Education:
- Sc.D. Civil Engineering (Water
Resources Engineering): New Mexico State
University, 1965
- M.S.C.E. Civil Engineering (Water
Resources Engineering):New Mexico State
University, 1962
- B.S.C.E. Civil Engineering: Ohio
Northern University, 1960
Professional Registration:
Registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in Tennessee,
Ohio, Alabama and Virginia
Teaching Areas:
Water Resources, Hydrology, Hydraulics, Open Channel
Hydraulics, Stream Sediment Transport, Urban Stormwater
Engineering, Stormwater Modeling, Dam Design and Dam
Safety Engineering, Water Resources Planning and
Management, Floodplain Management, and Senior Project
Design.
Research Areas:
University research activities included
hydrologic modeling of surface waters; hydraulic modeling
of open channel flow; sediment transport modeling of open
channel flow; dam safety - state policy and regulation
assessment, extreme flood event analysis, and outlet
structure hydraulics; urban stormwater management - best
management practices (BMPs), policy and regulation
development, and hydrologic modeling; and soil erosion
and sediment control hydrology.
Professional Experience:
- 37 years on Civil Engineering
Department faculty at the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
- 3 years as Dam Safety Consultant
and Advisor to Executive Office of the President,
Office of Science and Technology Policy,
Washington, D. C.
- 1 year as Chief of Federal Dam
Safety Program (on leave from university),
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA.),
Washington, D. C.
- 3 ½ years as Hydrologist
consultant with U.S. Geological Survey,
Knoxville, Tennessee Branch
- Approximately 1 year as Sanitary
Engineer with the U. S. Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Albuquerque, N. M.
- ½ year as Civil Engineer with the
Engineering Division of White Sands Missile
Range, N. M.
- Dam Safety Consultant and Advisor,
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge,
Tennessee, 1987-96
- Consultant and Expert Witness,
Tennessee Attorney General Office and Tennessee
Department of Transportation, 1975-79
- 3 years as Director, Tennessee
Water Resources Research Center, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville
- 5 years as Senior Consultant to
Environmental Consulting Engineers (P-square
Technologies), Inc., Knoxville
- Dam Safety Consultant to S&ME Inc.,
Consulting Engineers, Arden, N. C. (2000)
- Dam Safety Consultant to Marks Enterprises,
Arden, N. C. (2001-present)
- Senior Research Associate, Tennessee Water Resources
Research Center, Knoxville, TN (2002-present)
- Approximately 40 years as Engineering Consultant
and Expert Witness to several local, regional,
and national engineering firms, industries,
city/state/federal agencies, citizens groups,
private individuals, and attorneys in the areas
of: urban drainage; flooding; rehabililtation, design and failure
of dams; hydraulic and hydrologic engineering;
sediment transport; land erosion; basement and
crawl space water problems; and drowning deaths
at low-head dams, culverts, etc.
Courses Taught:
Undergraduate
Elementary Hydrology
Hydraulics
Senior Design Project
Water Resources Project
(Dam) Design
Urban Stormwater
Engineering
Senior Capstone Design
Water Resources Development
and Management
Field Methods in
Water Resources Engineering (Mini-Term Course
offered in May 1998 between Spring and Summer terms)
Graduate
Open Channel Hydraulics
Floodplain and Urban Flood Management
(Stream) Sediment
Transport
Stormwater Modeling
EnAdvanced Surface Water
Hydraulics
Advanced Stormwater
Modeling
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