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1930s

Carl Hoffman, B.S. 1930 Civil Engineering, who helped design Hoover Dam and several other Western dams, died in late December 2004. Mr. Hoffman had a 28-year career with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and went on to 30 years of international engineering consulting work, first with the World Bank and later with private engineering firms. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

The Faoro Professorship in Water Resources was filled by Jeff Niemann, Faoro Professor of Water Resources in 2003. The professorship was made possible through a series of gifts made by the late Abraham B. Faoro, B.S. 1932 Civil Engineering, and his wife Jean M. Faoro. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Howard Lane, B.S. 1933 Civil Engineering, passed away on October 9, 2004. After working for the Bureau of Public Roads and the Army Corps of Engineers, Mr. Lane established Lane Engineering Service in Lakewood with his brother. He was president of the Professional Engineers of Colorado, President of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, and Chairman of the Lakewood Planning Commission. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

1940s

Wilber Ingalsbe, B.S. 1940 Civil Engineering, is living in Hollywood, California. Mr. Ingalsbe was founder of Perilter and Ingalsbe in the Los Angeles area, completing mostly large civil projects in that area. Mr. Ingalsbe and his wife, Erma, live in the house that Wilbur built with his own hands in the 1950s. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

We are saddened to report the passing of Colorado State engineering alumnus and noted benefactor Harold Short of Boulder on March 26th. He married Betty Gay Hamnett in 1939. Short graduated in 1940 from Colorado State with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. Following graduation, Harold Short worked briefly for the state of Wyoming, but his work was soon interrupted by World War II. He was commissioned in the 6th Infantry, 51st Field Artillery, and in 1941 he was called to active duty. Short served five years in the U.S. Army, earned the rank of Lieutenant Colonel and received two Bronze Stars and the Purple Heart. In 1953, Short’s aspiration to go into business for himself led to a partnership in Milne Ready Mixed Concrete Inc. in Boulder with James G. Milne. Under Short’s management, the company evolved from a small sand and gravel outfit into Flatiron Companies which included paving, concrete, sand and gravel, and development businesses. Most prominent of their projects was building many of the Glenwood Canyon bridges.

Short and his family have a long history of contributing their time and money to their community. Their generous contributions to Colorado State include the establishment of endowed scholarships in three colleges and land contributions. They made the first major gift to launch the Morgan Library campaign. In 1997, the Shorts made an unprecedented $2 million gift to the engineering and physics campaign. The gift helped to fund the expansion and renovation of the Engineering Building, to create the Harold H. Short Civil Infrastructure Systems Laboratory, and to establish the Infrastructure Chair in the College of Engineering.

Harold Short will be missed by all those who knew his generous spirit. The department offers condolences to Mr. Short’s family. Harold Short is survived by his second wife, Charlotte York Irey Short, and his three children, Kay McDowell, Carol Patten, and Jim Short, and their families. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Ralph Adkins, B.S. 1943 Civil passed away on January 5, 2006. He began his career with the Colorado Fuel & Iron Corp. in 1943, then served as a line officer in the Navy during World War II. He resumed his career at CF&I in 1946, ultimately serving as director of land and water from 1965 until his retirement in 1983. He then had his own consulting firm, Ralph Adkins & Associates. He joined the board of directors of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District in 1973 and in 2002 received its first Distinguished Service Award. In 1997, he won the Wayne S. Aspinall Water Leader of the Year Award. He served on the advisory committee for CSU's College of Engineering Dean's Council and many other committees. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

William M. Simpson, 1946 Civil Engineering graduate, was the 2002 recipient of the Peter Courtois Memorial Award presented by the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA). Bill Simpson’s contribution to the tilt-up industry has spanned half a century. From the formation stages of the site-cast tilt-up medium in the 1940s to its state-of-the-art applications today, Simpson was a trendsetter for his time and pioneered many innovations. Perhaps his most noteworthy contribution to the industry was his chairmanship of the influential Test Report (later known as The Green Book) on the Slender Walls program from 1980-82. The result of the full-scale testing program validated the strength of the tilt-up concrete method. Simpson retired to Poulsbo, Wash., in 1996. (2002 newsletter)

Art Corey, M.S. 1949 Civil has been elected as a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America. Dr. Corey is an emeritus professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. Read more. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

A Distinguished Alumni Athletic Award was presented in April 2005 to Lewis Nelson, B.S. 1949 Civil Engineering. Nelson, who spent 20 years with the Bureau of Reclamation, played a key role in the Big Thompson Canyon project. As a dedicated supporter of the Rams, Nelson created the Lewis J. and Jean Nelson Scholarship Fund with his late wife, Jean, and the Lew and Jean Nelson University Greatest Needs Fund, which has provided funding for many CSU initiatives. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

1950s

Keith Lautenbach, B.S.1950 Civil, stopped by the Colorado State Engineering exhibit at the Western Stock Show with his family—great grandson Aiden, grandson Brian, and daughter Barbara Lautenbach. Now retired, after 35 years as a highway engineer with the Federal Highway Administration, Keith says that he is enjoying making trips to great engineering projects around the world. Over the past three years, he has walked across the Brooklyn Bridge, taken a tram ride through the new bridge and tunnel crossing between Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmo, Sweden, and traveled through the Channel Tunnel connecting England and France. In March, Keith will be sailing through the Panama Canal. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Ron Miller, B.S. 1951 Civil Engineering, passed away on October 22, 2004. He worked oversees with Caterpillar Tractor for many years. In 1969 he became CEO of Hastings Deering, the Caterpillar dealer for Queensland. In 1984, he founded Ron Miller & Associates to assist fellow CEOs, acting as a resource for world-wide best practices in many fields including manufacturing, mining, airlines, railways, and utilities. Mr. Miller became State President of the Australian Institute of Management, followed by a term as the National President of AIM, and later was honored with life membership for his services to the profession of management. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Oliver E. Norris, B.S. 1951 Civil Engineering, is retired and living in Houston, Texas. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Rex Sjostrom, B.S. 1952 Civil, M.S. 1956 Electrical, passed away on May 31, 2006. Sjostrom's professional career spanned nearly 40 years of outstanding engineering and management accomplishment, culminating in his position as director of one of the most technically advanced and highly successful space programs in the United States (24 satellites flown of which nine were launched in a single year--a U.S. record). Accomplishments include design of ground system instrumentation of Titan I and II, design of telecommunications for the OV4-3 satellite, design and management of the telemetry and total electronics of the Viking Mars Lander, the first space craft to operate on the surface of Mars. (Fall 2006 newsletter) Rex Sjostrom received the 2004 College Honor Alumnus Award from the Alumni Association at CSU. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Charles Brown, B.S. 1954 Civil, is semi-retired in Colorado Springs, and enjoying his consulting work. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

An honorary degree was awarded at Spring Commencement 2003 to Walter Scott, B.S. 1954 Civil Engineering. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Ray Chamberlain, Ph.D. 1955 Civil, was awarded the ACEC/CO George Washington Award on April 29, 2005. The award is given to a member for outstanding service to the community, the progress of Colorado, and the advancement of the public image of consulting engineering as a profession. Ray received the first Ph.D. ever awarded by CSU. He was a member of the CSU staff for 24 years. For more than ten of those years he was the President of CSU. He served a term in the role of Chairman, Board of Trustees for the National Center for Atmospheric Research. After being President/CEO of a number of Colorado private companies, Ray became Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Transportation. He devoted more than six years to this role and was elected to the position of President, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Ray spent four years in Washington, D.C. as vice-president-freight policy, American Trucking Associations. He has been awarded two honorary doctorates. Dr. Chamberlain is currently teaching a course at CSU, “Transportation: Its Organization and Future. Chamberlain is Vice-President of Parsons Brinckerhoff, a worldwide engineering consulting firm in transportation and power. (Fall 2003, 2004, 2005 newsletter)

Rollie Moore, B.S. 1955 Civil, is the new president of the Family Service Association of Redlands, California. Moore has been a volunteer for the organization for eight years. The Family Service Association's mission is to alleviate poverty, encourage self-sufficiency, and promote the dignity of all people. For 30 years, Moore served in the U.S. Air Force as a fighter pilot, the wing commander for the 35th Tactical Fighter Wing, and then chief of flight safety at Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino. He retired in 1986.

Ben McCall, B.S. 1956 Civil, lives in Redondo Beach, California. Prior to his retirement, McCall had a long career in the aeronautics industry and worked on the development of the C-17. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

A January 16, 2003 article appeared in the Rocky Mountain News about the late Phillip McOllough, B.S. 1956 Civil Engineering. He was an engineer for the Colorado Highway Department for 35 years and worked on Interstates 25 and 70. Mr. McOllough was the principal engineer on the Eisenhower and Johnson Memorial tunnels. At its peak, 1,140 people were working around the clock six days a week on the projects. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

John Andrews, B.S. 1957 Agricultural Engineering, B.S. 1960 Civil, is a principal with the Larkin Group in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

John Allen Cape, B.S. 1957 Civil, passed away November 25th. John worked with the California State Water Project prior to attending McGeorge School of Law. He retired as Assistant Chief Counsel for DWR in 1987. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Stanley A. Feingold, B.S. 1957 Civil Engineering, now enjoys life as a farmer, after 20 plus years as a civil engineer and over 30 years as an attorney. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

H.S. Negabhushanaiah, M.S. 1958, Ph.D. 1962 Civil, is retired but writing a series of engineering books. He had a distinguished career as an educator in India, serving as professor and head of the department at Regional Engineering College Rourkela, and coordinator of the Water Research Center at the National Institute of Engineering, Mysore. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

1960s

Dr. Henry Liu, M.S. 1963, Ph.D. 1966 Civil Engineering, has published a book, Pipeline Engineering: Fundamentals for the Water and Wastewater Maintenance Operator. Following 35 years of teaching and research at University of Missouri-Columbia, he is Professor Emeritus and serves as president of Freight Pipeline Company. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Dale Heerman, M.S. 1964 and Ph.D. 1968 Agricultural Engineering, was inducted into the Biological Systems Engineering Hall of Fame at the University of Nebraska where he received his bachelor's degree. Heerman was cited for his outstanding contributions in center pivot irrigation systems. His work was incorporated into the USDA NRCS's national toolbox, and both U.S. and International Standards. On May 3, 2005, Heerman retired after more than 41 years of Federal service, 38 of those with the USDA-ARS in Fort Collins. He joined ARS in August 1968 and became Research Leader of the Water Management Unit in 1981. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Archie Lind, B.S. 1964 Civil, is the vice president of aviation in URS Corporation's Denver Tech Center Office.

Darell Zimbelman, B.S. 1964 and M.S. 1966 Civil, has spent most of his career managing water in the familiar landscape of northern Colorado. At Colorado State, Zimbleman jokes that he might have been an electrical engineer were it not for a vacancy on the civil engineering intramural football team that convinced him to change his major. Upon graduation, Zimbelman served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam, where he was awarded both the Army Commendation Medal for Achievement and the Bronze Star. After his time in the army, he worked on a variety of water management issues in the United States and around the world, and in 1981, he obtained a Ph.D. in industrial and management engineering from Arizona State University. In 1983, he began his long and notable career with the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD), a public agency that provides water for agricultural, municipal, domestic, and industrial uses in a 1.6 million acre area in northeastern Colorado. Highlights of Zimbelman’s twenty-three year career with NCWCD include refinancing of the D bonds for the Windy Gap project in 1986, overseeing the design and construction of the nearly 100 miles of pipeline that make up the Southern Water Supply Project, and acting as project manager for the construction of the District’s new 35-acre office complex. On his retirement from his position as the District’s associate general manager, Zimbelman now looks forward to spending more time with her, his two sons, and his six, soon to be seven, grandchildren. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Nani Bhowmik, M.S. 1965, Ph.D. 1968 Civil, has been recognized as a Diplomat of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers at the ASCE for his lifelong contributions in water resources, river mechanics, sediment transport, and other related fields. He was awarded this recognition at the annual meeting of the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of ASCE in Anchorage, Alaska held in May, 2005. Dr. Bhowmik presently holds the position of principal scientist emeritus at the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

James E. Caffey, Ph.D. 1965, retired from the City of Arlington, Texas, in
May 2001 and has reopened his consulting business in that city. (2002 newsletter)

Tom Taylor, B.S. 1965 Civil, is vice president of Lunar Transportation Systems, Inc. (LTS) in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

At a workshop entitled "Preparing for the Environmental, Political, Cultural, Economic and Other Implications of Energy Development in Indian Country," Bill Lorah, M.S. 1966 Civil, spoke on the boom and bust of oil shale development in Colorado. Lorah is a senior consultant at WWE's office in Glenwood Springs. Lorah is currently working on water rights work for planned development in Granby. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

In 2002, the College of Engineering awarded David McWhorter, M.S. 1966 Civil Engineering, Ph.D. 1971 Agricultural Engineering, the Engineering Honor Alumnus Award. During his 30-plus years at Colorado State, Dr. McWhorter served as adviser for M.S. and Ph.D. students and served his department through teaching, administration, and committee work. He is a world-renowned expert in contaminant transport in soil and groundwater, with a patent on disposal of spent oil shale and other materials. (2002 newsletter)

The civil engineering department has a long history of international involvement, and a tradition of raising the standard of living in developing countries by creating technical universities or providing engineering solutions. The department is proud of the many alumni and faculty who have engineered global solutions. One of these distinguished alumni recently visited Colorado State and shared his experiences. During his 28-year career with the World Bank, Dr. Daud Ahmad (M.S. 1967 and Ph.D. 1970 Civil) circled the world many times on assignments in the Caribbean, East Africa, South Korea and China. Dr. Ahmad retired from the World Bank in 2000 and has been doing consulting work overseas ever since.

He is Technical Auditor for the Roads Maintenance Program for the government of Laos, and was a member of the government’s advisory group overseeing the new development plan in Afghanistan in 2003-2004. Dr. Ahmad has had a satisfying and successful career, and credits Colorado State for his ability to move from water resources to transport operations and urban development, and from basic engineering into management of global-scale projects. “You look back, and what you learn in an institution is the capacity to cope with the challenges in life. And I think that’s what I learned from CSU.” (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Trevor Dickinson, Ph.D. 1967 Civil, is Professor Emeritus, Water Resources Engineering, at the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada.

The 2002 Stockholm Water Prize was given to Ignacio Rodriguez-Iturbe, Ph.D. 1967 Civil Engineering. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

In January, Professor Tissa Illangasekare, Ph.D. 1968 Civil, of the Colorado School of Mines, was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) for 2006. He was among 449 members selected for their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications. AAAS is considered the world’s largest federation of scientists. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Ben Urbonas, M.S. 1968 Civil, has been working on the Big Dry Creek outfall study for the Urban Drainage and Flood Control District. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Dr. James van Hoften, M.S. 1968, Ph.D. 1976 Civil Engineering, has been elected an AIAA Fellow. Selection of Fellows is limited to those who have distinguished themselves in the field of aerospace and who show strong potential for leadership. Dr. van Hoften is a senior vice president and general manager of global aviation for the Bechtel Group. Van Hoften joined Bechtel in 1986 from NASA, where in 1984, he became the first civil engineer to fly on the space shuttle.

R.D. (Bob) von Bernuth, B.S. 1968 Agricultural Engineering, is the director of the School of Planning, Design, and Construction at Michigan State University.

Phil Burgi, M.S. 1969 Civil Engineering, penned an article in the Summer 2004 issue of EWRI Currents. The article, “Is This What Retirement Looks Like?,” chronicled his trip to the Ecuadorian jungle working with a volunteer team on a clean water project and then being flown to a jungle base hospital after a fall left him with several breaks to his right femur. The article can be read at www.ewrinstitute.org/currents/0804/retirement.html. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Robert H. Janowski, B.S. 1969, M.S. 1970 Civil Engineering, is the Chief Programme Officer of the London Underground. He is responsible for ₤153 million in construction per month and oversees contractors. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Baum K. Lee, M.S. 1969, Ph.D. 1973 Civil Engineering, received the 2002 Hans Albert Einstein Award for his worldwide reputation and outstanding accomplishments as a practitioner in the field of sedimentation engineering. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Jaime Saldarriaga, Ph.D. 1969 Civil Engineering, is retiring from consulting in water and energy utilities regulation in Columbia. He visited CSU and the Department in the fall while visiting family in Colorado. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Bob Williams, B.S. 1969 Civil, has started a consulting firm, Williams Engineering LLC, in Gunnison, Colorado. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

1970s

John R. Eckhardt, B.S. 1970, M.S. 1976, Ph.D. 1991 Civil, is the executive program manager at IID/SDCWA Transfer, the largest ag to urban water transfer in the United States.

Karl Dreher, B.S. 1971, M.S. 1973 Civil Engineering, has been serving as the Director of the Idaho Department of Water Resources since May 1995. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Alan Lindskog, B.S. 1971 Civil, is principal with Civil Engineering Consultants in San Antonio, Texas. The company specializes in public works, development, surveying and transportaion.

Larry A. Rundquist, M.S. 1971, Ph.D. 1975 Civil, development and operations hydrologist at NOAA's Alaska-Pacific River Forecast Center, was the 2005 recipient of the Max A. Kohler Award. This award is presented annually to recognize individuals for sustained superior performance and distinguished accomplishments of NOAA's National Weather Service hydrology program.

Jose Sanabria, M.S. 1971 Civil Engineering, owns a company and also teaches graduate courses in rivers, drainage, and sedimentation in Venezuela. His company focuses on work involving flood plains, scour, channel design, river training, and urban drainage. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Paul Beebe, Ph.D. 1972 Civil, has retired after 32 years with General Motors, where he worked on vehicle aerodynamic development and management of resources in that field. Since retiring, Paul and his wife Judith have enjoyed traveling and Paul has been able to focus on his much-neglected fishing habit and has been riding his first-ever motorcycle. He reports that all is well in Michigan. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

At the Annual Meeting of the American Council of Engineering of Colorado, several CSU alumni were recognized. David Frazier, B.S. 1972 Civil Engineering, received the Committee Chair of the Year Award. Frazier is Vice President at Merrick & Company in Denver. (Fall 2004 newsletter) Frazier was selected resident of the Colorado Chapter of American Public Works Association (APWA). His company received two awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Gary L. Lewis, Ph.D. 1972 Civil Engineering, is a Senior Water Resources Engineer at Parsons in Denver. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Jamie Millan, Ph.D. 1972 Civil, presented a lecture, "Developing Hydro Power in Latin America: Potential Challenges and Contributions of Analytical Tools," on October 30, 2006 at Colorado State. The presentation was part of a Distinguished Lecture Series. Dr. Millan was principal energy economist at the Sustainable Development Department when he retired from the Inter-American Development Bank in late 2005 after 23.5 years of service. At present he serves on the board of directors of XM, the operator of the electricity market in Columbia, and works as a private consultant in energy issues. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Jean Rousselle, Ph.D. 1972 Civil, published a new book: Hydrologie, with co-authors Francois Anctil and Nicolas Lauzon.

Rick George, B.S. 1973, Civil Engineering. When Rick George graduated from Colorado State in 1973, he had already spent time working in the oil patches in eastern Colorado and knew the career path he wanted to take. His career began with Sun Company Inc. where he held various positions, and then in 1991, he accepted his current position as president and CEO of Suncor Energy, the company that pioneered commercial oil sands production. Under Mr. George’s leadership, Suncor’s output has more than tripled and production costs have declined significantly.

The company is now strategi­cally focused on developing one of the world’s largest petroleum resource basins: Canada’s Athabasca oil sands. In 2002, the company officially launched its first wind power project in partnership with Enbridge Inc. In a March 3 presentation to CSU civil engineering students, Rick shared his vision of reducing the environmental footprint while meeting a growing demand for energy throughout the world. Rick advised CSU students to start with the job they will love to do for the next 20 years and make that into a career; to work to find creative solutions; and to travel and stay informed about international events. Rick George has proven that doing what you love, striving to make a difference in the world and taking risks is indeed an excellent path to follow. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Vijay Gopu, M.S. 1973, Ph.D. 1975 Civil, is the department chair of Civil Engineering at Tulane University in New Orleans. He reports that all his faculty are well and safe after Hurricane Katrina. He hopes that the University will be up and running again for the spring semester of 2006. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Mark Haynes, B.S. 1973 Civil, is with the Safety of Dams Program at the Colorado Division of Water Resources in Denver. (Fall 2005 newsletter) Haynes gave a presentation on January 11th for the Northern Colorado branch of the ASCE, of the revised Dam Safety Regulations that were scheduled to go into effect early this year. Mark is chief of the Safety of Dams Program for the State Engineer’s office and the Colorado Division of Water Resources. (Fall 2007 newsletter)

William O. King, B.S. 1973 Civil Engineering, is the lead mechanical engineer at S&B Engineers & Constructors, Ltd., in Houston. King has been living in Houston since 1976 and has three children and three grandchildren. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Scott S. Lynn, B.S. 1973, Civil Engineering received the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award from the Department of Civil Engineering on Saturday, April 17, 2004. Mr. Lynn is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Atkinson Construction, LLC, a heavy and highway construction company serving the United States markets. Previously, he was the President and Chief Executive of Flatiron Structures Company and FCI Constructors, a heavy and highway construction firm active in the US market and the Caribbean. Lynn supervised revenue growth at Flatiron from $5 million in 1982 to approximately $400 million in 2002. After graduating from Colorado State University, he completed an M.S. in Civil Engineering and an MBA at Stanford University. He has served on numerous non-profit boards, and is currently an advisor to Leaders Challenge, a leadership training program for high school seniors in Colorado. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Bruce Meaker, B.S. 1973 Civil Engineering, is working for the Snohomish County Public Utility District in Everett, Washington. Aside from being a great dad, he is currently the senior manager of regulatory affairs leading the relicensing of the 112 MW Jackson Hydroelectric Project. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Professor Marvin Stone, B.S. 1973 Agricultural Engineering, M.S. 1977 Agricultural and Chemical Engineering, was recognized as the recipient of the 2005 Oklahoma State Eminent Faculty Award, the highest distinction given to a faculty member by the University. BAE professor and head at OSU, Ron Elliot, Ph.D. 1981 Agricultural Engineering, made remarks, saying, "Dr. Stone excels in all the academic areas he works in--teaching, research, and service....Marvin Stone is a superb researcher who has demonstrated a consistent and exemplary record of creative accomplishments during his 20-year-plus career at OSU."

Eric Wilkinson, B.S. 1973, Civil Engineering, received the 2007 College of Engineering Honor Alumnus Award on February 10. The awards program recognizes CSU alumni who have distinguished themselves professionally, brought honor to the University, and made significant contributions of time and/or philanthropy to the University or their community. Eric is general manager of the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District (NCWCD) and has been a superior leader in the field of water conservation and management, and a tireless proponent of water conservation efforts throughout the state of Colorado. Mr. Wilkinson has expertly guided the District through a number of formidable challenges including a prolonged drought, litigation, a major Safety of Dams modernization, and a number of infrastructure projects. At the same time, he has found time to present lectures to CSU engineering students and has consulted with CSU Cooperative Extension to develop class curriculum. Mr. Wilkinson is a member of numerous committees and boards, including the Colorado Water Congress, the Platte River Project, Colorado River Advisory Council, Colorado Water Conservation Board, the West Foundation, South Platte Water Related Activities Project (SPWRAP), and South Platte Basin Roundtable Interbasin Compact Committee. In March of 2000, the governor of Colorado appointed Mr. Wilkinson the South Platte Basin representative on the Colorado Water Conservation Board. In 2004, he won the General Palmer Award, given annually to the outstanding engineer in industry, from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Mike Applegate, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, has a consulting firm, Applegate Group, Inc. The company has Denver and Loveland offices, and works in all aspects of civil engineering. Mike and his wife Chris have two daughters. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

The president of Lake Mead Membrane Water Treatment Plant is Richard P. Arber, M.S. 1974, Civil Engineering. (Spring 2006 newsletter) The City of La Junta’s New Water Treatment Plant and Denver Water’s New Water Reuse Facility were both honored by the American Council of Engineering Companies at the 2005 Engineering Excellence Awards Competition in November. Richard  P. Arber Associates in Denver provided design services for both of the projects. La Junta’s new water treatment facility produces 6.6 million gallons per day of water, making it the second largest reverse osmosis system in the state. The Denver Water Reuse facility supplies over 17,000 acre-feet of recycled water per year to both irrigation and industrial customers, and it is the largest water reuse plant in Colorado, capable of producing 30 million gallons per day. Richard P. Arber, M.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, serves as president of the company, which was named one of the “2004 Top 50 Firms to Work For” by CE News. (Spring 2005 newslettter)

Rich Asahi, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is currently on assignment as Program Manager for Washington Group International (formerly Morrison Knudsen). This five-year project is with the Department of the Navy at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and is a Job Order Contract for facility renovation, repair, utilities, and new construction for all naval installations in Hawaii. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Steve Bagley, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is the Deputy City Engineer for the City of Greeley. He has worked in the Public Works Department since 1984. Steve is the NSPE National Vice President for the Professional Engineers in Government (PEG) Practice Division. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Rich Brenner, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, has been working for U.S. Sublimation which sells an ink dying process. The company recently sold, and he is looking for his next opportunity. Rich and Kathy have two children, a daughter and a son. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Robert Cardenas, B.S. 1974, M.S. 1979 Civil Engineering, is living in Framingham, Massachusetts, and works for Foster-Miller, Inc.. Foster-Miller's core business is Research and Development for the Department of Defense. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Clement Dang, B.S. 1974, M.S. 1976 Civil Engineering, works for the Department of Navy at Pearl Harbor. He moved from taking care of waste water treatment to blowing up bombs on the largest UXO clearance project in the world at the Hawaiian island of Kaho'olawe. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Janet Ingles Tsuchiya, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, lives in the California Bay area. Janet has two daughters and has been learning to teach English as a second language. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Ed Jones, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is Executive Vice President of a natural gas exploration, development and production company in Texas, Aurora Gas, LLC. The company is focused on development in the Cook Inlet Basin of Alaska. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

President of Synergetics, Inc., Rajiv Mehta, M.S. 1974 Civil, received the 2006 U.S. Department of Agriculture Group Honor Award on behalf of his company. (Fall 2007 newsletter)

Mike Munekiyo, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, and a business partner own a 10-person consulting company, Munekiyo & Hiraga, Inc. They do land use feasibility, regulatory permitting and community relations work. Mike, his wife Lori, and their two daughters live in Wailuku, Hawaii. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Steve Nikkel, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is the Plant Manager for Vulcan Chemical in Wichita. Steve and wife Kris have a daughter and son and a new grandson. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Russ Noblett, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, retired from Colorado Interstate Gas and has three daughters. He is currently involved in vintage car racing and has recently acquired a 1959 Austin Healy Bugeye Sprite race car. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

James Norris, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is working at Tutor-Saliba Corporation in Sylmar, California. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Jim Pankonin, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, lives in the Denver area and is Engineering Division Manager for Arapahoe County. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Doug Perks, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Eclipse Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of products and systems for industrial heating and drying applications. He is also the director for three not-for-profit associations and owner of Perks Ranch. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Dennis Petrie, B.S. 1974 Civil, is in planning and analysis with ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in Texas.

Wayne Preskar, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is working for the New Mexico Department of Transportation. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Matt Sakurada, B.S. 1974 Civil Engineering, is the President of EmPower Resources, Inc. in North Carolina. Matt is developing energy projects and consulting for small businesses. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Vijay P. Singh, Ph.D. 1974 Civil Engineering, received the 2002 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award in recognition of his leadership and exceptional research contributions. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Gary Thomas, B.S. 1974 Civil, was promoted to president of Martin/Martin, Inc. In addition, his company received an award for structural engineering design from the American Council of Engineering Companies of Colorado. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Walter Trimmer, B.S. 1974 and M.S. 1975 Civil, and Ph.D. 1984 Agricultural Engineering, developed a product called the Weir Tracker (flow volume integrator) and a venturi meter for irrigation pipelines. He still makes the products and also does consulting work on irrigation systems, electronic water monitoring systems, as well as water rights and other civil engineering work. (Fall 2004 newsletter) Walt is consulting as well as teaching in the civil and construction engineering program at Oregon State University in Corvallis. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Steve Gerber, B.S. 1975 Civil, is a senior project manager at HKM Engineering, Inc., in Lander, Wyoming.

Tahir A. Malik, M.S. 1975 Civil Engineering, is currently the Country Manager for Montgomery Watson Harza in Pakistan. Previously Mr. Malik was Chief Engineer in the Irrigations and Power Department for the Government of Punjab and Chief Engineer Advisor/Chairman of the Federal Flood Commission for the Government of Pakistan, and has been awarded the highest service grade available in Pakistan. In response to an article in the Civil Engineering Fall 2004 newsletter regarding the passing of Professor Koloseus, Mr. Malik wrote: “Professor Koloseus taught us Open Channel Hydraulics. He was a great teacher who had full command over his subject. He made the concepts of Open Channel Flow so clear that I have always remained confident about this subject during the subsequent 29 years of my professional career.” (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Thomas Trout, M.S. 1975, Ph.D. 1979 Agricultural Engineering, is the research leader of the USDA-ARS Water Management Research Unit in Fort Collins. He replaced Dale Heerman, M.S. 1964, Ph.D. 1968, Agricultural Engineering, who retired after 38 years with USDA-ARS. Dr. Trout was previously a research leader at Fresno/Parlier, California, where a key program of that group was to find alternatives to soil fumigation with methyl bromide, which was being phased out under international treaty. As a result, a soil fumigation application through drip irrigation systems is currently the primary alternative being used by California's strawberry industry. This effort won several national awards including the White House Closing the Circle award, the USDA Secretary's Honor Award, the EPA Stratospheric Ozone Protection Award and the ARS Technology Transfer Award.

Dr. Robert E. Akins, Ph.D. 1976 Civil Engineering, died of cancer on November 3, 2004. Dr. Akins was the Robert Lee Telford Professor of Physics and Engineering at Washington and Lee University, serving on the faculty there for 20 years. He was an expert on the effects and use of wind, as well as an influential community leader. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Lloyd Gronning, M.S. 1976 Civil, is the program manager for Parson's work for the Southern Nevada Water Authority. Currently they have several billion dollars of projects in planning, about $750 million in design, and about $250 million in construction. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Sheng-Yen Hsieh, M.S. 1976 Civil, is the director of the Water Resources Planning and Research Institute in Taiwan. He visited Colorado State in November of 2005 with a Taiwan delegation to continue collaborative opportunity discussions.

Jerson Kelman, Ph.D. 1976 Civil Engineering, and Francisco Gomide, Ph.D. 1975 Civil Engineering, were recently at a meeting hosted by former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso. Kelman is currently the Director General of the National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) and Gomide was formerly Brazil’s Minister of Energy. (Spring 2005 newsletter) Kelman was a Monfort Professor-In-Residence in March 2004 at Colorado State. During his visit to the University he also delivered a Borland Lecture on Applied Stochastic Hydrology at the 24th Annual Hydrology Days. (Fall 2004 newsletter) In 2003 the inaugural edition of the Hassan II Great World Water Prize was presented to Dr. Kelman for his contribution to the river basin restoration program to develop policies and institutional arrangements in the field of irrigation, hydro-power, water and sanitation.

William Linfield, B.S. 1976 Civil, is the public works director for Silverthorne, Colorado. His wife, Sherry, is a 1980 alumna in home economics. Williams enjoys trail running and mountain climbing. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Carlos Rodrìguez-Amaya, Ph.D. 1976 Civil Engineering, has been working on the navigability project for the Meta River to the southeast of Bogotá, acting as project director as well as the hydrology and hydraulic specialist. The project includes geology, geomorphology and environmental aspects, as well as field work. Victor Ponce, M.S. 1970, Ph.D. 1976 Civil Engineering, is also collaborating on the project. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Eric Carleton, B.S. 1977 Civil Engineering, was awarded the Ameri­can Society for Testing Materials (ASTM) Award of Merit. This award, with its accompanying honorary title of Fellow, is the highest Society award granted to an individual member for distinguished service and outstanding participation in ASTM technical committee activities. His work in developing and advancing standards to be of maximum value to the consumer, and the engineering and design professions was specifically noted. Carleton is a corporate engineer with Independent Concrete Pipe Company in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Ed Goodman, B.S. 1977 Civil, is the director of marketing and and strategic planning at TST, Inc. Consulting Engineers in Fort Collins.

S. Janakiram, M.S. 1977 Civil Engineering, works in rural develop­ment for World Bank in Washington D.C. He designs and implements rural information systems and works on income generation activities in conflict-affected areas. He recently completed a successful operation in Russia. He is also an executive member of World Bank’s Sustainable Agricultural Systems Knowledge and Institutions (SASKI) thematic group. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Larry Warner, B.S. 1977 Civil, retired from his state engineering job to work for Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas. Warner was the head of the T-REX project since 1999 and was with the Colorado Department of Transportation for 28 years. Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas is part of the consulting team working on the FasTracks rapid transit program. (2006) The Colorado Performance Excellence (CPEx) program awarded the Timblerline Award to the Transportation Expansion (T-REX) Program in 2004. The Timberline was awarded after the project was evaluated on key management processes including project direction, quality audit program, project controls, public information, contract change control and partnering. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Margaret A. (Peggy) Catlin, B.S. 1978 Civil Engineering, has been named winner of the 2002 Woman of the Year Award by the Colorado Women in Transportation Seminar. Catlin is the deputy executive director of the Colorado Department of Transportation, where she is responsible for day-to-day management, operation and overall strategic direction of the agency and its 3,100 employees. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Martin Farber, M.S. 1978 Civil, is a senior engineer with the Department of Utilities in Sacremento, California.

A. Ghaheri, M.S. 1978, Ph.D. 1983 Civil Engineering, is the head of the Civil Engineering Department at Iran University of Science and Technology. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Tissa Illangasekare, Ph.D. 1978 Civil, is the AMAX Distinguished Chair at the Colorado School of Mines. He made a presentation at Hydrology Days 2006, "From Laboratory to Field, Intermediate Scale Testing, a Necessary Step."

Dr. Ahsan Kareem, Ph.D. 1978 Civil Engineering, chair of the Uni­versity of Notre Dame’s Department of Civil Engineering, specializes in probabilistic structural dynamics, fluid-structure interactions, structural safety and mitigation of natural hazards. His research focuses on the environmental loads of wind, waves and earthquakes on structures, the associated dynamic behavior of the structures and risk management. (Fall 2003 newsletter) Dr. Kareem, Ph.D. 1978 Civil Engineering, was the first recipient of the ASCE Jack E. Cermak Medal in 2003. Dr. Kareem is currently a professor at the University of Notre Dame. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Greg Peters, M.S. 1978 Civil, is a reservoir engineering manager with ExxonMobil Development Company. Greg has a son currently studying mechanical engineering at Colorado State. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Chief of the NASA astronaut office, Kent Rominger, B.S. 1978 Civil, has resigned his position and was named vice president of advanced systems for Alliant Techsystems, Inc. and will be based in Magna, Utah. Rominger logged in over 1,600 hours in space, flying as pilot of STS-73 (1995), and STS-80 (1996), and STS-85 (1997), and was crew commander on STS-96 (1999) and STS-100 (2001). Rominger's missions included two shuttle flights to the International Space Station. Rominger also flew on both the longest and second longest shuttle missions in history. (Fall 2006 newsletter) In 2002, NASA astronaut Kent Rominger, B.S. 1978 Civil Engineering and M.S. 1987 U.S. Naval Postgraduate School received the William E. Morgan Award. Rominger has been commander and pilot on five NASA shuttle missions and has served in a variety of technical assignments in support of NASA’s successful Space Shuttle and Space Station Programs. (2002 newsletter)

Carlos Tucci, Ph.D. 1978 Civil Engineering, has been appointed man­ager of a new Brazil water research fund. Dr. Tucci is a professor at the Institute of Hydraulic Research (IPH) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Abdallah S. Bazaraa, Ph.D. 1979 Civil Engineering, has been appointed as the Head of the Department of Irrigation and Hydraulics at the Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. Dr. Bazaraa is also the coordinator of the Shared Water Resources Diploma Program at Cairo University, an interdisciplinary program established in 1998. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Michael J. Moodie, M.S. 1979 Agricultural Engineering, has been designing the electrical distribution, and synchronizing and load sharing for over 50 MW of turbine-generators for a future ship. Michael is a Project Engineer for Northrop Grumman in Virginia. He has a daughter in college and a son in high school. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Ginger Evans, M.S. 1979 Civil Engineering, was recently hired as Senior Vice President for the Aviation Division. Ms. Evans comes to Parsons after ten successful years with a professional services firm where she managed their aviation business. She will lead Parsons' Aviation Division starting in 2008.

1980s

Anibal Alarcon, M.S. 1980 Civil Engineering, is the President of Ambi­oConsult, a Venezuelan environmental consulting firm. He married Marysabel Smith, also a graduate of CSU, and they have three sons. Mr. Alarcon is a former member of the National Committee for Environmental Regulations, former leader of the “Responsible Care Program” for the chemical industry in Venezuela, former professor at Simon Bolivar University, and an advisor for environmental affairs for the National Federation of Chambers in Venezuela. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Professor Mohammed Y. Al-Ani, M.S. 1980, Ph.D. 1984 Civil Engineering, is now Vice President for Higher Studies and Scientific Research at Al-Mustansyria University in Baghdad. (Spring 2004 newsletter) He started the Environmental Engineering Department there in 1994 and was the department head. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Rick Dennison, B.S. 1980, became the Denver Broncos’ offensive line coach in July 2001. (2002 newsletter)

On August 10, 2006, Kenneth A. Lovelace, M.S. 1980 Civil, passed away. Ken worked for the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company in Anchorage, Alaska. From 1989-1991 he served in the Peace Corps in Morocco. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Professor Yoji Shimazaki, Ph.D. 1980 Civil Engineering, gave a seminar titled, “Damping Effects of Tuned Rotary-Mass Damper on the Vibration of a Lighting Pole” at Colorado State University on September 3, 2003. Dr. Shimazaki is currently Professor and Chair of Civil Engineering at Tokai University, Japan. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Thomas Anzia, B.S. 1981 Civil, is the project manager for the North I-25 Environmental Impact Statement being completed for the Colorado Department of Transportation. The project is evaluating tranist and highway improvements for the I-25 corridor from Denver to Fort Collins. Tom recently visited the Civil Engineering Principles I class to discuss his work. Tom is a principal at Felsburg Holt & Ullevig in Centennial, Colorado. The CDOT project manager for the North I-25 project is Dave Martinez, a fellow 1981 civil engineering graduate. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Ronald L. Elliott, Ph.D. 1981 Agricultural Engineering, was named a Fellow of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

James A Klang, B.S. 1981 Civil Engineering, has over 20 years experience in water quality and watershed management. Prior to joining K&A, Mr Klang was the lead Engineer at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) TMDL program. He was the technical lead for the Minnesota River Summer Low Flow DO TMDL and co-authored the Low Dissolved Oxygen TMDL Protocol at the MPCA.

Alan Leak, B.S. 1981 Civil Engineering is the president of WRC Engineering Inc., in Denver. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Deborah Brink, B.S. 1982, M.S. 1984 Civil Engineering, is the deputy executive director for Water for People in Denver. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Rick Dorris, B.S. 1982 Civil Engineering, is a development engineer for the City of Grand Junction, Colorado. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Ramon Gomez-Ferrer, M.S. 1982 Civil Engineering, was appointed Director General of the Valencia Port Authority. The Spanish port of Valencia is important to international trade and has been chosen to host the 2007 America Cup.

Mark A McLean, P.E.,, B.S. 1982 Civil Engineering, Mr. McLean has 20 years of experience in civil engineering focusing on water resources and water rights. Mr. McLean has performed as Project Engineer and Project Manager on many water resources projects for private and governmental entities. He was instrumental in the development of an Arkansas River model (ARKMOD) for the Board of Water Works of Pueblo, Colorado. ARKMOD has been used extensively for Pueblo in its raw water planning, water rights acquisitions, and raw water facility development.

Kathleen Hancock, B.S. 1982 Civil Engineering, is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Center for Geospatial Information Technology at Virginia Tech in Alexandria. Her research interests include the application of spatial analysis and geographic information systems and intelligent mapping for engineering problem solving; freight planning; and highway safety. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Kurt Rollin, B.S. 1982 Civil Engineering, is a project manager and associate at Tetra Tech RMC in Longmont, Colorado. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Dr. Riad Elhaj, M.S. 1983, Ph.D. 1985 Civil Engineering, is the assistant vice president of training for Consolidated Contractors Company, one of the largest international con­struction and engineering companies The company’s project types include office buildings, petrochemical plants, waste water treatment facili­ties, and road and highway projects. (Spring 2006 newsletter) Dr. Elhaj was featured by FM Magazine (Facilities Management Magazine), in an article entitled “Follow My Leader.” Elhaj, assistant vice president of Consolidated Contractors International Company, has created a Leadership Training Program and he gives seminars and workshops on various aspects of leadership. He has conducted seminars for nearly 2,000 employees from training zones in Qatar, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Africa, Asia, United Arab Emirates, and Oman. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Paul Grover, M.S. 1983 Civil Engineering, works for the consulting engineering firm AMEC in Calgary, Alberta. Most of his time is spent working on water related aspects of oil sands projects in northern Alberta. He misses the warmer temperatures at Colorado’s ski areas! (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Luiz Alberto Küster, M.S. 1983 Civil Engineering, is a member of the Board of Directors and Sales Officer of the joint venture between GE and Inepar, a Brazilian industrial group. GE Hydro Inepar is responsible for equipment production and supply for hydropower generation on large Brazil­ian projects such as Tucuruí II (4.000 MW), Campos Novos (880 MW), Itiquira (156 MW), and Ponte de Pedra (176 MW), among others. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Maria Patton-Mallory, M.S. 1983 and Ph.D. 1996 Civil, is the USDA Forest Service's national biomass and bioenergy coordinator. She is also a science and technology fellow assigned to the U.S. Senate. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Robert C. Tedrick, B.S. 1983 and M.S. 1986, Civil, is with the Corps of Engineers, Pacific Ocean Division in the Alaska District. He is currently doing some marine concrete specification. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Metin Arslan, M.S. 1984, Ph.D. 1993 Civil Engineering, is a board member of Türk Telecom, where he is advising on the forthcoming privatiza­tion of telecommunications in Turkey. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

William Bellamy, Ph.D. 1984 Civil Engineering, was inducted into the University of Wyoming College of Engineering Hall of Fame in fall 2005. His career in environmental engineer­ing includes working with Texaco and CH2M HILL where he is currently a senior vice president, directing global water technologies. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Peter Brothers, Ph.D. 1984 Civil, is the Dean of Engineering at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. (Fall 2005)

Lisa Goodbee, B.S. 1984 Civil, and her engineering firm, Goodbee and Associates Inc., was featured in the March 27, 2006 issue of the Rocky Mountain News. Goodbee's 13-employee business, has been involved in nearly every major transportation project underway in the Denver area and all of her employees are former corporate engineers who now telecommute in order to spend time with their families. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Dr. Elizabeth Jones, B.S. 1984 Civil Engineering, is an assistant professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Peter Kiewit Institute and lab director for their new I-Cubed laboratory. The Intelligent Transportation Systems Information and Infrastructure Laboratory provides a research-intensive educational environment for students and faculty, supporting basic research in traffic flow theory, human factors, communications, and computer/machine image processing. Major equipment in the lab includes an Autoscope Solo Pro system for traffic control and monitoring, NEMA and 170 traffic controllers, global positioning satellite systems, a mobile traffic data collection van with Autoscope Solo Pro cameras mounted on a 42-foot extend­able mast and a trailer for communication of video and data over an 802.11b network with a range of over 5 miles. More information about Dr. Jones and the I-Cubed Lab can be found at http://www.i3lab.unomaha.edu. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

David Nettles, M.S. 1984 Agricultural Engineering, is assistant division engineer with the Division of Water Resources in Greeley, Colorado. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

José Amundaray, B.S. 1985 Civil Engineering, received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering with emphasis in Geotechnical Engineering at Purdue University in 1994. He now owns a consulting comapny and teaches at the Universidad Simón Bolívar in Caracas, Venezuela. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Jeffery P. Bauman, M.S. 1985 Civil Engineering, was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer of Williams Environmental Services, Inc., Stone Mountain, Georgia in December 2003. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Van E. Komurka, M.S. 1985 Civil Engineering, was recently named treasurer for the Wisconsin section of the American Society of Civil Engineers for 2004. He currently works in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, at Wagner Komurka Geotechnical Group, Inc., of which he is one of the founders. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Kent Mao M.S. 1985 and Ph.D. 1990 Civil , was featured in the Snohomish County Business Journal in a May 2006 article titled "The China Connection." Dr. Mao met with China's president Hu Jintao. Founder, chairman, and CEO of North America Industrial Investment Co. Ltd., in Seattle, Mao specializes in fostering international trade. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

José A. Raynal-Villaseñor, Ph.D. 1985 Civil Engineering, is a Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at the Universidad de las Américas, Puebla, Mexico. (Spring 2005 newsletter) Raynal was elected to Mexico´s Academy of Sciences in 2002. He is a member of Mexico´s Academy of Engineering since 1985 and is the Head of the Department of Civil Engineering at the Universidad de las Américas-Puebla in Mexico. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Henry H. Smith, Ph.D. 1985 Civil, is Vice Provost for Research and Public Service at the University of the Virgin Islands. (Fall 2005)

Leighton Cochran, M.S. 1986 Ph.D. 1992 Civil Engineering, is senior associate with CPP Inc., wind engineering and airflow consultants, in Fort Collins. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Scott Crail B.S. 1986 Agricultural Engineering, is a vice president with Delphi Control Systems, Inc., in Pomona, California. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Luc Janin, Ph.D. 1986 Civil Engineering, can identify with CSU’s “Knowledge to Go Places” motto. Several years after Janin left Colorado State, he joined a European management consultancy firm, based in Paris, to work on a future fighter-aircraft project, for what he thought would be a six month assignment before returning to Scripps; against all odds he stayed there to get involved in Strategy consulting, and become the Director of Innovation and Strategic Marketing. At the end of 1998, he accepted a position in the French office of PDI, a global leader in helping multinationals improve their performance and achieve strategic results through people. He took over their Strategic Performance Modeling practice area for Europe. A year later they asked him to take over the French activities as Managing Director; and in 2002, nominated him Vice President, Deputy Managing Director for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) thus responsible for co-leading the effort to develop the EMEA market. As a consultant, Janin leads large PDI assignments, helping clients define competencies that support future strategies. When not working abroad, he lives in Paris with his wife Pat, and their two sons. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Dr. Simon Lorentz, M.S. 1986, Ph.D. 1995 Agricultural Engineering, is a professor of Process Hydrology in the School of Bioresources Engineering and Environmental Hydrology at the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. On April 14, 2005, Dr. Lorentz gave a seminar at Colorado State entitled Process Hydrology Research in South Africa with an Emphasis on Quantifying Low Flows. (Fall 2005)

Margaret Matter, M.S. 1986 Agricultural Engineering, made a Hydrology Days 2006 presentation in the Climate and Hydrology session with Drs. Luis Garcia and Darrell Fontane. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Peter G. McCornick, MS 1986, Ph.D. 1989 Agricultural Engineering, was recently appointed as the director of the Asia region for the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). He, his wife Miriam (Social Work, 1999) and daughter, Mak’da, relocated to New Delhi, India in August. Their son, Sean, is studying at the University of South Carolina. Prior to this relo­cation, Peter was based in Washington D.C. as a seconder from IWMI to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Sue Morea, M.S. 1986 Civil Engineering, is project manager on the $2.7 million Statewide Water Supply Initiative (SWSI) Project. The overall objective of the project is to help Colorado maintain an adequate water supply for its citizens and the environment. Ms. Morea is employed at Camp Dresser and McKee in Denver. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

William Winter, B.S. 1986 Civil Engineering, is a recruiter for the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

John H. Baionno, B.S. 1987 Civil Engineering, is a project manager with Tri-State Engineers and Land Surveyors in Feasterville, Pennsylvania. John is married and has been coaching his two children’s soccer and baseball teams. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Carl Baylor, B.S. 1987, Civil is a structural engineer at Washington Group International, Inc., in Englewood, Colorado. He recently attended a shake table demonstration at CSU's Engineering Research Center. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Mahendra Gurung, M.S. 1987 Civil Engineering, is now the Under Secretary at the Ministry of Water Resources in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Fred Ogden, B.S. 1987, M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1992 Civil Engineering, made a presentation at Hydrology Days “Simple-Scaling of Flood Quan­tiles in a Small Hortonian Research Watershed: Higher Order Moments and the Effect of Record Length.” (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Cindy Paulson, M.S. 1987 Civil Engineering, is Brown and Caldwell National Practice leader in water resources. Brown and Caldwell is a leading national consulting firm in water and environmental engineering. Congratulations, Cindy, on your fine professional achievements. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Jaeeung Yi, M.S. 1987, Ph.D. 1996 Civil, is an Associate Professor, Division of Environment, Construction and Transportation Engineering, at Ajou University in Korea. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Janet Adams, B.S. 1988 Civil Engineering, manages the largest, high-profile project in Caltrans’ history – the $2.9 billion replacement of the Bay Bridge’s eastern span. Ms. Adams was recently profiled in the Contra Costa Times. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Paul Fischer, Paul Fischer, B.S. 1988 Civil Engineering, Associate Vice President at Burns & McDonnell, received the George Warren Fuller Award, given annually by the American Water Works Association to individuals who have provided outstanding leadership, displayed sound engineering skill and made a significant contribution toward the advancement of the water works practice within the association. (Fall 2004 newsletter) Paul has been promoted to Vice President at Burns & McDonnell Engineering. A 17-year firm vetran, Fischer has led the Denver office for three years as a regional manager and is currently leading efforts on the city of Thornton's Columbine Water Treatment Plant expansion. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Dan Gessler, Dan Gessler, B.S. 1988, M.S. 1993, Ph.D. 1995 Civil Engineering, co-wrote the November 2005 cover story for Desktop Engineering Magazine. The article, “Before the Flood,” discussed the numerical modeling of the spillways at Smith Mountain Dam. Dan is the director of numerical modeling at Alden Research Laboratory, Inc., in Holden, Massachusetts. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Robert Houghtalen Ph.D. 1988 Agricultural Engineering, is a professor and department head of civil engineering at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Doug Koskie, B.S. 1988 Civil Engineering, is the general manager of the North American crude oil supply for Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company in San Antonio, Texas. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Ronald Yoder, Ph.D. 1988 Agri­cultural Engineering, is the head of the Department of Biological Systems Engineering at University of Nebraska at Lincoln. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Professor Mohamed Abdel- motaleb, M.S. 1989, Ph.D. 1993 Civil Engineering, is now the direc­tor of the Water Resources Research Institute (WRRI) in Egypt. The WRRI performs studies, designs projects, studies Nile Basin projects, create strategies and policies for sustainable use of water resources and contributes to major national projects. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

On July 26, 2002, Dr. Seok-Ku Ko, Ph.D. 1989 Civil Engineering, returned to Colorado State University to receive a distinguished alumnus award from the University. Dr. Ko is pictured receiving his award alongside his wife, Cho-Ok Im. Since his graduation from Colorado State in 1989, Seok-Ku Ko has risen through the ranks of the Korea Water Resources Corporation (KOWACO) and was appointed as the President of KOWACO last year. KOWACO is the major water agency in Korea responsible for development and management of Korea’s water resources. The organization employs 3,500 people and has an annual budget of $2 billion. President Ko is widely regarded in Korea as an outstanding water resources engineer and as a national leader in the development of the water resources of his country. His accomplishments bring great honor to our Department and the University. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

After graduation, Michael Morse, B.S. 1989 Civil Engineering, worked as a project manager with RBF Engineering for 10 years. He earned an MBA from California State University, Fullerton, and then went on to complete his masters degree in Real Estate Development at USC. He is currently vice president of con­struction engineering for The Irvine Company, a large real estate devel­opment company in Orange County, California, that develops master planned communities. Michael and his wife are expecting their second son in March 2006. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Gabriel P. Sabadell, Ph.D. 1989 Civil Engineering, is a principal with TSC Group, Inc. in Arvada, Colorado. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Paulo Afonso Silva, M.S. 1989 Civil Engineering, is working at Codevasf, a federal government agency in Brazil dealing with the development of the Sao Francisco river valley. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Kumaraswamy Sivakumaran, Ph.D. 1989, graduated from the West Virginia University College of Law with a J.D. degree in May 2001. (2002 newsletter) Kumaraswamy “Kumar” received the Kaufman Award for two years running (2004 and 2005) for the State of West Virginia. The Kaufman Award is awarded annually to the individual attorney who has done the most pro bono work for civil legal services for low income citizens. Kumar donated over 520 pro bono hours during the past four years and has worked on many complicated domestic relations cases. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

David Thaemert B.S. 1989 Agricultural Engineering, is working on his Ph.D. and working on research at the Stream Institute, University of Louisville. His focus is stream restoration. (Fall 2006 newsletter) In 2003, Thaemert worked with the Fort Collins office of Short Elliott Hendrickson, Inc., as a senior water resource engineer and project manager. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

John Withers, B.S. 1989 Civil Engineering, is president of Geotechnical Engineering Group, Inc., in Grand Junction, Colorado. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

1990s

Luiz Gabriel T. de Azevedo, M.S. 1990, Ph.D. 1994 Civil Engineering, has been appointed as a faculty affiliate member in the Department of Civil Engineering at Colorado State University. He will be working with Dr. Darrell Fontane and other Water Resources Planning and Management faculty. Dr. Azevedo is a Brazil Country Sector Leader in the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Department with the World Bank. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Michael Harmer, B.S. 1990 Civil Engineering, is a senior engineer at PBS&J in Denver. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Craig Houdeshell B.S. 1990 and M.S. 1992 Civil, is district manager for BCI engineers in Jupiter, Florida. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Ayob Katimon, M.S. 1990 Agricultural Engineering, is a lecturer in the civil engineering department at Universiti Teknologi in Johor, Malaysia. His interest is in water resources research. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

William E. Rice, B.S. 1990 Civil Engineering, is working as a project engineer at Jacobs Engineering in Arlington, Virginia. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Forsgren Associates in Boise, Idaho, has named Stephen J. Waldinger, B.S. 1990 Civil Engineering, as its director of transportation. Waldinger will be responsible for company wide transportation activities. During his past seven years with the company, he has played key roles on the I-84/Garrity interchange in Nampa, pavement rehabilitation projects in Boise, McCall, and northern Idaho, as well as bridge replacement projects. He was lead roadway engineer for replacement of the $8.5 million, 1006-foot-long Clark Fork River Bridge in Clark Fork. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Abdullah S. Al-Ghamdi, M.S. 1991 Mechanical Engineering, Ph.D. 1993 Civil Engineering, was promoted to associate professor in Civil Engineering and appointed Dean of Community Services and the Continuing Education Center at King Abdulaziz University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Christopher L Doherty, B.S. 1991 Civil Engineering, recently accepted a position as Senior Project Manager in the area of Hydrology and Hydraulics with Brown and Gay Engineers in Houston.

Kathy Fitpatrick Mercure, B.S. 1991 Civil Engineering, has received a promotion to Commander, Indian Health Service and Deputy Director of the Aberdeen, South Dakota area with direct responsibility for construction and maintenance of all reservation hospitals and professional staff quarters. Kathy resides in Aberdeen with sons Sam and Jordan. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Chris Hicks, B.S. 1991 Civil Engineering, is working on the Ghatghar project, located in the state of Maharasta in India. The Ghat­ghar project is the first RCC (Roller Compacted Concrete) dam project in India. It is a pumped storage scheme with three RCC dams, two for creating an upper reservoir and one creating the lower reservoir.

The largest of the three is the lower dam, approximately 600,000 M3 of RCC and 84 meters tall. The project will have the capacity to produce 250 megawatts of electricity. Chris happened across a fellow CSU graduate in Amman, Jordan at an RCC conference. Hesham Elbadry, Ph.D. 1993 Civil Engineering, (shown with Chris Hicks in the photo) picked Chris out of a crowd of people assembling for a group picture for the conference. Hesham was a graduate student and GTA for fluid dynamics while Chris was an undergraduate at CSU. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Kevin Lusk B.S. 1991 and M.S. 1993 Agricultural Engineering, is senior project engineer with Colorado Springs Utilities. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

John McLain, B.S. 1991 Civil Engineering, is director of Baseline Engineering Corp. in Golden, Colorado. Baseline specializes in land use and civil engineering services and the design of residential, retail, office, transportation, industrial and public works projects. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Taha B.M.J. Ouarda, Ph.D. 1991 Civil Engineering, is a professor and chair of the Department of Statistical Hydrology at the National Institute for Scientific Research: Water, Land, and Environment, University of Quebec. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Abdulmohsen Abdulrahman Alshaikh (Ph.D. ’92) visited on March 20. Since graduation, Dr. Alshaikh worked in the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Planning and is now a faculty member at King Saud University, where he specializes in water resources planning. Tim Gates was his adviser at Colorado State, and Neil Grigg was a co-adviser. (2001 newsletter)

Armando Balloffet Ph.D. 1992 Civil, was in Ghana in March 2006 working on a project for the Millineum Challenge Corporation, a U.S. foreign aid organization. The organization has plans to fund a number of infrastructure facilities, including rural roads and small irrigation projects. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Katherine Chase, M.S. 1992 Civil Engineering, is working for U.S. Geological Survey in Helena, Montana. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

David Ferryman, B.S. 1992 Civil Engineering, was appointed vice president of systems engineering of the Canadian National Railroad. He is located in Edmonton, Canada. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Youngseok Lee, M.S. 1992 Civil Engineering, works for Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd., in Korea, in charge of all structural work for the company. (2002 newsletter)

Su Mishra, M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1998 Civil Engineering, is a water resources engineer with Ayres Associates in Sacramento, California. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Kaan Sevincli, M.S. 1992 Civil Engineering, has been working on the revamping of the Sulfuric Acid Plant on the South Coast of the Marmara Sea in Turkey. Sevincli serves as the construction site manager. The scope of the project consists of the dismantling of some 3,850 tons of equipment, erecting 1,000 tons of equipment, installing 215 tons of air and gas ducts, and completing piping and insulation. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Dr. Robertus Triweko, Ph.D. 1992 Civil Engineering, is a water management specialist and dean of the faculty of civil engineering at the Universitas Katolik Parahyangan (UNPAR). His teaching and research has focused on river basin management, infrastructure financing, stormwater management, and solid waste management. He has worked and supervised a number of graduate students. He is also a member of the Technical Committee of the Partnership for Water Education and Research (PoWER), an academic network of 18 universities and research institutions working on water edu­cation and research in developing countries. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Bret Egan, B.S. 1993 Civil, is a project engineer in Greenwood Village, Colorado, at CLC Associates, Inc. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Perry E. Cabot, B.S. 1994 Civil, completed an M.S. in Environmental Engineering in 1999 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and will complete a Ph.D. in Agricultural Engineering and Land Resources in 2005 at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His areas of expertise include water resources, nonpoint source pollution, soil conservation, and agricultural waste management. He is active with Engineers Without Borders and one project he is involved with is in Muramba, Rwanda. They are working with all levels of government to improve water supply and reduce contamination. Cabot is a professional engineer and will be looking for a faculty position at a university in Fall 2006. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Pete Foster M.S. 1994 Civil, has been named head of WWE's Durango office. Foster is working on the Red Cliff irrigation pipeline project that includes 5,000 lineal feet of pipeline and a Dolores River crossing. He is also overseeing work for BP in Durango. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Mark Gemperline, Ph.D. 1994 Civil Engineering, continues to work for the Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation in the Technical Service Center of the Geotechnical Services Division, Earth Science and Laboratory Group. He also does private contracting for independent clients and is planning to start a business when he retires in the future. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Mark Peters, B.S. 1994 and M.S. 2002 Civil, and M.B.A. 2002, is deputy chief of party for CDM International Inc. He is working on a three-year watershed projection project in Jordan to help the government of Jordan develop and implement source water protection plans in three pilot watersheds. Mark and his wife, Kristin, have a daughter, Sophia. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Carlos Sanchez, B.S. 1994 Civil Engineering, is working in McAllen, Texas as Assistant City Engineer. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Doug Walker, M.S. 1994, published a Technical Note in WRR on “Analytical
Solutions for Transport in Porous Media with Gaussian Source Terms,” Vol.
37, No. 3, March 2001, pp. 843-848. (2002 newsletter)

Roy Watts, B.S. 1994 Civil, is a project manager for the city of Wichita Falls, Texas. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Quentin Armijo, B.S. 1995 Civil, is with Terra Nova Engineering & Surveying, Inc. in Colorado Springs. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Mark Beebe, B.S. 1995, M.S. 1997 Civil Engineering, was awarded the New Faces in Engineering Award by the American Council of Engi­neering Companies. The New Faces program recognizes 109 nominees out of 1.8 million engineers in the United States. Mark was one of the top three young engineers in the U.S. to be nomi­nated. To qualify, engineers had to have worked on unique or high profile proj­ects and/or engineering achievements during the last two to five years. Some of the projects Mark has been involved with include: Lake Mead Membrane Water Treatment Plant, AZ; Alamosa Arsenic Removal Project, CO; and La Junta Water Treatment Plant, CO. Mark is employed by Richard P. Arber Associates in Denver. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Nathan A. Dowden, M.S. 1995 Civil, was recently appointed a principal at RMG Engineers in Colorado Springs. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Having given up life as a bureaucrat at the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Henry Kunhardt, M.S. 1995 Civil, is happy to be back in the private sector at Sandford Survey and Engineering, Inc., in Bedford, New Hampshire. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Michael Malusis, M.S. 1995, Ph.D. 2001 Civil Engineering, has accepted a faculty position at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He will begin his appointment as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in the fall semester of 2005. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Dana Moore Miller, B.S. 1995 Civil, is one of the founding engineers of a new firm in Buena Vista, Colorado: E&C Services. With strengths in water resources, dams, and construction, E&C Services provides civil engineering services to the upper Arkansas Valley and water resources and construction consulting on a national and international level. (Spring 2007 newsletter)

Roestam Sjarief, Ph.D. 1995 Civil Engineering, is the Director General for Water Resources in Indonesia. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Jim Starling, B.S. 1995 Civil, is the light-rail engineering manager for TREX, based in Centennial, Colorado. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

David T. Williams, Ph.D. 1995 Civil Engineering, is the National Director of Hydraulics and Hydrology at HDR in San Diego. (Fall 2004 newsletter) Dr. Williams is now with PBS&J in San Diego, California as national technical director for water resources. In his new role, Williams will provide technical guidance to PBS&J’s clients, assist in client relations, develop innovative tools and solutions to a wide variety of complex engineering problems, and coordinate firm-wide water resources activities. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Brent W. Auverman, Ph.D. 1996 Agricultural Engineering, was awarded the Nolan Mitchel Young Extension Worker Award from the American Society of Agricultural Engineers. Auverman is an associate professor of biological and agricultural engineering at Texas A&M. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Justin Beckner, B.S. 1996 Civil, has joined Nolte Associates in Fort Collins. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

William Chmelir, B.S. 1996 Civil, left Colorado State and worked for several firms in Fort Collins before moving to Oregon. He currently works for John Chmelir's Sons LLC in Grants Pass, Oregon as a project manager, and is developing housing subdivisions and building custom homes. He completed Army Helicopter Flight School as a Warrant Officer in 2004 and serves in the Oregon National Guard as a Blackhawk Medevac pilot. Chmelir married Dr. Natasha Nair, a graduate of CSU's Veterinary School. They have a 16-month-old son, Calvin, and are expecting a daughter. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Matt Cook, B.S. 1996 Engineering Science, M.S. 1999 Civil Engineering, is manager of water resources operations for Coors. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Amy Johnson, B.S. 1996 Agricultural Engineering, received a national merit award from the American Society of Irrigation Consultants. The award, was based on the quality of project planning and design in functionalism, environmental responsibility and relevance of her work at Aqua Engineering, Inc., in Fort Collins. The four principals at Aqua Engineering are all CSU engineering alumni: Robert W. Beccard, M.S. 1981 Agricultural Engineering, president; Stephen W. Smith, M.S. 1975 Agricultural Engineering, chairman and vice president; Richard Aust, B.S. 1978 Agricultural Engineering, vice president; and Darren Salvador, B.S. 1991 Agricultural Engineering. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Peter Molnar, M.S. 1996, Ph.D. 2001 Civil Engineering, made a visit to Colorado State in July to start up a project, “Floodplain Vegetation Dynamics under Water Stress,” funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation. Molnar works for the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at the Institute of Hydromechanics and Water Resources Management. (Fall 2004 newsletter) Molnar is with the Institute of Environmental Engineer­ing at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. He made a presentation at Hydrology Days 2006. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Heather Seitz, B.S. 1996 in Engineering Science and M.S. 1998 Civil, is the planning and zoning technical assistant for the town of Amherst, New Hampshire. She reviews building permits, subdivision applications and provides technical support to town boards and assists the public workd department on projects such as the community septic system. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Cara Tackett, M.S. 1996 Civil, is vice president, land development, at Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc., in San Antonio, Texas. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Todd Williams, M.S. 1996 Civil Engineering, is the Deputy Director of Water Resources for the City of Aurora. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Suleyman Akalin, M.S. 1997 and Ph.D. 2002 Civil, is with the consulting engineering firm, Nolte Associates, in Centennial, Colorado. (Fall 2006 newsletter) Prior to this appointment, Suleyman was an assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Mersin University in Turkey. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Chenghsin Chang, M.S. 1997, Ph.D. 2001 Civil Engineering, studied in our wind engineering program and is currently a faculty member in the Department of Civil Engineering at Tamkang University, Taipei, Taiwan. He is performing research on urban transport and teaching classes in engineering and computational fluid dynamics. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Joseph Delich, B.S. 1997 Civil, is a traffic/transportation engineer in Loveland. His son, Jackson, was born in March 2003. Aside from time with his son, Joseph also enjoys mountain biking and the outdoors. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Mark Donner, B.S. 1997 Civil, is a civil/environmental engineer at Trihydro Corportation, a firm based in Laramie, Wyoming. Trihydro is the largest engineering firm in Wyoming and ranks 171 on ENR's top 200 environmental firms list. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

Mindy Jacobson, B.S. 1997 in Civil Engineering, worked as a structural analyst on spacecraft for Orbital Sciences Corp. in Maryland for two years after graduation. She now works for NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland as an analyst in the structural mechanics group. (2002 newsletter)

Jeremy Franz, B.S. 1997 Civil Engineering with an Environmental Engineering minor, M.S. 2002 Civil Engineering, is a water resources engineer at Ayres Associates in Fort Collins. He is a hydraulic and hydrologic modeling expert who performs numerical modeling of rivers and tidal waterways throughout the nation to support highway design and flood control projects. He was recognized as one of the 2005 New Faces in Engi­neering as part of National Engineers Week. The New Faces of Engineering program recognizes 109 nominees out of 1.8 million engineers in the United States, highlighting the interesting and unique work of young engineers and the resulting impact on society. He was nominated by the American Consulting Engineers Council. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Dr. Ick Hwan Ko, Ph.D. 1997 Civil Engineering, speaks of his experience at CSU fondly, mentioning that he continues to stay in contact with many acquaintances from Colorado State University. Dr. Ko, with assistance from his civil engineering faculty advisor Darrell Fontane, was able to tailor his CSU program to the specific situation in Korea. Upon graduation, he was able to continue his research in Korea and spent eighteen months in Vietnam on a joint project with the Korea Water Resources Corporation (KOWACO) and the Vietnamese government. Since his return to Korea, he has risen through the ranks of KOWACO and is currently Director of the Water Resources Research Institute. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Momcilo Markus, Ph.D. 1997 Civil, was selected as a Faculty Fellow of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Markus' research is on "Data fusion, data mining, pattern recognition and regional classification of water quality data in the midwestern United States. In addition Dr. Markus has recently co-authored the book, Hydroinformatics: Data Integrative Approaches in Computation, Analysis, and Modeling by P. Kumar, M. Folk, M. Markus, and J.C. Alameda, CRC Press, October 2005. Dr. Markus works for the Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, Illinois. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Steve Nguyen, B.S. 1997 Civil Engineering, is the president of Clear Water Rights, Inc. in Broomfield, Colorado. The company provides water resources planning and management services to both public and private water clients. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Paul Perri, B.S. 1997 Agricultural Engineering, is a project engineer at W. W. Wheeler and Associates, Inc. in Englewood, Colorado. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Dan Stenta, B.S. 1997 Civil Engi­neering, is in private consulting for Keogh Land Surveying in Moab, Utah. (Fall 2003 newsletter)

Hyun-Suk Shin, Ph.D. 1997 Civil Engineering, is working in the Department of Civil Engineering at Pusan National University in South Korea. He attended Hydrology Days at Colorado State, making two presentations, “A River Flood Warning System Using a Neural Probabilistic Forecasting Model” and “Developing a Modified GCUH Based on the Geomorphic Characteristics of Korean Mountain Regions.” (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Eric Tuin, B.S. 1997 Civil Engineering, is the vice president of engineering at High Country Engineering, Inc., in Englewood, Colorado. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Tom Chapel, M.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, has joined MFG, Inc. in Fort Collins. He joins the Geotechnical Services Group as the technical lead for Public Works and Infrastructure. Mr. Chapel specializes in geotechnical engineering related to transportation and infrastructure projects, expansive soils issues, and construction. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Tom Dahl, M.S. 1998, has been promoted to area engineer for the Texas
Department of Transportation Lampasas Office. (2002 newsletter)

Brandon Eisen, M.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, was a presenter at a seminar held in November at Colorado State. His presentation was titled “Characterization and Remediation of a Site Contaminated with Commingled Chlorinated Solvents and Metals.” Mr. Eisen is a groundwater hydrologist with Komex Environmental in California. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

John England, M.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, is with the Bureau of Reclamation in Denver. He presented “Distributed Modeling of Extreme Floods on a Large Watershed” at Hydrology Days 2006. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Junke (Drinker) Guo, Ph.D. 1998 Civil Engineering, joined the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) in January 1999. He later accepted an assistant professorship with the National University of Singapore, where he taught a variety of fluids and water resources courses for undergraduate and graduate students, and served as the Supervisor of the Hydraulics Lab.

Junke was also an active consultant for Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB), National Parks Board, Jurong Shipyard, and the Danish Hydraulic Institute. He helped PUB establish a long-term training program – Core Technology Courses and lectured on Drainage Systems Design. Junke has been very active with professional societies. He organized the 13th IAHR-APD Congress in Singapore in 2002, which attracted over 300 participants from 25 countries. He also serves as ASCE Associate Editor for the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering. Since January 2005, he has assumed a new tenure-track position with the Department of Civil Engineering, University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Guo is living in Omaha with his wife, Joanne, and their two sons, Alex and William. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Steven Lukens, B.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, is working for Lockheed Martin. Upon graduation Mr. Lukens went to work for PSI Engineering. He also had the opportunity to volunteer for two years in Mexico City. Before joining Lockheed, he earned his MBA in International Business and Finance. He uses his engineering background in his work as a financial analyst. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Mohammad Makkawi, Ph.D. 1998 Civil, worked as a groundwater and environment consultant in Saudi Aramco Oil Company. At the company, he performed a groundwater flow / salinity transport numerical model for a deep aquifer. He also participated in designing a remediation system to remove floating hydrocarbon products from a shallow aquifer. In mid 2005, Dr. Makkawi was promoted to associate professor at King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Saudi Arabia. (Fall 2006 newsletter) In 2003 Dr. Makkawi reported that he had started a research project to map groundwater surface by integrating Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technique and geostatistical methods. The project was sponsored by the Research Institute of King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals in Saudi Arabia. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Lela Parsons, B.S. 1998 Engineering Science, M.S. 1999 Civil Engineering, married  Jacob Perkins on March 20, 2004. The couple lives in Denver and works for Black & Veatch. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

James Prelog, B.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, is working for Nolte Associates, Inc., in Fort Collins. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Óli Grétar Blöndal Sveinsson, M.S. 1998, Ph.D. 2002 Civil Engineering, made several presentations at Hydrology Days 2006 during the Stochastic Approaches sessions. Dr. Sveinsson is with the National Power Company, Reykjavík, Iceland. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

An Vinh Tran, B.S. 1998, M.S. 1999, Ph.D. 2002 Civil Engineering, began working for the Colorado Department of Transportation in the Bridge Design Branch in December 2004. (Spring 2005 newsletter) Tran was awarded the Mountain Plains Consortium Outstanding Student of the Year Award, presented at the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 2004 in Washington, D.C. Dr. Tran completed a computer-based study of load sharing with open-deck timber trestle railroad bridges based on results of full-scale field test loads. The work was part of a joint project with the Transportation Technology Center of the Association of American Railroads to examine the capacity of 40+ year old bridges for contemporary train loads. His dissertation, titled Pier Moment-Rotation Behavior of High Performance Steel HPS70W I-Girders, will assist the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) to lift code restrictions on use of such girders in bridge construction. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Brian Varrella, B.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, is the supervisor of a new stormwater department at Weld County Public Works in Greeley, Colorado. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Capt. Rockie K. Wilson, B.S. 1998 Civil Engineering, was recognized as one of 57 “New Faces of Engineering.” Wilson is an engineering flight commander for the 374th Civil Engineer Squadron at Yokota Air Base, Japan. Wilson has played an instrumental role in several important projects, including leading a 45-person team on a $130M annual construction program and a $647M host-nation funded program, managing a $260M program to replace four maintenance hangars via host-nation construction funding that helped transform the flight line, and working on a $66M overlay of the primary runway, ensuring Yokota’s operational mission for years to come. He was also named to the 2002 Army Corps of Engineers Project Delivery Team of the Year. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Chris Boespflug, B.S. 1999 Civil Engineering, is an engineer with the Colorado Department of Transportation. (Spring 2006 newsletter) Chris left Denver on a solo bicycle tour in August 2002. Almost 5,000 miles later, Chris landed in San Jose, Costa Rica. Check out Chris’ website with great photos and information about his travels at www.chrisboespflug.crazyguyonabike.com. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Kyle Gustafson, B.S. 1999 Civil Engineering, has been focusing on structural design of facilities and bridges with his position at URS in Colorado Springs. In the fall they completed work on a large pumpstation in Las Vegas, Nevada and on a highway extension involving four bridges in Colorado Springs. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Enrique Moncada, Ph.D. 1999 Civil Engineering, completed his Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) assignment in Iraq about three years ago and is now an international consultant, mainly in Latin America. He wrote the Food and Agriculture Organization’s country water strategy for Peru last year and had plans to be involved in a World Bank project in Mexico. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Craig Ullmann, B.S 1999 and M.S. 2000 Civil, was one of five young engineers throughout the U.S. to be nominated by ACEC for the New Faces of Engineering program sponsored by National Engineers Week. Ullmann is a water resources engineer at Applegate Group, Inc. in Westminster, Colorado. His knowledge of hydraulic and hydrologic modeling were cited, along with his innovative infrastructure design. Ullmann's design work on an orphanage in Africa was also lauded. (Fall 2006 newsletter)

2000-2006

Grant Bennett, B.S. 2000 Civil Engineering, is an engineer working for Matrix Design Group, Inc., in Denver. The company is working on the redevelopment of the former Stapleton International Airport, with client Forest City Enterprises. Matrix’s work there includes overlot grading, roadway, water, sewer and storm drainage designs, along with environmental investigation and assessment reports. The site is currently the largest urban infill site in the country, and is a 5000+ acre airport infill in the middle of Denver. The redevelopment plan calls for mixed residential, commercial, and industrial uses. There are currently hundreds of homes already constructed, along with numerous parks and commercial centers. Grant works on utility designs for sewer and water systems, as well as storm drainage planning. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Andrew Brandt, B.S. 2000 Civil, recently made a visit to the Colorado State campus. He is working for the California Department of Transportation with several other CSU Civil Engineering alums. (Fall 2005 newsletter)

Joseph Donnelly, B.S. 2000, M.S. 2005 Civil Engineering, is working as a water resources engineer in the watershed engineering group at URS Corporation in Denver. (Spring 2005 newsletter)

Nick Haws, B.S. 2000 Civil, is working at Northern Engineering in Fort Collins.

Michael T. Hobbins, M.S. 2000 Ph.D. 2004 Civil Engineering, is a postdoctoral fellow at Australian National University in the Research School of Biological Sciences. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

During the last two years, Robert J. Kodoatie, Ph.D. 2000 Civil Engineering, has written four books. The titles are Applied Hydraulics – Open Channel Flow and Pipe Flow; Floods – Some Causes and Methods in Environmental Perspectives; Water Resources Management in the Regional Autonomy; Infrastructure of Regency/City – Management and Engineering. (Spring 2003 newsletter)

Jason Laible, B.S. 2000 Civil Engineering, is working at a firm in Las Vegas on private land development projects. He just received his Nevada P.E. license and stamp. (Spring 2006 newsletter)

Stephen Osgood, M.S. 2000 Civil Engineering, is working at MWH’s Sacramento office in its water resources planning group. He works on flood control planning for USACE, surface water storage planning for USBR, and groundwater storage planning for a local water agency. (Fall 2004 newsletter)

Matt Salek, B.S. 2000 Civil Engineering, was featured in the September 4, 2003 issue of the Rocky Mountain News. Matt, a civil engineer in Aurora, Colorado, is the webmaster for an internet site called Highways of Colorado. Salek started building the site while at Colorado State, putting the first version online in 1997. The site has information on every numbered interstate, U.S. and state highway in Colorado. There are picture galleries, average daily traffic counts, and histories. The address for the site is www. mesalek.com/colo. (Spring 2004 newsletter)

Daniel Stiles, B.S. 2000 Civil Engineering, is an attorney and member of the Public Law and Policy Group, Corporate and Tax Group, and Litigation Group of the law firm Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C. Dan earned his J.D., Order of St. Ives, from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. He is the recipient of various honors, including the CSU Alumni Association Distinguished Student Service Award for his service to the University and community. While a student at CSU, the American Society of Civil Engineers selected Dan to spend a summer in Washington, D.C. researching high-speed ground transportation. Dan returned to Washington, D.C. the following summer to serve as a special assistant to United States Secretary of Transportation, Rodney Slater.

Dan is a former ski racer and has traveled all over the globe. Closer to home, Dan served as National Traveling Press Coordinator for Vice President Al Gore’s presidential campaign at its Tennessee headquarters and as co-county counsel for Ken Salazar’s U.S. Senate campaign. Dan continues to be active in the community, including serving as a member of the Education Task Force for the Colorado Lawyers Com­mittee, which focuses on ensuring adequate funding for pu