Biography

Experience

• 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

Degrees / Education

• 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

Research Areas

• Cyber and Physical Infrastructure
• Health and Medicine

Research Interests

Areas of Study

• Environmental Engineering

Academic Distinctions

• 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)