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2007-2008 

Annual Report 

Civil, 

Architectural & 

Environmental 

Engineering 

The University of Texas at Austin

AnnuAl RepoRt 

2007-2008 

Civil, 

ARChiteCtuRAl & 

enviRonmentAl 

engineeRing 

Contents 

Alumni 2 

External Advisory Committee 8 

Faculty & Staff 10 

Distinguished Lecturers 17 

Students 18 

Research 29 

CAEE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08 

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Alumni 

Alumni 

2 CAEE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08 

ACAdemy of distinguished Alumni 

The Academy of Distinguished Alumni was established in 2003 to recognize alumni for 

their distinguished careers and lifelong dedication to the advancement of engineering 

education. Eight new members were inducted on October 13, 2007: 

James L. Barnard (MS 1969) 

Mason C. Brown, Jr. (BS 1959) 

Eugene H. Dawson (BS 1957) 

Randy B. Machemehl (BS 1970, MS 1973, PhD 1975) 

Kishor Mehta (PhD 1964) 

Alan H. Plummer, Jr. (MS 1968) 

H. Douglas Steadman (BS 1946, MS 1948) 

Thomas W. Taylor (BS 1959) 

Left to right: Mason Brown, Jr., Douglas Steadman, Randy Machemehl, Kishor Mehta, 

Eugene Dawson, Alan Plummer, Jr., James Barnard, Thomas Taylor 

A brief biography of each new member follows. More indepth biographies can be found 

online at http://www.caee.utexas.edu/dist-alumni-directory/index.html

James L. Barnard 

Global Practice and Technology Leader, Black & Veatch 

Dr. James L. Barnard received his MS in Environmental Engineering and Water Resources 

from the University of Texas at Austin in 1969. 

Barnard is recognized internationally for developing the BarndenphoR Process and 

Phoredox, the basis for all biological and nutrient removal process configurations in use 

today. Dr. Barnard has over 45 years of experience in water resources engineering and has 

designed over 100 innovative installations throughout the world by successfully adapting 

the BNR principles to a broad range of locations and environments including developing 

and industrialized countries. 

Mason C. Brown, Jr. 

President, Big City Crushed Concrete 

After graduating from UT in 1959, Mason Brown, Jr. held various positions at Robert 

E. McKee General Contractors including field engineer, project manager, construction 

manager, and was president of the company for four years. 

In 1988, Brown acquired a small concrete recycling operation which has grown into 

one of the largest concrete rubble processors in the country. Big City Crushed Concrete 

currently has seven permitted plants and has provided the construction industry with 

significant economic and environmental benefits by recycling clean, concrete rubble into 

TxDOT Grade rock material. Over the years, Big City has processed more than 20 million 

tons of concrete rubble and is currently processing at a rate of 2 million tons annually. 

Eugene H. Dawson 

Co-Founder, Pape-Dawson 

Eugene Dawson graduated in 1957 with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. In 1965, Dawson 

and partner, Gus Pape, formed Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. The company is now 

the leading San Antonio-based civil and environmental consulting engineering firm and 

provides service to private and public sector clients throughout South Texas. 

Dawson has led the company from two employees to a total staff of 400 with 200 

professional employees. Pape-Dawson has an extensive list of successful public and private 

sector projects including access and infrastructure improvements to the SBC Center and 

the Toyota Plant in San Antonio. 

Dawson has maintained a strong relationship with the CAEE Department by serving 

as Chairman of the Visiting Committee and establishing the Eugene H. and Mary Duane 

Dawson Endowed Presidential Scholarship. 

James L. Barnard 

Mason C. Brown, Jr. 

Eugene H. Dawson 


Alumni 

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Alumni 

Randy B. Machemehl 

Kishor Mehta 

Alan H. Plummer, Jr. 



Professor and Director of CTR, University of Texas at Austin 

Dr. Randy Machemehl has been Director of the Center for Transportation Research 

(CTR), a multi-disciplinary research organization with an annual research budget of nearly 

$15 million, since 1999. Under Machemehl’s leadership, CTR’s annual funding has doubled 

and working relationships have been established with several other U.S. and international 

universities and agencies. 

Machemehl’s recent research work has dealt with optimization of large scale transportation 

systems including urban traffic signal networks and bus transit route networks. 

He has developed a variety of general and special purpose computer simulators of ground 

transportation system. Machemehl has also conducted human factors studies in which he 

examined vehicle driver responses to traffic control systems using instrumented vehicles 

and experimental driver monitoring systems. 

Kishor Mehta 

Professor, Texas Tech University 

Dr. Kishor Mehta is a worldwide authority on wind engineering and member of the 

National Academy of Engineering. 

Dr. Mehta completed his Ph.D. at UT Austin in 1964 and accepted a faculty position 

at Texas Tech University. The Lubbock Tornado of May 11, 1970 led to the development 

of an extensive program in wind engineering research at the university. By 1988, the scope 

of the wind engineering program had grown beyond wind disasters and Mehta organized 

the Wind Science and Engineering Research Center, where he became Director. 

Mehta was the first to study tornado damage from an engineering perspective. He 

developed techniques for estimating tornado wind speeds by structural analysis of damaged 

and undamaged structure. 

Alan H. Plummer, Jr. 

President, Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. 

Since 1978, Alan Plummer has provided leadership in the firm of Alan Plummer Associates, 

Inc., (APAI), a consulting engineering firm recognized as a leader in the environmental 

field in Texas. Plummer has planned and designed multiple water and wastewater 

systems, a particular area of focus being the Trinity River Basin where he has helped his 

clients greatly improve the river’s water quality. 

He has promoted the development of odor technologies, which have significantly 

reduced odorous emissions from many plants. He developed the concepts for the largest, 

urbanized non-potable and potable augmentation reuse projects in Texas and has also 

received state and national engineering excellence awards for the Richland-Chambers 

Reuse Wetlands Project.

H. Douglas Steadman 

Sparks Engineering, Inc. 

Douglas Steadman is one of the most respected structural engineers in the city of San 

Antonio. He attended the University of Texas in the Navy V-12 Program and received his 

B.S.C.E. and Commission as an Ensign in 1946. After discharge from the Navy, Steadman 

received his M.S. degree from UT-Austin in 1948. He was hired by W.E. Simpson Co., 

Inc. in San Antonio, Texas, becoming Chief Engineer and Administrative Vice President 

of the company, and later Executive Vice President in 1979 and President in 1985. 

With more than 50 years of civil and structural engineering experience, he is widely 

recognized for his project direction and attention to detail. The San Antonio Airport’s 

expansion project as well as the Alamodome’s design was completed under Steadman’s 

leadership. 

Thomas W. Taylor 

Principal Design Engineer, Datum Engineers 

Thomas Taylor has been a leader and innovator in the building industry throughout 

his 49 year career as a structural engineer. He joined Frank Chappell & Associates after 

graduating and assumed leadership of the company in four years. Taylor incorporated the 

company as Datum Engineers and has helped it grow into a nationally recognized firm. 

A student of both art and architecture, he has built a successful practice by creatively 

applying structural engineering to support the artistic vision of architectural clients. 

Taylor was a pioneer in the development of several new structural systems, including 

the “stack wall” concept for precast parking structures, slender slip-formed concrete cores 

for bracing high rise buildings, and a versatile reinforced brick cavity wall system. 

2007 outstAnding young Alumnus 

Melissa C. Seib Moran, MSCE ‘92 

After graduating from UT Austin, Melissa Moran joined the firm of Malcolm 

Pirnie, Inc., where she quickly became responsible for a host of complex drinking 

water projects, ranging from cutting edge ultraviolet disinfection applications to 

construction management of two drinking water reservoirs for a water treatment facility 

in San Diego, California. Moran also remained actively engaged in research activity 

as a project leader and manager for research funded by the American Water Works 

Association (AWWA). Additionally, she has been heavily involved in the Society of 

Women Engineers, serving as President of the Central Indiana Chapter and helping to 

establish a college scholarship fund for women. 

Moran is currently in San Marcos, Guatemala, where she is helping underprivileged 

communities develop alternative water supplies in the Rio Naranjo Watershed, which 

sustains over 70 communities and 340,000 people. 

H. Douglas Steadman 

Thomas Taylor 

Melissa Seib Moran 


Alumni 

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Alumni 

H. Chik M. Erzurumlu 

Shay Ralls Roalson 


CoCkRell sChool of engineeRing AwARds 

distinguished engineeRing gRAduAte 

One alumnus was honored as a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of the Cockrell 

School of Engineering at the December 2007 graduation ceremony: 

H. Chik M. Erzurumlu, ms 1962, phd 1970 

Dean Emeritus and Professor, Retired 

Portland State University 

As the founding dean of the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, 

Dr. Chik Erzurumlu has provided the guiding influence in transforming a pre-engineering 

program into a comprehensive college of engineering that now has over 1900 majors 

enrolled in BS, MS, and PhD degree programs in five engineering fields and computer 

science. 

After serving as head of civil-structural engineering at Portland State University for 

four years, he was appointed as the founding dean of PSU’s newly established School of 

Engineering and Applied Science in 1980. 

In recognition of his contributions to engineering education and the engineering 

profession, Erzurumlu was granted the Fellow status by both ASCE and NSPE. Perhaps 

the greatest recognition came in 2004 when as part of an $8 million gift to the College 

by one his former students, Dr. Fariborz Maseeh, he received lasting recognition by 

the establishment of an endowment to name the Deanship of the Maseeh College of 

Engineering and Computer Science as the H. Chik M. Erzurumlu Dean. 

2008 outstAnding young gRAduAte 

During the May 2007 commencement ceremonies the Cockrell School of Engineering 

recognizes outstanding young graduates who have become influential leaders in the 

engineering community. 

Shay Ralls Roalson, MS 1999 

Senior Project Manager, Turner, Collie & Braden 

Shay Ralls Roalson has 15 years of experience in the design of water and wastewater 

pumping, conveyance and treatment facilities for municipal clients. 

After completing her M.S. degree and becoming a licensed professional engineer, 

Shay worked at Camp Dresser & McKee in the Austin office. In 2002, she joined the Austin 

public works group of Turner Collie & Braden, an AECOM company, where she currently 

manages municipal water and wastewater design and construction projects. Turner Collie 

& Braden named her Employee of the Year in 2003. 

Shay is active in professional organizations and her community. She helped found 

the Capital Area Chapter of the Texas Section of the American Water Works Association 

in 1997. She currently chairs the Texas Section whose young professionals committee 

honored her with their inaugural Maverick Award in 2003. In 2006, the Travis Chapter of 

the Texas Society of Professional Engineers named her Young Engineer of the Year.

Alumni outReACh pRogRAm 

In 2007, the department began offering our alumni the opportunity to earn credit toward 

maintaining P.E. licensure. Alumni from Houston, Dallas, Austin and surrounding 

cities were invited to attend area ethics presentations during lunchtime where they re- 

ceived a one-hour professional development credit. Presentations are given by a faculty 

member who discusses engineering failures and the professional/ethical issues they have 

encountered. This year’s presentation, “Building and Structural Fire Safety: Future Directions 

and Needs” was given by structures professor Mike Engelhardt. 

Mike Engelhardt discusses issues and problems related to building and fire safety and 

the need for engineered structural fire protection. 


Alumni 

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Advisory Committee 

Koshi Yamamoto and Doug Owen 


exteRnAl AdvisoRy Committee 

The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering External Advisory Committee 

(EAC) is comprised of representatives from industry. 

The objective of the External Advisory Committee is to advise the department of 

the professional requirements of private enterprise, providing a forum in which teaching, 

research, professional development, and academic excellence can be discussed. They 

also assist in developing effective programs for recruiting outstanding undergraduate and 

graduate students, and they further aid the department in approved fund-raising programs. 

The committee meets twice yearly and meets with faculty, undergraduate and graduate 

students. The current members are listed here. 

Ken Been, P.E. ## 

Senior Principal 

Golder Associates Inc. 

Houston, TX 

Valerie Briggs 

VII Policy Program Manager 

ITS Joint Program Office 

Research & Innovative Technology Admin. 

U.S. Dept of Transportation 

Washington, DC 

James W. Canning, P.E. ** 

Regional Development Planning Mgr. 

ExxonMobil Development Company 

Houston, TX 

Edward C. Clukey, P.E. 

Geotechnical Advisor 

BP Amoco Corporation 

Upstream Technology Group 

Houston, TX 

John P. Connolly, P.E. 

President/Sr. Managing Engineer 

Quantitative Environmental Analysis, LLC 

Montvale, NJ 

Robert B. Daigh, P.E. 

Austin District Engineer 

Texas Department of Transportation 

Austin, Texas, 

J. Carroll Faulkner 

Founder 

C. Faulkner Engineering 

Austin, Texas 

Mark G. Goode III, P.E. 

Director, Texas Operations 

Jacobs Civil Inc. 

Dallas, Texas 

Bill A. Heine 

President 

American Constructors, Inc. 

Austin, TX 

## Chair of EAC 

** Chair elect of EAC

Elizabeth A. Jones 

Principal – Division Manager 

KPFF Consulting Engineers 

Denver, CO 

T. Kirk Morrow P.E. 

Manager of Technical Services 

S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. 

Houston, TX 

Charles G. Naeve, P.E. 

Principal 

Architectural Engineers Collaborative 

Littlefield Building 

Austin, TX 

Erik L. Nelson, P.E. 

President 

Nelson Architectural Engineers, Inc. 

Plano, TX 

Douglas M. Owen, P.E. 

Vice President 

Malcolm Pirnie, Inc. 

White Plains, NY 

Conrad Paulson, S.E., P.E. 

Senior Consultant 

Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. 

Chicago, IL 

Frank J. Puskar, P.E. 

President 

Energo Engineering 

Houston, TX 

David Stueckler 

Executive Vice President/General Mgr. 

Linbeck 

Ft. Worth, TX 

Allen D. Woelke, P.E. 

Vice President 

CDM 

Austin, TX 

Top: Jerry Speitel and Valerie Briggs 

Botton: Carroll Faulkner talks with students at the CAEE Spring Banquet. 

Advisory Committee 


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Faculty and Staff 

depARtment ChAiR 

Gerald E. Speitel Jr. 

AssoCiAte ChAiR foR 

AdministRAtion & plAnning 

Chandra R. Bhat 

AssoCiAte ChAiR foR 

ARChiteCtuRAl engineeRing 

Richard E. Klingner 

AdvisoRy Committee* 

Architectural Engineering 

Richard E. Klingner 

Construction Engineering/ 

Project Management 

James T. O’Connor 

Environmental/Water Resources 


Daene C. McKinney 

Geotechnical Engineering 

Robert B. Gilbert 

Structural Engineering 

Michael D. Engelhardt 

Transportation Engineering 

C. Michael Walton 

gRAduAte AdvisoR 

Howard M. Liljestrand 

undeRgRAduAte AdvisoR 

Dan. L. Wheat 

*includes duties of area coordinators 


fACulty & stAff 

Seventy-four individual faculty, adjuncts, and lecturers make up the teaching staff of 

the department and are grouped in a variety of specialty areas: 

• Architectural Engineering 

• Building Environmental Systems 

• Construction Engineering and Project Management 

• Environmental and Water Resources Engineering 

• Geotechnical Engineering 

• Structural Engineering and Materials 

• Technical Communications 

• Transportation Engineering 

During the academic year, four faculty were promoted effective September 1, 2007: 

Lynn Katz, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, was promoted to Professor, 

Hillary Hart, Technical Communications, was promoted to Distinguished Senior Lecturer, 

Ghislaine Kozuh, Technical Communications, was promoted to Senior Lecturer, and S. 

Travis Waller, Transportation Engineering, was promoted to Associate Professor. 

Hillary Hart Ghislaine Kozuh Lynn Katz 

Travis Waller 

Wassim Ghannoum and Jinying Zhu joined the department as Assistant Professors in 

Structural Engineering in September 2007. Stephen G. Wright, Professor in Geotechnical 

Engineering, retired at the end of August 2008. Gerald E. Speitel Jr. stepped down as 

department chair on August 31, 2008 to assume the role of Associate Dean for Academic 

Affairs in the Cockrell School of Engineering. 

Wassim Ghannoum Jinying Zhu 

Stephen Wright 

Gerald Speitel

Faculty Awards 

Chandra Bhat 

Pyke Johnson Award, Transportation 

Research Board, 2007 

Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished 

Transportation Educator Award, 

Institute of Transportation Engineers, 

2008 

Student Chapter Advisor Award, Texas 

Institute of Transportation Engineers, 

2008 

John E. Breen 

Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence 

in Structural Research, American 

Concrete Institute, 2008 

Kevin J. Folliard 

Named chair, American Concrete Institute 

committee on concrete durability, 

American Concrete Institute, 2008 

Hillary Hart 

Fellow, Society for Technical 

Communication, 2008 

James O. Jirsa 

Designated a Master Alumnus, University 

of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2007 

Chester Paul Siess Award for Excellence 

in Structural Research, American 

Concrete Institute, 2008 

Honorary Member, American Concrete 

Institute, 2008 

Spyros Kinnas 

Ervin S. Perry Memorial Award, 

Department of Civil, Architectural 

and Environmental Engineering, 2008 

Kara Kockelman 

Woman of the Year Award, Texas Chapter 

Women’s Transportation Seminar, 

2008 

Thomas Kennedy 

Lifetime Achievement Award, Association 

of Modified Asphalt Producers, 2008 

fACulty And stAff 

AwARds And honoRs 


Wilbur S. Smith Award, Transportation 

and Development Institute, American 

Society of Civil Engineers, 2008 

Joseph F. Malina, Jr. 

Certified as Diplomate, Water Resources 

Engineer, American Academy of 

Water Resources Engineers, 2007 

Lance Manuel 

Best Journal Paper Award, (with Patrick 

Ragan) Technical Committee on 

Wind Energy, American Society of 

Mechanical Engineers, 2008 

William O’Brien 

Celebration of Engineering and Technology 

Innovation (CETI) Award, FIATECH 

consortium, 2008 

Jorge Prozzi 

Named Chair, Committee on International 

Activities, Transportation Research 

Board, 2007 

Ellen Rathje 

Shamsher Prakash Research Award, 

Shamsher Prakash Foundation, 2007 

Kenneth H. Stokoe 

Frank Frischknecht Leadership Award, 

Environmental and Engineering 

Geophysics Society/society of 

Exploration Geophysicists, 2008 

Spyros Kinnas and Marco Guzman 

Staff Awards 



John Tassoulas 

Department Teaching Award, Department 

of Civil, Architectural and 

Environmental Engineering, 2008 

C. Michael Walton 

Distinguished Member, American Society 

of Civil Engineers, 2008 

Elected Chairman, 2030 Committee, Texas 

Department of Transportation, 2008 

Joseph A. Yura 

Offshore Technology in Civil Engineering 

(OTC) Hall of Fame Award, American 

Society of Civil Engineers, 2008 

Jorge Zornberg 

Achievement Award, Mexican Chaper of 

International Geosynthetics Society, 

2008 

Frances DeCoux 

Cockrell School of Engineering Staff 

Excellence Award, 2008 

Barbara Howard 



Annette Perrone 



Yolanda Prozzi 

UT Staff Excellence Award, 2008 

Staff Service Awards* 

Jilda Bolton 35 years 

Dori Eubank 30 years 

Regina Forward 10 years 

Lydia Griffith 15 years 

Nabeel Khwaja 10 years 

Donna Rinehart 20 years 

Bernard Rosenblatt 10 years 

Jewell Walters 25 years 

Johnie Williams 20 years 

Alicia Zapata 15 years 

*for years of service to the university 

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pRofessoRs 

Neal E. Armstrong (1971) 

Zarrow Centennial Professor in Engineering, 

Vice Provost 

Water quality management, water quality 

analysis and modeling, water pollution ecology 

Chandra R. Bhat (1997) 

Adnan Abou Ayyash Centennial Professor and 

Associate Chair for Administration and Planning 

Travel demand modeling, activity and travel 

behavior analysis, application of econometric, 

discrete choice, and market research techniques 

in transportation planning, traffic flow theory and 

operations 

*John E. Breen (1959) 

Nasser I. Al-Rashid Chair in 

Civil Engineering 

Design and construction of structural concrete 

bridges and buildings, structural systems 

Randall J. Charbeneau (1978) 

Jewel McAlister Smith Professor in 

Engineering and Associate Dean for Research 

Groundwater hydrology, contaminant transport 

and numerical methods 

Richard L. Corsi (1994) 

E.C.H. Bantel Professor for Professional Practice 

Transport, formation, and dynamic transfer of 

VOCs in wastewater collection and treatment 

systems, biological control technologies for 

treating toxic gas streams, sources of chlorinated 

organic compounds in indoor air 

Michael D. Engelhardt (1989) 

Dewitt C. Greer Centennial Professor 

in Transportation Engineering 

Inelastic behavior of steel structures under 

cyclic load, earthquake engineering 

*David W. Fowler (1964) 

T.U. Taylor Professorship in Engineering and 

Joe J. King Chair of Engineering No. 2, and 

Distinguished Teaching Professor 

Polymer-concrete materials and building 

systems, wood-plywood systems, design of 

reinforced concrete structures 

Karl H. Frank (1974) 

Warren S. Bellows Centennial Professor 

in Civil Engineering 

Fracture and fatigue behavior of metal structures 

and welded and bolted joints; design and behavior 

of composite plate girders, fatigue strength of 

cables 


the fACulty 

Robert Gilbert (1993) 

Hudson Matlock Professor in Civil Engineering 

Evaluating performance and reliability of 

geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems to 

improve existing systems and design new systems 

*James O. Jirsa (1972) 

Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair 

in Engineering 

Design and behavior of reinforced concrete 

structures, earthquake engineering, repair and 

rehabilitation of structures 

Lynn E. Katz (1997) 

John A. Focht Centennial Teaching 

Fellowship in Civil Engineering 

Contaminant fate and transport, combined 

abiotic/biotic treatment systems for in-situ 

remediation, environmental surface chemistry 

Spyros A. Kinnas (1995) 

Phil M. Ferguson Centennial Teaching Fellowship 

Ocean engineering, hydrodynamics, cavitation, 

wave mechanics, computational fluid mechanics, 

design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion 

systems 

Richard E. Klingner (1977) 

L.P. Gilvin Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering 

and Associate Chair for Architectural Engineering 

Experimental and analytical investigation of 

the dynamic response of structures, earthquakeresistant 

design of reinforced concrete and 

masonry structures 

Desmond F. Lawler (1980) 

Dorsey Professorship in Engineering 

Particles in water and wastewater treatment 

and in natural waters, interactions between 

treatment processes, mathematical modeling of 

treatment processes, physical-chemical treatment, 

drinking water treatment 

Howard M. Liljestrand (1980) 

Gerard A. Rohlich Regents Professor in Civil 

Engineering and Graduate Advisor 

Aquatic chemistry, contaminant transport and 

acid precipitation, air pollution modeling 

Randy B. Machemehl (1977) 

Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professor in 

Transportation Engineering and Director of CTR 

Transportation planning and traffic engineering, 

microcomputer application in transportation 

engineering 

David R. Maidment (1981) 

Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair 


Use of statistical techniques in hydrology and 

water resources planning, especially forecasting 

water use in cities, geographic systems 

Joseph F. Malina, Jr. (1961) 

C.W. Cook Professor in 

Environmental Engineering 

Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment 

and the handling of sludges and industrial 

residuals, computer aided engineering of waste 

treatment systems 

Daene C. McKinney (1990) 

W.A. (Bill) Cunningham Professor 

Water resource systems analysis, groundwater 

hydrology, numerical modeling and economic 

analysis of groundwater systems, multi-phase flow 

in porous media, expert geographic information 

systems 

James T. O’Connor (1984) 

C.T. Wells Professor in Project Management 

Project constructability, construction 

modularization, computer-aided design in 

construction, construction technology and 

automation, project cost control 

*Danny D. Reible (2004) 

Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in 

Environmental Health Engineering 

Contaminant processes in the environment; 

fate and transport modeling; assessment and 

remediation of contaminated sediments 

Gerald E. Speitel Jr. (1988) 

John J. McKetta Energy Professor 

in Engineering and Department Chair 

Treatment processes for hazardous organic 

chemicals including biodegradation and 

adsorption, drinking water treatment and 

computer models of treatment processes 

*Kenneth H. Stokoe, II (1973) 

Jennie C. and Milton T. Graves Chair in 


Geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil 

dynamics, non-destructive testing of pavements 

and soils 

*member of National Academy of Engineering 

( ) year of initial appointment

John L. Tassoulas (1981) 

Phil M. Ferguson Professor in Civil Engineering 

Structural mechanics, constitutive equations of 

materials, wave propagation, numerical analysis 

*C. Michael Walton (1971) 

Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair 


Transportation planning, transportation 

economics, transportation engineering and policy 

analysis 

Sharon L. Wood (1996) 

Robert L. Parker, Sr. Centennial 

Professorship in Engineering 


structures; development of analytical models for 

earthquake engineering; repair and rehabilitation 

of structures 

Stephen G. Wright (1969) 

Brunswick-Abernathy Regents Professor in Soil 

Dynamics and Geotechnical Engineering 

Geotechnical engineering, with emphasis 

on slope stability and foundations for offshore 

structures, computer aided engineering and design 

AssoCiAte pRofessoRs 

Oguzhan Bayrak (2000) 

Fellow of the Clyde E. Lee Endowed Professorship 


Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced 

and prestressed concrete structures, earthquake 

engineering, evaluation of strucutres in distress, 

use of fiber reinforced polymers for corosion repair 

and strengthening of reinforced concrete 

Kevin Folliard (1999) 

Austin Industries Endowed Faculty 


Portland cement concrete; concrete durability; 

high-performance concrete; controlled lowstrength 

materials 

Ben R. Hodges (2000) 

Hydrodynamics, transport and water quality 

issues in lakes, rivers and estuaries 


( ) year of initial appointment 

Loukas Kallivokas (1999) 

Carrol Allen Teaching Fellowship in 

Civil Engineering 

Computational mechanics; wave propagation 

and structural dynamics; earthquake engineering; 

inverse problems in engineering; acoustics; 

numerical methods; large-scale computational 

modeling and visualization 

Kerry A. Kinney (1996) 

Roberta Woods Ray Centennial Fellowship in 


Biological treatment of hazardous air pollutants, 

design of air pollution control systems, hazardous 

waste management and bioremediation 

Kara M. Kockelman (1998) 

William J. Murray, Jr. Fellowship 

in Engineering No. 2 

Travel behavior modeling, transport data 

analysis, intra-urban transport policy, and 

the connection between urban form and 

transportation 

Lance Manuel (1999) 

Fluor Centennial Teaching Fellowship 

in Engineering #2 

Structural reliability; structural dynamics and 

random vibrations; probabilistic methods; analysis 

of fixed and floating offshore structures to random 

loading; probabilistic seismic hazard and risk 

analyses for structures and lifelines 

Ellen M. Rathje (1997) 

J. Neils Thompson Centennial Teaching 


Earthquake engineering, seismic response 

of earth structures, dynamic property 

characterization, liquefaction remediation 

S. Travis Waller (2003) 



Modeling and large-scale optimization of 

transportation systems including network design, 

stochastic shortest path algorithms, and dynamic 

traffic assignment. Planning under uncertainty, 

transportation applications of information 

technology, and traffic simulation 

Dan L. Wheat (1980) 

Carl Ernest and Mattie Ann Muldrow Reistle, Jr. 

Centennial Fellowship in Engineering and 

Undergraduate Advisor 

Structural mechanics and its application to 

wood and wood structures, polymer concrete 

materials and structural elements 



Eric B. Williamson (1998) 

J. Hugh and Betty Liedtke Centennial 

Fellowship in Engineering 

Dynamic response of structures including 

applications to blast-resistant design and seismicresistant 

design, static and dynamic stability, failure 

modeling, and damage mechanics 

Zhanmin Zhang (2000) 



Infrastructure systems management; intelligent 

infrastructure systems; pavement design and 

management; modeling of pavement behavior 

and performance; variability and reliability of 

pavements; pavement performance simulation; 

computerized information and decision support 

systems; application of Geographical Information 

Systems (GIS) 

Jorge G. Zornberg (2003) 

Fluor Centennial Teaching Fellowship 

in Engineering #1 

Soil mechanics; soil reinforcement and 

improvement; environmental geotechnics; 

geosynthetics; numerical and physical (centrifuge) 

modeling of geotechnical and geoenvironmental 

systems 

AssistAnt pRofessoRs 

Carlos H. Caldas (2003) 

Information technologies for project 

management; life-cycle information integration; 

project data analysis; construction knowledge 

discovery and dissemination; product and 

process modeling; project control systems; field 

management technologies; communication, 

collaboration and coordination technologies 

Wassim Ghannoum (2007) 


structures; structural analysis; structural dynamics; 

earthquake engineering; extreme loading on 

structures 

Todd A. Helwig (2005) 

Design and behavior of steel structures 

Maria Juenger (2001) 

Hydration chemistry and microstructural 

characterization of portland cement and related 

materials, mechanisms of chemical deterioration 

in concrete, concrete durability, reducing the 

environmental impact of concrete production 

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Mary Jo Kirisits (2003) 

Biological water treatment processes; 

application of molecular biology to biological 

water treatment processes; biofilms; quorum 

sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms 

Cindy Menches (2006) 

Contingency engineering and construction 

management during emergency response; 

Collaboration between owners, engineers and 

contractors on project planning and management; 

Assessment, management, and mitigation of a 

construction workforce shortage; Construction 

process efficiency strategies 

Atila Novoselac (2005) 

Ventilation and indoor air quality; computations 

and measurements of airflows in buildings; 

pollutants transport modeling; building energy 

analysis 

William J. O’Brien (2004) 

Production Systems: project supply chain 

management, project controls; Computer 

Integrated Construction: information integration, 

collaborative systems, human-computer 

interaction, implementation issues 

Jorge A. Prozzi (2002) 

Pavement materials; pavement design and 

rehabilitation; pavement monitoring, evaluation 

and performance analysis; accelerated pavement 

testing; applied econometrics; Transportation 

Infrastructure Management 

Jeffrey Siegel (2002) 

Building energy conservation – HVAC, 

distribution systems, energy consequences of 

pollutant control; indoor air quality – particle 

dynamics, pollutant transport, pollutant 

interactions with building systems 

Fulvio Tonon (2005) 

Geomechanics, rock engineering, underground 

excavations and tunneling, uncertainty modeling 

and design 

Jinying Zhu (2007) 

Non-destructive testing of concrete structures, 

pavements, and deep foundations; structural 

dynamics and health monitoring; wave 

propagation and soil dynamics; advanced sensing 

techniques for infrastructure 




AdjunCt pRofessoRs 

John D. Borcherding (1972) 

Construction litigation, construction 

productivity measurement and improvement 

*Davis L. Ford (1994) 

Water and wastewater systems design 

ReseARCh AssoCiAte pRofessoRs 

(AffiliAted) 

Michael E. Barrett (CRWR) 

Characterization and treatment of stormwater 

runoff, impacts of urbanization on receiving 

waters, and watershed planning 

Elena McDonald-Buller (CEER) 

Characterization of air quality, emissions 

inventory development, urban and regional air 

quality issues 

Moon C. Won (CTR) 

Concrete pavement design, materials, 

construction, rehabilitation, and preservation; 

noise and ride quality of pavement systems 

ReseARCh AssistAnt pRofessoR 

Stephen R. Thomas (1997) 

Benchmarking performance and practice use 

for the engineering and construction industry; 

qualitative methods for project management 

distinguished senioR leCtuReR 

Hillary Hart (1987) 

Development of process models for written 

and spoken communication; audience analysis, 

strategies for collaborative writing 

senioR leCtuReRs 

John J. Allen (1997) 

Design and performance of pavements 

Ghislaine Kozuh (2006) 

Technical communications 

Alvin H. Meyer (1979) 

Associate Dean for Student Affairs 

Civil engineering materials, aggregates, 

pavement portland cement concrete and 

polymers, pavement evaluation, rehabilitation, 

maintenance, safety 

Steven D. Nelson (2000) 

Construction law 

John A. Rickard (2001) 

Architectural and engineering design and 

construction management 

Charles M. Woodruff Jr. (2001) 

Engineering geology 

leCtuReRs 

Gregory L. Brooks (2001) 

Arcbitectural project design 

John F. Burgin (2005) 

Water resources planning and management, 

network optimzation, geographic information 

systems 

Fayez S. Kazi (2001) 

Visual communication, Computer Aided Design, 

all phases of civil engineering design including 

surveying, planning, preparation of construction 

plans and construction administration 

Kirby A. Kuntz (2001) 

Project management and construction design 

Venkatesh Merwade (2006) 

GIS applications in water resources engineering; 

river channels; surface water hydrology; hydraulics; 

fluid mechanics and water quality modeling 

T. Kirk Morrow (2005) 

Construction productivity improvement; 

information technology use on project sites 

Michael P. Pappas (2004) 

Workforce development, innovative 

management methods and productivity 

improvement 

August C. Peterson, CPA (2002) 

Financial management for engineering and 

consulting firms

emeRitus pRofessoRs 

*Leo Roy Beard (1972) 

Water resources, hydrology, statistical 

applications, computer applications in engineering 

*Ned H. Burns (1962) 

Zarrow Centennial Professor Emeritus in 


Structural design and analysis with special 

interest in reinforced and prestressed concrete 

structures 

Richard W. Furlong (1958) 

Composite structures, analysis for inelastic 

behavior of structures, structural design 

*Earnest F. Gloyna (1947) 

Bettie Margaret Smith Chair Emeritus in 

Environmental Health Engineering 

Environmental engineering, wastewater 

treatment, and water resources management 

Edward R. Holley (1979) 

Stanley P. Finch Centennial Professor Emeritus 


Hydraulic engineering, environmental fluid 

mechanics for rivers, estuaries, lakes, and pollutant 

transport problems, sediment transport, hydraulic 

models 

W. Ronald Hudson (1965) 

Dewitt C. Greer Centennial Professor 

Emeritus in Transportation Engineering 

Applied statistical analysis - systems analysis, 

pavement management, bridge management 

systems, pavement design and materials, 

infrastructure management 

Thomas W. Kennedy (1965) 

Engineering Foundation Professor Emeritus 

Materials, asphalt mixtures, asphalt additives, 

new materials, soil stabilization, materials 

characterization, pavements, and transportation 

E. Lothar Koschmieder (1968) 

Convection, hydrodynamic instability, 

turbulence 

Clyde E. Lee (1959) 

Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professor Emeritus 


Traffic engineering and highway design, 

computer aided design, and weighing vehicles in 

motion 



*Raymond C. Loehr (1985) 

Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair Emeritus 


Hazardous waste management, land 

treatment of municipal, industrial and hazardous 

wastes, industrial waste treatment systems, soil 

bioremediation processes 

*L. Hudson Matlock (1948) 

Foundations in marine clays 

B. Franklin McCullough (1969) 

Adnan Abou-Ayyash Centennial Professor 

Emeritus in Transportation Engineering 

Pavement design, pavement management, 

evaluation, rehabilitation and construction of 

pavements, vehicle guideway design, airport 

design 

Walter L. Moore (1947) 

Hydraulic engineering, watershed simulation, 

flood plains management 

*Roy E. Olson (1970) 

Foundation engineering, consolidation, 

settlement of embankments, capacities of piles, 

design of earth retaining structures 

*Lymon C. Reese (1955) 

Nasser I. Al-Rashid Chair Emeritus 


Geotechnical engineering, with emphasis on 

behavior of deep foundations 

Charles A. Sorber (1980) 

Public health aspects of land application of 

wastewater and sludges, wastewater reuse, 

disinfection and disinfection by-products 

*Richard L. Tucker (1976) 

Joe C. Walter, Jr. Chair Emeritus in Engineering 

Construction engineering, project management, 

construction productivity 

Norman K. Wagner (1966) 

Wind structure near the surface of the earth 

*Joseph A. Yura (1966) 

Design of steel structures, experimental 

methods, connections and stability, offshore 

structures 



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AdministRAtive suppoRt stAff 

Joanne Belsley (1980) 

Senior Administrative Associate 

Academic affairs coordinator 

Jilda Bolton (1994) 

Executive Assistant 

Manager of administrative affairs 

Rebecca Christian (2006) 

Administrative Associate 

Environmental engineering support 

Julie Kaye (2007) 

Administrative Assistant 

Architectural engineering support 

Linda Keyte (1995) 


Chairman’s assistant 

Rodney King (1975) 


Procurement; special equipment maintenance 

Laura A. Klopfenstein (2005) 


Alumni relations coordinator 

Leslie McCroddan (2006) 


Department receptionist 

Hortensia Peoples (2008) 

Executive Assistant 

Manager of administrative affairs 

Kathy Rose (1985) 


Coordinator of graduate student affairs 

Vicki Simpson (1988) 


Transportation engineering support 

Susan Stanford (2001) 


Assistant to Academic Coordinator 


the stAff 

Chris Trevino (2000) 


Geotechnical engineering support 

Elaine Watts (1986) 


Office supervisor; personnel 

Barbara Yates (2007) 


Structural engineering support 

ComputeR ResouRCes stAff 

Paul Ashe (2000) 

Operating Systems Specialist 

UNIX system administration and user support 

Mark Hulsey (1984) 

Technical Staff Assistant IV 

Electronic repair of computers, printers, lab 

equipment 

Jilda Bolton retired from the university in 

January 2008 after serving as Executive 

Assistant for 15 years. 

Tod Maxwell (2006) 


Administrative user services 

Timothy Plover (1993) 

Systems Analyst 

Learning Resource Center support; PC specialist 

Daniel Quiroz (1997) 

Manager, Computing Services 

Technical and administrative direction and 

support; coordinator of computer personnel 

William Wise (2003) 


Administrative user services 

teChniCAl suppoRt stAff 

Wayne Fontenot (2000) 

Technical Staff Assistant V 

Fabrication of parts/pieces for departmental labs 

and research 

Charles Perego (1993) 

Technical Staff Assistant V 

Equipment operations and repairs in 

environmental labs 

Blake Stasney (1985) 

Research Engineer/Scientist Associate IV 

Test set-ups; maintenance of equipment at 

Ferguson Structural Engineering Lab 

Johnie Williams (1988) 

Technical Staff Assistant III 

Set-up, maintenance of concrete and materials 

labs 

Gonzalo Zapata (1989) 

Elec/Mechanical Technician Supervisor 

Building coordinator 

( )year of initial appointment in CAEE

The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series was inaugurated in Fall 2002. The series provides 

a venue for internationally recognized engineers and scholars to interact with students, faculty, and the general public. The 

Distinguished Lecturers for 2007-08 are listed here. 

Raymond E. Levitt 

Professor 

Civil and Environmental Engineering 

Director, Collaboratory for Research 

on Global Projects 

Stanford University, California 

“The Nature of Consulting 

Engineering Business and 

Trends for the Future” 

distinguished leCtuReRs 

November 7, 2007 February 28, 2008 

David B. Ashley 

President 

University of Las Vegas-Nevada 

April 8, 2008 April 10, 2008 

Peter M. Huck 



University of Waterloo, Ontario 

“The Legacy of a Serious Water 

Contamination Incident” 

“Panama Canal Third-lane 

Locks and Access Channel 

Expansion Program” 

Edward J. Cording 

Professor Emeritus 


University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign 

“Ground control in Shield Tunneling” 

Distinguished Lecturers 

March 4, 2008 

Kincho H. Law 



Stanford University, California 

“Emerging Applications of Computing, 

Information and Communication 

Technologies in AEC” 


17

The Students 

Undergraduate Student & 

Transfer Student Advisors 

Civil Engineering/Pre-Med, 

Architectural Engineering 

Dan L. Wheat 

Co-op Advisor — CE & ARE 

Dan L. Wheat 

Honors Program — CE & ARE 

Lance Manuel 


the students 

undeRgRAduAte pRogRAm 

The undergraduate program in the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental 

Engineering offers Bachelor of Science degrees in civil engineering and architectural 

engineering. 

In 2007-08, the Civil Engineering degree plan totaled 124 semester hours, and the 

Architectural Engineering degree plan totaled 126 semester hours. 

Enrollment 

The department continues to control undergraduate admission into the civil and 

architectural engineering degree programs in order to manage enrollments at all levels: 

new freshmen, transfers from other institutions, and internal transfers from other UT 

degree programs. The department’s total undergraduate enrollment remained constant. 

Our dual-degree program of Architectural Engineering/Architecture had an enrollment 

of 16. Including this dual degree enrollment, the total listed for Architectural Engineering 

was 215, the total for Civil Engineering was 476, and the total department undergraduate 

enrollment was 691. 

Undergraduate Enrollment by Class - Historical* 

Freshmen Sophomores Juniors Seniors 

Year CE ARE Total CE ARE Total CE ARE Total CE ARE Total 

1960-61 73 16 89 55 22 77 86 40 126 113 45 158 

1970-71 63 40 103 64 30 94 67 42 109 87 37 124 

1980-81 147 95 242 119 66 185 130 65 195 222 124 346 

1990-91 120 69 189 63 64 127 67 38 105 124 81 205 

2000-01 92 73 165 68 58 126 79 62 141 141 91 232 

2002-03 154 78 232 70 46 116 77 51 128 135 124 259 

2003-04 122 58 180 102 63 165 71 45 116 152 107 259 

2004-05 108 45 153 93 33 126 109 57 166 147 92 239 

2005-06 132 62 194 89 34 123 97 31 128 162 91 253 

2006-07 91 58 149 106 39 145 99 35 134 182 81 263 

2007-08 106 63 169 82 30 112 100 49 149 188 73 261 

*Data based on Fall enrollment figures. Beginning 01-02, ARE totals include dual degree students.

honoRs And AwARds 



number of civil engineering and architectural engineering students received awards in 2007-08. The following awards were presented 

A at the eighth annual Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Spring Banquet in March 2008. The Leadership Awards 

are given to students who demonstrated outstanding leadership in campus and community activities. For the Academic Excellence 

Awards, students were selected on the basis of academic performance, entering UT Austin as freshmen, and completing their degrees 

in four academic years. The Braden Award is given in recognition of excellence in technical communication. 

Matthew F. Homer 

Architectural Engineering Student Leadership Award 

Christopher A. Matamoros 

Civil Engineering Student Leadership Award 

Renee M. Alsup 

John A. Focht Academic Excellence Award in Civil Engineering 

Stephen W. Foster 

Werner W. Dornberger Academic Excellence Award in Architectural Engineering 

John J. Hand 

Outstanding Teaching Assistant/Assistant Instructor 

Sarah E. Evans, Architectural Engineering, received a 2008 Women in Engineering (WEP) Rising Star Award. These awards recognize 

outstanding first and second year women in the Cockrell School of Engineering. Awards are based on academic excellence, involvement 

in WEP initiatives, and leadership, mentorship and volunteer experiences. 

Alix R. Broadfoot, Civil Engineering, received a 2008 Women in Engineering Program (WEP) Champion Award. These awards recognize 

outstanding undergraduate women in the Cockrell School of Engineering serving as leaders, mentors, partners with WEP, agent of change 

within their organizations, and champions of the mission of WEP to recruit and retain women in engineering. 

Left to right: Jerry Speitel with Renee Alsup, Stephen Foster, Matthew Homer, Chris Matamoros, and John Hand 

Not pictured: Sarah Evans and Alix Broadfoot 

19


Graduate Studies 

Committee Chair 


Graduate Student Advisors 

Civil Engineering — MS and all PhD 


Architectural Engineering — MS 


Environmental and Water 

Resources Engineering — MS 

Richard L. Corsi 


gRAduAte pRogRAm 

The Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering offers the Master 

of Science in Engineering degree in civil engineering, architectural engineering, and 

environmental and water resources engineering; the Doctor of Philosophy degree is 

offered only in civil engineering. Graduate students select from a number of specialty 

areas—including construction engineering and project management, construction 

materials, environmental and water resources engineering, building environmental systems, 

geotechnical engineering, ocean engineering, structural engineering, and transportation 

engineering. Most students have a bachelor’s degree in an engineering discipline from 

an accredited program; however, non-engineering majors are admitted, on a very limited 

basis, after completing certain minimum academic requirements. 

Graduate Applications and Enrollment 

Applications to the graduate program increased slightly from the previous year, and 

enrollment increased by 6% from fall 2006. 

Graduate Application History 

Fall 04 Fall 05 Fall 06 Fall 07 

Applications Received 

U.S. 243 242 230 225 

International 403 361 412 425 

Total 651 603 642 650 

Applicants Admitted 

U.S. 159 159 166 166 


Total 272 275 299 337 

Percent Admitted 

U.S. 65% 66% 72% 74% 

International 27% 32% 32% 40% 

Total 41% 46% 47% 52% 

Applicants Enrolled 

U.S. 55 62 62 63 


Total 104 99 102 121 

Percent Enrolled* 

U.S. 34% 39% 37% 38% 

International 43% 32% 30% 34% 

Total 37% 36% 34% 36% 

*Data based on fall semesters only

Graduate Enrollment by Area of Specialization 

Graduate Enrollment Statistics 

MS PHD TOTAL 

Architectural Engineering MS only 

U.S. 11 0 11 

International 0 0 0 

TOTAL 11 0 11 

Building Environmental Systems 

U.S. 1 0 1 


TOTAL 1 1 2 

Construction Management 

U.S. 11 3 14 


TOTAL 32 20 52 

Construction Materials 

U.S. 5 3 8 


TOTAL 6 4 10 

Environmental/Water Resources MS only 

U.S. 28 0 28 


TOTAL 36 0 36 

Environmental/Water Resources 

U.S. 13 20 33 


TOTAL 17 47 64 

Geotechnical Engineering 

U.S. 21 9 30 


TOTAL 27 33 60 

Structural Engineering 

U.S. 34 10 44 


TOTAL 57 33 90 

Transportation Engineering 

U.S. 13 10 23 


TOTAL 23 31 54 

Total 

U.S. 137 55 192 


TOTAL ENROLLMENT 210 169 379 

Graduate Enrollment by Gender Ethnic Background of 

U.S. Graduate Students 

Male Female 

(for statistical purposes only) 

MS 145 65 

PhD 

Total 

136 

281 

33 

98 

African-American 

Asian 

Hispanic 

3 

13 

15 

% 74% 26% 

Native American 1 

White 160 

Total 192 

*All data based on fall enrollment 

07-08 

06-07 

05-06 

04-05 

03-04 

02-03 

01-02 

00-01 

99-00 

98-99 

Graduate Enrollment* 

0 100 200 300 400 

*Data for last 10 years based on 

Fall enrollment figures 

Total Students 379 



International 187 (49%) 

U.S. 192 (51%) 

39 Countries represented + U.S. 

Full-Time students: 350 

Part-Time students: 29 

Total 

PhD 

MS 

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student finAnCiAl suppoRt 

Undergraduate Scholarships 

Outstanding performance of undergraduate students is recognized through scholarships. In 2007-2008, departmental scholarships 

totaling $ 40,850 were awarded to 48 students enrolled in the Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering department. Scholarships 

administered by the College of Engineering for a total of $77,500 were awarded to 33 students in the department. These totals do not 

include all scholarships awarded in 2007-2008 to civil and architectural engineering students by the College of Engineering. In addition, 

two architectural engineering students and two civil engineering students were awarded a $2,500 University-wide Undergraduate 

Endowed Presidential Scholarship. 

Graduate Financial Support 

Various financial assistance options are available to graduate students. Most full-time students receive some form of financial support 

-- the primary sources of support are graduate research assistantships, teaching assistantships and grader positions. Other sources outside 

the University provide additional funds. Teaching assistantships are available to a limited number of graduate students to assist the faculty 

in preparing and conducting laboratory and/or design sessions. 

Graduate Fellowships 

The Graduate Fellowship Committee—comprising faculty from six specialty areas, plus the graduate advisors—nominates students 

for graduate fellowships. Awards are made to both incoming and continuing students on a competitive basis. 

U.S. applicants in the top ten percent of their national peer group are recruited with a University Preemptive Fellowship offer. One 

year full-fellowships and partial-fellowships are awarded, ranging from $5,000 to $26,000. 

Thrust 2000 fellowships, Dean’s Chair for Excellence fellowships, and other endowed fellowships administered through the College 

of Engineering also are used primarily for recruitment. These fellowships are offered to outstanding U.S. students, who plan to pursue the 

Ph.D. In addition, Thrust recipients receive a half-time research or teaching assistantship from the department. The Thrust fellowships 

pay $9,000 and are renewable for up to four years; endowed fellowships usually pay between $2,000 and $3,000. 

A limited number of continuing students also receive fellowships. The premiere academic achievement award is the University 

Continuing Fellowship. This award pays $16,000-$18,000 for two long-term semesters and $2,650 per long semester in tuition support. 

22 CAEE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08

University Fellowship (Preemptive) 

Lee Blaney 

Tara Snell 

University Continuing 

Jason Ideker 

Rachel Copperman 

University Tuition Fellowship 

Rebecca Teasley 

Graduate Enrichment Fellowship 

Gilbert Trejo 

Graduate Recruiting Fellowship 

Justin Carpenter 

Research Internship 

Priscilla Guerrero 

Thrust 2000 Fellowship 

Anthony Battistini 

Lee Blaney 

Lucas Carr 

David Dunkman 

Eric Giannini 

Catherine Mukai 

Andrew Stam 

Brent Stephens 

Amanda Van Epps 

EPA Star Fellowship 

Amanda Van Epps 

Henry Beckman EPS 

Clive Matthew Earnest 

Ashlynn Homan 

Crozier Brown 

Michael Plaisted 

Earnest and Elsie Clawson 

Endowed Scholarship 

Britain Materek 

Cullen Crain Endowed Scholarship 


Bryan Enslein 

Hap Dalrymple EPS 

Gloribel Cespedes 

gRAduAte fellowship ReCipients 

Wilda and Raymond Dawson EPS 

Stephen Macrowski 

E. Gus Fruh Fellowship 

Allison Osborne 

Espey Memorial EPS 

Donna Kunkel 

Martin Regner 

Phil M. Ferguson EPS 

David Birrcher 

John Focht EPS 

Mohammed Raie 

Robin Tuchscherer 

Ben Geeslin EPS 

Michael Cobb 

Earnest and Agnes Gloyna EPS 

Scott Hekman 

Shannon Stokes 

Robert Herman Scholarship 

Naveen Eluru 

Christian Vazquez 

Walter L. Moore Fellowship 


Alejandro Avendano 

Kuo-Hsin Yang 

Ryan Jones 

Coskun Kuzu 

Andres Stambuk 

Jason Stith 

Daniel Williams 

Kuo-Hsin Yang 

Sungmin Yun 

Walter L. Moore Fellowship 

in Water Resources 

Patrick McNamara 

Samuel Sandoval 

Virginia Smith 

Rebecca Teasley 

Talbot Huff Graduate Fellowship 

in Transportation 

Ricardo Aitken 

Kate Flanagan 

Allison Interrante 

Steven Marfitano 

Charles Robertson 

Tara Snell 

H. Douglas Steadman Graduate 

Fellowship 

Dean El-Baz 

T.U. Taylor Fellowship in Geotechnical 


Nathan Thompson 

J. Neils Thompson Fellowship 

Catherine Hovell 

Trigg Twichell Centennial EPS 

Brigit Afshar 

Katherine Marney 

Joe Walter EPS 

Nicholas Richman 

Agnes and Charles Wiebusch 

Endowed Fellowship 

Jaime Miller 

Richard and Shirley Tucker Scholarship 

in CEPM 

Chelsea Cohen 

Ryan Jones 

Aaron Sarfati 

Professional Development Award 

(Travel) 

Ryan Chancey 

Jiun-Yih Chen 

Li-Jung Chen 

Thano Drimalas 

David Dunkman 

Rajiv Gupta 

Paula Kulis 

Fedrico Noris 

Leonardo Ramirez 

Samuel Sandoval 

Ipek Sener 

Robin Tucherer 

Christine Weber 

Daniel Williams 

Bin Zhou 


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University-wide Undergraduate 

Endowed Presidential Scholarship 

Forrest K. Bratton 

Wan-Ting Chen 

Cole N. Mayer 

Lauren C. Nance 

J. Russel Johnson Scholarship Fund 

Ivan Y. Ku 

Sarah A. Wilson 

John C. Buono 

Matthew S. Bomberg 

Brian W. Bowden 

Kristopher N. Darnell 

Thomas W, Calderwood 

Andrew C. Hart 

Ryan D. Kalina 

Joeny Q. Bui 

Cameron W. Schmeits 

Samuel B. Covey 

Assad J. Kawach 

Eric L. Nelson 

Crystal C. Perez 

Itay Rosenzweig 

John E. Canady III 

Sarah A. Jaeger 

Hunter C. Smith 

Jaehyung Ahn 

Benjamin M. Taylor 

Dong-Hyun Kim 

Thomas A. Johnson 

Sean D. Barry 

John C. Clement 

David A. Saldana 

Ira J. Ray 

Alfredo Perez-Lozano 

Rene M. Alsup 

Ramses Mourhatch 

Lowber Snow Scholarship Fund 


Mayra A. Lopez 

Andrew W. Limmer 

Brigit R. Afshar 

Nasser I. Al-Rashid Endowed 

Presidential Scholarship 

Yang Zhou 

Lawrence A. Fuess Endowed 

Presidential Scholarship in ARE 

Azrin Amin 

W i l l i a m H . Lu e d e c k e E n d o w e d 

Undergraduate Scholarship 

Eric L. Nelson 


undeRgRAduAte sCholARship ReCipients 

Robert & Evelyn McKee 

Foundation Scholarship 

Clinton L. Farrell 

Charles S. Pool 

Nicholas W. David 

Eric A. Co 

Mark E. Daley 

Bonny Bei-Mei Yau 

Brandon S. Boaz 

Yoav Wolfson 

Elnaz Azolaty 

William Robertson Welty 

Scholarship Fund 

Natalie M. Chaney 

Christopher W. Klabunde 

Abigail L. Crockett 

Andres J. Jasso 

Samuel C. Brown 

Todd D. Carroll 

John & Fay Focht Endowed Presidential 

Scholarship in Civil Engineering 

Kathryn M. Hogan 

Julia E. Rager 

Jones & Carter Inc. Endowed 


Priya Hora 

Jodie & Mary Isenhower 


Rebecca L. Butler 

Karla A. Kruse 

Samuel S. Maxwell 

Dr. Carl E. Adams, Jr. Endowed 


Emily K. Underriner 

Bill & Mary Etta Moreau Endowed 


Michelle L. Wilkinson 

Eugene H. and Mary Duane Dawson 


Juan D. Cotrino 

Christine N. Fuentes 

Amanda K. Nelson 

Wagner Schwing Endowed Presidential 

Scholarship in Engineering 

Julie E. Kucera 

Marsha L. Hamby Memorial 


Marcelo M. Azevedo 

Sarah E. Mayhall 

Rodney W. Ludwig Endowed 

Scholarship in ARE 

Thomas W. Calderwood 

T. U. Taylor Endowed 


Nicholas S. Faerber 

John E. Breen Endowed Presidential 


Rishee K. Jain 

Dow Engineering Alumni Centennial 


Anna L.Tachau 

Faulkner Brothers Endowed Scholarship 

Nicola Gheno 

Al J. Gonzalez 

Nathan C. Wood 

Harris B. Grubbs Endowed Scholarship 

in Civil, Architectural & Environmental 


Matthew S. Bomberg 

Halff Associates, Inc. Endowed Scholarship 


Roberto A. Martinez 

Ramses Mourhatch 

Will K. Brown Endowed Scholarship 


Sean D. Barry 

Kenneth G. Howard Scholarship 


Charles Pool 

Raul Field-Escandon Civil Engineering 

Scholarship 

David A. Saldana 

Braden Communication Scholarship 

Renee M. Alsup 

Academy of Distinguished Graduates 

Endowed Scholarship in CAEE 

Hunter C. Smith 

Wiethorn Family Endowed Presidential 

Scholarship 

Eleanor C. Reynolds

07-08 

06-07 

05-06 

04-05 

03-04 

02-03 

01-02 

00-01 

99-00 

98-99 

Civil and Architectural Engineering 

B.S. Degrees Awarded 

Year BSCE BSARE Total 

98-99 74 51 125 

99-00 83 50 133 

00-01 67 42 109 

01-02 79 40 119 

02-03 69 64 133 

03-04 71 56 127 

04-05 82 47 129 

05-06 81 47 128 

06-07 93 43 136 

07-08 101 40 141 

M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees 

Awarded 

0 50 100 150 200 

MSEWRE 

MSARE 

MSCE 

PhD 

degRees AwARded 

07-08 

06-07 

05-06 

04-05 

03-04 

02-03 

01-02 

00-01 

99-00 

98-99 

BS Degrees Awarded 

0 50 100 150 

Civil, Architectural & Environmental Engineering 

M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees Awarded 

BSCE 

BSARE 



Year MSEWRE MSARE MSCE PhD Total 

98-99 15 1 80 36 132 

99-00 20 1 77 23 121 

00-01 17 1 77 26 121 

01-02 17 2 82 37 138 

02-03 15 2 85 19 121 

03-04 15 3 76 30 124 

04-05 17 4 90 28 139 

05-06 14 2 86 41 143 

06-07 21 2 69 33 125 

07-08 17 3 73 32 125 

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Fall 2007 

Cem Akguner 

Advisors: Robert B. Gilbert 

Roy E. Olson 

Dissertation: Elastic Analysis of Axial 

Load-Displacement Behavior of Single 

Driven Piles 

Thano Drimalas 

Advisors: Kevin J. Folliard 

Michael Thomas 

Dissertation: Laboratory and Field 

Evaluations of External Sulfate Attack in 

Concrete 

Maedeh Faraji 

Advisor: David Allen 

Dissertation: Evaluating 

Photochemical Mechanisms for Use in 

Southeast Texas 

Runhua Guo 

Advisor: Jorge Prozzi 

Dissertation: Predicting In-service 

Fatigue Life of Flexible Pavements Based 

on Accelerated Pavement Testing 

John Hema 

Advisor: Maria Juenger 

Dissertation: The Effects of Liquid 

Nitrogen on Concrete Hydration, 

Microstructure and Properties 

Raed T. Jarrah 

Advisor: James T. O’Connor 

Dissertation: Planning for, Facilitating, 

and Evaluating Design Effectiveness 

Soondong Kwon 

Advisors: Kerry A. Kinney 

Lynn E. Katz 

Dissertation: Biological Pretreatment 

of Produced Water for Reuse Application 


phd ReCipients 

Jung Jae Lee 

Advisor: Kenneth H. Stokoe 

Dissertation: Dynamic Characteristics 

of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in the 

Linear and Nonlinear Strain Ranges 

James H. Lohaus 

Advisor: Jeffrey Siegel 

Dissertation: Adhesion of Particles on 

Indoor Surfaces 

Christopher J. Quigley 

Advisor: Richard L. Corsi 

Dissertation: Refueling and 

Evaporative Emissions of Volatile Organic 

Compounds from Gasoline Powered 

Vehicles 

Spring 2008 

Ryan T. Chancey 

Advisors: David W. Fowler 

Maria Juenger 

Dissertation: Characterization of 

Crystalline and Amorphous Phases and 

Respective Reactivities in a Class F Fly Ash 

Wonkyoung Choi 


Dissertation: dynamic Properties of 

Ash-Flow Tuffs 

Shipeng Fu 

Advisor: Ben R. Hodges 

Dissertation: A Time-Centered Splic 

for Implicit Discretization of Unsteady 

Advection Problems 

Jason H. Ideker 

Advisors: Kevin J. Folliard 

Michael Thomas 

Dissertation: Early-Age Behavior of 

Calcium Aluminate Cement Systems 

Isamu Ikeda Junior 

Advisor: John L. Tassoulas 

Dissertation: Analysis of Wave 

Motion in Irregular Layered Media Using 

a Finite-element Perturbation Method 

Jaehak Jeong 

Advisor: Randall J. Charbeneau 

Dissertation: A Hydrodynamic 

Diffusion Wave Model for Stormwater 

runoff on Highway Surfaces at 

Superelevation Transitions 

Songcheng Li 


Dissertation: Deep Downhole 

Testing: Procedures and Analysis for High- 

Resolution Vertical Seismic Profiling 

Summer 2008 

Puneet Agarwal 

Advisor: Lance Manuel 

Dissertation: Structural Reliability of 

Offshore Wind Turbines 

Quan Chen 

Advisor: Todd A. Helwig 

Dissertation: Effects of Thermal Loads 

on Texas Steel Bridges 

Rachel B. Copperman 

Advisor: Chandra Bhat 

Dissertation: A Comprehensive 

Assessment of Childrens-Activity-Travel 

Patterns with Implications for Activity- 

Based Travel Demand Modeling 

Jennifer C. Duthie 

Advisor: S. Travis Waller 

Dissertation: Implications of 

Uncertain Future Network Performance 

on Satisfying Environmental Justice and 

Tolling

David Grau Torrent 

Advisor: Carlos Caldas 

Dissertation: Assessing the Impact 

on Construction Craft Productivity 

of a Methodology to Automate the 

Identification and Localization of 

Engineering Components 

Seong Yeol Jeon 


Dissertation: Dynamic and Cyclic 

Properties in Shear of Tuff Specimens 

from Yucca Mountain, Nevada 

In Sung Kim 

Advisor: James O. Jirsa 

Dissertation: Use of Cfrp to Provide 

Continuity in Existing Reinforced Concrete 

Members Subjected to Extreme Loads 

Namhong Min 

Advisors: Robert B. Gilbert 

Larry Lake 

Dissertation: A Method to Establish 

Non-Informative Prior Probabilities for 

Risk-Based Decision Analysis 

Abdul R. Pinjari 

Advisor: Chandra Bhat 

Dissertation: Modeling Residential 

Self-Selection in Activity-Travel 

Behavior Models: Integrated Models of 

Multidimensional Choice Processes 

Mohsin K. Siddiqui 

Advisor: William O’Brien 

Dissertation: Coordination of 

Distributed Schedules in a Heterogeneous 

Environment 

phd ReCipients (continued) 

Heather A. Simon 

Advisor: David Allen 

Dissertation: Heterogeneous Nx05 

Chemistry in the Houston Atmosphere 

Hong Sun 

Advisor: Spyros A. Kinnas 

Dissertation: Performance Prediction 

of Cavitating Propulsors Using a Viscous/ 

Inviscid Interaction Method 

Avinash Unnikrishnan 

Advisor: S. Travis Waller 

Dissertation: Equilibrium Models 

Accounting for Uncertainty and 

Information Provision in Transportation 

Networks 

Christine T. Weber 

Advisor: Jorge Zornberg 

Dissertation: Leakage Through 

Defects in Geomembrane Liners Under 

High Hydraulic Heads 

Yi-Hsian Yu 

Advisor: Spyros A. Kinnas 

Dissertation: Prediction of Flows 

Around Ship-Shaped Hull Sections in Roll 

Using an Unsteady Navier-Stokes Solver 



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student oRgAnizAtions 

Our undergraduate and graduate students are actively involved in many department, college, and university organizations and 

student chapters, including those listed here. 

American Concrete Institute 

Faculty Advisor: Kevin J. Folliard 

American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 

Faculty Advisor: Robert B. Gilbert 

URL: http://www.ut-asce.org/ 

The student chapter at UT-Austin provides an opportunity for civil and architectural 

engineering students to make professional, academic, and social contacts. 

Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) 

Faculty Advisor: Michael D. Engelhardt 

URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/org/aei/ 

A nationally affiliated student organization devoted to providing architectural and civil 

engineering students with a link of communication to companies. 

Chi Epsilon 

Faculty Advisor: Lynn E. Katz 

URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/org/xe/ 

Honor Society recognizes successful civil engineering students. Chi Epsilon seeks to develop 

in the student civil engineer the character necessary for the successful pursuit 

of a career in civil engineering. 

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) 

Faculty Advisor: Lance Manuel 

An interdisciplinary student organization concerned with the effects of 

earthquakes and earthquake hazard reduction. 

Institute of Transportation Engineers 

Faculty Advisor: Chandra R. Bhat 

URL: http://studentorgs.utexas.edu/utite/ 

A professional society of transportation engineers, planners and other 

professionals in some 80 countries. 

Intelligent Transportation Society of America 

Faculty Advisor: Zhanmin Zhang 

URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/org/its/home.html 

ITS America is a forum in which industry, government, and academia meet to build 

consensus on fostering, developing, and deploying Intelligent Vehicle-Highway Systems. 

Phi Alpha Epsilon 

Faculty Advisor: Eric Williamson 

URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/pae/ 

National Honor Society of Architectural Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin 

Texas Society of Professional Engineers 

Faculty Advisor: Alvin H. Meyer 


Research Centers 

Research Centers 

Research centers within the department are dedicated to developing engineering solutions to the pressing problems of Texas and 

the nation. Under the guidance of faculty and other research engineers, students participate in solving problems and making new 

discoveries as part of their education and preparation for professional careers. The director and URL for each center is listed below. 

Center for Construction Industry Studies 

Director: James T. O’Connor 

URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/org/ccis/ 

Performs multi-disciplinary, long-range studies addressing construction industry challenges. 

Center for Research in Water Resources 

Director: David R. Maidment 

URL: http://www.crwr.utexas.edu 

Serves as the central focus for environmental and water resources research at UT Austin. 

Center for Transportation Research 

Director: Randy B. Machemehl 

URL: http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/ 

Nationally recognized research institution focusing on transportation research, education, and public service. 

Ferguson Structural Engineering Laboratory 

Director: Karl H. Frank 

URL: http://fsel.engr.utexas.edu/ 

Facility dedicated to research for improving the analysis, design and construction of buildings, bridges, and special 

structures. 

Construction Industry Institute 

Director: Wayne Crew 

URL: http://www.construction-institute.org/scriptcontent/ 

A unique consortium of leading owners and contractors who have joined together to find better ways of planning and 

executing capital construction programs. 

Geotechnical Engineering Center 

Director: Stephen G. Wright 

URL: http://www.caee.utexas.edu/dept/area/geotech/ 

Focuses on problems involving soil and rock, including the design of foundations for structures, tunneling, disposal of 

waste products, design of earth dams. 

Construction Materials Research Group 

Director: David W. Fowler 

URL: http://www.utexas.edu/research/cmrg/ 

Dedicated to advancing the state of the art in construction materials technology through research and development. 

Offshore Technology Research Center 

Director: Spyros A. Kinnas 

URL: http://otrc.tamu.edu/ 

Established by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support the offshore oil and gas industry. It is jointly 

operated by UT Austin and Texas A&M University. 

International Center for Aggregates Research 

Director: David W. Fowler 

URL: http://www.icar.utexas.edu/ 

Promotes research, education and technology transfer related to aggregates. The Center is operated jointly by UT 

Austin and Texas A&M University. 


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The Department of Civil, Architectural 

and Environmental Engineering 

Ernest J. Cockrell, Jr. Hall 

The University of Texas at Austin 

Austin, TX 78712-1076 

Phone: 512-471-4921 

Fax: 512-471-0592 

URL: 

http://caee.utexas.edu

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