Education
 Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1976
Dissertation topic: Multicomponent chromatographic behavior of sulfate, nitrate,
chloride, and bicarbonate during nitrate removal by ion exchange
M.S.E. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1974
M.S.E. Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1973
46 credits of graduate and undergraduate courses in biochemistry, psychology,
and business administration at Duquesne University, The University of Pittsburgh,
and Central Michigan University, 1963 – 72
B.S. Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, 1963
| Professional Experience |
| 2004 – Present |
Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of Environmental Engineering (EGR-10) Program, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 2002 – 2004 |
Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 2001 – 2002 |
Sabbatical Leave |
| 1996 – 2001 |
Chairman and Professor of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 1989 – 1996 |
Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of Environmental Engineering (EGR-10) Program (1994 to 1996), Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 1985 – 1989 |
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director of the Environmental Engineering (EGR-10) Program, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 1985 (spring) |
Guest Professor, Engler-Bunte Institute, Water Chemistry Section, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany |
| 1984 (fall) |
Visiting Associate Professor, Rice University, Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Houston, Texas |
| 1982 – 1984 |
Associate Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director (1982) of the Environmental Engineering Program, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 1976 – 1982 |
Assistant Professor of Environmental Engineering and Director (1978, 1980, 1981) Environmental Engineering Program, Cullen College of Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas |
| 1975 – 1976 |
Graduate Student Research Assistant, University of Michigan |
| 1972 – 1975 |
Fellowships and Traineeships, University of Michigan |
| 1971 – 1972 |
Senior Technical Associate, then Wastewater Laboratory Manager, C.W. Rice Division of NUS Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Process design and development for treatment and disposal of industrial wastewaters. |
| 1968 – 1971 |
Project Manager, Instrument Division of Fisher Scientific Company, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Research development and design of digital and analog pH meters, pION meters and kinetic analyzers. |
| 1963 – 1968 |
Special Assignments Engineer, then Instrument Engineer, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan. Research, development, design, and application engineering of analytical instruments for measurement of water and wastewater quality. Co-inventor and chief developer of the Total Oxygen Demand (TOD) analyzer. |
| Current Classes |
| CIVE 6377 |
Environmental Chemistry
This class is required for students seeking degrees in the Environmental Engineeering program, and is taught from 7:00 to 8:30 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays in the Fall semester. The course covers aqueous environmental chemistry in natural waters and wastewaters: ionic equilibria, solubility, hardness, alkalinity, buffering, and the carbonate system; theory and practice of quantitaitve water and wastewater analysis. |
| CIVE 4333 |
Water and Wasterwater Treatment
The course covers the fundamental principles of design for physical-chemical and biological water and wastewater treatment processes: mixing, coagulation, sedimentation, filtration, disinfection, activated sludge and fixed film processes, aeration and gas transfer, digesters, ponds, and lagoons. |
| CIVE 6387 |
Physicochemical Treatment Processes
This class is required for students seeking degrees in the Environmental Engineeering program, and is taught from 5:30 to 7:00 pm on Mondays and Wednesdays in the Spring semester. The course covers the theory and practice of physicochemical processes. |
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