College of Engineering Welcomes New Faculty
The College of Engineering welcomes six new faculty members joining Colorado State University for the 2004-05 academic year.
"The college and university are committed to hiring only the best faculty who place a top priority on teaching while also assertively pursuing cutting-edge research," said Steve Abt, interim dean of the College of Engineering. "These new faculty members in chemical, civil, and electrical and computer engineering will help the College of Engineering continue to make significant advances in fields as diverse as soft x-rays lasers and nanocomposites."
Chemical Engineering
Dr. Qiang (David) Wang is a new assistant professor in the Department of Chemical Engineering. Dr. Wang attended Tsinghua University in P. R. China and earned a B.S. in chemical engineering in 1993. He earned his Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2002. Dr. Wang's research at Colorado State University will focus on applying advanced theories and computer simulation techniques to complex fluids, including polyelectrolytes, block copolymers and polymer blends, nanocomposites, self-assembly, structure-property relations, and surface and interface phenomena.
Civil Engineering
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Dr. J. Antonio H. Carraro
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Dr. J. Antonio H. Carraro is a new assistant professor in the Department of Civil Engineering. He earned both his B.S. and M.S. in civil engineering from Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and received his Ph.D. in civil engineering from Purdue University in 2003. In the fall of 2004, Dr. Carraro will begin teaching graduate-level courses in geotechnical engineering. Dr. Carraro has served as a consultant for the Department of Public Works in Porto Algre, Brazil, and is a member of both the Earthquake Engineering Research Institute and the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics.
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Dr. John W. van de Lindt
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Dr. John W. van de Lindt has joined the Department of Civil Engineering as an associate professor. He earned his B.S. in civil engineering from California State University at Sacramento and both his M.S. and Ph.D., in 1995 and 1999 respectively, in civil engineering from Texas A&M University. His experience includes service as an assistant professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Michigan Technological University. In the fall of 2004, Dr. van de Lindt will teach courses in structural engineering. His research interests include nonlinear dynamics and structural reliability and their application to structural systems under extreme loading events such as earthquake and wind.
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Dr. Chih Ted Yang
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Dr. Chih Ted Yang is a new faculty member within the Department of Civil Engineering, and has been selected to serve as the Borland Professor of Water Resources and as the Director of the Hydroscience and Training Center. Dr. Yang retired after 30 years of government service at the Bureau of Reclamation. He has served as an affiliate professor of civil engineering at Colorado State since 1993 and as an adjunct professor at the University of Colorado since 1982. He received his B.S. in Hydraulic Engineering from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan and his M.S. and Ph.D. in Hydraulic Engineering from Colorado State University. His research focuses on the areas of watershed erosion and stream restoration. Read more about Dr. Yang in the College of Engineering News story "Yang Named Borland Professor of Water Resources, Director of New Hydroscience and Training Center."
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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Dr. Steven C. Reising
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Dr. Mario C. Marconi has accepted an appointment as full professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering this fall. Dr. Marconi previously held appointments as a visiting scientist and associate research professor at Colorado State. Prior to joining CSU, he was an associate professor of physics at Buenos Aires University. Dr. Marconi earned a physics diploma in 1980 and a Ph.D. in physics in 1985 from Buenos Aires University. His research interests include soft x-ray lasers and their applications. He has been a member of the staff of the Argentinean National Research Council since 1992.
The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering welcomes
Dr. Steven C. Reising as an associate professor this fall. Dr. Reising earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering at Washington University in St. Louis in 1989 and 1991 and received his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1998. He most recently served as a faculty member in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His research experience includes work at the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. Dr. Reising's research interests are in microwave remote sensing of the oceans and atmosphere, polarimetric radiometer and radar systems, MMIC-based remote sensing instrumentation and radio wave propagation. Dr. Reising received the Office of Naval Research YIP Award in 2000, the Lilly Teaching Fellowship in 2001-02, the NSF CAREER Award in 2003 and the Barbara H. and Joseph I. Goldstein Outstanding Junior Faculty Award in 2004.