- Professor Emerita, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Prestressed Concrete Bridges
- Reinforced Concrete Design
- Bridge Engineering - Design and Construction
- Structural Analysis and Mechanics
Research Interests
- Structural Engineering
- Prestressed Concrete Bridges
- Applications of UHPC for Buildings and Bridges
- Nondestructive Evaluation and Testing
- Remote Sensing for Bridge Condition Assessment
- Bridge Inspection with Today’s Advancing Technologies
- Anchorage and Development of Reinforcement
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
- balkire@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2562
- Dow 865
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Effects of cold weather on performance of transportation materials
- Geophysical methods applied to transportation problems
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Surface water quality engineering
Research Interests
- Limnology
- Engineering approaches to lake and river management
- Mathematical modeling of surface water quality
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
- wmbullei@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2853
- Dillman 201C
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Structural Reliability
- Probabilistic Analysis and Reliability in Civil Engineering
- Finite Element Analysis
- Advanced Timber Design
- Advanced Structural Analysis: Energy Methods and Structural Stability
- Advanced Reinforced Concrete Design
Research Interests
- Structural Reliability/Probabilistic Modeling
- Agent-Based Modeling
- Computational Intelligence Applications in Civil Engineering
- Philosophy of Engineering
- Wood Structures and Elements
- Structural Wood Engineering
- Load-Duration Behavior of Wood Members and Connections
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
- gdewey@mtu.edu
- 906-487-2522
- Dillman 301B
Teaching Interests
- Civil Engineering Materials
- Statics
- Structural Analysis
- Structural Steel Design
- Senior Design
Research Interests
- Pavement Friction and Aggregate Polishing
- Blended Learning - Strategy and Technology
- Project-Based and Discovery-Based Learning
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Research Interests
- Development and application of physical and chemical processes for the recovery, removal, or destruction of organic compounds from air and water streams in industrial processes and the environment
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Research Interests
- Soil mechanics and foundational engineering, concentrating on deep foundations
- Behavior of mine tailings during deposition and consolidation
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
- Director, Center for Science and Environmental Education
Research Interests
- Groundwater contaminant transport
- Biological and physical processes for aquifer and soil restoration
- Risk assessments
- Management of household wastewaters
- Hazardous waste management
- Water distribution system analysis
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Groundwater flow and transport and subsurface remediation
Research Interests
- Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Contaminant Transport in Groundwater Vadose Zones
- Mathematical Optimization of Groundwater Remediation Systems: Multi-Objective and Uncertainty Problems
- Surfactant-Enhanced Dissolution of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Subsurface Systems
- Groundwater Flow in a Fault Zone in the Vicinity of Desert Hot Springs, California
- Simulation of Saltwater Intrusion in the Guaymas Valley, Sonora, Mexico California
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Timber
- Reinforced concrete
- Steel design
Research Interests
- Behavior of elastomeric sealants
- Behavior of structural glazing curtain wall systems
- Traditionally connected timber frames
- Molded wood strand composites
- Durability of pavement crank and joint sealments
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Research Interests
- Airport planning and design
- Transportation planning
- Traffic engineering,
- Public transit
- Automated people movers
- Hockey history
- Professor Emeritus, Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
Research Interests
- Mechanics of seismic signals generated from hydrodynamic phenomena such as the interaction of tornadoes with the ground