Sangchul Bang, Professor of Civil Engineering and Dean of the College of Earth Systems; B.S. Seoul National University, Korea; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Davis. Specialty areas include theoretical soil mechanics, numerical modeling, constitutive relationship, soil reinforcement, limiting equilibrium analysis and suction piles.
Thomas A. Fontaine, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Specialty areas include hydrology, rainfall runoff modeling, sediment transport, floods and hydraulics.
M.R. Hansen, Professor of Civil Engineering, B.S., M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ph.D., North Carolina State University. Specialty areas include structures, structural dynamics and high performance concrete.
Scott J. Kenner, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, B.S., M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ph.D., Florida State University. Specialty areas include water resources management from a watershed perspective focusing on surface water quantity and quality.
Melvin L. Klasi, Associate Professor of Civil Engineering; B.S., M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; Ph.D., Iowa State University. Specialty areas include expert and knowledge based systems and finite element methods.
Henry V. Mott, Professor of Civil Engineering, B.S.C.E. South Dakota School of Mines and Technology; M.S.E., Washington State University; and Ph.D., University of Michigan. Specialty areas include theory and design of water and wastewater treatment systems; environmental chemistry; modeling of and parameter evaluation associated with environmental contaminant fate and transport.
Anil K. Patnaik, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, B.S.C.E Regional Engineering College, Rourkela, India, Mtech Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, Ph.D. The University of Calgary, Canada. Specialty areas are structural engineering and design, composite concrete beams, fiber reinforced concrete, steel plate girders, finite element analysis, hollow and tubular steel structural members.
Terje Preber, Professor and Chair of the Civil & Environmental Engineering Department. B.S.E., M.S.C., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin. Specialty areas include swelling of soil, properties of shales and overconsolidated soils, foundation engineering, exploration, soil dynamics, geosynthetics and geofoam and slope stability.
V. Ramakrishnan, Distinguished Professor of Civil Engineering; B.E., D.S.S., University of Madras; D.I.C. (Conc. Tech.), D.I.C. (Hydro-Power), Imperial College of Science and Technology, London; Ph.D., University of London, University College. Specialty areas include all phases of concrete technology.
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