1DIXIE MORRIS GRIFFIN, JR., PhD, D.WRE, P.E.

Contractors Trust Fund Professor of Civil Engineering

PRESENT BUSINESS ADDRESS

Civil Engineering Program Louisiana Tech University Ruston, LA 71272

318/257-2356

PRESENT HOME ADDRESS

209 North Pinecrest Drive Ruston, LA 71273 318/251-2614

PERSONAL DATA

Married, 1 child; Height 5' 10-1/2 ", Weight 171; U. S. Citizen

EDUCATION

B.S., 1970, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University MAJOR: Civil Engineering

M.S., 1971, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University MAJOR: Environmental Engineering

Ph.D., 1979, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University MAJOR: Environmental Engineering. MINOR: Hydraulics and Hydrology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

September 1990 to present: Professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana Tech University.

September 1984 to September 1990: Tenured Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana Tech University. Responsibilities include teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses, outside consulting and research.

September 1979 to September 1984: Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, North Dakota State University. Responsibilities included teaching of graduate and undergraduate courses, outside consulting and research, various student interactions.

September 1978 to September 1979: Assistant Professor, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Responsibilities included development of courses and laboratories of new systems engineering program, outside consulting and research.

1975 to 1978: Graduate Research Assistant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Involved in Occoquan Watershed Monitoring program, Manassas, Virginia duties related to graduate program and dissertation preparation.

1974 to 1975: Graduate teaching assistant, solely responsible for the preparation and instruction in graduate and undergraduate courses in Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering. Responsible for preparation and delivery of lectures to operators of Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants in Virginia during "Short School" held at VPI&SU.

1971 to 1973: Assistant, then Regional Engineer for "Region 2" of the State of Virginia for the Bureau of Sanitary Engineering Department of Health. This region included most of the urban area in eastern Virginia. Responsibilities were diverse.

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPSRegistered Environmental and Civil Engineer in Louisiana, #25981Registered Engineer in Virginia, #7406

Registered Engineer in Saskatchewan, Canada, #4456 Registered Engineer in North Dakota, #2401 American Water Resources Association American Society of Civil Engineers

Water Environment FederationDiplomate, American Academy of Water Resources Engineers

BACKGROUND

Born in Norfolk, Virginia Educated in Norfolk Public Schools

LAB DEVELOPMENT

As a result of research contracts obtained I was able to develop and fund an accredited (by the state of Louisiana through EPA) environmental laboratory within the civil engineering program at La Tech. I employed a lab director, an assistant lab director and an average of 5

graduate students (trained as lab technicians). The lab remained accredited from 1999 to 2004.

CONSULTING (only projects for which a fee was received are listed)

1. State Water Commission, North Dakota, design of dams and spillways, 1981-1984.Constructed 1:25 scale model dam, analyzed head on spillway structure, study resulted in redesign of spillway

3. City of Fargo, North Dakota, solid waste disposal, 1981-1984. Analyzed leachate quality from observation wells installed in city’s landfill.

4. Chef Reddy Foods, Park Rapids, Minnesota, designed a wastewater treatment process for potato processing plant treating extremely high strength wastewater in a very cold environment, 1984.

5. Clay County, Minnesota, solid waste disposal as well as septic tank regulations, 1981-1984.

6. Louisiana Department of Health - waste treatment at Barksdale Air Force Base as well as water treatment for the Tensas Parish Water District, 1984, 1985

7. Enviro-Med Laboratories Ruston, La., chemical addition calculations to stabilize corrosive water, 1987.

8. Air Master aerator company, performed field tests to determine field oxygen transfer capacity of a 15 hp aerator. Jan - April 2000

9. Retained as a consultant regarding leachate treatment from the Union Parish Landfill, 2001

10. City of Mansfield Louisiana worked with LADOTD regarding performance of rock plant filter serving the town of Mansfield.

11. City of Delcambre, Louisiana – monitored existing rock plant filter performance

12. Greenville Springs Hospital - Baton Rouge, Louisiana

13. A.O. Milstead – Waste treatment - Milstead Trailer Park, 2005, diagnosed operation problem with package activated sludge plant.

14. Willamette Valley Paint Company, Alexandria, Louisiana, Water Treatment

processes, designed reverse osmosis unit, June 2005

15. Prime Line Catfish, Scoba Ms., conducted clear water transfer test on surface aerator

16. City of Ruston – monitored waste treatment plant – advised plant personnel regarding plant operation (sludge wasting, plant flow rate), 2000 -2005

17. Water quality study of Lake Darbonne in Union Parish La. as a possible potable water source.

Selected Publications

MULTIMEDIA PUBLICATIONS

“Statistical Analysis of Water Meter Data” - Published as part of Mathcad 12 CD, 2005

Contributor to: Mathcad Data Analysis Extension Pack, reviewer, beta tester, contributed problem, “Statistical Analysis of Water Meter Data”, 2003, Mathsoft.

Civil Engineering Solved Problems, Electronic Book, Griffin, D.M. and T. Chris Evensen, available for download from Mathsoft Web Site, January 2002. A selection of advanced civil engineering problems solved using Mathcad.

Water Chemistry: Carbon Dioxide Equilibria and their Applications, Mathcad in Action, published as part of the Resource Center included in Mathcad 8.0 Professional Edition, 1998

Advanced Civil Engineering Problems, Engineering CD, Mathcad version 8, Professional, Academic Edition, 1998

Mathcad Animations Electronic Book - An electronic book, on computer disk, developed jointly with Mathsoft Inc. and presented at the 1996 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington ,D.C.

28 files published on http://www.mathcad.com/resources/mathcad_files/ by Mathsoft

Google - 27 sites linked to “Dr Griffin’s Mathcad”

November 2005 - Signed contract with McGraw-Hill Publishing to provide 100 problems and solutions in Mathcad for engineering dynamics. To be used as part of an on-line repository for college faculty teaching dynamics

Griffin, D.M. and Mike Baumert, Mathcad in the Classroom – 15 Years Later, Proceedings of the 2006 ASEE Gulf-Southwest Annual Conference, Southern University and A & M College, Copyright 2006, American Society for Engineering Education , March 2006 Griffin, D.M. Optimization of Subsurface Flow and Associated Treatment Processes, Final Report, published by the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, March, 2005, FHWA/LA.06/401 Griffin, D.M. and Curtis A. Fletcher, Management of Non-Point Contamination from the I-220 Bridge in Shreveport, Louisiana, Proceedings of the 82nd Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board, January 12-16, 2003, Washington, D.C.

Younge, David, Akram Hossain, Mike Barber, Shulin Chen and Dixie Griffin, Jr.Wet Detention Pond Design for Highway Runoff Pollution Control, prepared for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Research Council, Oct. 2001

Griffin, Jr., D.M., Rishi Raj Bhattarai, Hongjian Xiang, Feasibility Study of a Rock-Plant Filter Wastewater System for DOTD Rest Areas, Final Report, LA99/335, December, 2000

Griffin, D.M., Rishi Raj Bhattarai, Xiang Dai, The Effect of Temperature on BOD Removals in a Subsurface Wetland, Water Environment Research Journal, Vol. 71, No.4, July/August 1999

Griffin, D.M., and Rishi Raj Bhattarai, Results of Tracer Tests in Rock Plant Filters, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE., Vol. 125, No. 2, pg 109-117, ASCE, February 1999

Minor contributing author to the 6th Edition of Calculus by Howard Anton, 1998, problem dealing with free fall of an object encountering air resistance, pg 587, listed as “content contributor@ in acknowledgments, pg xxiii. My editor was Susan Gerstein, pg. xxii.

D. M. Griffin, Jr., Multimedia Presentations in Civil Engineering Courses Using Mathcad, Proceedings of the 1996 ASEE Conference and Exposition, June 23-26, 1996, Washington, D.C.

Major contributing author, Environmental Laboratory, Waterways Experiment Station CEQUAL-RIV1: A Dynamic (Longitudinal) Water Quality Model for Streams, Users Manual,

Instruction Report E-95-July 1995, 1990 document updated and rewritten to incorporate mine and others= changes to the code, CWIS Work Unit 31595

Griffin, D.M., Mathcad for Windows as an Aid in Teaching Dynamics, Proceedings of the 1993 Annual ASEE Conference, University of Illinois, June 20-23, 1993, pg. 805-809*, also published (refereed) in Computers in Education Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan.-Mar. 1995, pgs. 1-6

Cheng, L, Bret Buras, D.M. Griffin, Jr. and James D. Nelson, Bacterial Density Changes Upstream and Downstream of a Sludge Disposal Facility, Journal of Environmental Engineering, A.S.C.E., Vol. 120, No.1, Jan/Feb. 1994, pg. 138

Bunch, B. W., D. M. Griffin, Jr., Rapid Removal of Colloidal Organics from Domestic Wastewater, Wat. Sci. Tech., Vol. 26, No. 9-11, pp. 2433-2436, 1992

Contributing Author, CE-QUAL-RIV1: A Dynamic One-Dimensional (Longitudinal) Water Quality Model for Streams, USAE Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, November 1990.

Palermo, M. R., et al., Evaluation of Dredged Material Disposal Alternatives for U.S. Navy Homeport at Everett, Washington, Technical Report EL-89-1, USAE Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1989.

Griffin, D. M., Jr., R. O. Warrington, Examination of a 2-D Groundwater Recharge Solution, Journal of Irrigation and Drainage Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. 114, No. 4., Nov. 1988

Brannon, J. M., D. M. Griffin, Jr., Tommy E. Myers, and John G. Skogerboe, "Part III,Application of Research Technology," in Disposal Alternatives for PCB- Contaminated Sediments from Indiana Harbor, Indiana, Volume I, January, 1987, Environmental Laboratory, Waterways Experiment Station, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Brannon J. M., D. M. Griffin, Jr., and Tommy E. Myers, "Appendix G, Leachate Testing Results," in Disposal Alternatives for PCB-Contaminated Sediments from Indiana Harbor, Indiana, Volume II, January, 1987, Environmental Laboratory, Waterways Experiment Station, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Bunch, B. and D. M. Griffin, Jr., "Rapid Removal of Colloidal Substrate from Domestic Wastewater", Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 59, No. 11, November 1987

Griffin, D. M., Jr., R. L. Skarie, A.,Maianu, and J. L. Richardson, Effects of Prolonged Lagoon Leakage on Agricultural Land, Journal of Civil Engineering for Practicing and Design Engineers, Pergamon Press, Vol. 4, No. 10, 1985

Principal Contributing Author: Clarifier Design - A Manual of Practice FD-8, Water Pollution Control Federation, Oct., l985

Griffin, D. M., Jr., O. D. Richard, and R. Swanson, Increased Spillway Capacity Using Physical Models, Civil Engineering for Practicing and Design Engineers, Vol. 3, No. 7, July, 1984

Wagner, R., and D. M. Griffin, Jr., The Importance of Operating Characteristics in Determining Unit Disposal Cost of Solid Waste, Journal of Civil Engineering for Practicing

and Design Engineers, Pergamon Press, Vol. 3, No. 12. Dec., 1984

Griffin, D. M., Jr., T. J. Grizzard, C. W. Randall, D. R. Helsel, and J. P. Hartigan, "Analysis of Non-point Pollution Export from Small Catchments," Journal of Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 52, No. 4, p. 780, 1980.*

Griffin, D. M., Jr., C. W. Randall, and T. J. Grizzard, "Efficient Design of Stormwater Holding Basins Used for Water Quality Control," Water Research, Vol. 14, pp. 1549-1554, 1980

Griffin, D. M., Jr., "Reservoir Trap Efficiency: The State of the Art," Journal of Civil Engineering Design, Marcel Dekker, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 355-377, (1979)

Research Proposals

Obtained $25,000 grant from National Research Council of Canada for the Study of Low Temperature Lagoon Kinetics, 1978

$4,000 Equipment Grant from National Research Council of Canada, 1979

$5,000 grant from Bureau of Indian Affairs, to collect water quality data, White Bear Lake, Canada, 1979

Obtained $10,000 grant from State Water Commission, Model Studies, North Dakota, 1980

Obtained $12,500 from City of Fargo, Landfill Research, 1982

Obtained $10,000 grant from Corps of Engineers, Landfill Research, Fargo, N.D., 1982

Obtained $1,300 Faculty Improvement Grant, Bush Foundation, through North Dakota State University, 1983

$4,500 grant from City of Fargo, landfill research, 1983

National Science Foundation Grant CEE-840756-1 for $11,500 (Equipment), 1984

Halliburton Grant, Louisiana Tech College of Engineering, for preparation of lab manual for the Folk Memorial Lab, $2,000, funded, 1984

Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, from 5-1-85 to 12- 31-86, employed full time during the summers of 1985 and 1986. Research involved developing mathematical models to describe the migration of hydrophobic contaminants (PCBs) in contaminated dredge material, contract value approximately $64,000

Waterways Experiment Station, COE, from 10-1-87 to 9-1-88 to apply hydrodynamic and water quality models. Contract value approximately $36,000

Waterways Experiment Station from 9-1-88 to 9-1-89. Improvement of hydrodynamic and water quality computer models, contract value $39,615

Minimizing Numerical Instabilities in "Parameter Sensitive" Unsteady Flow Systems, Pre-proposal submitted to the Water Quality Modeling Group, Environmental Lab, W.E.S., Vicksburg, Ms., Feb. 1, 1989, $25,000

Enhancements to the RIV1Q Water Quality Model, Proposal submitted to the Water Quality Modeling Group, Environmental Lab, W.E.S., Vicksburg, Mississippi, May 15, 1989, $23,988, funded DACW 3990M0569 A Joint Proposal by the Departments of Civil and Mechanical Engineering to Incorporate Mathematics into Engineering Instruction, June 1990 D. M. Griffin, Jr., P.I., $10,000.00

Lease/Purchase of a Comprehensive, Interactive Plotting Package (TECPLOT), January 1991, $4,815.00, Faculty Development Grant, Louisiana Tech University

Assessing the Validity of an Operation Definition of Chemical Equilibrium and Current Adsorption Theories, April 1991, $1,000.00, Summer Research Grant, Louisiana Tech University

Enhancements to the RIV1Q Water Quality Model II, Water Quality Modeling Group, W.E.S., Vicksburg, Ms $24,980.00, DACW3991M2256

Partial support for graduate students, Water Quality Modeling Group, W.E.S., Vicksburg, MS $1,000.00

Development of an Inorganic Carbon Tracking Model, Water Quality Modeling Group, WES, $60,716.00

Partial Support for Supplies, City of Ruston, $400.00

A Sampling study to assess the Environmental Impact of cleaning the aeration basin at the Ruston S.T.P. on Colvin Creek, $9000

Summer Faculty Research and Engineering Program - BATTELLE, COLUMBUS

DIVISION -$8,380.00 - 1993. Developing user's manual for HELP model, working with Dr. Paul Schroeder at WES.

Partial support for graduate student, Water Quality Modeling Group, W.E.S., Vicksburg, MS., $2500.00

Groundwater contamination study, AT&T Shreveport Works, $19,985

A Study of the Effectiveness of Iron Sequestration in the Potable Water Supply of the City of Ruston, $11,324

Carried out Feasibility Study of a Wastewater Treatment System for the Louisiana Transportation Research Council, 3/1/96, $410,000. Reengineered, built, and operated a fixed film biological process treating high strength wastewater from an interstate rest area. System has no moving parts, still operates (as of 2009), meeting permit limits.

Determination and Treatment of Toxic Substances in Runoff to Cross Lake, 6/13/96, Louisiana Transportation Research Council, $340,000

Water Quality Monitoring in Black Bayou, West Monroe, written by a team of folks, funded for $1.65 million, my part is around $200,000, 9/1/2000. Whether an “urban wetland” functions as a contaminant source or sink depends on the size of the wetland as well as the return period of the hydrologic event being studied.

Development of Mathematical Models Relating Water Usage, Waste generation and Traffic Counts at Interstate Rest Areas, Louisiana Transportation Research Center, $147,500, 7/1/2001, developed statistical models for estimating the waste flow from interstate rest areas in Louisiana.

Optimization of Rock Plant Filter Operation for Ammonia Removal, Louisiana Transportation Research Center, $415,150, 7/1/2001. Modified flow pattern of fixed film treatment system at interstate rest area to accomplish nitrification and denitrification as well as carbonaceous BOD removal.

Biological Effects of Cross Lake Holding Pond Releases - funded by LADOTD joint project with LSU and UNO, 5/31/02. $100,000

Development of Multimedia Tutorials for Freshman Skills Development, $4000, 2002 Instructional Innovation Summer Grant Program, Louisiana Tech University

A series of Mathcad short courses to local consulting firms. October 2002 to January 2003 funded by a LA Department of Labor Grant, $8000

Assisted in collaborative operation of Ruston Wastewater Treatment Plant with the city, 2004-2006,

$120,000. Developed process control data collection and analysis process which resulted in the plant meeting its permit limits consistently during the period. The plant was also able to achieve complete N removal.

SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION

I teach 3-4 operator short courses around the state every year, both water and wastewater, classes 1 through 4

A series of Mathcad short courses (2 - 8 hr introductory, 1 -16 hr advanced) to local consulting firms. October 2002 to January 2003 funded by a LA Department of Labor Grant

Short Course (4-hr) on the use of Mathcad 2000 presented to employees of PPM consulting, a consulting firm in West Monroe, Louisiana, 1999

Short course (8-hr) on the use of Mathcad 8.0 Pro Presented to personnel of the Louisiana Transportation Research Center and LADOTD, October 29, 1999

Short course (8-hr) on the use of Mathcad 7.0 Pro Presented to personnel of the Louisiana Transportation Research Center, May 8, 1998

Griffin, D. M., "Plants and Microbiology Functions in the Rock Reed Filter," Third Annual Symposium on the Design of Rock Reed Filters, sponsored by the Department of Environmental Quality, June 30, 1992, Ruston, Louisiana; August 5, 1992, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

1988-Ground water modeling - 2-day workshop for the Underground Injection Control Group, EPA, Region 6, Dallas, Texas, June 1-2, 1988.

1988-Open Channel Hydraulics - 1 day workshop offered by the Department of Civil Engineering for practicing engineers

1992-Water Quality Modeling - half-day workshop presented during "Water Quality '92" for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

1992-Groundwater Modeling - a workshop presented in Shreveport with 20 paid attendees.

1993- EIT review session (dynamics) conducted for CLECO, Pineville, La., April 1993

REVIEWER

Manuscript review, Journal of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers-1982

Proposal Review for Office of Water Research - NDSU - 1983

Proposal Review for National Science Foundation, 1985, 1990, 1991

Manuscript review, Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, 1987, 1991, 1992

PWS-Kent Publishing Co., textbook review, 1987, honorarium received

PWS-Kent Publishing Co., textbook review, 1990, honorarium received

Harper & Row, textbook review, 1992, honorarium received

Proposal review, U.S. Geological Survey, 1988, 1991

Proposal review, Louisiana Water Resources Research Center, 1989

Manuscript Review, Particulate Science and Technology, an International Journal, 1989

Proposal Review, La. Dept. of Transportation - proposal to monitor non-point contamination

from highways - 1994

Textbook Review, McGraw-Hill, 1998 (Numerical Methods for Engineers and Scientists - J.D. Hoffman, honorarium received)

Manuscript review, 1996 (2 manuscripts), 1997 (2 manuscripts), 1998 (2 manuscripts) Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers

Proposal review, 1998 USDA/ CSREES/ NRICGP, Water Resources Group

Problem Statement Review, Louisiana Transportation Research Center, 1998, 1999

Dept. of Agriculture, proposal review, 1998

Member, Beta Test Team for Mathcad 8.0, 1998

Reviewed example problems for inclusion in initial release of Mathcad 8.0, 1998 (honorarium received)

Member, Beta test team for Axum 6.0, Beta versions 1, 2 and 3, 1998

Reviewer, Engineering CD, Mathcad 8.0, Professional Academic Edition, 1998

Manuscript review, 1999, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE (1)

Manuscript review, 2000, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE (1)

Member, test/review team for Mathcad 8.03 Beta version - April/May 1999

Member, beta test team for Mathcad 2000 - July 1999

Member beta test team for Mathcad 2001 - October 2000

Member beta test team for Mathcad 2000i - October 2001

Member beta test team for Mathcad function pack for data import/export and analysis, June 2002

Manuscript Review 022548-EE, February 2001, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE

Manuscript Review, August 2001, Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE

Paper Review 02-4065 - Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting - August 2001

External reviewer of faculty research efforts in promotion and tenure considerations, the University of New Orleans - 2001

Proposal Review USDA Cooperative Research Program, proposal 2002-01013, 2002

Member beta test team for Mathcad version 11, September, 2002

Manuscript review for Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, December 2002, EE/02/23378, re-review September 2003

Proposal Review (SCTU2157) for the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), 1530 Wilson Blvd, 3rd Floor, Arlington VA 22209, May 2003

Manuscript Review Journal of the American Water Resources Association (No 03074A) - July, 2003

Review of Data Analysis Ebook for Mathsoft, Inc., Boston, Mass, 2003

Manuscript Review for Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, December 2003, (EE/2003/023753)

Proposal Review (SCTU - 89) for the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), 1530 Wilson Blvd, 3rd Floor, Arlington VA 22209, May 2003

Review of JAWRA Paper No. 03074RA - Journal of the American Water Resources Association - December 03 / January 04

Member of the beta test team for Mathcad Version 12

Reviewer ASCE paper EE23895 Journal of Environmental Engineering, July 2004

Reviewer “Strategic Environmental Assessment of the Major Threats to the Caspian Sea Ecosystem”, for the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation, CRDF Proposal 14445, December 2004

Review of Proposal 2157 CRDF Development of Experimental Equipment for Dehydration of Colloidal Mixtures by Means of Their Artificial Freezing and Subsequent Defrosting, 2005

Reviewer 14476 SCCRP Applying Methods of Risk Analysis while Carrying Out an Ecotoxicological Assessment of South Caucasian Soils, Water and Plants, March 200

Reviewer ISTC proposal G-1237 Industrial Demonstration of Environmentally Friendly Technologyof Purification of Sewage's from Heavy Metals and Petroleum Products by the Method of Flotoelectrocoagulation, 2005

Reviewer: Scour Monitoring Programs for Bridge Health, paper number: IBEC-0068 submitted for possible presentation and publication at 2005 Transportation Research Board annual conference, January 2005

Reviewer Manuscript Journal of Environmental Engineering, ASCE, Sorption of Volatile Organicsby Pulverized Tires, March 2005

Beta Tester - Mathcad 12.1, 2005

Beta Tester - Mathcad 13, 2005

Proposal Review for Non-Proliferation Programs, U.S. Civilian Research & DevelopmentFoundation (CRDF), 1530 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209 - “Disinfection ofDrinking Water Using Ozone” submitted by Iraqi Interim Center for Science and Industry, 2005

Reviewer ASCE paper EE23942 Journal of Environmental Engineering, Nov 2005

Proposal Review for Non-Proliferation Programs, U.S. Civilian Research & Development Foundation (CRDF), 1530 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 300, Arlington, VA 22209 - “Creation of the model of water balance and water quality in basin of Syrdarya River, NAVRUZ-3, November 2005

Reviewer: A Computer Program to Calculate Two Stage Short Run Control Chart Factors for (X, MR) Charts, Matthew Elam and Kenneth E. Case, Journal of Statistical Software

Member - Beta test team Mathcad 13.5, August 2006

Member - beta test team Mathcad 14, September 2006 Reviewer IRDI proposal for U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation, U.S. StateDepartment, proposal 37EN-37 - Use of Integrated Fixed Film Activated Sludge Treatment forUpgrading Treatment Systems in Iraq, September 2006

Reviewer for “Monitoring the environmental impact of Tigris River pollution within BaghdaCity”, IRDI-26 proposal, Civilian Research and Development Foundation, September 2006

Manuscript Review - Journal of Environmental Engineering, EEENG-07-4, 2/2008

Manuscript Review - Journal of Environmental Engineering, EEENG-273, 9/2008

Manuscript Review – Journal of Environmental Engineering, EEENG-07-4R1, 6/2008

Manuscript Review - Journal of Environmental Engineering, EEENG-348, 1/2009

SERVICE TO THE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY

Senator from the College of Engineering, 1981-1984, North Dakota State University

University Senate, Faculty Affairs Committee, 1984, North Dakota State University

Senator from the College of Engineering, 1987-1989, 1990-1991, 1992 - 1994, Louisiana Tech University

"Fate of the University" Committee, established by the Louisiana Tech Faculty Senate, 1987

Departmental Research Committee, 1987, Louisiana Tech University

University Budget Review Committee, 1987-1989, Established by the Faculty Senate, Louisiana Tech University

Mayor's Water Resources Committee, City of Ruston, 1986

Lincoln Parish 2000, Water Committee, 1990 College Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1988-1991

Departmental Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1992, 2008

Academic Standards Committee - University Senate - 1994

GUEST LECTURER/INVITED PARTICIPANT

Invited to the University of Manitoba to deliver lecture as part of their Engineering Seminar Series, February, 1981.

Invited participant - Research Needs Workshop - Development and Application of Predictive Techniques for Leachate Quality in Confined Disposal Facilities, June 23-24, 1988, Baton Rouge La., sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Ms.

Invited participant - Presenter at clarifier design workshop sponsored by the W.P.C.F. and held during the 58th annual convention of the W.P.C.F., coincided with release of MOP-9 Clarifier Design of which I was a major author.

Invited Seminars (2) Department of Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, April 25, 1990.

TEACHING

COURSES TAUGHT (N.D.S.U. and Louisiana Tech)

1. Water Treatment Plant Design (G) 2. Wastewater Treatment Plant Design (G) 3. Limnology - Stream Sanitation (G) 4. Air Pollution (G) 5. Fluid Mechanics 6. Industrial Waste Treatment (G) 7. Open Channel Hydraulics (steady and unsteady flow) 8. Solid Waste Management (G) 9. Sanitary Engineering Problems (G)10. Calculus (team taught using MATHCAD)11. Water Chemistry (new course, winter 1988, Louisiana Tech) (G)12. Contaminant Transport (team-taught, new course) (G)

13. Dynamics14. Applied Numerical Methods15. Applied hydraulics (for engineers as well as construction students)16. Engineering Problem Solving (Engr. 641, G)17. Air Pollution Design (chemical engineering course)18. Hydrology courses (3 different courses)

AWARDS

2008 Crying Towel Award - presented by the ASCE student Chapter - La. Tech University to faculty member who requires most work during the year

2007 Crying Towel Award - presented by the ASCE student Chapter - La. Tech University to faculty member who requires most work during the year

2006 Crying Towel Award - presented by the ASCE student Chapter - La. Tech University to faculty member who requires most work during the year

2003 Crying Towel Award - presented by the ASCE student Chapter - La. Tech University to faculty member who requires most work during the year

2002 Nominated for James M. Robbins Excellence-in-Teaching Award. by Chi Epsilon Chapter, Louisiana Tech University

2001 Crying Towel Award - awarded by students in Civil Engineering to faculty member who requires most work during the year

2000 Grand Prairie Research Facility nominated by LADOTD for Federal Highway Research Administration, Environment 2001 award

1998 nominated for University Distinguished Professorship award

1998 Sigma Xi Research Award - Presented by the La. Tech Chapter of Sigma Xi

1995 Crying Towel Award - presented by the ASCE student chapter, La. Tech University

1994-95 Greek-Week Professor of the Year in the College of Engineering, selected by the Greek Organizations on campus

1994 University Faculty Senate Chair Award - One of three major University Awards, accompanied by a $1500.00 monetary award from the University

1989 Crying Towel Award - presented by ASCE Student Chapter:

Award for Outstanding Service presented by State ASCE Chapter of North Dakota, 1983

FORENSIC EXPERIENCE (a fee was received for each)

1. Retained as an expert witness by the drainage board of Grigg County, N.D., to carry out calculations and testify at drainage hearing regarding the adequacy of certain ditches to carry snowmelt, 1980.

2. Retained as an expert witness by Ms. Marion Mechecnie in the matter of subsurface seepage from the lagoon serving Cavalier, N.D., onto farmland, 1983-1985.

3. Retained as an expert witness by Major James Totten in the matter of a failed septic system, Clay County, Minnesota, 1983, 13 party lawsuit

4. Retained by the States of North Dakota and Minnesota to testify before EPA officials in the matter of siting a hazardous waste disposal facility in Clay County, Minnesota, 1983

5. Retained as an expert witness by landowners in Ransom County, N.D. in the matter of siting a municipal landfill, 1983

6. Retained as an expert witness by A.R. Minch to perform calculations and testify in the matter of drainage onto agricultural land in Moorhead, Minnesota, 1983-1984.

7. Retained as an expert witness by the La. Municipal Association in the case of Hays vs. Grambling State University, 1991.

8. Retained by the firm of Hargrove, Guyton, Ramey and Barlow as an expert witness in a drainage suit against the City of Shreveport, Louisiana, 1992.

9. Retained as an expert witness by Weems, Wright, Schimfpt, Haynter and Carmouche in a flooding suit against city of Shreveport, La. 1993

10. Expert witness Lloyd M. Ozment et al vs. City of Shreveport, First Judicial Court, Caddo Parish, Louisiana. Cross lake flooding, Case No. 371,917

11. Retained as expert witness in a class action lawsuit involving the water treatment system of

the City of Ferriday, Louisiana, November 1999 - present

12. Retained by a potential investor as a technical expert in a matter relating to purchase of a license from LSU for rights to distribute an experimental plug flow anaerobic digester, 2002

13. Retained by Charles Norris, Attorney-at-Law in ammonia pipeline accident, 2003

14. Retained by the firm of Bleich and Burnett in flooding incident (Jim Shrell residence), 2004

15. Retained as expert by Law firm of Horwitz and Horwitz, Chicago Illinois, in the matter a death by asphyxiation in the vicinity of a septic tank, Will County, Illinois, 2005

16. Retained by Oscar P. Barnes III in the matter of a drainage case between buyer and seller of residential property, January 2006

17. Retained by Boles Law firm in the matter of a drainage case, Wallace Street Apts.

18. Retained by Boles Law firm in matter of drainage case, Bad to the Bone, Motocross Track, June 2006

19. Retained by State of Louisiana in matter of drowning at Lake Darbonne Dam, June 2006

CONTINUED EDUCATION

1. Audited mathematical statistics course at NDSU, 1982.

2. Chosen for Prairie Writers Workshop, NDSU, 1983.

3. Correspondence course, "Plume Rise", sponsored by EPA, successfully completed, 1982.

4. Transport Phenomena, Graduate Course, Chemical Engineering, completed W.E.S., 1985.

5. Chemodynamics, short course presented by AICHE, Houston, Tx. 1987.

6. Statistical Design of Water Quality Monitoring Networks, short course presented by Colorado State University, June 10-16, 1989

7. NSF Workshop for Computer-Aided Calculus Instruction, October 1989, Starkville, Mississippi

8. QUAL2E-UNCAS Workshop, January 8-12, 1990, sponsored by the Environmental Protection Agency, Athens, Georgia

9. NSF Workshop on Computer-Aided Calculus Instruction, June 17-22, 1990, Starkville,Mississippi

10. WASP Workshop, April 1990, E.P.A., Athens, Georgia

11. Bioremediation workshop - EPA - Dallas, Texas - April 1993

12. Bioremediation workshop - EPA - Atlanta, Georgia - May 1993

13. Splus Workshop - Mathsoft - Baton Rouge - November 1998

HONOR SOCIETIES

Chi Epsilon Honorary Civil Engineering Fraternity

Sigma XI - The Scientific Research Society