2016 - Present | Department Chair, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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2015 - Present | Curators’ Distinguished Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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Present | Faculty Researcher, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) | |
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Present | Senior Research Investigator, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Center for Research in Energy and Environment (CREE) | |
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2015 - 2016 | Interim Department Chair, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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2013 - 2016 | Director, Environmental Research Center, Missouri University of Science and Technology | |
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2010 - 2015 | Associate Chair, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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2008 - 2015 | Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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2002 - 2008 | Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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1997 - 2002 | Assistant Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology ‐ Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering | |
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Disciplines
Research Interests
Grants
2016 - 2019 | Plant Uptake of Emerging and Fugitive Compounds: A Sustainable Approach to Exposure Assessment |
National Science Foundation (U.S.) | |
$332,880 | |
2016 - 2017 | Collaborative Data Assessment & Phytoforensic Analysis for Organic Leachate Pollutants, US Forest Service |
United States Forest Service | |
Role: Principal Investigator | |
$75,712 |
Professional Service and Affiliations
2021 - Present | Chair, Department Heads’ Coordinating Council for ASCE | Present | Member, American Association for Advancement of Science | Present | Member, American Chemical Society (ACS) | Present | Member, American Society for Engineering Education | Present | Member, American Society of Civil Engineering | Present | Member, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors | Present | Member, Chi Epsilon | Present | Member, International Phytotechnologies Society | Present | Member, Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry | Present | Member, Tau Beta Pi (Eminent Scholar) | Present | Member, Water Environment Federation |
Honors and Awards
- Outstanding Faculty/Practitioner Advisor, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) regional award, 2020
- American Academy of Environmental Engineers and Scientists (AAEES) – Science, Award 2017 (1 annually)
- Fellow – Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, (AEESP), class of 2016
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Chartered Science Advisory Board (appointed by U.S. EPA Administrator) 2016 - 2022
- Distinguished Service Award – International Phytotechnologies Society 2016
- Chapter Honor Member - Chi Epsilon 2016 (civil engineering national honors society)
- University of Western Cape, South Africa - University of Missouri South African Education Program - Summer research exchange July 2017
- Erskine Fellow 2014: University of Canterbury, Christchurch New Zealand
- Distinguished Service Award: Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2012
- 1st prize NICOLE Technology Award 2012 Network for Industrially Contaminated Land in Europe for Project “Pollution Identification in Trees”, PI Jean Christoph Balouet. JG Burken Co-PI and Steering Committee
- Board Certified Environmental Engineering BCEE, American Academy of Environmental Engineering, 2011
- Board of Directors Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) 2008 – 2012. Elected by board to serve as Vice President - President Elect - President: 2009 - 2012
- Board of Directors Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Foundation (AEESPF) 2011 - 2014
- Invited attendee: DOE 2010 Science and Energy Challenge (SEARCH Program) Argonne National Lab
- Milton P. Gordon Award for Excellence in Phytoremediation (1 annually), (2019)
- Named Curators’ Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, (2015)
- University of Missouri System President’s Award for Service, (2015)
- Best Paper Award (Matt Limmer & Joel Burken): 9th International Conference on Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant, Battelle, (2013)
- Alumni Merit Award, Missouri S&T, (2012)
- Seven Missouri University of Science and Technology/UMR Faculty Excellence Awards, (1999, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2010, 2014)
- Conference Chair, 6th International Phytotechnologies Conference, (2009) http://phyto.mst.edu
- Missouri Waste Control Coalition Outstanding Achievement in Education, (2008)
- ASEEP Outstanding Teaching in Environmental Engineering and Science Award, Association of Environmental Engineering and Science, (2007)
- Two time recipient, Rudolph Hering Medals for the Most Valuable Contribution to the Environmental Branch of Engineering, ASCE, (2007, 1998)
- School of Engineering Missouri S&T Most Outstanding Advisor Award, (2007)
- OECD Research Fellowship (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development-Paris) conducted at Danish National Environment Research Institute, (2005)
- Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, National Science Foundation, (2000)
Courses
- Phytoremediation and natural treatment systems
- Engineering Communications CE/ArchE 003
- Introduction to Environmental Engineering CE/EnvE 261
- Water and Wastewater Treatment CE 265
- Remediation of Contaminated Soil and Groundwater CE/EnvE 361
- Environmental Systems Modeling CE/EnvE 364
- Sanitary Design CE/EnvE 369
- Senior Design CE/EnvE 298
- Solid Waste Management CE/EnvE 363
- Water Resources Engineering CE/EnvE 380
- Public Health Engineering CE/EnvE 362
1996 | Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering and Science (EES), University of Iowa | |
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1993 | M.S. in Environmental Engineering and Science (EES), University of Iowa | |
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1991 | B.S. with Honors in Civil & Environmental Engineering (CEE), University of Iowa | |
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Contact Information
Missouri University of Science and Technology
211C Butler-Carlton Hall
1401 N. Pine St.
Rolla, MO 65409-0030
Phone: (573) 341-6547
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