Charles Haas

Department Head
LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering

Department Head
LD Betz Professor of Environmental Engineering

Biography

2002-present Head, Department of CIvil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
1991-present Betz Chair Professor of Environmental Engineering, Drexel University
1989-1990 Acting Chairman, Pritzker Department of Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology
1988-1989 Visiting Professor of Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1981-1990 Assistant Professor (1981-83), Associate Professor (1983-87), Professor (1987-90) Illinois Institute of Technology
1978-1981 Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering in the Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, (1979-1981), Acting Director of Environmental Engineering Programs, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1978
MS, Environmental Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1974
BS, Biology, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, 1973

Water treatment, risk assessment, bioterrorism, environmental modeling and statistics, microbiology, environmental health

American Water Works Association, advisor to 2nd Place Academic Achievement Award Winner (Christopher Crockett—PhD dissertation) (2005).
American Water Works Association, Water Science and Research Division, best paper award (“Risk Assessment of Waterborne Coxsackievirus”) (2005).
American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Board Certified Environmental Engineering Member (BCEEM), elected by eminence (2007)
American Society of Civil Engineers, elected Fellow (2010)
International Water Association, elected Fellow (2011)
Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, elected Fellow (inaugural class) (2013)
Society for Risk Analysis, Distinguished Achievement Award (2016)
John Leal Award, American Water Works Association (2017)
Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize (administered by the National Water Research Institute) (2017)

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Haas Featured in Alumni Magazine

Dr. Charles Haas was featured in Illinois Institute of Technology Alumni Magazine.
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Dr. Charles Haas featured on CBS 3 Regarding Recycled Wastewater
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Journal of American Water Works Association does cover story on A.P. Black Award recipient, Dr Charles Haas
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Charles N. Haas Named Clarke Laureate for Microbiological Risk Research

The National Water Research Institute (NWRI) recently recognized Charles Haas with its highest accolade, the 2017 Athalie Richardson Irvine Clarke Prize, for pioneering methods to assess and minimize health risks caused by waterborne pathogens.