Department Chair
William J Likos
Gary Wendt Professor and Chair
Contact: likos@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2662
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: Unsaturated soil mechanics, Expansive clay behavior and applications, Laboratory characterization of soil mechanical, hydraulic, and thermal behavior, Pore-scale imaging and analysis, Field monitoring and instr...
Faculty
Soyoung Ahn
Professor
Contact: ahn37@wisc.edu, (608) 265-9067
Research interests: Traffic Flow Analysis and Modeling Courses: Click to see my courses
Traffic Control
Effects of Traffic Flow on Environment
Hussain Bahia
Vilas Distinguished Professor
Contact: bahia@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 265-4481
Research interests: To view a list of publications and current research, please see UWMARC.org.
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Other affiliations: Modified Asphalt Research Center
Paul Block
Associate Professor
Contact: paul.block@wisc.edu, (608) 263-8792
Research interests: - Methods, models, and tools for managing climate variability and change- Hydrologic forecasting and integration into decision models- Addressing water quality and quantity extremes- Hydro-economics and policy ...
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Other affiliations: Center for Climatic Research, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Wisconsin Energy Institute
Hannah Blum
Assistant Professor and Alain H. Peyrot Fellow in Structural Engineering
Contact: hannah.blum@wisc.edu
Research interests:
- Steel Structures, Cold-formed Steel Structures, Stainless-Steel Structures, Structural Stability, Structural Reliability, Virtual Reality for Education, Augmented Reality in...
Steven Cramer
Vice-Provost for Teaching and Learning and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Contact: steven.cramer@wisc.edu, (608) 262-5246
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Structural engineering, wood structures, concrete materials
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Dante Fratta
Associate Professor
Contact: fratta@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5644
Research interests: Fundamental physical behavior of soils and rocks, Assessment of the near-surface underground using non-invasive tomographic studies (geotomography), On-shore and off-shore near surface geophysics, Non-destructi...
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Matthew Ginder-Vogel
Associate Professor
Contact: mgindervogel@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0768
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Geological Engineering, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Our research focuses on connecting macro-scale environmental problems with the causative micro- and molecular-scale mechanisms. A large portion of this research has been devoted to determining reactions c...
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Jesse Hampton
Assistant Professor
Contact: jesse.hampton@wisc.edu
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: Experimental geomechanics, geophysics, and petrophysics, anisotropy characterization, non-destructive evaluation, acoustic emission, damage, fractures, and material behavior, upscaling/downscaling, data science...
Awad Hanna
Boldt Company Professor in Construction and Engineering Management
Contact: hanna@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-8903
Also: College of Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management Program
Research interests: Construction productivity measurement and management of human resources, Intergrated Project Delivery and Lean Construction, Change Mangement and Cumulative Impact of Change Orders, Risk Management and Pr...
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Gregory Harrington
Professor
Contact: gwharrin@wisc.edu, (608) 695-3380
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Research interests: Environmental engineering, aquatic chemistry in treatment and distribution of drinking water, removal and inactivation of waterborne pathogens and other microbes during drinking water treatment and distribution...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research
Andrea Hicks
Assistant Professor
Contact: hicks5@wisc.edu
Research interests: -Sustainability-Environmental systems analysis and optimization-Life cycle assessment-Agent-based modeling-Rebound effect-Environmental implications of technology
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James P. Hurley
Professor and Director, Aquatic Sciences Center
Contact: jphurley@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0905
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Chemical limnology, mercury in the environment, natural organic matter, nutrient cycling in lakes and rivers, Great Lakes research, bioaccumulation of toxic contaminants, chemical interactions at the sediment-w...
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Steven P Loheide
Professor
Contact: loheide@wisc.edu, (608) 265-5277
Also: Geological Engineering, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Hydroecology/ ecohydrology of ground water dependent ecosystems, hydrogeology, river restoration, remote sensing, hydrologic consequences of climate change, vegetative water use / vegetation patterning, sustain...
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Other affiliations: Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Katherine (Trina) Mcmahon
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: trina.mcmahon@wisc.edu, (608) 890-2836
Also: College of Engineering, Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Water quality, freshwater sciences, wastewater treatment, microbiology, nutrient removal, water quality modeling, limnology.
...
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Daniel R. Noguera
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Contact: noguera@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-7783
Research interests: Environmental engineering, bioenergy, biotechnology, microbial ecology, biological nutrient removal, bioinformatics, lignin biodegradation pathways, anaerobic digestion.
Other affiliations: Wisconsin Energy Institute
David A. Noyce
Executive Associate Dean and Arthur F. Hawnn Professor
Contact: danoyce@wisc.edu, (608) 265-1882
Also: Industrial and Systems Engineering
Research interests: Advanced Traffic Operations, Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communication Technology, Transportation and Construction Safety, Pedestrian and Bicycle Operations and Safety, Driver Behavior and ...
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Other affiliations: Opportunities in Engineering, Transportation Information Center, Wisconsin Highway Research Program, Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory, Wisconsin Transportation Center
Jae K. Park
Professor
Contact: jkpark@wisc.edu, (608) 262-7247
Research interests: Biological wastewater treatment, biological nutrient removal, drinking water treatment plant design and optimization, the fate of contaminants in the environment, hazardous and industrial waste treatment, river...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Consortium for Applied Water Quality Research
Gustavo Parra-Montesinos
C.K. Wang Professor of Structural Engineering
Contact: gparra@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 890-4960
Research interests: Behavior and design of reinforced concrete and composite steel-concrete structures, Fiber reinforced concrete, Earthquake engineering
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Jose Pincheira
Associate Professor
Contact: jpin@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-7239
Research interests: Professor Pincheira's primary research interests lie in the behavior of reinforced concrete buildings subjected to earthquakes. His research experience includes field and laboratory testing, as well...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Structures and Materials Testing Laboratory
Pavana Prabhakar
Assistant Professor, Charles G. Salmon Fellow of Structural Engineering
Contact: pavana.prabhakar@wisc.edu
Also: Engineering Physics, Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: Damage and failure mechanics of structural composite materials, life prediction of materials in extreme multi-physics environment; Advanced manufacturing of materials - additive manufacturing of hybrid material...
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Nimish Pujara
Assistant Professor
Contact: npujara@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8735
Research interests: Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Nearshore Hydrodynamics, Turbulent and Multiphase Flows, Flow-Biota interactions, Water Wave Mechanics, Coastal Processes, Experimental Methods.
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Mohan Qin
Assistant Professor
Contact: mohan.qin@wisc.edu
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Research interests: Hybrid bioprocess and electrochemical systems for resource recovery from wastewater, Environmental biotechnology for sustainable wastewater treatment, Electrochemical processes for desalination and water treatm...
Bin Ran
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor
Contact: bran@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0052
Research interests: Connected and Automated Vehicle & Highway (CAVH):New Generations of Traffic Models & Highway Capacity Manual for CAVH Level 1-4, New Generations of Highway Design and Operations Guide for CAVH Level 1-4...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory
Christy Remucal
Associate Professor
Contact: remucal@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1820
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests:
Dr. Remucal’s Aquatic Chemistry research group focuses on the formation and fate of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in water. We are particularly interested in ROS generated...
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Other affiliations: Molecular and Environmental Toxicology Center
Jeffrey Russell
Professor
Contact: russell@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-5821
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Other affiliations: Construction Engineering and Management Program
James Jay Schauer
Professor
Contact: jjschauer@wisc.edu, (608) 262-4495
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biological Engineering
Research interests: I am interested in developing measurement and chemical characterization tools to quantitatively understand the origin and impacts of air pollution. These tools are desgined to address the impacts of air p...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene
Hiroki Sone
Assistant Professor
Contact: hsone@wisc.edu, (608) 890-0531
Research interests: Experimental rock mechanics, geomechanics of petroleum and geothermal reservoirs, fault and earthquake mechanics, long-term deformation of shales and fault rocks, in-situ stress and heterogenity, rock physics
James Tinjum
Associate Professor & Director of the Geological Engineering Program
Contact: jmtinjum@wisc.edu, (608) 262-0785
Also: Geological Engineering, Engineering Professional Development
Research interests: environmental geotechnics including waste containment systems, energy geotechnics including heat transfer in geothermal systems and buried power cables, characterization of adv...
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Bu Wang
Assistant Professor, Grainger Institute for Engineering Fellow
Contact: bu.wang@wisc.edu, (608) 262-8698
Also: Materials Science and Engineering
Research interests: CO2 capture and utilization; Computation-guided material engineering
Haoran Wei
Assistant Professor
Contact: haoran.wei3@wisc.edu
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Research interests: 1. Optical sensors for emerging contaminant detection2. Photothermal and photocatalytic technologies for water treatment 3. Surface chemistry of engineered nanoparticles in natural and engineered water sys...
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Daniel Wright
Assistant Professor
Contact: danielb.wright@wisc.edu, (608) 262-1978
Research interests: Floods and other hydroclimate extremes; Flood risk estimation and management; Measurement and modeling of extreme rainfall using ground-based and satellite-based sensors; The role of rainfall variability as a d...
Other affiliations: Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Center for Climatic Research, Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Chin Wu
Professor
Contact: chinwu@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 263-3078
Also: Geological Engineering, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Coastal processes, engineering, resilience, and sustainability, Environmental & ecological fluid mechanics/hydraulics, Restoration and rehabilitation of aquatic systems (river/stream, lake, and wetland...
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Other affiliations: Center for Climatic Research
Zhenhua Zhu
Mortenson Assistant Professor
Contact: zzhu286@wisc.edu, (608) 265-3228
Research interests:
- Data sensing and analysis , Digital modeling , Construction automation and robotics
Adjunct or Faculty Affiliates
Craig H. Benson
Wisconsin Distinguished Professor
Contact: chbenson@wisc.edu, (608) 263-9490
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: geoenvironmental engineering, sustainable infrastructure, engineering for sustainability & life cycle analysis, beneficial use of industr...
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John Corbin
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jmcorbin@wisc.edu, (414) 801-2186
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Traffic Engineering & Traffic Operations, Traffic Management & Intelligent Transportation Systems, Highway & Traffic Safety, Connected & Automated Vehicles, Smart Cities & Global Connectivit...
Jack Cox
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jack.cox@wisc.edu
Research interests: Wave mechanics and wave-structure interaction; shoreline erosion and sediment transport; breakwater design, harbor tranquility; marina engineering; ice and arctic processes; navigation structures and engineerin...
Other affiliations: Engineering Professional Development
Ankur Desai
Professor
Contact: desai@aos.wisc.edu
Research interests: Surface-atmosphere interaction, carbon cycle, ecosystem ecology, boundary layer meteorology, regional fluxes, model data assimilation
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Rahel Desalegne
Adjunct Professor
Contact: desalegne@wisc.edu
Research interests: Transportation planning and Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Safety, Intelligent Transportation Systems.
Michael Doran
Adjunct Professor
Contact: mddoran@wisc.edu, (608) 334-4810
Research interests: Water and Wastewater Engineering, Unit Processes, Process Modeling and Plant Engineering, Biological Wastewater and Wastewater Residuals Treatment and Stabilization, Water Quality Management and Policy Developm...
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Patrick Eagan, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Contact: peagan@wisc.edu
Research interests: Professor Eagan's research interests lie in exploring frameworks that can move public and private institutions toward "sustainable development." A primary interest is how both public and private institutions wi...
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Tom Foltz
Adjunct Professor
Contact: tomfoltz3@gmail.com, (608) 833-6642
Research interests: Early in career significant involvement in applied research for activated sludge systems employing powdered activated carbon for advanced wastewater treatment. Throughout career, significant involvement i...
John L. Hetland
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jhetland@wisc.edu, (608) 410-8207
Research interests: Expertise is in the Construction Management of complex projects., Expertise in Design Build delivery of projects, Interest and knowledge in Lean techniques for deliverying projects, Process development, lessons...
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Tracey Holloway
Professor
Contact: taholloway@wisc.edu
Also: Mechanical Engineering
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Other affiliations: Gaylord Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Kathryn Huibregtse
Adjunct Professor
Contact: khuibregtse@wisc.edu
Research interests: Wastewater treatment, landfill cover design, site and groundwater assessments, Brownfield site clean-ups, and sediment assessment and remidiation.
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Derek Hungness
Adjunct Professor
Contact: djhungness@wisc.edu, (608) 630-0667
Research interests: Transportation corridor operation, safety and preservation studies, land development and transportation system impacts, and travel demand forecast model application and improvement.
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Tom Jenkins
Adjunct Professor
Contact: tom.jenkins.pe@gmail.com, (414) 352-5713
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K. G. Karthikeyan
Associate Professor
Contact: kkarthikeyan@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-9367
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
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Fred Klancnik
Adjunct Professor
Contact: fklancnik@tds.net, (608) 445-2999
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Occasional Instructor for the Waterfront Planning and Engineering course; guest lecturer for the Coastal Engineering course; mentor for the Senior Capstone Design Course teams of civil engineering students desi...
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Jan C. Kucher
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jckucher@wisc.edu
Research interests: Municipal solid waste and source separated organics, anaerobic digestion, sustainability, renewable energy, surface and groundwater supplies, and conservation of natural resources.
Thomas P. Kunes
Adjunct Professor
Contact: kunes@wisc.edu
Research interests: Industrial environmental and safety risk management and process improvement; compliance assurance, quality and EHS management systems; and sustainability.
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John Nelson
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jsnelson4@wisc.edu, (608) 843-5976
Research interests: Energy/Fuels: Production, Conversion, & Consumption, Lean Facility Delivery: Fundamentals and Practices, Sustainable System Analysis & Deployment: Economic and Physical, Organizational Value Clarity:Lea...
Angela Pakes
Professor of Practice
Contact: angela.pakes@wisc.edu
Research interests: Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Cost Analysis, beneficial use of recycled materials, LEED green building design, building design and construction, project management, environmental remediation and br...
Ned W. Paschke
Program Director, Professor of Engineering Practice
Contact: ned.paschke@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4705
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests: Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems, Hydraulic Analysis and Design, Pumping Facilities and Lift Stations, Energy Use in Water and Wastewater Systems, Water Reuse and Recycling, Infrastructure Asset Managemen...
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Joel A Pedersen
Professor
Contact: joelpedersen@wisc.edu, (608) 263-4971
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
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Other affiliations: Soil Science
Charles Quagliana
Adjunct Professor
Contact: quagliana@wisc.edu
Also: College of Engineering
Research interests:
Interdisciplinary & cross-curricular teamsI am interested in advancing the collaboration of Civil Engineering Capstone student teams with student teams (and their...
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Gary F. Rylander
Adjunct Professor
Contact: rylander@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 772-4936
Research interests: Transportation Engineering, Traffic Engineering, Traffic Operations, Safety and Management, Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Jo Tucker
Adjunct Professor
Contact: jo.tucker@wisc.edu
Research interests: Geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering: deep foundations, dams and levees, soil modification techniques, wind energy foundations, geotechnical instrumentation and load testing, environmental assessment ...
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Xin Wang
Assistant Professor
Contact: xin.wang@wisc.edu, (608) 890-3913
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Other affiliations: Grainger Institute for Engineering
Richard Weiland
Adjunct Professor
Contact: rcweiland@wisc.edu
Research interests: Construction management, AEC business organization, and performance metrics.
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Lucas Zoet
Assistant Professor
Contact: lzoet@wisc.edu
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: Glacial SeismicityLaboratory investigation of glacier sliding and ice deformationThe use of ground penetrating radar on glacial deposits and on glaciersGeospatial trends in glacial landformsThe history of the l...
Emeritus Faculty
Teresa Adams
Professor Emeritus
Contact: adams@engr.wisc.edu
Research interests: Infrastructure asset management, geographic information systems in transportation, location referencing systems, spatial/temporal data modeling for transportation, bridge management
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Transportation Center
Anders Andren
Professor Emeritus
Contact: awandren@aqua.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0905
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Structure-activity relationships and environmental fate, air-water transfer of chemicals, industrial waste treatment technology, sediment remediation technology, behavior and fate of chemicals in the environmen...
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David E. Armstrong
Professor Emeritus
Contact: armstron@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0768
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Research interests: Aquatic chemistry, biogeochemistry, chemical limnology, Cycling of nutrient elements in lakes and watersheds, Trace metal chemistry, speciation, and bioavailability, Behavior and fate of organic chemicals in th...
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William D. Berg
Professor Emeritus
Contact: wdberg@charter.net, H6082734664B6082730640
Research interests: Traffic safety, traffic engineering, transportation systems analysis, highway engineering, cost-effective safety improvements
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Tuncer B. Edil
Professor Emeritus
Contact: tbedil@wisc.edu, (608) 262-3225
Also: Geological Engineering
Research interests: Behavior of soils and wastes, behavior of peats and organic soils, geotechnics of soft ground and wastes, geotechnics of industrial by-products and recyccled materials, filtration and interface friction of geos...
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Other affiliations: Consortium for Fly Ash Use in Geotechnical Applications, Recycled Materials Resource Center
Erhard F. Joeres
Professor Emeritus
Contact: joeres@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 770-1458
Research interests: Environmental systems modeling, water resources management, air quality management, markets in pollution control, urban hydrology, pollution prevention, environmental policy, industrial ecology
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John E. Johnson
Professor Emeritus
Contact: jejohns1@wisc.edu
Research interests: Structural engineering specializing in steel structures roofting technology
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Thomas Lillesand
Professor Emeritus
Contact: tmlilles@wisc.edu
Research interests: Environmental monitoring, remote sensing, natural resource management, high resolution satellite image processing, geographic information systems, large area land use mapping from space, transportation applicat...
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Other affiliations: College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Peter L. Monkmeyer
Professor Emeritus
Contact: monkmeyer@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 238-7383
Research interests: Fluid mechanics, water waves, coastal engineering, flood routing, groundwater/seepage
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Michael Oliva
Professor Emeritus
Contact: oliva@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-7241
Research interests: Timber bridges, earthquake resistance, compressive membrane action, arching action, structural engr., reinforced-precast-prestressed concrete design, structural testing, highway bridge design, development of st...
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Other affiliations: Wisconsin Transportation Center
Alain Peyrot
Professor Emeritus
Contact: ahpeyrot@wisc.edu
Research interests: Structural analysis and design. Probabilistic methods and structural dynamics. Computerized structural design. All aspects of high voltage transmission line design, construction and reliabilit...
Kenneth Potter
Professor Emeritus
Contact: kwpotter@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 262-0040
Also: Geological Engineering, Freshwater and Marine Sciences
Research interests: Hydrological modeling and design, stormwater modeling, management and design, estimation of hydrologic risk, estimation of hydrological budgets, restoration of aquatic systems
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Frank L. Scarpace
Professor Emeritus
Contact: scarpace@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 263-3973
Research interests: Image processing, remote sensing
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James P. Scherz
Professor Emeritus
Contact: scherz@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-7901
Research interests: developing basic GIS, archeoastronomy and mapping prehistoric sites, surveying, photogrammetry
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William C. Sonzogni
Professor Emeritus
Contact: sonzogni@facstaff.wisc.edu, (608) 224-6200
Also: Environmental Chemistry and Technology
Research interests: Environmental toxicology, water resources management, chemical limnology, analytical chemistry of pollutants, fate and transport of toxic contaminants
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Alan P. Vonderohe
Professor Emeritus
Contact: vonderoh@engr.wisc.edu, (608) 262-9854
Research interests: Spatial/temporal reference frameworks, spatial/temporal modeling, geographic information systems for transportation, digital photogrammetry, spatial data quality, cadastral systems
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