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About W. Eric Showalter, Ph.D., P.E.

Dr. William Eric Showalter is Assistant Chair and Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering in the department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He was named Dean's Educator in 2018. He graduated from Michigan Tech in 1984 with a BS in Civil Engineering and in 1988 with an MS in Civil Engineering. In 1994 he received a Ph.D. from Purdue University, also in Civil Engineering.

Before entering academia he worked as an engineer for Manistee County in Michigan, a project manager for Opus and for Harmon Contract in Minneapolis and had post-Doctoral appointment as a cost analyst at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. In 1995 he joined the faculty of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech.

Dr. Showalter has been with Missouri S&T since Fall 2000. His area of expertise is construction engineering; he teaches courses about cost estimating, scheduling and contracts, and senior design.  In 2010 Dr. Showalter was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia where he taught and conducted research.

Dr. Showalter is active with Engineers Without Boarders, the Concrete Canoe Team, the Blacksmithing Club, and was the first advisor of the Solar Decathlon team. His most recent research project is the green roof on Emerson Electrical Building.

Positions

September 2017 - Present Teaching Professor, Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
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Present Assistant Chair, Civil Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
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September 2005 - August 2017 Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
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August 2000 - August 2005 Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
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August 1995 - December 1999 Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
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October 1994 - August 1995 Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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1989 - 1990 Associate Project Manager, Harman Contractors
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1987 - 1988 Project Manager, Opus Architects and Engineers
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June 1984 - August 1985 Engineer, Manistee County Road Commission
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Professional Service and Affiliations

Present Professional Engineer, Minnesota
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Honors and Awards

  • 2020 Outstanding Educator Award, Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)
  • S&T Faculty Achievement Award, 2019
  • 2010: Fulbright Scholar & Visiting Professor, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia

Courses

  • Senior Seminar: Engineering in a Global Society
  • Senior Design Project
  • Construction Methods
  • Management of Construction Costs
  • Construction Administration
  • Planning and Control
  • Advanced Construction Engineering

Education

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1994 Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Purdue University
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1988 M.S. in Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University
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1984 B.S. in Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University
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Contact Information

Missouri University of Science and Technology
131 Butler-Carlton Hall
Rolla, MO  65409

573-341-4446

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