Howard Perko has been an affiliate faculty at Colorado State University on a part-time basis for 20+ years. His teaching experience includes concrete and materials laboratory, statics, and solid mechanics. He currently co-teaches CIVE574 Project Management using AI with Mark Abshire every Fall Semester. In the past, he has served CSU as research professor and principal investigator on NASA funded projects involving Mars landslides, Lunar soil mechanics, and Comet dust mantel surface properties. He currently serves as an on-call NASA Specialist Reviewer for the Discovery Program.

Perko has B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in Civil Engineering and 30+ years of professional engineering experience specializing in the design of shallow and deep foundations, earth dams, dewatering, excavation shoring, and underpinning. Perko currently serves on the Board of Directors for Magnum Piering, Inc. In his present role, he directs new product design and development and advises management in technical sales, marketing, support, and engineering. Magnum Piering, Inc. is a manufacturer of specialty foundation and anchoring devices including jacked piles, helical piles, plate anchors, wall braces, solar panel piers, and foundations for electric power transmission and the oil and gas industry.