Academy of Distinguished Alumni
The Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni was established to recognize our graduates’ professional achievements and contributions. The academy’s members also serve as leaders and role models among alumni and students.
Twenty-seven charter members, all Distinguished Graduates at the Cockrell School of Engineering or CAEE departmental level, were inducted into the Academy in November of 2003. Eight to ten additional members have been inducted into the Academy every fall since.
Each active member holds a B.S., M.S. or Ph.D. from the department and is outstanding in their field, a leader of community affairs and worthy of emulation.
Nominations for the Academy are currently closed. Check back soon for more information.
NOMINATION FORM – return to caee-communications@utexas.edu.
OUTREACH & GIVING – information for Academy members on outreach and giving opportunities.
2024
Andrés Andújar
Andres Andujar is the CEO of Hemisfair Park Area Redevelopment Corporation, leading the transformation of the 1968 World’s Fair site into a global public space.
Michael W. Lee
Michael Lee is a seasoned professional engineer licensed in multiple states, specializing in concrete structures, failure investigations and structural rehabilitation.
Fariborz Maseeh
Fariborz Maseeh is a distinguished engineer, entrepreneur and philanthropist. He holds multiple degrees, including a Ph.D. from MIT. In 1991, he founded IntelliSense, pioneering MEMS technology.
Kevin S. Moore
.Kevin Moore is a nationally recognized structural engineer specializing in advanced analysis, design and evaluation, and he provided construction engineering support for major projects like the Sacramento Kings Arena.
Stephen B. Seeds
Stephen B. Seeds, PE, is a senior consultant with over 40 years of experience in pavement engineering. Recently retired from Applied Pavement Technology, Inc., he specializes in pavement evaluation, design, management, research and forensic investigations.
Kenneth “Ken” H. Stokoe, II
Ken Stokoe is a renowned expert in geotechnical engineering with 50 years of experience in seismic measurements, dynamic material properties and soil-structure interaction.
Richard “Dick” L. Wade
Dick Wade is a distinguished civil engineer and entrepreneur with a career spanning over five decades. A graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and the University of Michigan, Wade served in the U.S. Navy Civil Engineer Corps from 1970-77, including a tour in Vietnam.
John T. Wall
John Wall received his B.S. in 1970 and M.S. in 1976 and is a renowned structural and forensic engineering expert with over five decades of contributions to the field.
2023
David Dentino
David H. Dentino, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the deputy director of Civil Engineers and deputy chief of staff for Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Arlington, Virginia.
Lizan Gilbert
Lizan Gilbert is a distinguished leader in the tunneling industry, with over 23 years of experience in the design and construction of heavy civil and tunnel projects across the United States. Known for her strong leadership and team-oriented approach, she excels in challenging work environments.
Lee Lawrence
Lee Lawrence is a senior principal and the associate executive director of practice development at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE), where he also serves as the regional director for the company's southeast region. With a B.S. (1986) and an M.S.
Mark McKenzie
Mark McKenzie is the president and CEO of Ranger Excavating, the leading excavation and site development contractor in Central Texas. After earning a B.S.
James E. Nichols
Jim Nichols, P.E., is a distinguished civil engineer with a career spanning over five decades. After earning his undergraduate degree in Geology from the University of Kansas, he pursued graduate studies at The University of Texas at Austin, a decision that shaped his diverse professional journey.
Shay Ralls Roalson
Shay Ralls Roalson, P.E., became the director of Austin Water in January 2023, leading a team of 1,400 employees committed to providing high-quality drinking water, wastewater and reclaimed water services to over 1 million people in the Austin metropolitan area.
Scot T. Sanders
Scot Sanders, P.E., C.E.M., serves as chief operations officer for The Broaddus Companies, where he leads all operations and execution, advocating for owners to improve the building process.
Daniel K. Steussy
Steussy graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 1980 with a master’s degree in geotechnical engineering and a minor in business law, following the completion of his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1978.
Fidel A. Saenz de Ormijana Valdes
Fidel Saenz de Ormijana has 40 years of design experience, both in the water resources and transportation fields, spanning several continents, including 16 years of practice in North America.
Sharon Wood
Sharon L. Wood is an esteemed American structural engineer who recently served as the executive vice president and provost of The University of Texas at Austin.
Bill Zapalac
Bill Zapalac earned an architectural engineering degree with honors from The University of Texas at Austin in 1973. He was selected to Chi Epsilon and Tau Beta Pi, engineering honor organizations recognizing academics and character.
2022
Robert B. Anderson
Bob Anderson is a senior bridge professional registered in eleven states, with over four decades of diverse engineering and management experience. He earned his bachelor's degree from South Dakota State University in 1983 and his M.S. from The University of Texas at Austin in 1988.
Robert Franklin "Frank" Carmichael, III
Frank Carmichael was born in Brady, McCulloch County, Texas and graduated from the Brady Independent School system in the top 10 of his class. He was a member of the National Honor Society and participated in the High School Band and Golf Team.
Dr. Andrea R.H. Cheng
Andrea R.H. Cheng, Ph.D., PE, is a principal management specialist at CDM Smith with over 22 years of industry experience.
Damon A. Davis
Damon A. Davis is a first-generation college graduate, earning his B.S. in civil engineering with high honors from The University of Texas at Austin's Cockrell School of Engineering in 1996.
Peter W. Deming
Peter Deming, a geotechnical engineer, joined Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers (MRCE) in 1979. Deming has expertise in all aspects of soil mechanics and has broad experience throughout the United States.
Norman D. Dennis, Jr.
Norman Dennis is an emeritus professor of civil engineering and former senior associate dean of the College of Engineering at the University of Arkansas.
Michael C. Walton
Michael C. Walton is a renowned professor of civil engineering at The University of Texas at Austin, holding the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering and a joint appointment in the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs.
Shin-Tower Wang
Shin-Tower Wang, Ph.D., P.E., is the president of Ensoft, Inc./Lymon C. Reese & Associates, in Austin, Texas. Wang has a strong academic background in both the geotechnical and structural engineering fields and received his M.S. (1982) and Ph.D.
2021
Robert S. Cushing
Robert Cushing is a senior vice president with Carollo Engineers, bringing 27 years of experience in applied environmental science and engineering.
Dominic J. Kelly
Dominic J. Kelly has been with Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH) since 2000 and brings over twenty-five years of experience as a consultant in structural design, repair and investigation of both building and non-building structures.
Sam Kumar
Sam Kumar is the CEO and founder of the Journeyman Group. Under his leadership, the Journeyman Group has developed over $1B in projects in the past 24 years.
Carl J. Larosche
Carl J. “Chuck” Larosche is a senior principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner, with more than 35 years of experience in structural design and construction, including the investigation and repair development for various existing and historic structures.
Ronald D. Medlock
Ronald D. Medlock is vice president of technical services at High Steel Structures LLC in Lancaster, PA. High Steel is a steel bridge fabricator that produces fabricated steel products for vehicular and railroad steel Igirder, tub girder, arch and truss bridges.
Elise D. Miller-Hooks
Elise Miller-Hooks holds the Bill and Eleanor Hazel Endowed Chair in Infrastructure Engineering and serves as the Department Chair for the Sid and Reva Dewberry Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering at George Mason University.
Harvey J. Treybig
Harvey J. Treybig’s experience in the highway and airfield aspects of civil engineering covers the entire range of engineering management, research and development, design, testing, construction, and rehabilitation.
2020
Neil Graff
Neil Graff has built a career that is dedicated to improving our communities, protecting our environment, and increasing the resiliency of public infrastructure.
Chi-Kao Hsu
Chi-Kao Hsu is a prominent engineer and entrepreneur within the Austin community.
Clifford W. Randall
Clifford Randall is the Charles P. Lunsford Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Virginia Tech. He joined the Virginia Tech faculty in 1968 to help develop the environmental engineering and science program.
Carin Roberts-Wollmann
Carin Roberts-Wollmann received her B.S. in civil engineering in 1983 from the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. She was then hired as the first female construction engineer at Austin Bridge Company in Dallas and after two years, was assigned to be the field engineer in San Antonio.
Anton Schindler
Anton Schindler is recognized for excellence in teaching, research and professional service. He is the director of the Highway Research Center and Mountain Spirit Professor at Auburn University. He received his M.S. and Ph.D.
2019
Dan R. Stoppenhagan (deceased)
Dan R. Stoppenhagan was a distinguished leader with over 35 years of international experience in the engineering and construction industry, specializing in the transportation and infrastructure sectors.
Brian Albert Falconer
Brian Albert Falconer, P.E., SE, SECB, was born in Evanston, Illinois, and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, as the son of a minister and a teacher. He earned a B.S. in architectural engineering from the University of Kansas in 1988 and an M.S.
Ali Khataw
A Pakistani-born immigrant with a dream and vision for a better life, Ali Khataw is now the president and CEO of Encotech Engineering Consultants. Khataw is very active in the community, giving his time to more than a dozen business and community organizations.
David L. Lott
David L. Lott has over 36 years of experience in the construction industry and project knowledge of health care, commercial, institutional, industrial and residential construction.
Wayne H. Lott, Jr.
Wayne Lott is a partner at Lott Brothers Construction Company, Ltd. (LBCC), a general construction firm based in Austin, Texas.
Patrice Melançon
General Patrice Melancon studied civil engineering at the University of Louisiana – Lafayette, although it was the University of Southwestern Louisiana when she attended on an Air Force ROTC scholarship.
Víctor Torres-Verdín
Víctor Torres-Verdín is currently the CEO of the Torres Group of consulting companies in Mexico. He has been instrumental in implementing various modern devices for evaluating pavements for the first time in Mexico, including falling-weight deflectometers, laser profilers, ground-penetrating radars, multi-functional vehicles for distress data collection and coefficient of friction testers.
Gregor Wollmann
Gregor Wollmann came to The University of Texas at Austin in 1986 on a Fulbright scholarship immediately after earning his Diplom-Ingenieur degree at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria.
2018
William M. Camp, III
William M. Camp, III, PE, D.GE, is a technical principal, vice president and senior engineer at S&ME, Inc. in Charleston, SC.
Robert B. Daigh
Robert B. Daigh, P.E., became the Austin district engineer for the Texas Department of Transportation in 2003. His duties give him responsibility for all state transportation construction, operation, and maintenance projects in the 11-county Austin District.
Richard B. Easley
Meet Richard Easley, Texas Engineering alumnus and CAEE Academy of Distinguished Alumni member.
Karl Frank
Professor emeritus Karl Frank has had an enormous impact on the structural engineering profession through his teaching and research at UT.
Jack Furlong
Jack Furlong, P.E., has 41 years of experience in consulting engineering and construction management.
Deb A. Niemeier
Deb Niemeier is a distinguished civil engineer known for her work in identifying and addressing inequities in the built environment.
Hong-Gun Park
As a world-leading authority in the field of reinforced concrete and a pioneer of performance-based seismic design, Park has provided guidance on deformation-based strength models for building structures.
David H. Sanders
David Sanders is the Greenwood Department Chair and a professor in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at Iowa State University.
Thomas W. Schuessler
Thomas W. Schuessler was appointed president of ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company in November 2016. Schuessler earned a B.S. in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin before joining Exxon Company, U.S.A., in 1991 in Midland, Texas.
David Stueckler
David Stueckler, through his 42 years with Linbeck, has varied project experience in educational, corporate, health care and research markets. He has managed projects as the owner’s representative, program manager, project manager and builder.
2017
J.J. Roger Cheng
Roger Cheng is a visionary leader in civil engineering education and research and an internationally recognized structural engineer.
David T. Covarrubias
For nearly 30 years, David Covarrubias has excelled in structural engineering on bridge and building projects. As CEO of Structural Engineering Associates (SEA), Inc., the leading bridge design firm in Texas, he is an outstanding and inventive engineer and business manager.
L. Patrick Flynn, Jr.
Patrick Flynn has been at the forefront of Austin’s development for more than thirty years of rapid growth and expansion. Throughout his career as a general contractor and dedicated volunteer, he has helped build Austin.
Rashed Islam
Passionate about enhancing the transportation system, Rashed Islam has been instrumental in implementing innovative, congestion-relieving ideas in Central Texas, some of which are the first of their kind in the state.
David H. Nicastro
David Nicastro is the founder and CEO of Building Diagnostics, Inc., a building-failure analysis firm with branches in four cities. He contributes to standards development with insight gained by analyzing building failures.
Andrew W. Taylor
Andy W. Taylor is an Associate at KPFF Consulting Engineers in Seattle with nearly 30 years of leadership in structural engineering research and design.
John A. Wooley
John A. Wooley is an outstanding geotechnical engineer, manager and business developer with over 40 years of technical experience encompassing significant capital investment projects worldwide, both onshore and offshore.
2016
Valerie A. Briggs
Valerie Briggs is a visionary leader who has worked on the cutting edge of transportation research and directed critical transitions in improving and modernizing transportation services in the United States.
J. Crozier Brown
Crozier Brown has been a leader and early adopter of information technology in the search for civil and petroleum engineering solutions.
Dewayne H. Hahn
Dewayne Hahn has been responsible for the construction of unique projects that incorporate engineering elements to withstand earthquakes, terrorist blasts, large spans and exacting tolerances.
Moo Young Han
Otherwise known as Dr. Rain, Professor Moo Young Han is leading the “rainwater revolution.” A professor at Seoul National University, he is recognized for his creative, innovative work on dissolved air flotation and rainwater harvesting.
Todd A. Helwig
Professor Todd Helwig is an international expert on the stability aspects of bridge construction, focusing on the design and behavior of steel structures.
Kyuichi Maruyama
Kyuichi Maruyama has made tremendous contributions to Japan’s civil engineering sector in the fields of design, construction and maintenance management of concrete structures.
Gregg A. Reese
Gregg Reese is a leader in the design of advanced bridges and has developed many novel methods for the design and erection of various types of bridges. Among his peers, he is known for not fearing challenges.
Glenn A. Rix
Glenn Rix has had two very successful careers: he is a highly regarded teacher and researcher at Georgia Tech and a leading geotechnical earthquake engineering consultant at Geosyntec.
Dan L. Wheat
A skilled professor and researcher in structural analysis and wood structural design and a dedicated and caring undergraduate advisor, Dan Wheat provided high-quality service that contributed to this department’s success for 35 years.
2015
Stacy J. Bartoletti
Stacy Bartoletti is president and CEO of earthquake and structural engineering firm Degenkolb Engineers, headquartered in Silicon Valley and is known for his technical expertise in methods of assessing and upgrading the seismic safety of existing buildings.
Rajendra P. Bhattarai
Raj Bhattarai currently manages Austin Water Utility’s Environmental and Regulatory Services Division, where he directs the regulatory programs required for the city's drinking water plants, wastewater collection and treatment plants, and reclaimed water and biosolids treatment systems.
Erin J. Flanigan
A pacesetter in transportation engineering, Erin Flanigan leads and manages research and analyses projects related to state and federal transportation programs in the U.S.
David T. Ford
David Ford is an outstanding leader and prominent contributor to water resources engineering, planning and management, especially in the application of risk-based analysis for flood damage mitigation and real-time flood response decision-making.
Marek J. Gromiec
Marek Gromiec, born and raised in Warsaw, Poland, is an environmental engineer with decades of experience in the field. He has been a monumental contributor to water pollution control in Poland and to the protection of the Baltic Sea.
Julia M. Harrod
Julia Harrod is the president and CEO of MWM DesignGroup, a multi-disciplinary firm providing civil engineering, architecture, land surveying, landscape design and permitting services throughout Texas.
José Holguín-Veras
José Holguín-Veras is the William H. Hart Professor and director of the Center for Infrastructure, Transportation, and the Environment and the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Joseph R. Rapier
Joseph Rapier is president and CEO of Parkhill, Smith and Cooper (PSC), a full-service design firm primarily working in the public sector on municipal infrastructure, education, health care and transportation.
William B. Ratliff
Bennett Ratliff currently serves as president of The Ratliff Group, LLC, the firm he founded in 2002 specializing in construction management for the private sector.
2014
Sandra Akmansoy
Sandra Akmansoy is a director and the group leader for Arup in Denmark, responsible for Arup’s Europe Region Board and the responsibilities for staff and projects in Denmark.
Ronald A. Cook
Ronald Cook is a professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Florida in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, where he taught for 25 years.
Joseph F. Malina, Jr.
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Patrica S. Metcalf
Patricia Metcalf is a business manager at ExxonMobil, and a project controls professional in the oil and energy industry. She has made significant international contributions to engineering and management and is dedicated to advancing women and minorities in the workplace.
Erik L. Nelson
Erik Nelson is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Nelson Forensics, a multi-disciplined engineering and forensics firm headquartered in Plano, Texas.
Nabil Hani Qaddumi
Nabil Qaddumi has combined academics and business ingenuity throughout his successful career. He is chairman of Projacs International, the region's leading Arab project management firm and chairman of Safwan Petroleum Technologies Co and Safwan Enviro-Chem Technologies Co.
Julio A. Ramirez
Julio Ramirez has had an outstanding career as a university educator, researcher and National Science Foundation Center director. He has received numerous national awards for his teaching, research and service to professional organizations.
Edward E. Reed
Edward Eugene "Gene" Reed has been a true leader in the fields of construction and engineering.
Hernán de Solminihac
Hernán de Solminihac is an engineer, academic, researcher, consultant and former public servant for the government of Chile. He illustrates how civil engineers can combine their human relations abilities and business acumen to fill a number of important roles in society.
Egidio Torre-Cantú
The former governor of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico, Egidio Torre-Cantú, has utilized his engineering and project management background to provide state leadership and a strategic blueprint for energy infrastructure.
Waheed Uddin
Waheed Uddin has distinguished careers in consulting and education. He is currently a professor of civil engineering at the University of Mississippi and the founder and director of the Center for Advanced Infrastructure Technology (CAIT).
2013
Chiapei Chou
Chiapei Chou is an internationally recognized expert in the areas of inspection, evaluation, and management of highway and airport pavement facilities and motor vehicle size and weight studies.
Samuel G. Dawson
Sam Dawson serves as chief executive officer of Pape-Dawson Engineers, Inc. and has guided the company's growth into one of the largest and most respected firms in the state. Throughout his career, Dawson has also made a mark on Texas and education.
Gregory G. Deierlein
Greg Deierlein's transformative research has influenced the development of national codes and guidelines related to the stability and collapse of buildings and other structures.
Hellmut R. Fleckseder
Hellmut Fleckseder helped pave the path for biological wastewater treatment in Austria. His 1976 report to Austria's Administration showed that favorable water quality status under the Danube River's low flow conditions can only be achieved if all wastewater is treated biologically.
Stuart W. Hudson
Stuart Hudson blends new systems technology with the sound engineering principles he learned at UT Austin. He has combined civil engineering, entrepreneurship, and information management technology to create infrastructure management systems that are used in the U.S. and worldwide.
Candice E. Koederitz
Candice Koederitz grew up in San Angelo, in West Texas, as the second oldest of four girls and the daughter of an engineer who introduced her to the field at an early age.
Roberto T. León
Roberto León is the David H. Burrows Professor in Construction Engineering at Virginia Tech and is one of the leading researchers in steel-concrete composite structures and earthquake engineering.
Sher Ali Mirza
600 miles northwest of Toronto and 400 miles east of Winnipeg, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario, is somewhat isolated on the northwest edge of Lake Superior.
Jonathan T. Motherwell
Jonathan Motherwell is a consulting engineer with more than 35 years of experience in environmental and geotechnical engineering.
Franz N. Rad
A recognized leader, academician and researcher, Franz Rad is the Arthur M. James Professor of Structural Engineering at Portland State University (PSU), where he has served as department head for 23 years.
2012
Raúl E. Allegre
Raúl Allegre was born in 1959 in Torreón, México and came to the U.S. as an exchange student in 1977. Allegre is one of the most recognizable faces to Spanish-speaking football fans. He currently broadcasts NFL Monday Night Football to Latin America on ESPN.
Dan A. Brown
Dan Brown has had a distinguished career of practice, research and instruction in the field of deep foundations, a critically important area in civil engineering. He is recognized as a leading worldwide authority on the design, load testing and construction of deep foundations for transportation structures.
Elie H. Homsi
Elie Homsi has more than 30 years of experience in the construction industry and is one of North America’s outstanding bridge constructors. As senior vice president at Parsons Corporation, he provides construction engineering support to the different business units.
Elia King de Jordan
Elia King is recognized for her creative, innovative and transformative leadership in multinational, high-performance organizations. She has utilized the project management skills and business acumen she acquired as a civil engineer to become an entrepreneur.
James H. Metzger
A native of Fredericksburg, Texas, Jim Metzger is a highly respected leader and contributor to the commercial and industrial construction industry.
G. Charles Naeve
Chuck Naeve is a founding member and managing principal of Architectural Engineers Collaborative (AEC), a consulting structural engineering firm based in Austin, Texas.
Kelley S. Neumann
Kelley Neumann graduated from The University of Texas at Austin as a Distinguished Military Graduate and was commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. She spent over five years on active duty in the Army where she was often the first female officer to be assigned to her unit.
Roy E. Olson
Roy Olson (deceased) was a leading international scholar on soil behavior and its relevancy to geotechnical engineering practice and a deeply dedicated engineering educator.
2011
J. Stephen Ford
Steve Ford is a technical leader in the design of structural assessments, failure investigations, and large, complex buildings and has made significant contributions to the built environment.
Bilal S. Hamad
Bilal Hamad is the former mayor of Beirut, a role he served for a six-year term. He is also a professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the American University of Beirut (AUB).
Leo Linbeck III
Leo Linbeck III is a husband, father of five and president and CEO of Aquinas Companies, LLC, which has three main business lines: construction management, life science pre-venture technology development and real estate development.
Dean W. Van Landuyt
Dean Van Landuyt had a 31-year career at the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as an innovative bridge designer and creator of thoughtful, aesthetic treatments to enhance the visual beauty of structures in the built environment.
Hai S. Lew
H.S. Lew is a senior research engineer at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, where he carries out a broad range of research programs in the fields of structural, earthquake and materials engineering.
Donald F. Meinheit
Donald Meinheit is a principal at Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associations, Inc. (WJE), where he has served as project engineer/manager on numerous collapse and failure investigations, laboratory test programs, and a variety of high-profile structural and material and evaluation projects.
Alexis S. Sacre
Born and raised in Lebanon, Alexis Sacre is the former president of the Coca-Cola Company's Middle East Business Unit. His family's instilled values of education and tolerance in him at a young age, enabled him to have a rich and diverse career and to gain insight from many people around the globe.
Jerald L. Schnoor
Jerry Schnoor is the Allen S. Henry Chair in Engineering and the co-director of the Center for Global and Regional Environmental Research at the University of Iowa.
Grant R. Thompson
Grant Thompson is a masterful technical manager of deepwater and offshore production system design. During his career, the oil and gas industry was rapidly expanding into new frontiers in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, offshore Eastern Canada and the Arctic.
2010
Sergio M. Alcocer
With a distinguished career in engineering research, higher education and public service, Sergio M. Alcocer is a research professor at the Institute of Engineering of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the former undersecretary for North America in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mexico.
James W. Canning
James "Jimmy" Canning, a native of Lockhart, Texas, joined ExxonMobil as a reservoir engineer after graduation. He quickly established himself as an effective leader in the oil and gas industry and served the company for nearly 40 years.
John P. Connolly
John Connolly, a National Academy of Engineering member, has developed integrated water-quality models used for remediation and management planning for large, contaminated water bodies.
Jeannie L. Darby
Jeannie Darby has distinguished herself in all aspects of academic life, including teaching, research, and public and professional service at the university.
H. Chik M. Erzurumlu
Chik Erzurumlu is the emeritus dean and professor of civil engineering at Portland State University (PSU).
Grace Hyde
Grace Hyde has distinguished herself in both professional and public service and is a technical expert in metropolitan sanitation planning, operations and research.
Robert L. Lytton
Bob Lytton is recognized internationally for work in foundations on expansive soils and nondestructive testing and has played a vital leadership role as a teacher and researcher in infrastructure engineering for over 40 years.
Lisa Carter Powell
Lisa Carter Powell is the principal engineer, president and majority owner of P.E. Structural Consultants, Inc., an Austin-based structural engineering consulting firm she co-founded in 1992.
Jack P. Randall
Jack Randall became a leader in mergers and acquisitions for the global energy industry by utilizing his engineering skills.
2009
Ahmad K. Abdelrazaq
Ahmad Abdelrazaq has extensive experience in the design of buildings ranging from complex low-rise buildings to ultra-high-rise and long-span structures.
Zuheir Y. Alami
Zuheir Alami was born in Gaza, Palestine, in 1935 and currently resides between Beirut and Dubai. He is a senior partner of Khatib & Alami, a multidisciplinary urban and regional planning, architectural and engineering consulting company.
Craig H. Benson
Craig H. Benson is the dean of the School of Engineering at the University of Virginia (UVA) and a renowned geoenvironmental engineer with a distinguished record of research.
James A. Broaddus
With three degrees in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin, Jim Broaddus has had distinguished careers as a military officer, public servant and owner of a firm providing facilities planning, project management and construction.
William M. Isenhower
Over the years, William "Bill" Isenhower has had a varied career working for private consulting firms, government, and academia.
H. Thomas Kornegay, Jr.
Tom Kornegay was the longest-serving executive director in the Port of Houston Authority's history. During his 37-year career, he held numerous positions at the Port Authority, working his way through the ranks.
E.V. Leyendecker
E.V. Leyendecker is a scientist emeritus at the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and a consultant on earthquake ground motion.
Joseph A. Yura
Throughout his 40+-year career, Joe Yura had an enormous impact on the structural engineering profession through dedicated teaching and research in the areas of steel design, stability, structural connections and offshore structures.
2008
Berry R. Grubbs
Sponsored by five major oil companies, Berry Grubbs's field tests as a master's student were used to develop criteria for offshore platform foundation design, which are still in use today.
William J. Harper
Bill Harper has distinguished himself in his technical field and by serving his community and profession.
Saburo Matsui
Saburo Matsui has been conducting research on micro-pollutants in water for more than 30 years. A distinguished scholar, engineer and scientist, he is currently an Emeritus Professor of the Department of Technology and Ecology at Kyoto University.
Susan E. Mullen
Susan Mullen is a pioneer in implementing automated design work processes in the oil and gas industry. She has led corporate chiefs in developing automation tools and best practices worldwide.
Sara N. Ortwein
Over the span of her career, Sara Nall Ortwein has held numerous technical, operations, planning and key leadership assignments within the upstream oil and gas sector.
Randall W. Poston
An internationally recognized expert in structural engineering and member of the National Academy of Engineering, Randy Poston has established himself as one of the preeminent structural consultants in the United States.
Amadeo Saenz, Jr.
Amadeo Saenz, Jr. is the former executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the agency he served for 33 years.
Ching-Peng Shen
During Ching-Peng Shen's 25+ years of service for RSEA Engineering Corporation, many important civil infrastructure projects in Asia were completed, including rapid transits, tunnels, hydraulic power plants, highways, bridges, buildings and more.
Jim D. Wiethorn
Throughout his career, Jim Wiethorn has been involved in the design, construction and evaluation of residential, commercial and industrial buildings. His experience has included evaluating and assessing damage and failure of all construction types and systems, particularly crane accidents.
2007
James L. Barnard
James L. Barnard is known globally as the pioneer of biological nutrient removal (BNR), a non-chemical means of water treatment to remove nitrogen and phosphorus from used water.
Mason C. Brown, Jr.
Mason Brown is the founder and president of Big City Crushed Concrete, a family business that operates three concrete crushing facilities in Dallas, Texas. For nearly 30 years, the company has been recycling clean concrete rubble into TxDOT-grade rock materials.
Eugene H. Dawson
Gene Dawson is the co-founder of Pape-Dawson Engineers Inc., one of the largest and most respected civil engineering firms in Texas, with more than 450 employees in Austin, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Fort Worth.
Randy B. Machemehl
Randy Machemehl is the Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professor of Transportation Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He has previously served as director of the Center for Transportation Research (CTR).
Kishor C. Mehta
Kishor Mehta is a worldwide authority on wind engineering. His studies of structural damage caused by windstorms and leadership in the development of structural design standards for wind loads have been groundbreaking.
Alan H. Plummer, Jr.
Alan H. Plummer, Jr. has dedicated his career to conserving, developing, protecting and utilizing water resources in Texas for beneficial purposes. He has been a pioneer and leader in Texas in the use of recycled water and is the founder and chairman emeritus of Alan Plummer Associates, Inc. (APAI).
H. Douglas Steadman
Douglas Steadman was one of the most respected structural engineers in the city of San Antonio. He has been involved in key projects associated with San Antonio civil engineering landmarks such as the Riverwalk, Brooks Air Force Base, the historical Hays Street Bridge and more.
Thomas W. Taylor
Since graduating from The University of Texas at Austin in 1959, Thomas Taylor has been a leader and innovator in the building industry throughout his career. He has practiced "the art of structural engineering" for over 50 years.
2006
Rudolph Bonaparte
Based in Atlanta, Georgia, Rudy Bonaparte has served as engineer-of-record and/or project manager for many major projects in the areas of geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, contaminated site and waterway assessment, remediation system design, and solid, hazardous and radioactive waste disposal facility design, permitting and performance evaluation.
Sarah C. Clark
Sarah Clark is a national drinking water regulatory expert who maintains close relationships within the drinking water regulatory arena and works on several national technical committees.
Jesse S. Covarrubias
Jesse Covarrubias had a 40-year career as a structural engineer. He always strived to excel in the field of structural engineering on bridge and building projects. One of his proudest accomplishments was building a reputation as the leading international bridge design firm in Texas.
Larry D. Olson
Larry Olson embarked on his career as a nondestructive and destructive testing specialist in 1980, when he began working for CTL/Thompson, Inc. in Denver, Colorado as a geotechnical project engineer.
Bobby E. Price
Bobby E. Price, P.E., has made a life-long commitment to engineering. His demonstration of excellence in the practice and teaching of civil engineering has earned him national recognition.
Robert L. Reed
Bob Reed was born and raised in Leon County, Texas. He enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin in 1943 as a member of the Navy V-12 program, graduating in 1946 with a B.S.
John H. Richardson
John Richardson began his career in Dallas with HDR, a top-10 architectural and engineering firm. During his 16 years at the firm, he advanced to regional vice president for the southern United States as the firm grew from a staff of 25 in Texas to 250.
Rex W. Tillerson
As former chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil Corp., Rex Tillerson oversaw the global operations of the world’s largest non-government energy company.
Fadlo T. Touma
Fadlo Touma is the founder of Rashid Geotechnical and Materials Engineers, a sizeable group of geotechnical engineering companies in the Persian Gulf.
2005
Carl E. Adams, Jr.
Carl Adams, Jr. (deceased) was considered one of the leading international experts on industrial wastewater management. He consulted on more than 900 U.S. and international projects in nearly 40 countries.
Ugur Ersoy
Uğur Ersoy is a leader in the development of earthquake engineering in Turkey. He has been involved in post-earthquake investigations following devastating events in his home country and organized research efforts that led to improvements in design codes and building construction procedures.
Larry E. Farmer
Larry Farmer has been a teacher, researcher, entrepreneur, designer, project manager and engineering/construction executive. He is a pioneer in developing and marketing structural analysis design software and holds patents in offshore platform design.
Richard W. Furlong
Richard "Dick" Furlong joined The University of Texas at Austin faculty in 1958 after a six-year apprenticeship designing bridges and building structures in St. Louis. During his distinguished career, many of his contributions to the field of structural engineering have been widely recognized.
William C. Garbade
William "Bill" Garbade was born in Shiner, Texas, in 1942. He graduated with a B.S. in civil engineering in 1965 and began his 38-year career with the Texas Highway Department as an engineering assistant in the Seguin Residency.
Fred N. Pfeiffer
Fred N. Pfeiffer, an engineer and lawyer, melded his professions into recognized service on the local, state and national levels.
Robert E. Smith
Robert Smith's 35-year career in soil mechanics and structural engineering has centered around drilling, production, and transportation groups in the oil and gas industry.
2004
Joseph W. Blandford
Joe Blandford improved oil and gas recovery efforts through innovative technology that he developed while leading Atlantia Offshore in Houston for more than two decades.
David W. Fowler
David Fowler has many years of experience in teaching, research and consulting. He served the department for more than five decades. From the beginning, he has consistently performed above and beyond the expectations of a faculty member for teaching, research and service.
Satoshi Kashima
Satoshi Kashima came to UT Austin as a Fulbright Graduate Student from Japan from 1968 to 1973. He is best known as the lead designer/engineer of the longest suspension bridge in the world, which was completed in Japan in 1988.
B. Frank McCullough, Jr.
Frank McCullough is known nationally and internationally as the "Father of Continuous Reinforced Portland Cement Concrete Pavement" for his pioneering and continuing development work in continuously reinforced, post-tensioned and precast concrete pavements.
Margaret H. Nellor
Margaret Nellor grew up in Austin, Texas and has been instrumental in promoting water recycling nationwide. Throughout her career, she has managed landmark research studies that have significantly impacted the recycling field for the last two decades.
Mary Lou Ralls Newman
Mary Lou Ralls was born and raised in central Texas and became a trailblazer in bridge engineering.
2003
Nasser Al-Rashid
Nasser Al-Rashid is the founder and chairman of Rashid Engineering, a full-service consulting engineering firm based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, which oversees major government construction projects in Saudi Arabia.
John E. Breen
John "Jack" Breen (deceased) was an acclaimed civil engineer and educator who influenced the principal design and construction standards for concrete bridges and buildings nationally and internationally.
Ned H. Burns
An expert in prestressed concrete, Ned Burns (deceased), was the first to test the concept of banded tendons, which is now standard industry practice for slab construction.
John E. Chance
John E. Chance is known as a pioneer in the critical areas of offshore positioning and navigation, geophysical surveying and seabed mapping, and geodetic and land surveying. His company was the leader in positioning offshore drilling rigs, production platforms and pipeline lay-barges.
David E. Daniel
David E. Daniel is the deputy chancellor of The University of Texas System and a member of the National Academy of Engineers, recognized for leadership in developing the geoenvironmental engineering field.
B. Luther DeBerry
Luther DeBerry was born in Bogota, Texas, on May 7, 1914. He finished high school in Bogota in 1931 and entered The University of Texas at Austin Engineering Department in September 1931. Mr. DeBerry worked part-time while a student at UT Austin and received his B.S. in civil engineering in 1937.
W. Paul Dunn
Paul Dunn (deceased) was a leader at the interface of aerospace and civil engineering whose technical expertise contributed to the success of the U.S. space program. He led objective technical analyses and assessments for a variety of government, civil and commercial organizations.
William H. Espey, Jr.
Bill Espey came to The University of Texas at Austin on a football scholarship and has had an exemplary 50-year career as a researcher, consultant, educator and mentor in the field of water resources engineering.
John A. Focht, Jr.
John A. Focht, Jr. received his B.S. in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1944; he received his M.S. in civil engineering from Harvard University in 1947. He served in the U.S. Army as a Captain in 1944-1946 and again from 1950-1952. He worked at the U.S.
Davis L. Ford
Davis L. Ford (deceased) was an environmental engineer with approximately 40 years of experience in the field. He worked with over 150 industries and municipalities and ten foreign governments in the area of water pollution control, solid waste management, hazardous waste remediation and environmental litigation support.
S.A. Garza
Severiano A. Garza (deceased) is recognized for his expertise in water treatment and transmission and for sharing his knowledge with public health agencies in the U.S. and Latin America.
Earnest F. Gloyna
The teaching, research and professional practice of Earnest F. Gloyna has touched an unusually large number of students, educators, engineers and public leaders.
Lawrence G. Griffis
Larry Griffis is a nationally award-winning structural engineer with over 40 years of experience contributing structural design to more than 80 major buildings throughout the U.S. and internationally.
Jose I. Guerra
Jose I. Guerra was born and raised in Mission, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. Mr. Guerra earned a B.S. in architectural engineering at The University of Texas at Austin in 1957 and has had an exemplary career spanning more than 40 years.
Donald R. Haragan
Donald Haragan's combination of broad interests and an engineering education has led to an enormously rich, diverse, and productive career in the academic world. After receiving his B.S. in meteorology through the College of Engineering, quickly followed by an M.S.
W. Ronald Hudson
Ronald Hudson (deceased) made groundbreaking contributions to transportation engineering education and practice.
Wayne B. Ingram
Since graduation, Wayne B. Ingram has been a practicing engineer in the international offshore oil-field industry, focusing on foundations and soil mechanics.
Clyde E. Lee
Clyde Lee is responsible for growing and developing the transportation engineering program at The University of Texas at Austin into one of the highest-rated programs of its kind in the United States.
George C. Love
George C. Love earned his bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering in 1951 from The University of Texas at Austin. The first professional experience he gained was with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as an instructor at its engineering school.
Hudson Matlock
Hudson Matlock received his B.S. in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin in 1947, followed by his M.S. in 1950. He began his teaching career at UT Austin in 1947 as an instructor and served as chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering from 1972-1976.
Wilbur L. Meier, Jr.
Wilbur L.
Arnold W. Oliver
Arnold Oliver’s 33 years of distinguished public service at the Texas Department of Transportation, culminating in four years at the helm as executive director, began with an engineering education at The University of Texas at Austin.
William R. Ratliff
After graduating from public school in the small West Texas ranching town of Sonora, Texas, Bill Ratliff earned a degree in civil engineering from The University of Texas at Austin. He worked as a civil engineer for 30 years before serving as a member of the Texas State Senate for 15 years.
Lymon C. Reese
Lymon Reese has conducted extensive research in geotechnical engineering, principally concerning the behavior of deep foundations.
H. Ken Rigsbee, Jr.
Ken Rigsbee is a fourth-generation Austinite and son of an engineer. A proud UT architectural engineer, he worked at Phillips Petroleum Company for over 35 years, managing natural gas construction projects all over the U.S., and later served on legislative committees of oil and gas associations.
Charles A. Sorber
Charles Sorber’s (deceased) distinguished career in academia spans three decades. He was a veteran academician and administrator who successfully served as the chief administrative officer of three University of Texas System academic institutions.
Richard L. Tucker
Richard Tucker’s career has been wide-ranging. He has worked as a project engineer, administrator, teacher and researcher. In his career, he has blended academic research interests with construction industry data and his practical experience in the field.