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Annual Report Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental ANNUAL REPORT DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING March 2005 LOWELL GREIMANN, CHAIR NANCY QVALE TABLE OF CONTENTS Highlights for 2004........................................................................................................................1 1.0 Introduction..............................................................................................................................4 2.0 Faculty, Staff and Student Information....................................................................................5 3.0 Departmental Information........................................................................................................7 4.0 Undergraduate Programs .......................................................................................................21 5.0 Research and Graduate Program............................................................................................41 6.0 Outreach/Service Program.....................................................................................................44 Appendix A: Personnel and Awards.......................................................................................... A1 Appendix B: Numerical Data.....................................................................................................B1 Appendix C: Other Data ............................................................................................................ C1 Appendix D: National Comparisons.......................................................................................... D1 Appendix E: Abstracts ................................................................................................................E1 HIGHLIGHTS FOR 2004 Every faculty and staff person in our department is committed to making life better for the people we serve. Some of the evidence that proves that the faculty, staff, and students of CCEE continue to strive for excellence is summarized below. The complete report provides more detail. Our People--Our highest priority • Changes o A new faculty member o A new research faculty member (clinician) o A new research associate o A new secretary • Achievements o James M. Hoover Chair o Gerald and Audrey Olson Professorship o 12 faculty in national leadership positions o 7 faculty with national awards, 10 ISU awards o 32 international country visits o 4 national graduate student awards 1 o Several regional and national competition successes by our student chapters (design build, heavy highway, concrete canoe, steel bridge, commercial buildings) o Marston Metal Alumni award Our Research and Graduate Programs • A 3 percent increase in our research expenditures with increases of more than 50% for nine faculty • A stronger and promising relationship with our research partner—the Center for Transportation Research and Education o Portland Concrete Cement Center o Bridge Engineering Center o Iowa Traffic Safety Data Service o Partners for Geotechnical Advancement • A 41 percent increase in total dollar value of funded proposals (up to $15,400,000) • About constant graduate enrollments, but major increases in Ph.D. students to 40 percent Our Undergraduate Programs • Significant improvement in advising (e.g., individual undergraduate programs of study, website, FAQ) • A construction engineering learning community • Updated Planning and Assessment report for continuous improvement • Students to Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and Singapore • The beginnings of an articulation agreement with Lanzhou Jiaotong University, China • Continued evolution of our curricula, particularly in the area of communication and business skills • A capstone course sequence (CE 485 and 486) • A 94% passing rate on the Fundamental of Engineering Exam by our students • Very active student chapters—on campus, in the community, and around the nation— social events, field trips, national conferences, student recruitment, speaker programs, service projects • A 3 percent increase in enrollments with an increase in the percentage of females • 4.6 B.S./FTE, almost twice the average of the Top 20 Our Advisory Councils • A joint CE ISU/UI meeting for brainstorming collaborative activities • A ConE strategic plan Our Facilities • Dedication of the Livesay Structural Materials Testing Facility • Remodeled graduate student office space with a need for more • Plasma television in the lobby • New student computers and associated hardware/software • Upgrade of high speed internet to T100 base Our Development Activities 2 • Alumni receptions in Kansas City, Twin Cities, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Denver, and Ames • Golf tournament in Arkansas • New funds for faculty, students, and facilities • Koch Graduate Fellowship for Ph.D. students and other research fellowship funding • Three large gifts/pledges at beginning of FY05 Our Challenges for Next Year • “Passing the torch”—a new department chair 3 1.0 INTRODUCTION The 2004 annual report for the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering follows. Faculty, staff, and student achievements are summarized first, including awards. Brief summaries of committee activities and the student professional chapters are given. Comparisons to our peers, diversity, development efforts, safety, facilities, and recruitment and retention activities are presented as departmental information. Three separate chapters outline departmental progress in teaching (including curriculum developments), research, and outreach. Several appendices present lists, numerical data, and charts that summarize our faculty, staff, and student achievements; our productivity in teaching, research, and outreach; and comparisons with our peers. 4 2.0 FACULTY, STAFF AND STUDENT INFORMATION The departmental organizational chart and a complete listing of faculty and staff are in Appendix A. Professional registration, educational background, engineering experience, and international experience are included. 2.1 Faculty Achievements One new regular faculty member and a research faculty member (clinician) joined our staff in Fall 2005. Dr. Chris Rehmann left a faculty position at the University of Illinois to join Iowa State in Dr. Rehmann received his B.S. from MIT and his Ph.D. from Stanford University. His research expertise is in the area of mixing and transport in fluids using advanced measurement techniques, large scale ocean circulation, mixing produced by air bubble plumes and zebra mussels. Chris will be teaching and conducting research in the environmental engineering area. Dr. Samir Khanal joined CCEE and the Center for Sustainable Environmental Technologies as a post doctoral research associate in 2002 and moved to a research assistant professor position (clinician) in 2004. He received his Ph.D. from The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2002. He leads and is a member of teams conducting research on fungal projects, biodegradation of steroid hormones, anaerobic digestion, and other waste treatment technologies. Several graduate students work under his direction. John Pitt retired this past year and James Bolluyt started phased retirement. In recognition of their achievements in the professional area, in research, and in teaching, several faculty members have received awards conferred by peers, both nationally and locally, and by their students (see Appendix A). Of our faculty members, 89 percent have at least one year of engineering experience, 34 percent have at least three months of international engineering experience, and 77 percent are registered engineers in Iowa or other states. 2.2 Staff Achievements Brent Francois joined CCEE as a research associate in the water quality area. He received his B.S. degree in Animal Ecology—Fisheries Management in 2003 from Iowa State. He will be working with Donna Lutz on the Des Moines River Water Quality Network. Denise Wagner joined CTRE and CCEE as the PCC Secretary. She coordinates many of the activities and laboratories of the Portland Cement Concrete Center at CTRE. She has been a secretary with the Department of Physics and Astronomy, the Off Campus & Adult Student Services, and the Admissions Office. The staff in the Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering Department, including 5 professional and scientific employees and merit employees provides an essential support role to our success. Their dedication to excellent work and their loyalty to the department are very apparent. P&S and merit employees who were recognized by awards this past year are listed in Appendix A. 2.3 Student Achievements Again this year, our students achieved an excellent passing rate in the Fundamentals of Engineering exam of 94 percent, compared to the national rate of about 76 percent. Civil engineering and construction engineering students have also been recognized locally and nationally for their early contributions to the engineering profession by special awards. Chapter 3 summarizes some of the activities of the student chapters. See Appendix A for lists of awards and scholarships. 2.4 Alumni Achievements We are very proud of the achievements of our alumni. See Appendix A for a list of alumni awards. 6 3.0 DEPARTMENTAL INFORMATION 3.1 Committees Our Town The OUR TOWN campaign activity continued to grow during the 2003-04 academic year. With the help of the ISU Foundation staff in the College of Engineering, members of the group visited with several alumni to listen to their interests and to present specific proposals. Members of the group also hosted alumni receptions
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