July 2002 to present:

    Dean of School of Engineering, and Professor of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Alaska Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska.

        * Administer the School of Engineering
        * Manage fiscal and academic planning
        * Provide leadership in curriculum enhancement and development of research, graduate, and undergraduate programs
        * Supervise recruitment and evaluation of faculty and staff
        * Coordinate with other University of Alaska campuses
        * Promote a productive academic, research, and service environment
        * Promote new research programs and associated equipment and facilities

1998 to 2002:

    Professor & Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.

        Manage approximately 40 faculty and staff, and approximately 700 students

            * Perform hiring, in accordance with Affirmative Action and other guidelines
            * Provide annual performance reviews of staff
            * Perform periodic reviews of faculty pursuant to retention, promotion, and tenure
            * Assist faculty with grant proposal development, and many other issues, as required
            * Serve as advisor for all co-op students
            * Work with students to resolve conflicts that arise between students and faculty, and many other issues

        Work with other College of Engineering Department Chairs on a variety of subjects

        Actively lead in the ABET assessment process for both the CE and ENVE programs

        Manage the $2 million Departmental annual budget

        Participate in the College’s fundraising activities

        Provide the final review of approximately 100 senior projects produced each year

        Serve as Co-Chair of the Department’s Industrial Advisory Board, with representatives from about 30 public and private agencies/companies that have an active interest in Cal Poly

        Serve on a number of College and University committees

        Teach classes, as outlined in “Associate Professor” below, but on a reduced scale

        Selected as Board member for Ensitu Engineering, Morro Bay, California, 2001

        Selected as Chair of the Educational Advisory Board for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, University of California, Davis, California, 2001

        Served as co-organizer of Disaster Recovery and Disaster Mitigation Workshop, held at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, September 6-8, 2000

        Served as co-organizer and presenter at “Alternative Onsite Wastewater Treatment – ‘The State of the Science’” at California State Water Resources Control Board, San Luis Obispo, October 20, 2000

        Currently am co-authoring a book for the Brooks-Cole Company, on Civil & Environmental Engineering Design

1991 to 1998:

    Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California.

        Teach senior and graduate classes in civil and environmental engineering:

            * Civil & environmental engineering design
            * Water and wastewater treatment plant design
            * Hazardous wastes management
            * Water quality analysis laboratory
            * Groundwater hydraulics
            * Other related courses

        Academic Senator (1996 – 1998):

        Represent the interests of the Department and College in the University’s governing body

        Many other committee tasks at the Department, College, and University levels

        Taught a course in Water and Wastewater Treatment at the Technologic Institute of Culiacan, Sinaloa, Mexico, in July 1996

        Awards received:

            * Chi Epsilon's Pacific Coast Region Excellence in Teaching (1994)
            * TRW Excellence in Teaching (1997)

1982 to 1991:

    Sequence of progressively responsible engineering/management positions (Assistant Engineer, Civil Engineer, Senior Civil Engineer, Assistant Manager/Chief Civil Engineer) at Imperial Irrigation District, Imperial, California.

        As Assistant Manager/Chief Civil Engineer, supervised the Water Engineering and Project Management Sections of the Water Department.  Water Engineering consisted of the following groups:  Field Surveying, several survey crews supervised by a Land Surveyor; Engineering Services, responsible for the drafting of engineering drawings; Design, responsible for hydraulic and structural designs and cost estimates; and Water Resources, responsible for the planning of water projects, preparing environmental documentation.

        The Project Management Section was formed specifically to provide complete construction management services on the IID/MWD Water Conservation Program, which involved the implementation of over $100 million of water conservation projects during a five year period.

        Specific projects included the following:

           1. Project Engineer for the construction of the All-American Canal Drop 1 and East Highline hydroelectric power plants. These low-head hydroplants, designed by Sverdrup, Parcel, & Associates, were constructed in 1983-184, to supplement IID's electric power supply, at a total cost of $25 million.
           2. Served on committee that developed the Water Conservation Program, which presented and analyzed the economic feasibility of a number of projects that had the potential of saving 250,000 AF of water per year (1984).
           3. Helped negotiate Water Conservation Program with Metropolitan Water District (MWD), through which MWD would provide the capital and annual funding for projects, and in turn would receive credit for the water conserved, to allow for augmentation of its Colorado River allocation.  Key aspects of this program included the planning of a wide diversity of projects, to ensure the overall reliability of the water conservation estimates, and a system for verification of the water savings from each of its projects (1990).
           4. Complete design and construction of Galliano Reservoir, a 400 AF reservoir near the end of the Westside Main Canal.  The reservoir, designed to improve the reliability of irrigation deliveries and reduce spill to the Salton Sea, and provide habitat for fish and migratory waterfowl, cost $3 million (1991).
           5. Chaired a Water/Power Department committee which had oversight of the development of a Geographic Information System, which had coverages of canals, drains, power lines, roads, and other facilities (1990).
           6. Prepared a request for a groundwater modeling study sponsored by both the IID and the Imperial.  The study, performed by James Montgomery Engineering, used a PC based version of a groundwater model that allowed for analysis of the surface/ground water interactions that are important in an irrigated region. (1990).
           7. Served as President of the Earthquake Engineering Forum, comprised of utility companies throughout California, allowing for the sharing of information and programs used to minimize earthquake risks to facilities, personnel, and the public (1990).
           8. Served on the doctoral dissertation committee as a Faculty Affiliate at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, in the Agricultural and Chemical Engineering Department, for a project sponsored by the IID/MWD Water Conservation Program, to use an information theory approach to modeling irrigation water demand, as a function of cropping patterns, time of year, precipitation, and other climatic variables (1991).
           9. Supervised the planning, design, and construction of a number of smaller irrigation facility projects (1982-1991).
          10. Served as the IID representative on Cal Poly State University at San Luis Obispo Irrigation Training and Research Centers Industrial Advisory Board (1990-1991).

1980 to 1982:

    Research Assistant, Civil Engineering Department, University of California, Davis, California

        Performed pilot-plant testing of pulsed-bed sand filters at the campus wastewater treatment plant to assess their feasibility for secondary and tertiary treatment applications.

1978 to 1980:

    Civil Engineer, Sequoia National Forest, Porterville, California.

        Planned, designed, and inspected the construction of roads, culverts, bridges, campgrounds, and housing facilities.