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
Research Interests
Water treatment, risk assessment, bioterrorism, environmental modeling and statistics, microbiology, environmental health
Areas of Study
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)