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MCE Faculty
Learn from a distinguished faculty with real world experience
The Civil Engineering faculty are a diverse group of international professionals from a myriad of backgrounds related to civil engineering. They are passionate about both engineering and teaching, and bring the latest developments in their professional activities and research right into the classroom. Each instructor is chosen specifically for his or her unique insight into the curriculum of particular seminars.
All School of Graduate Studies faculty receive comprehensive training in the online learning environment. They recognize their responsibility to bring their experience and expertise to bear in the classroom, to facilitate vibrant and engaging discussion of the subject matter, and to support students in all of their learning activities.
The following is a partial faculty list. Please contact an Admissions Advisor for additional information about our faculty.
Thomas J. Descoteaux, PE
Program Director
PhD, The University of Connecticut
Tom Descoteaux, currently the Director of Engineering Graduate Programs at Norwich University, earned his PhD in Civil Engineering from The University of Connecticut. Prior to joining Norwich he spent ten years as a member of the Civil Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He is a registered Professional Engineer, a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers' Curricula Committee and the American Society for Engineering Education.
William Barry
PhD, Carnegie Mellon University
William Barry completed his PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University and his MS in Structural Engineering at Stanford University. For several years he served as Assistant Professor and Coordinator for Structural Engineering at the Asian Institute of Technology in Bangkok, Thailand. His research has focused on computational solid and fluid mechanics with projects ranging from analysis of vehicle/guardrail impact to wind effects on mega-billboards in the Bangkok region. He also has been active, with several journal papers, in the area of meshless methods, an alternative to the finite element method. For the past two years Bill has served in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Norwich University, but he has recently joined the Civil & Environmental Engineering faculty at Tristate (Trine) University in northeast Indiana.
N. Catherine Bazán-Arias, PE
PhD, The University of Pittsburgh
N. Catherine Bazan-Arias completed her PhD and her MS in Geotechnical Engineering both from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught engineering at both the undergraduate and graduate level at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University. As a senior staff engineer for DiGioia, Gray & Associates, LLC, she works on geotechnical and structural analyses and designs in various geotechnical-environmental projects including dam works, coal combustion by-products stabilization & reclamation, transmission lines, pavements, and landfills. As a professional engineer, Cathy is involved in various engineering organizations at the local and national level.
Robert L. Brungraber, PE
PhD, Stanford University
Robert Brungraber earned his PhD in Civil Engineering and his MSCE in Construction Engineering, both from Stanford University. With a specialty in heavy timber structures using traditional joinery methods, he is currently Operations Director and a co-owner of Benson Woodworking, Inc., an 80-member firm designing and building some of the finest heavy timber frames in the US His professional activities include: past Director and Treasurer of the Timber Framer's Guild of North America; past Chairman of the ASCE Committee on Timber Bridges; a current member of ASCE, the Society of Wood Science and Technology, and the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire. A registered Professional Engineer in nine states, he has two sons, one of which is a structural engineering graduate student at the University of California San Diego.
Norman D. Folmar, PE
PhD, Pennsylvania State University
Norman Folmar obtained both his doctoral and master's degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Pennsylvania State University. His primary area of focus is in the field of water resources, specifically surface water hydrology and open channel hydraulics. He has instructed many courses relating to water resources and civil engineering at both Penn State and Bucknell Universities. He is very active in industry working with consulting firms and regulatory agencies on water resources issues. He is a licensed Professional Engineer and has worked on many projects in the field of water resources.
J. Thomas Haigh
PhD, The University of Wisconsin
Thomas Haigh earned his PhD and MS in Mathematics from the University of Wisconsin. After teaching at the college level and performing research in differential equations and control theory for 16 years, he left academia for industry, where he applied his mathematical skills to the analysis of complex space systems at Martin-Marietta and then to the analysis of secure computing systems. At the Secure Computing Corporation he served as the Vice President for Research and then the Chief Technology Officer. He is currently a member of the technical staff at Adventium Labs, a non-profit R&D Lab in Minneapolis. He has served on several NSF panels and has chaired or served on the program committees for many of the major information security conference, including the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy, the Computer Security Foundations Workshop, and ACSAC (Annual Computer Security Applications Conference) on Database and Application Security.
James E. Maccariella, Jr, PE
MS, Drexel University
Jim Maccariella holds a BS degree in Architectural Engineering, and BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from Drexel University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in multiple states and serves as the Bridge Department Head of a large transportation consulting firm. He is an active member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (serves on the Bridge and Tunnel Security Committee), and the American Society of Highway Engineers (serves on the Southern New Jersey Board of Directors). He has experience designing and rehabilitating fixed and movable highway and rail bridges. His projects have been featured at the International Bridge Conference, Deep Foundations Institute Seminars, and have received awards from the American Council of Engineering Companies (NJ Section), and Historic Preservation Societies.
Anthony T. Maida
MS, The University of Southern California
Tony Maida earned his MS in Systems Management from the University of Southern California and his BSCE from Norwich University. Since then, he has held several positions with the US Air Force and US Air National Guard including Base Engineer, Deputy Base Engineer, Deputy Chief Engineer, and Construction Management Engineer. In these positions he was responsible for all aspects of constructing, maintaining, and operating all facilities, grounds, and utilities on USAF and USANG bases with the added responsibility for airfield and aircraft support function. The largest portion of this vast responsibility involved management of all phases of facility project development, design, contracting, construction, and commissioning activities.
W. Nicholas Marianos, PE, SE
PhD, Tulane University
Nick Marianos earned his PhD from Tulane University and his MS in Structural Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a registered Professional Engineer and Structural Engineer. He has served as a consulting bridge engineer and a part-time Research Professor at the University of Missouri - Rolla. His duties included supervision of design, quality assurance/quality control, marketing, preparation of statements of interest and proposals, negotiation of contracts, client relations, personnel management, and supervision of engineering operations. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the American Concrete Institute, and the American Railway Engineering and Maintenance of Way Association.
Joseph F. Miller
MS, The University of Wyoming
Joe Miller earned his MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Wyoming. He has worked as the head of structural engineering at several design build firms specializing in heavy timber construction, with responsibilities ranging from project development through construction. His research background has been focused on mechanical timber connectors and their analysis in new and existing structures. Among his other duties, he is very active with his consulting business, specializing in providing and increasing engineering expertise with small firms. He is a committee member of the Timber Framers Guild, and is a member of the Structural Engineers of New Hampshire.
David K. Muckerman, PE, BCEE
MS, University of Missouri, at Rolla
David Muckerman earned his MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Missouri at Rolla. He is a registered Professional Engineer with more than 30 years of experience in all aspects of water and wastewater projects, including feasibility studies, facility planning, process selection, process design, detailed design, construction administration, construction certification, utility management consulting and expert witness testimony. He has in-depth knowledge of reclaimed water, water treatment plants, wastewater treatment plants, pumping stations and pipelines. He is a member of the American Water Works Association, Water Environment Federation, American Society of Civil Engineers, and the American Academy of Environmental Engineers as a Board Certified Environmental Engineer.
Kurt N. Ohlinger, PE
PhD, The University of California — Davis
Kurt Ohlinger earned his PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Davis and his BS and MS in Civil Engineering from the California State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer and a Certified Grade 5 Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator in California. Kurt has 15 years of professional experience in the environmental engineering field, working as a process engineer, plant engineer, and operations manager at large regional wastewater treatment facilities. He also has seven nine years of academic experience as a faculty member and as the Associate Director of the Office of Water Programs at California State University Sacramento, where he has pioneered computer-based distance learning for water treatment and distribution operators and for wastewater treatment plant operators.
Linda Ratsep, PE
MCE, Villanova University
MBA, Drexel University
Linda A. Ratsep earned a Master of Civil Engineering, Water Resources Concentration, from Villanova University and a MBA from Drexel University. She is a registered Professional Engineer with over 30 years of environmental and civil engineering design and project management experience. She co-founded a successful environmental science and civil engineering consulting firm in 1995. She has completed hundreds of projects involving: site development design for residential, commercial, industrial, airport and recreational facilities; stream/stream corridor, wetland, and watershed studies and assessments; stormwater management designs; municipal engineering reviews; and airport engineering design. Many of these projects have involved the development and utilization of project specific Geographic information Systems (GIS) technologies, as well as, 3-D visualization and advanced civil engineering software applications. In addition, she has been extensively retained as an expert witness in civil engineering.
Scott A. Sabol, PE
MS, Pennsylvania State University
Scott Sabol earned his Master of Science (Civil/Structural Engineering) degree from the Pennsylvania State University. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has worked at Vermont Technical College (where he is Professor and chairs the Architectural Engineering Technology department), Delaware Transportation Institute (as its Director), and as Senior Program Officer at the National Research Council. He continues to practice as a consulting structural engineer. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and Structural Engineering Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE). Professor Sabol was awarded the Harry S. Wirtz Master Teacher Award in 2008 by Vermont Tech in recognition of his teaching excellence.
Shawn H. Veltman, PE
PhD, The University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Shawn Veltman earned his PhD, Environmental Engineering from the University of Massachusetts and his MS, Environmental Engineering from Clarkson University. He is a registered Professional Engineer with over 25 years of experience in the planning and design of water supply and wastewater treatment facilities. He serves as the senior technical advisor for an environmental engineering firm and environmental laboratory with a staff of 50. He is responsible for the preliminary engineering design of all major environmental engineering projects completed by the firm, and the identification, development, and application of new technologies to maintain the firm's technological edge in the marketplace. He is an expert in the area of anaerobic processes. He is a member of the America Water Works Association and Water Environment Federation.
Jordan E. Furnans, PE
PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Jordan E. Furnans earned his PhD in Civil Engineering and his MSE in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, and earned his BSE in Civil Engineering from Princeton University. His research interests include numerical methods for solving environmental engineering problems, including both surface water and groundwater applications. He has spent the last five years as an engineer with the Texas Water Development Board, where he regularly collects and analyzes hydrologic data to assist in water planning efforts for Texas. He is a registered professional engineer in the state of Texas (Environmental Specialty) and was a U.S. Fulbright Fellow to Australia in 2002.
Bryan Pascarella
MBA, The University of Pittsburgh
Bryan Pascarella earned his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh and his BSCE from the University of Michigan. He is a senior project manager with a large regional construction management/contracting firm and has over 20 years of experience in the management of all aspects and phases of large construction projects. He has been involved in the successful management of over half a billion dollars of new construction in the public and private sectors, and has extensive experience in project management methods, including project organization and administration, cost accounting, quality control, project scheduling, construction management software, contracts, safety requirements, client relations, and cost estimating.
Jared M. Reigstad
MCE, Norwich University
Jared Reigstad earned his MCE from Norwich University and his BS in Civil Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He is a project manager for a structural engineering firm that provides services across the country. Working in different regions of the country has given Jared exposure to a myriad of design considerations including high seismic zones along the West Coast, extreme wind and water areas along the Gulf Coast, and heavy snow loading conditions in the Northern portions of the country. His duties include working with architects and contractors in design, construction document preparation, and construction administration. He is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction. In the classroom, Jared brings together practical design knowledge and theoretical insights to give students what they need to be successful in the real world.
Brent M. White, PE
MCE, Norwich University
Brent White earned a Bachelor of Science and Master of Civil Engineering through Norwich University. While an undergraduate he was a member of the Corps of Cadets. Brent's masters studies focused on water resources and environmental engineering. He currently serves a project manager and design engineer in his family's' civil engineering consulting firm, White Engineering, Inc (www.whiteeng.com) In that role he is involved with residential site development, septic system design, commercial development and re-development, public water supply permitting, various wetlands permitting through the Massachusetts DEP as well as the EPA as well as bulk oil plant design. Brent is currently pursuing accreditation as a LEED (New Construction) professional as well as earning Certified Professional in Storm Water Quality (CPSWQ) certification.
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