Civil and Environmental Engineering University of California, Berkeley

CEE Advisory Council

The CEE Advisory Council is a committee of professional engineers, business leaders, academic and higher education leaders, and government and policy officials who contribute to a robust, dynamic civil and environmental engineering profession, understand the important role of engineering education and research for addressing societal problems, and support the mission of the University of California, Berkeley. The CEE Advisory Council members are strongly committed to enhancing the strengths of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley so that it continues to be one of the best research and educational programs in the world.


CEE Advisory Council at UC Berkeley
(April 29, 2010)

Current Council Members

Bonaparte PhotoRudolph Bonaparte (Chair Emeritus), CE MS '78, PhD '81
President, Geosyntec, Inc.

Dr. Rudolph Bonaparte is the President and CEO of Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., an engineering and consulting firm with offices throughout the United States and abroad. He has been named the Engineer of the Year by the Georgia Alliance of Professional Engineering Societies. Dr. Bonaparte was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 2007.

Friedman photoDavid Friedman (Chair), CE BS '75
Board Chair, Forell/Elsesser Engineers, Inc.

Mr. David Friedman is the immediate past President and CEO of Forell/Elsesser Engineers, and current Board chair. He has served as Project Principal on a variety of new design and retrofit projects including community and civic facilities, university complexes, research laboratories, and transportation facilities. Currently, he serves as the lead engineer on the seismic retrofit of California Memorial Stadium. He also serves as a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation.

LealSusan Leal, BA Economics '71, JD Law '75
Fellow of the Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University

Susan Leal is currently a Fellow of the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. She focuses on the delivery of potable water and treatment of wastewater as challenged by climate change and the increasing population. She has served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, served as Treasurer of the City and County of San Francisco, and was the General Manager of the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. She is co-author of Running out of Water: The Looming Crisis and Solutions to Conserve Our Most Precious Resource.

Paul Y. Lin, EE BS '64, EE MS '66
Management Consultant
 
Paul Lin was a Vice President and Division Manager of Watkins Johnson, where he managed operations and taught management courses for technical personnel. He also served as Dean of the Technology Division of the College of San Mateo and was a founder of a joint-venture real estate development project with an engineering and architecture university in China. He served as director of the T.Y. Lin Foundation.
 
Robert Nickell, Engineering Science PhD '67
Founder of Applied Science and Technology, Poway CA

Dr. Robert Nickell is a technical expert in the nuclear power field. His company, Applied Science and Technology of Poway, CA, specializes in life-cycle management relating to license renewal issues relating to nuclear generating plants. He is the past president and current Fellow of ASME and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2007.
 

Trussell photoR. Rhodes Trussell, CE BS '66., MS '67, PhD '72
Founder, Trussell Technologies, Inc.

Dr. R. Rhodes Trussell is the founder of Trussell Technologies, Inc. He is an authority in methods and Criteria for Water Quality and in the development of advanced processes for treating water or wastewater to achieve the highest standards. Dr. Trussell served on the EPA's Science Advisory Board, and serves on the Membership Committee for the National Academy of Engineering, and as Chair of the Water Science and Technology Board for the National Academies. In 2010, he was awarded the A.P. Black Award from the American Water Works Association.

Wadell photoRobert Wadell, CE B.S. '67, M.S. '68
President & CEO, Wadell Engineering Corporation

Mr. Robert Wadell founded Wadell Engineering Corporation in 1973. Wadell Engineering Corporation's practice is limited to full service airport consulting including site selection, master planning, environmental, design, and construction management. WEC has projects in India, and across the Pacific and the United States. Mr. Wadell is a Fellow and Life Member of ASCE and recipient of the ASCE Edmund Friedman Award.
 

Yanev photoPeter Yanev, CE BS '68
Yanev Associates

Mr. Peter Yanev co-founded EQE International, a company that pioneered many of the techniques now used in earthquake engineering. Currently he is involved with earthquake engineering projects for the World Bank, and serves on the councils of several consulting engineering companies.

Emeritus Council Members

Agardy photoFranklin Agardy, CE M.S. '58, Ph.D. '63
President, Forensic Management Associates, Inc.

Dr. Frank Agardy is the president of Forensic Management Associates, Inc. and past president of Thermatrix, Inc. and the URS Corporation. In 2005, Dr. Agardy received the UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award for life-time engineering achievements and public service.
 
Bell photoGlenn R. Bell, CE MS '75

Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger

Mr. Glenn Bell is the CEO of Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger, a national consulting firm based in Waltham, Mass. He served on the SGH team that investigated the WTC collapse for NIST, worked with Stephen Holl on MIT's Simmons Hall, and helped establish the ASCE's Technical Council on Forensic Engineering.

 

Photo not availableJoan Berkowitz
Farkas, Berkowitz & Company

 

 

Gilbert photoPaul H. Gilbert, CE B.S. '59, M.S. '60
Partner and Director Emeritus, Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc.

Mr. Paul Gilbert was President of PBQ&D Inc., the western lead subsidiary of PB Inc., as well as a Partner and Sr. Vice President of Parsons Brinckerhoff Inc. Mr. Gilbert has received the ASCE Rickey Medal and the Construction Management Award, and in 1997, he was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. In 1998 he received the UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award.
 

Herson photoEugene Herson (Chair Emeritus), CE BS '65, MS '66
President & CEO (retired), EMCON Associates

Mr. Eugene Herson was CEO and President of EMCON Associates, a NASDAQ-listed environmental engineering and construction company.  In 2003, he received the UC Berkeley's College of Engineering's Distinguished Engineering Alumni Award for life-time engineering achievements and public service.

KavanaughMichael Kavanaugh (Vice Chair Emeritus), Chem Eng MS '64, CE PhD '74
Principal, Geosyntec Inc.

Dr. Michael Kavanaugh is a Principal of Geosyntec Consultants, Inc., an engineering and consulting firm with offices throughout the United States and abroad. For his contributions to water quality and hazardous waste management, Dr. Kavanaugh was elected into the National Academy of Engineering in 1998.
 
LoveNancy Love, PhD Clemson University, '94

Professor and Chair, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan

Dr. Nancy Love is the Chair of CEE at the University of Michigan. Her research is in the area of environmental biotechnology, where she studies biological processes in environmental engineering and science with a focus on engineering wastewater treatment systems and environmental health applications. In 2006, she received the Virginia Tech Dept. of CEE Alumni Teaching Excellence Award. She was a NSF CAREER Award recipient in 1995.

LuthyRichard Luthy, Chemistry BS '67, CE MS '74, PhD '76
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University

Professor Richard Luthy is the Silas H. Palmer Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. He served as Chair of Stanford CEE from 2003-2009. Professor Luthy teaches in the area of environmental engineering and water quality, with a focus on physiochemical processes and applied aquatic chemistry with application to waste reduction and treatment, and remediation of contaminated soil and sediment. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and is the former chair of the National Research Council's Water Science and Technology Board.
 

Van Hoften photo James van Hoften, CE BS '66
Consultant, Bechtel Corporation

In 1978, Dr. van Hoften was selected to be part of the first dedicated Space Shuttle astronaut group. He flew on Space Shuttle flights in 1984 and 1985. He joined Bechtel Corporation in 1986 and currently serves as a consultant for the company. Dr. van Hoften was awarded the ASCE's President's Medal, and was recognized as an outstanding alumnus of UC Berkeley. He serves as a trustee of the UC Berkeley Foundation.