Recent Alumni News:

Robertus W. Triweko Elected as Rector of Universitas Parahyangan, Indonesia

Prof. Robertus W. Triweko, (Ph.D. 1992) was elected as Rector of Universitas Parahyangan, Indonesia with the terms of his office being from 2011 to 2015. The decision was based on various assessments, including evluations from two external consultants: Principia Learning Lab and The Jakarta Consulting Group.

Triweko has a distinguished career in engineering and public service in his country, and his PhD was in WRPM where he analyzed the tough engineering and management issues of the Jakarta water supply.

Dr. David Molden is the New Director General Designate of ICIMOD

It was announced that Dr. David Molden, (M.S. 1982, Ph.D. 1988) has been selected as the new Director General designate of ICIMOD. He will succeed Dr. Andreas Schild, current Director General of ICIMOD, from 1st December 2011. The selection was made by the full Board of Governors of ICIMOD, which met in Kathmandu from 25th to 28th May 2011. Dr. David Molden is a development specialist with more than 30 years of experience in designing, planning, executing, and monitoring programs on water management, livelihoods and environment, and ecosystem services. Dr. Molden was awarded a PhD in Civil Engineering, specializing in groundwater and irrigation.

Christos A. Karavitis is Project Coordinator for Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse in Latin American Context Consortium

Christos A. Karavitis (M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1992) is Project Coordinator for a major consortium of 13 partners from 11 countries entitled Technologies for Water Recycling and Reuse in Latin American Context. The overall objective of the consortium is to assess the potential of various water recycling and reuse technologies, evaluate their social acceptance, provide affordable, efficient and effective solutions for water supply and sanitation in rural and agricultural areas in the context of climate change and water scarcity mitigation. Karavitis is Assistant Professor in the Agricultural University of Athens, Department of Natural Resources Development and Agricultural Engineering. He is also Professor Affiliate in Water Resources Planning and Management here at CSU.

Hal Simpson Appointed to U.S. Administration

On July 5 of this year President Obama appointed Hal Simpson (BS ‘67 and MS ’69), United States Representative to the Rio Grande Compact Commission, a key Administration post. The Rio Grande Compact is an interstate river compact between Colorado, New Mexico and Texas approved by Congress on May 31, 1939.  

Hal has been a consulting engineer in water resources management since retiring from the Colorado Division of Water Resources (DWR) in June 2007 after 34 years of service.  He served as State Engineer at DWR from 1992-2007, where he was responsible for the direction and management of the Division including overseeing distribution and administration of water resources.  As State Engineer he also served as Colorado's commissioner on five interstate compacts, including the Rio Grande Compact Commission.  Prior to being appointed State Engineer, Hal held several other management positions with the DWR, including serving as Deputy State Engineer from 1985-1992.  He is a Diplomate in Water Resources Engineering with the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers and has long been a very active alumnus of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at CSU.  He is currently serving on the Department External Advisory Board.

Dr. Mohamed Yacob al-Sulaiti will lead the ExxonMobil Research Qatar Water Reuse research programme

Dr. Mohamed Yacob al-Sulaiti will lead the ExxonMobil Research Qatar Water Reuse research programme to investigate water treating technologies. The programme will initially focus on the identification and selection of native plant life that can naturally clean industrial water.

Dr al-Sulaiti brings to ExxonMobil Research Qatar a wealth of experience in the area of water resource management. A Ph D in Civil Engineering from Colorado State University, his research focus area was 'Water Resources and Management- Groundwater Modelling'. He has also worked with Kahramaa for seven years after a long career in the Qatari military. He commented: "I am happy that through ExxonMobil I have an opportunity to utilise my research experience in the area of water resource management towards realising Qatar's long term objectives of water-conservation."