Numerical solution of fully-developed flow with vegetative resistance." Journal of Engineering Mechanics. 129(5), 558-563.
Cui, J. and V.S. Neary (2002) "Large eddy simulation (LES) of fully developed flow through vegetation." Proceedings IAHR's 5th International Conference on Hydroinformatics, Cardiff, Wales, July 1-5, 2002.
Neary, V.S., and N. Korte (2002) "Preliminary Channel Design: Blue River Reach Enhancement in Kansas City." Proceedings 9th Intnl. Conf. on Urban Drainage. Portland, Oregon, September 8-13, 2002.
Neary, V.S., Neel, T.C., J.B. Dewey, G.K. Stearman, and D.B. George (2002) "Pollutant Washoff and Loading from Parking Lots in Cookeville, Tennessee." Proceedings 9th Intnl. Conf. on Urban Drainage. Portland, Oregon, September 8-13, 2002.
3. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member, Environmental and Water Resources Institute (EWRI) Member, International Association of Hydraulic Research (IAHR)
Member, American Geophysical Union (AGU) 4. Honors and awards.
1999 Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award in Engineering Iowa Engineering Dean's Scholarship, College of Engineering, University of Iowa, 1990-1995 Scholarship "Stability of Rivers and Coastal Forms" Summer School, Sapporo, Japan, 1992
5. Institutional and professional service in the past five years.
Chair, ASCE Technical Committee on Eco-Hydraulics Chair, Eco-Hydraulics, Vegetative Resistance Task Committee Control Member, ASCE Wetland Hydrology Technical Committee Chair, Wetland Hydrology, Wetland Models Review Task Committee
6. Professional development activities in the last five years.
Organizer and Chair of Ecohydraulics Track, ASCE-EWRI World Environmental Congress, Tampa Bay, Florida, To be held May 1-5, 2007.
Invited Technical Advisory Group Participant, “Envisioning the Future of the Gulf Coast Symposium” (www.futureofthegulfcoast.org), One of thirty invited international scientists and engineers specializing in large scale wetland and river restoration who helped draft recommendations to the Governor’s Office for saving the coastal wetlands of Louisiana, April 25-27, 2006.
Chair, Model Panel Review, Hydrodynamic Model Study, Loxahatchee Wetland Refuge, Northern Everglades, January 2005 to December 2008.
Invited Speaker, "Effects of Urbanization on Watershed Hydrology," Caney River Watershed Compact, January 18, 2005.
Co-organizer. Special Session Eco-hydraulics: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions IASME/WSEAS International Conference on FLUID MECHANICS (FLUIDS 2004), Corfu Island, Greece, August 17-19, 2004
Facilitator, Case Study Briefing CALFED, America’s Wetland Technical Summit, New Orleans, LA, October 16-17, 2003.
Invited Speaker, “Urban Runoff and Water Quality: Pigeon Roost Creek Watershed,” Save our Cumberland Mountains (SOCM), a non-profit organization, January 21, 2002.
Session Organizer and Moderator, New Directions in Environmental Hydraulics, World Water and Environmental Resources Conference, Orlando, Florida, May 20-22, 2001.
Moderator, 11th Tennessee Water Symposium, Montgomery Bell State Park, April 10-11, 2001.
JANE LIU
1. Education.
Ph.D. in Structural Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A, 2002 M.S. in Structural Engineering, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A, 1998 B.S. in Engineering Solid Mechanics, Hohai University, Nanjing, P.R.China
2. Principal publications of last five years.
Journal Papers 1. Y. J. Liu, G. R. Buchanan, “Free Vibration of Transversely Isotropic Solid and Thick-walled
Toroidal Shells,” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 2006, vol. 6: No. 3, 359-575
2. G. R.Buchanan, Y. Jane Liu, “An Analysis of the Free Vibration of Thick-walled Isotropic Toroidal Shells,” International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2005, vol. 47: 277-292
3. Y. Jane Liu, H.R. Riggs, “The MIN-N Family of Pure-Displacement, Triangular Mindlin Plate Elements,” The Structural Engineering and Mechanics, An International Journal, 2005, vol.19: No. 3, 297-320
4. Y. Jane Liu, G. R. Buchanan, “Free Vibration of Stepped Cantilever Mindlin Plates,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 2004, vol. 271: 1083-1092
5. Y. J. Liu, S. Madhavapeddy, G. R. Buchanan, “Vibration of Thick-walled Toroidal Shells with Oblate Elliptical Cross-Section,” Journal of Sound and Vibration (under review)
6. Rafal Ablamowicz, Jane Liu, “On the Parallel Lines for Non-Degenerate Conics and their Singular Points,” The International Journal of Computational Geometry and Applications (under review)
Technical Report
1. Rafal Ablamowicz, Jane Liu, “On the Parallel Lines for Non-Degenerate Conics” Technical Report in Department of Mathematics, January 2006, No. 2006-1
2. Jane Liu, H.R. Riggs, “Development of the MIN-N Family of Triangular Anisoparametric Mindlin Plate Elements,” University of Hawaii Research Report UHM/CE/2002-01: 126
3. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
4. Honors and awards.
CMR Faculty Summer Support Awards, TTU, 2003 Everett E Black Scholarship, 1997/1998/2000 Outstanding Teaching Award of the Year, 1992/1993 Outstanding Youth Teacher Award, 1991
5. Institutional and professional service in the past five years.
Committee service: Member of the departmental Computer Committee Member of the departmental Library Committee Member of the university Art Committees Member of the Search Committee for Faculty in Transportation Engineering
Graduate Advising: 7 M.S. students (Committee chair or Co-Chair) 3 M.S. and 4 Ph.D. students (Committee member)
Reviewers: Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics papers, 2006 5th Hawaii international Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields 2006 papers
Wiley Publisher, book “Mechanics of Materials” by Ansel C. Ugural, 2005 National Science Foundation, DMII Division, Research Proposal, 2004
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award Proposal, 2004
6. Professional development activities in the last five years.
1. Co-organizer, Symposium “Advanced Mathematical Tools: A Frontier Between Mathematics and Engineering”, 43rd Annual Technical Meeting Society of Engineering Science, University Park, Pennsylvania, August 13-16, 2006
2. Chair, Session (2) – IV of the symposium “Advanced Mathematical Tools: A Frontier Between Mathematics and Engineering”, 43rd Annual Technical Meeting Society of Engineering Science, University Park, Pennsylvania, August 13-16, 2006
3. Chair, Session “Computational Mathematics”, 5th Hawaii International Conference on Statistics, Mathematics and Related Fields, January 2006, Honolulu, HI, January 16 - 18, 2006
4. “On the Parallel Lines for Nondegenerate Conics,” by Rafal Ablamowicz, Math Department, TTU and organized by Graduate Student Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematics, TTU (February 9, 2006).
5. “Quaternion Wavelets, Facts and Perspectives,” by Leonardo Traversoni, UAM, Mexico and organized by Graduate Student Mathematics Seminar, Department of Mathematics, Tennessee Tech University (February 2, 2006).
6. “Active Versus Passive Transformations in Robotics,” by J. M. Selig, London South Bank University, invited for summer research seminar by Department of Mathematics, Tennessee Tech University (July 13, 2006).
7. “7th International Conference on Clifford Algebras and Their Applications” by University Paul Sabatier, UFR MIG, Toulouse, France (May 19 – 29, 2005).
8. “The Civil Engineering Body of Knowledge and Future Profession” by Jeffrey S. Russell, P.E., Ph.D., F. ASCE Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering at UW-Madison and organized by ASCE Chapter, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee (April 14, 2005).
9. “Proposal Development Workshop” organized by the Office of Research, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee (November 13, 2004)
10. “Special Topics in Math: Clifford Algebras” Math 6910-002 Special Topics Course, offered by Math Department, Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, Tennessee (Summer, 2004)
11. “11th International Conference on Composites/NANO Engineering, August 2004”, Hilton-Head Island, SC (August 8-14, 2004)
12. “NSF EPSCoR Program - Tennessee EPSCoR Regional Forum”, organized by NSF and State EPSCoR Committee, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, Tennessee (March 3, 2004)
13. “ASCE 2003 Conference & Exposition ”, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers, Nashville, Tennessee (November 12-15, 2003)
14. “Maple Teaching Program on Line conference ” organized by Maple Inc. (September 16, 2003) 15. “7thU.S. National Congress on Computational Mechanics”, organized by U.S. Association for
Computational Mechanics, Albuquerque, New Mexico (July 27-31, 2003) 16. Maple Programming Training Workshop 17. “2003 NSF Design, Service and Manufacturing Grantees and Research Conference”, organized by
University of Alabama and NSF DMII Program, Birmingham, Alabama (January 6-9, 2003) 18. “Lie Algebra I”, presentation given by Professor Garimella in the Math Department, TTU (Feb.
2003)
GUILLERMO RAMIREZ
1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
B.S. (Civil Engineering), Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1985 M.S. (Civil Engineering), Colorado State University, 1994 Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), Colorado State University, 1998
2. Principal publications of last five years.
Ramirez, G and A. Prakash, “Magneto-electro-elastic Laminated Plates Statics and Dynamics Modeling using Discrete-layer Finite Elements”, International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics (in review). Ramirez, G., “Frictionless Contact in a Layered Piezoelectric Medium Characterized by Complex Eigenvalues,” Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, (accepted for publication).
Joseph, J., J. Peddieson and G. Ramirez, “Boundary Layer Analysis of Large Deflections of Rotationally Symmetric Membrane Caps,” AIAA Journal , Vol. 44, No 7, 1402-1410. 2006. Ramirez, G. and K. Prakash, “Discrete-layer Finite Elements for Laminated Magneto-electro-elastic Plates,” Communications in Numerical Methods in Engineering (in review).
Ramirez,G. and G. Buchanan, “Free Vibrations of Homogeneous and Layered Piezoelectric Hollow Spheres,” International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics, 4, 443-458, 2004.
Ramirez, G. and P. Heyliger, “Frictionless Contact in a Layered Piezoelectric Half-Space,” Journal of Smart Materials and Structures, 12, 612-625, 2003. Buchanan, G. and G. Ramirez, “A note on the Vibration of Transversely Isotropic Solid Spheres,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 254 (3), 724-732, 2002. Buchanan, G., J. Peddieson, G. Ramirez, and S. Idem, “Solid-State Friction Stir Welding,” NCAM-NASA quarterly report. Helyliger, P and G. Ramirez, “Free Vibration of Laminated Circular Piezoelectric Plates and Discs,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 229(4), 935-956, 2000.
Heyliger, P. and G. Ramirez, “A Local/Global Matrix Formulation for Laminated Piezoelectric Media,” Mechanics Research Communications, Vol. 25, 701-708, 1998.
3. Scientific and professional societies of which a member. Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society 4. Honors and awards. (last five years) NRC Research Associateship Award, 1998
Chi Epsilon Golden Key Award, 1998 College of Engineering Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant Award of Excellence, 1997
5. Institutional and professional service in the past five years.
Structural Mechanics Faculty Search Committee CEE Computer Committee
CEE Admissions and Curriculum Committee CEE Library Committee Coordinator of Visual Presentation Competition, ASCE 2000 Southeast Regional Conference Reviewer for: Mechanics of Advanced Materials and Structures McGraw-Hill, textbook: Strength of Materials, Beer/Johnston Journal of Applied Mechanics Journal of Smart Materials and Structures International Journal of Structural Engineering and Mechanics Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Structural Engineering and mechanics AIAA Journal Invited to be member of a review panel of NASA Solar Sail Propulsion Project
EDMOND RYAN 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
B.C.E. (Civil Engineering), University of Florida, 1958 M.S. (Civil Engineering), University of Tennessee, 1964
Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), University of New Mexico, 1974
2. Other related experience--teaching, industrial, etc.
Assistant Professor: Civil Engineering, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, 1975-78 Assistant Professor: Industrial Education, Murray State University, Murray, Kentucky, 1972-75 Assistant Professor: Engineering, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, California, 1972 Teaching Assistant: University of New Mexico, Alburquerque, New Mexico, 1969-72 Research Assistant II: University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1967-69 Assistant Professor: Civil Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1964-67 Research Instructor: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1964 Instructor: Engineering Graphics (PT), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1963-64 Construction Officer: 937 Engineer Group (combat), Ft. Campbell, Kentucky, active duty, U.S. Army, 1962-63 Instructor: Civil Engineering (PT), University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1959-62 Civil Engineer: USDA-Forest Service, Tallahassee, Florida, 1958-59
4. Consulting, patents, etc. Underground Structures Consultant Geotechnical Engineering Consultant Structural Engineering Consultant
5. State in which registered. Tennessee 6. Scientific and professional societies of which a member. Association of Drilled Shaft Contractors – Technical Affiliate 7. Honors and awards. Civil Engineering Faculty Man of the Year, University of Tennessee, 1967 Epsilon Pi Tau Order of the Engineer Chi Epsilon 8. Institutional and professional service in the past five years. Student advising Department Committees: Advisement and Student Affairs, Chairperson Admissions and Curriculum Equipment Recruitment and Retention 9. Professional development activities in the last five years. Legal Issues Seminar, Spring 2006 PGF Seminars, Fall 2005 Storm Water Expo, Spring 2005
Wood Solutions Fair, Fall 2004 ACI Workshop, Fall 2002 Storm Water Drainage Workshop, Spring 2002 Geotech Engineering Concepts-II Workshop, Fall 2001 Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Practices Workshop, Spring 2001 Geotechnical Engineering Concepts-I Workshop, Fall 2000
NOEL TOBERT 1. Degrees with fields, institutions and dates.
B.S. (Civil Engineering), Tennessee Technological University, 1965 M.S. (Civil Engineering), Vanderbilt University, 1970 Ph.D. (Civil Engineering), Vanderbilt University, 1975
2. Other related experience--teaching, industrial, etc. Research Fellow: NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, 1983, 1984 summers Associate Professor: Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, Arkansas, 1976-1979 Assistant Professor: University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1970-1973 and 1975-1976 Teaching Fellow: Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee 1969-1970 and 1973-1975 Structural Design Engineer: Union Carbide Nuclear Division, Paducah, Kentucky, 1968-1969 Associate Design Engineer: Dow Chemical, Freeport and Houston, Texas, 1965-1968
3. Consulting, patents, etc.
Afco Steel, Little Rock, Arkansas, Engineering Quality Control Consultant, 1971 James Engstrom & Associates, Little Rock, Arkansas. Structural Consultant, 1972 Shreeve Engineering Ltd., Little Rock, Arkansas. Structural Consultant, 1973 BCI Consulting Engineers. Jonesboro, Arkansas. Structural Consultant, 1977-1979 Martin Marietta, Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Research Consultant, 1986-1989 Continental Insurance, Structural Consultant, 1995
4. State in which registered. Tennessee (Previously registered in Kentucky and Arkansas) 5. Scientific and professional societies of which a member.
American Society of Civil Engineers Co-chairman of Curricula and Accreditation Track of ASCE 1990 Forum on Civil Engineering Education Member, EdAD, National Educational Activities Committee of ASCE, 1988 Member, National Committee on Curriculum and Accreditation, 1987 American Society of Engineering Education
1991 – Chairman of Awards Committee, C.E. Division – National 1990 – Chairman of Nominations Committee, C.E. Division, ASEE 1989 – Chairman of Civil Engineering Division – National 1988 – Vice Chairman of Civil Engineering Division - National 6. Honors and awards. Tau Beta Pi Chi Epsilon NASA Summer Faculty Research Fellowship Brown-Henderson Outstanding Engineering Faculty Award, 1992 7. Institutional and professional service in the past five years. Advisor, undergraduate CEE students (31), 3 hrs Chairman, Department Admissions and Curriculum Committee, 4 hrs Member, Department ABET 2000 Committee, 1 hr
Lenly Joseph Weathers
EDUCATION Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa. 1995. M.S. Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas. 1990. M.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 1987. B.S. Mechanical Engineering, The University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri. 1982. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 8/02 – present: Assoc Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University. 8/98 – 8/02: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Tennessee Tech University. 1/96 – 8/98: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University of Maine. 8/95-12/95: Post-Doctoral Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,
The University of Iowa. 8/91-8/95: Research Assistant, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The University
of Iowa. 8/89-8/91: Hazardous Waste Remediation Engineer, Hart Crowser, Inc., Seattle, WA. PUBLICATIONS Weathers L.J. and G.F. Parkin. 2000. Toxicity of chloroform biotransformation to methanogenic bacteria,
Environmental Science and Technology, 34(13), 2764-2767. Gregory K.B., M.G. Mason, H.D. Picken, L.J. Weathers, and G.F. Parkin. 2000. Bioaugmentation of Fe(0)
for the remediation of chlorinated aliphatic hydrocarbons. Environmental Engineering Science 17(3): 169-181.
Till, B.A., L.J. Weathers, and P.J.J. Alvarez. 1998. Fe(0)-supported autotrophic denitrification, Environmental Science and Technology, 32(5), 634-639.
Till, B.A., L.J. Weathers and P.J.J. Alvarez. 1997. Fe(0)-based bioremediation of nitrate contaminated waters. In: B.C. Alleman and A. Leeson (eds.), In Situ and On-Site Bioremediation, Battelle Press, 4(3): 367-372.
Weathers, L.J., G.F. Parkin and P.J.J. Alvarez. 1997. Utilization of cathodic hydrogen as electron donor for chloroform cometabolism by a mixed, methanogenic culture. Environmental Science and Technology, 31(3): 880-885.
Weathers, L.J. 1996. Fermentation industry. Water Environment Research, 68(4): 533-535. Shurtliff, M., G.F. Parkin, L.J. Weathers and D.T. Gibson. 1996. Biotransformation of trichloroethylene by
a phenol-induced mixed culture. Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE. 122(7): 581-589. Weathers, L. J., G. F. Parkin, P. J. Novak, and P. J. J. Alvarez. 1995. Methanogens couple anaerobic
Fe0 oxidation and CHCl3 reduction. 209th National Meeting., American Chemical Society. Anaheim, CA. Preprint Extended Abstracts, Division of Environmental Chemistry. 35(1): 829-832.
GRADUATE STUDENTS/POST-DOCS SUPERVISED PAST 5 YEARS All graduate students at Tennessee Tech University: Geneil Dillehay Kevin Wolfe Chakra Tennety Gene F. Parkin