Civil & Environmental Engineering

1. Civil & Environmental Engineering Faculty Searches, Accreditation & General Update on Departmental Activities Fall CEE Advisory Council Virtual Meeting December 11, 2007

2. Agenda • 1:30 to 1:35pm Welcome and the meeting’s outline • Dave Reckhow • 1:35 to 2:00 pm ABET Visit and Follow-up • Dave Ahlfeld; BS Civil Engineering • John Tobiason; MS Environmental Engineering • 2:00 to 2:15 pm Faculty Searches • Dave Ahlfeld; Water Resources faculty search • Sergio Brena; Structures faculty search • John Tobiason; Amherst 250 sensors faculty search • 2:15 to 2:50 pm Program Updates • John Collura; Transportation Program update • John Tobiason; Environmental Engineering Program update • Don DeGroot; Geotechnical Program update • Scott Civjan, Structures Program update • 2:50 to 3:00 pm Wrap up & general discussion • Dave Reckhow

3. ABET Visit & Follow-up: BSCE • As part of our regular review process, the Civil Engineering faculty are considering a significant restatement of our CE Program Educational Objectives. We need the input of the CEE Advisory Council on these proposed Objectives. • ABET defines Education Objectives as broad statements that describe the career and professional accomplishments that graduates are expected to achieve.

4. Proposed Program Educational Objectives • The Educational Objectives of the UMass Civil Engineering Program describe the accomplishments we expect of our graduates. • Program graduates will directly enter the engineering profession or continue with graduate studies. • Program graduates will be recognized by supervisors and colleagues as possessing the skills needed for a successful engineering career. • Program graduates will demonstrate leadership in their profession and in their communities through service to professional societies, on municipal boards, with charitable organizations and similar activities. • Throughout their careers program graduates will use educational opportunities to continue to expand their understanding of science and engineering.

5. Current Program Educational Objectives • The Civil Engineering Program has the following educational objectives: • Prepare graduates for the professional practice of Civil Engineering through the following five objectives: • Provide graduates with an understanding of engineering principles and current engineering techniques. • Provide graduates with education in environmental, geotechnical, structural, and transportation engineering and an understanding of the interrelationship of these areas in the practice of Civil Engineering. • Prepare graduates to maintain their state-of-the-art competency in the field of Civil Engineering throughout their careers. • Provide graduates with an understanding of the civil engineer’s responsibility to society for public health, safety, and a quality environment. • Provide graduates with an understanding of the civil engineer’s personal responsibility to participate in, and contribute to, the Civil Engineering profession and community activities throughout their career. • and • Provide opportunities for students to prepare for graduate school in Civil Engineering.

6. MS in Environmental EngineeringABET Requirements • UMass is one of 7 ABET accredited MS in Env. Engr. programs in the USA (Arkansas, Cincinnati, GA Tech, VA Tech, Texas, Texas Tech) • Meet General Criteria for BS programs, Program Criteria for BS in Environmental Engineering, one academic year beyond BS, demonstrate ability to apply advanced level knowledge in a specialized area. • Develop, publish, review educational objectives and program outcomes

7. MS in Environmental Engineering Objectives • Educate environmental engineers capable of addressing both current and future environmental problems, • Promote a sense of professionalism and leadership among our students, • Engage students in the generation and dissemination of knowledge for the protection of human health and the environment. Outcomes: Students must have/be • a fundamental understanding of the both science and mathematics applicable to environmental engineering. • thoroughly familiar with and able to use modern engineering techniques, skills, and tools, including those for the analysis and interpretation of data, that are needed to solve environmental engineering problems. • able to apply the fundamental knowledge of science and mathematics in conjunction with modern engineering techniques, skills and tools for the identification, formulation and solution of environmental engineering problems including the design and execution of experiments. • an understanding of the impact of environmental engineering on society. • a solid understanding of the professional and ethical responsibility of an environmental engineer. In addition, students must recognize the need to engage in life-long learning and continued professional development. • the ability to communicate effectively. • must participate in an academic environment which includes generating and disseminating knowledge. • generate research results and disseminate the results of this work in a written report and a public oral presentation. • experience working productively with others who possess different technical skills and backgrounds to design a system, experiment, component or process to meet desired needs.

8. MS in Environmental EngineeringABET Visit Result • Result of Review: very strong faculty, facilities, students, institutional support, curriculum, etc. • Weakness: Program educational objectives • Did not demonstrate process in place for constituencies to review/evaluate objectives & extent they are obtained • Existing assessment techniques more appropriate for outcomes • Weakness: Program outcomes and assessment • Not enough evidence that students satisfy outcomes on graduation • Need to use assessment results to further program • Existing outcomes are different than Criterion 3 “ABET a-k”, so difficult to evaluate meeting those outcomes.

9. MS in Environmental EngineeringABET Follow-up Plan • Establish identified MS Environmental Engineering Advisory Board (subset of CEE Adv Council, plus others?) • Revise Program Objectives & Assessment • More measurable/quantifiable objectives • Revise survey instruments for employers, alumni • Revise Program Outcomes & Assessment • Adopt Criterion 3 “ABET a-k” and appropriate Program Criteria based outcomes • Devise more outcome specific assessment measures (i.e., a specific component of a specific course) • Better demonstrate use of assessments to revise/develop the program

10. Water Resources/Hydrology Position • Description • We seek candidates with research interests in one or more of the following areas: surface hydrology, ecohydrology, land-atmosphere interactions, water resources engineering and hydrologic response to climate change. The capability to complement existing research at UMass in hydrogeology, water resources management, numerical modeling and surface and groundwater quality impacts of watershed processes is desirable • Applicant review began November 15.  • 6 member search committee • 79 Applicants to-date • Interviews planned for January/February

11. Structural Engineering and Mechanics Search • Assistant Professor Level, open background • Complement existing faculty • Search Committee • Breña (chair), Arwade, Civjan, Lardner - SEM • Ho - GeoTech • Clouston - BMAWT • Charron – SEM Grad student • Advertisement will be posted within 1 week • Evaluations commence 2 January 2008 • Interviews: mid-February – early March 2008

12. CEE Faculty Search – Amherst 250Environmental Sensors • Proposed to Provost as part of a cluster hire involving ongoing CEE Water Resources hire and two positions in Geosciences, with focus on hydrology, hydrometerology, watersheds, climate change • Provost approved the CEE hire in the Environmental Sensors area, but not the Geosciences hires • Seek a person to complement broader civil & environmental engineering research, especially in geotechnical, environmental & water resources

13. CEE Faculty Search – Amherst 250Asst. Prof., Environmental Sensors • Proposed Advertisement: • We seek candidates with research interests in the development and application of sensing technologies that support applications in civil and environmental engineering. Technologies at the full range of scales (nano to global) are of interest, with expected applications that complement existing research at UMass-Amherst in hydrology, surface and groundwater quality, geotechnical engineering and environmental engineering processes in natural and engineered systems. Applications in related infrastructure and environmental systems will also be considered.

14. Transportation Engineering Program • Added one more faculty Dr. Song Gao to bring total to 4 • 2006-2007 Degrees Awarded • 10 of 28 CEE/EVE graduate degrees awarded • 1 PhD • 9 MS • 2006-2007 Current Enrollment • 22 of 63 CEE/EVE graduate enrollment • 5 PhD/17 MS • 13 M/9F • 15 U.S./7 International

15. Hometown: Guayama, PR Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, University of Puerto Rico M.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisors: Dr. Fisher Dr. Knodler Hometown: Worcester, MA Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst MBA Clark University Advisor: Dr. Hancock Lisandra Garay-Vega Chris Ahmadjian Hometown: Miami, FL Education: B.S. Sociology, Smith College M.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisors: Dr. Collura Dr. Knodler Hometown: Waltham, MA Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst M.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisor: Dr. Knodler Hometown: Beijing, China Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Hebei University of Technology M.S. Transportation Planning and Management, Beijing University of Technology Advisor: Dr. Ni David Hurwitz Heather Rothenberg Haizhong Wang Transportation Engineering PhD Students

16. Hometown: Wellesley, MA Education: B.S. Computer Systems Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisor: Dr. Ni Adam Bailin Hometown: Kirovo-Chepetsk, Russia Education: B.S. Applied Math, Moscow Institute of Phys & Tech, Moscow, Russia M.S. Applied Math, Moscow Institute of Phys & Tech Advisor: Dr. Ni Mariya Maslova Hometown: Jinjiang, Jienpxi, China Education: B.E. Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University Advisor: Dr. Gao Huang He Hometown: Easthampton, MA Education: A.B. Psychology, Smith College M.S. Exercise and Sports Studies, Smith College Advisor: Dr. Knodler Stacy Metzger Hometown: Hyderabad, India Education: B.Tech Civil Engineering, Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering & Technology Advisor: Dr. Collura Hometown: Guangxi, China Education: B.E. Civil Engineering, Tsinghua University Advisor: Dr. Gao Hometown: Westfield, MA Education: B.A. Economics, Westfield State College Advisor: Dr. Collura Hometown: Kingston, NH Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisor: Dr. Knodler Hometown: Carl Place, NY Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisor: Dr. Knodler K. Pothu Raju XuanLu Melissa Paciulli Arianna Mickee Hugo Rivera Hometown: Beijing, China Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Beijing University Advisor: Dr. Collura Students with no photo available : Hometown: Bedford, MA Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Advisor: Dr. Collura Patrick Baxter Hometown: Franklin, MA Education: B.S. Physics, UMass Amherst Advisor: Dr. Knodler Arthur Bonney Hometown: Newton, MA Education: B.S. Civil Engineering, Duke University Advisor: Dr. Collura Amitai Lipton Hometown: Shenyang, Liaoning Education: B.S. Transportation, Northern Jiaotong University Advisor: Dr. Collura Jerry Lu Francis Wu Transportation Engineering Graduate Students Hometown: St. Paul, MN Education: B.S. Industrial Engineering, UMass Amherst Advisors: Dr. Collura Dr. Ni Loren Barcus

17. EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2005, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2002, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1999, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China RESEARCH INTERESTS: Optimization in stochastic networks Econometric models of (adaptive) travel behavior Traffic models of uncertain networks with traveler information Intelligent transportation systems Transportation planning Congestion pricing and emission pricing Freight transportation EDUCATION:Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 1976, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina M.S.C.E in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 1971, Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania BSCE in Civil Engineering, 1970, Merrimack College, North Andover, Massachusetts RESEARCH INTERESTS:Transportation Systems Engineering and Planning Intelligent Transportation Systems Public Transportation Systems Dr. John Collura Ph.D. Professor Dr. Song Gao Ph.D. Assistant Professor EDUCATION: Ph.D. (2004) Georgia Institute of Technology (Transportation / Operations Res.) M.Sc. (2003) Georgia Institute of Technology (Industrial Engineering) M.Sc. (2001) Georgia Institute of Technology (Transportation) M.Sc. (1994) Beijing Agricultural Engineering University (Mechanical Engineering) B.Sc. (1991) Jilin University of Technology (Mechanical Engineering)   RESEARCH INTERESTS: Traffic Flow Theory and Simulation Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Traffic Sensing and Information TechnologyTransportation Logistics and Optimization EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2004 University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts M.S. in Civil Engineering (Transportation), 2002 University of Massachusetts - Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts B.S. in Civil Engineering, 1999, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, Massachusetts RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transportation SafetyTraffic Operations and SimulationGeometric DesignHuman Factors and Driving Simulation Dr. Michael Knodler Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dr. Daiheng Ni Ph.D. Assistant Professor Transportation Engineering Faculty

18. Visiting Professor Professor Emeritus EDUCATION: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 1990, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL M.S. in Urban & Regional Planning 1985, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI B.S. in City Engineering, 1982, Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea RESEARCH INTERESTS: Transportation Systems Analysis Transportation Demand Analysis ITS: Traveler Information and Route Choice Behavior Transportation and Land Use EDUCATION:Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering, 1961, University of California - Berkeley M.S. in Civil Engineering, 1953, University of Illinois B.S. in Civil Engineering , 1951, University of Illinois RESEARCH INTERESTS:Transportation Engineering Transportation and Regional Planning Environmental Assessment. Dr. Ikki Kim Ph.D. Dr. Paul Shuldiner Ph.D. Transportation Engineering Faculty (Visiting and Emeritus)

19. National Summer Transportation Institute UMASS Amherst Summer 2007 Principal Investigator: Mike Knodler Ph.D. Student David Hurwitz Guest Lecturers: John Collura and Daiheng Ni

20. Duvall Patrick Lecture: Public Service

21. Boston Harbor Cruise: Examining Port Infrastructure

22. Ship Design Contest: Load Ships To Failure

23. Tour of MassHighway Zipper Car

24. Tour of MassHighwayOperations Center

25. Weekly Student Presentation Teams

26. Guest Lecture: Bridge Design Concepts

27. Students Learn to Rock Climb

28. Environmental Engineering Program Update Fall 2007 – 8 full-time, tenure track faculty • Two new faculty hired Spring 2007 • Dr. Chul Park (PhD VA Tech) • Biological processes • Activated sludge, proteins, process optimization… • Dr. Erik Rosenfeldt (PhD Duke) • Physicochemical processes • Photochemistry (UV), advanced oxidation, emerging contaminants • Dr. Sarina Ergas – sabbatical at Technion, Israel, Fall 07 • Biological processes, membranes • Dr. David Reckhow – interim CEE DH • Environmental chemistry, physicochemical processes • Dr. John Tobiason – EVE Program Coordinator • Physicochemical processes, water supply engineering • Dr. David Ostendorf • Water resources, groundwater, field data, models • Dr. David Ahlfeld – chairing water resources search • Water resources, groundwater/surface water, modeling • Dr. Paula Rees – resigning as of August 2008 • Water resources, surface water, rainfall/runoff

29. Geotechnical Engineering Graduate Program Status – Fall 2007 • 1. Faculty • Don J. DeGroot (DJD), Coordinator • Ching S. Chang (CSC) • William H. Highter (WHH) • Carlton L. Ho (CLH) • Alan J. Lutenegger (AJL) • 2. In Residence Funded Research Personnel • 1 Post Doc (DJD) • 1 Research Fellow (DJD) • 2 PhD (DJD) • 4 MS (1 AJL and 3 DJD) • 3 UG (2 AJL and 1 DJD)

30. 3. Current Funded Research • MassHighway – In Situ Testing Research (DJD and AJL) • VTrans – Lightweight foam fill (AJL) • VTrans – Early warning instrumentation system (DJD and AJL) • National Science Foundation – Offshore Geohazards (DJD) • MassHighway – Salt Contamination (DWO and DJD) • Mass. Board of Higher Education – (AJL) • Pending Research Proposals: • MassHighway – AJL project on liquefaction • MassHighway – CLH Phase II of silt fence project

31. 4. Activity Highlights Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Student Research Symposium Hosted on Friday October 26, 2007 by the UMass Amherst Geotechnical Engineering Group. The Symposium was Chaired by UMass Amherst PhD student Hoang Nguyen and the Proceedings were co-edited by Hoang and UMass Amherst PhD student Adriane Boscardin. The Symposium included participants from MIT, Tufts, Northeastern, URI, UMass Lowell, RPI, Clarkson, UVM, and UMass Amherst. Twenty-four presentations were given by students from these universities.

32. Northeast Geotechnical Graduate Student Research Symposium Award Winners Geosyntec Consultants sponsored an abstract competition. UMass Amherst graduate students won 3 of the prizes: 2nd Place to Jeffrey Lloyd for his presentation on "Evaluation of an Automated Early Warning System for Unstable Soil Slopes," Co-3rd place to Cody Jones for "High Quality Deep Water Geotechnical Sampling and Shear Wave Velocity." Best Presentation to Matt Ciuffetti for "Full-Scale Pilot Study to Reduce Lateral Stresses in Retaining Structures Using GeoFoam,"

33. UMass Amherst Geotechnical Engineering MS student Adriane Boscardin spent January to September 2007 conducting research on offshore geohazards at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI) in Oslo, Norway. Adriane completed her MS degree in May 2007 and is now a PhD student in the Geotechnical Engineering Program conducting research on the National Science Foundation project on offshore geohazards. [www.offshoregeohazards.org]. Adriane pictured above in NGI's laboratory using equipment (on the left) developed as part of her MS research at UMass Amherst. Pictured (from the left) with Tom Lunne (Technical Advisor, NGI), Farrokh Nadim (Director, International Centre for Geohazards) and Knut Anderson (Technical Director, NGI).

34. UMass Amherst Geotechnical Engineering PhD student Hoang Nguyen was selected from an international competition to attend the "LAndslide Risk Assessment and Mitigation" (LARAM) school in September 2007 at the Università di Salerno, Italy. The two week school brought together faculty, practitioners and graduate students from around the world to learn about and discuss technical issues associated with prediction, assessment and mitigation of landslides. Pictured above Hoang Nguyen (in white shirt with stripes) leads a group discussion on site characterization and soil modeling.

35. UMass Amherst Post-Doctorate Melissa M. Landon is spending 6 months at the Centre for Offshore Foundations Systems (COFS), University of Western Australia, Perth. Melissa is conducting collaborative research with COFS on offshore geohazards and modeling of offshore infrastructure. Soil-structure interaction experiments are being conducted using the centrifuge facilities at COFS.

36. Joint Seminar Series with Structural Engineering Group During the Fall 2007 semester the Structural Engineering and Geotechnical Engineering Groups are conducting a joint weekly seminar series. Speakers include visitors from industry and academia and students presentations on their research.

37. 5. Major Program Challenge - potential loss of critical mass in graduate program - need more graduate students - applicant pool was very strong past few years - issue is funding; need more sponsored research projects and fellowship money.

38. Structural engineering and mechanics Faculty Sanjay Arwade Sergio Brena Scott Civjan Tom Lardner

39. Structural engineering and mechanics Sanjay Arwade Mechanics Background Coup in getting him here Johns Hopkins 4 years Already Making huge impact

40. Structural engineering and mechanics Sanjay’s Collaborations • Structural Engineering and Mechanics • CEE Department • Johns Hopkins • Marine Biologist MAINE • Health Monitoring MIE • Mechanics of Proteins Computer Science • BMAWT • Geo Sciences Committee • Architecture and Design

41. Structural engineering and mechanics Graduate Students 9 New, 2PhD (12 Total) Excellent Group UMass, Smith, Johns Hopkins China, Turkey, Iran, Vietnam

42. Structural engineering and mechanics Current Funding Sources National Science Foundation Vermont Agency of Transportation New England Transportation Consortium Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation

43. Structural engineering and mechanics Top Priority New Faculty Position Position to Complement Existing Group Broad Advertisement Assistant Professor Search started last week Review Applications in January Interviews in Late February

44. Structural engineering and mechanics Growing Pains/Needs Contracting Issues Hiring Space

45. Faculty Balance • CEE Department

46. Chul Park • Dr. Chul Park was hired in the fall of 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering program. • His experience includes service as an instructor at Virginia Tech and a Study abroad scholar, Department of Civil Engineering, Washington State University, Aug 1998 – Jul 1999 • EDUCATION • Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2007 • M.S. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2002 • B.S. Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University, 2000 • RESEARCH INTERESTS • Activated sludge process and biofilms wastewater engineering • Sludge digestion and biosolids handling processes • Role of metals and extracellular polymeric substances in bacterial aggregation • Metaproteomics and metagenomics in complex environmental microbiota • Membrane technologies for water and wastewater treatment

47. Song Gao • Dr. Song Gao was hired in the fall of 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Transportation Engineering program • EDUCATION • Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA:Ph.D. in Transportation, February 2005; • Tsinghua University, China:B.S. in Civil Engineering, summa cum laude, July 1999 • EXPERIENCE • Caliper Corporation, Transportation Engineer, 11/2004-7/2007 • Research Interests • Optimization in stochastic networks • Econometric models of (adaptive) travel behavior • Traffic models of uncertain networks with traveler information • Intelligent transportation systems • Transportation planning

48. Erik Rosenfeldt • Dr. Erik Rosenfeldt was hired in the fall of 2007 as an Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering program. • His experience includes Visiting Research and Instructor, North Carolina State University 9/06–8/07, Visiting Research, EAWAG, F’03, Project Engineer, Environmental Resources Management, St. Louis, 1999 - 2001 • EDUCATION • Ph.D. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2007 • M.S. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, 2003 • B.S. Department of Chemical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, 1999 • RESEARCH INTERESTS • UV and advanced oxidation technologies for treating emerging biologically active contaminants in drinking water. • Study methods to determine potential oxidant efficacy in waters. • biological stability of treated drinking waters in distribution systems using novel flow cytometry methods. • oxidative and microbiological technologies to achieve enhanced removal of biologically active contaminants in water

49. Richard Palmer • Dr. Richard Palmer has accepted a position of Professor and Department Head. He plans to join us in mid-March 2008. • EDUCATION • Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, 1979. • M.S. Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 1973. • B.S. Civil Engineering, Lamar University, Beaumont, Texas, 1972. • PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS • 1979 – present; University of Washington, Department of Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering and Sciences Program. • 1973 - 1977: Hydrologist, Water Resources Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA • SELECTED AWARDS • 1988 “Service to the Profession” Award from the ASCE • 1992 Huber Award for Research Excellence by ASCE • 2006 Julian Hinds Award from ASCE for research on impacts of climate change on water resources

50. New Faculty: future • Water Resources • Rees departure • Search is underway • Ahlfeld is chair of committee • Junior level • Structures • Edzwald (part); reallocated • Search is just beginning • Brena is chair of committee • Junior level • Sensors in CEE • A250 position; part of cluster proposal • Tobiason will be chair; junior level