Jorge Ramirez was selected by the Environmental and Water Resources Institute to receive the 2019 Arid Lands Hydraulic Engineering Award for “exceptional, wide-ranging research on aird lands hydrology and hydraulics, including analyzing the vulnerability of the U.S. water supply system to climate change, and observationally demonstrating the complementary relationship of evapotranspiration, and for outstanding teaching…Read more
Category: News
Ellison Carter Selected as a JPB Environmental Health Fellow
Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health selected Ellison Carter as a JPB Environmental Health Fellow. This selection is the outcome of a very extensive and competitive review process, and bring significant recognition not only to Ellison but also our Department, the WSCOE, and CSU. This Fellowship became active October 1, 2018. Read More
John van de Lindt Elected as Fellow to ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute.
John van de Lindt was informed in November of his election to Fellow status with ASCE’s Structural Engineering Institute. The recognition took place in Orlando, Florida in April at the Structures Congress. To be eligible for this nomination, a person must: Be actively involved in a local or national SEI committee or chapter. Be a…Read more
Ryan Bailey Receives WSCOE George T Abell Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award.
On Thursday, November 8, 2018, Dr. Ryan Bailey was awarded the WSCOE George T. Abell Outstanding Early Career Faculty Award. This award is given to a full time tenured or tenure track faculty serving at the Assistant Professor level and completed at lest two (2) years of service. The award recognizes excellence and accomplishments in…Read more
Ellison Carter Receives Powe Award
Dr. Ellison Carter has been awarded a Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award to provide seed money for research. These awards are intended to enrich the research and professional growth of young faculty and result in new funding opportunities. Dr. Carter is currently conducting a study to examine the impacts of air pollution from…Read more
Jose Chavez is Appointed Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Jose Chavez has been appointed Editor in Chief for Springer’s “Irrigation Science” journal effective May 15, 2018. Dr. Chavez previously served as Associated Editor for this journal. Chavez has about eighteen years of experience in irrigated agriculture research and nine and a half years of experience in teaching and extension activities. His expertise is…Read more
Joseph Scalia has been nominated as an ASTM International Emerging Professional
Dr. Joseph Scalia has been nominated as an ASTM International Emerging Professional (EP) and has been approved to attend the ASTM International technical committee meetings taking place in San Diego, California on June 25-26 2018. He was singled out by ASTM as having demonstrated the potential to be an industry leader in his field. As…Read more
UKZN Appoints Karan Venayagamoorthy as an Honorary Professor
Karan Venayagamoorthy has been appointed as an Honorary Professor in the School of Engineering at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) in South Africa. Karan received his BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from UKZN. The honorary professor is given to a distinguished teacher and/or researcher who is not a member of the faculty of…Read more
Neil Grigg Joins Public Health Research Task Force
Neil Grigg has become a member of a new task force to assess CSU’s current research assets in the public health arena. The Public Health Task Force will be charged by the VPR to conduct this assessment and to provide relevant data, observations, and recommendations for a fruitful path forward. These findings will be shared…Read more
Hussam Mahmoud Nominated to the U.S. National Academies of Sciences Conference Organizing Committee
Hussam Mahmoud has been nominated by the U.S. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine to the Organizing Committee for the 2018 Symposium Arab-American Frontiers of Science, Engineering and Medicine symposium in Kuwait. He will be co-chairing a session titled: Next Generation Buildings & Infrastructure. The organizing committee members are selected based not only on…Read more