Advisory Board
Mission
The mission of the Advisory Board is to help the Civil Engineering Department achieve its academic mission. The advisory board is comprised of practitioners from consulting firms, private practice, construction companies, government agencies and educational institutions committed to academic excellence in undergraduate education. Following are some of the primary roles of the advisory board:
- Advise faculty on desired program outcomes, learning objectives, and other educational issues, as constituents representing the community of employers of graduates
- Provide advice on the needs of and trends within engineering practice
- Provide and access resources for the department, to include serving as a fund-raising body
- Help recruit practitioners to support faculty’s needs for adjunct instruction
- Serve as industry contacts for faculty
- Promote industry support for internship programs
- Support department research activities
- Serve as a lobby group for civil engineering education causes
Membership
The board shall consist of professionals from all pertinent Civil Engineering disciplines with experience in the public and private sector. At the advice of the department faculty, twelve members were selected and were appointed by the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department for a three year term (renewable).
Meetings
The advisory board will meet a minimum of twice per year, for about one day each time. Prior to each meeting, the Chair of the Advisory Board in close consultation with the Chair of the Civil Engineering Department will issue an agenda for distribution to all board members and the Civil Engineering faculty.
Advisory Board Members
Todd M.
Fratzel
Todd
is a Senior Structural Engineer with Ammann &
Whitney Consulting Engineers in Boston, Massachusetts . Mr. Fratzel
received his B.S.C.E. and M.S.C.E. from the University of New Hampshire
in 1994 and 1996, respectively. While at UNH he conducted research on
the use of high performance concrete in highway structures as part of
his master's thesis. He is a registered professional engineer
(structural discipline) in the States of Massachusetts and New
Hampshire . His experience has focused on the design, analysis, and
rehabilitation of highway and railroad bridges. Mr. Fratzel has been
highly involved in the design of numerous complex highway bridge
structures for the Central Artery Tunnel Project in Boston with a
specific emphasis on the design of curved trapezoidal steel box girder
bridges. Currently, he is the lead structural engineer for the design
of a sharply curved box girder bridge at Logan International Airport
for the Massachusetts Port Authority. In addition, he recently served
as the lead structural engineer for the routine inspection of the
Sagamore Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts.
James W.
Gallagher, Jr.
James
is a registered professional civil engineer with 29
years of experience in water resources and dam engineering. Currently,
he is the Chief of the New Hampshire Department of Environmental
Services Dam Bureau. As Chief of the Dam Bureau he is responsible for
ensuring the safety of nearly 3,200 active dams in the State of New
Hampshire . He is also responsible for the operation and maintenance of
113 Department-owned dams and 103 dams owned by the New Hampshire Fish
and Game Department and for the design and construction of repairs
needed on 270 State-owned dams. Before joining the Department of
Environmental Services, Mr. Gallagher was a Senior Project Manager at
GEI Consultants, Inc. for 12 years, where he was responsible for all of
the firm's water resources projects in the Northeast. Prior to that,
Mr. Gallagher was an engineer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for
13 years. Mr. Gallagher received a B.S. in civil engineering from
Villanova University in 1974, and a M.P.A. in public administration
from Harvard University in 1981.
Marya E. Gorczyca
Marya
is a Senior Associate and Vice President at Haley
& Aldrich, Inc. She received her B.S. (1981) and M.S. (1984) in
Civil Engineering from the University of New Hampshire and is a
registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) licensed in the State of New
Hampshire. In her 19 years of experience with Haley & Aldrich
she has been a practicing consulting engineer on a wide variety of
geotechnical and environmental engineering projects involving
subsurface investigations, foundation design studies, construction
oversight, instrumentation and site remediation. Recent project
experience has been in the area of deep excavations (4 to 6 levels
below grade) for institutional and commercial real estate developments
on urban sites with numerous site constraints, and poor soil conditions
compounded by the presence of contaminated soil and/or groundwater.
These include building developments in Boston, MA such as One Lincoln
Street , 131 Dartmouth Street, Atelier 505 and the MERCK research
building. She has also developed experience in the area of deep
foundation design and installation, particularly for deep rock socketed
drilled shafts, at 33 Arch Street, 111 Huntington Avenue, MERCK, and
the Caisson Load Testing Program (CLTP), one of the Specialty Testing
Programs sponsored by FHWA and conducted for design of the Central
Artery/Tunnel (CA/T) project. Ms. Gorczyca's management
responsibilities at Haley & Aldrich have included overseeing
the Geotechnical Engineering Group for which she was responsible for
workload, project staffing, staff development, training, performance
reviews and recruiting of professional staff. In addition to other
responsibilities for the Real Estate Business Unit she continues to be
involved in many of these staff management activities for the Boston
office of H&A.
Charles L.Head
Charles
has a diverse technical background in the field of
groundwater engineering and is a co-founder of Sanborn, Head &
Associates, Inc. He has directed or served in a lead technical role for
regional, national and international projects involving remedial
investigation, as well as design and implementation of remedial actions
at industrial facilities, brownfield redevelopment sites, and
landfills. He has expertise in numerical and analytical modeling of
hydrogeologic systems and subsurface contaminant behavior, and has made
presentations at both regional and national conferences on these
subjects. He has modeled, designed and directed installation of
groundwater supply and dewatering systems, groundwater infiltration
systems, and extraction and hydrodynamic containment systems for
dissolved and nonaqueous-phase contaminants. Mr. Head routinely serves
as lead in presentations and negotiations with regulatory agencies and
public groups. Mr. Head has a B.S. in geology from St. Lawrence
University (1979), a B.S. in civil engineering from UNH (1983), and a
M.S. in civil engineering from Colorado State University (1986).
Dana N.
Humphrey
Dana
is Chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental
Engineering and Malcolm Long Professor of Civil Engineering at the
University of Maine . He joined the University of Maine in 1986 after
receiving his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Geotechnical) from Purdue
University . He received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from UNH in 1978
and M.S. in Civil Engineering from Purdue University in 1979. Since
1999 he has served as the University of Maine 's faculty representative
to the University of Maine System Board of Trustees. He is former
president of the UMaine Faculty Senate. He teaches courses in
geotechnical engineering, thermal soil mechanics, ground improvement,
and advanced soil properties. His research in using tire shreds as
lightweight fill, retaining wall backfill, thermal insulation, and
drainage layers for landfills has received international attention. In
addition, Dr. Humphrey has had major papers and technical reports in
this area. He is recipient of the Maine Distinguished Professor Award,
Carnegie Foundation Maine Professor of the Year Award, International
Tire and Rubber Association Friend of the Industry Award, and Maine
Governor's Award for Special Teamwork.
Matthew J. Low, P.E.
Matt is a New Hampshire native and
graduated with his B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of New
Hampshire in 1992. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in six states and a Vice
President and Senior Project Manager at Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. Matt
also serves as the Manager of the Bridge and Structures Group in their
Manchester, New Hampshire office overseeing project budgeting, staffing, and client
services. His structural expertise is
in simple to complex bridge designs, inspections, and ratings for municipal and
state agencies. Matt also manages large
multi-disciplined transportation projects involving numerous disciplines
including roadway, environmental, geotechnical, hydraulic, public relations and
historic/cultural resources. He is a former president of the Structural
Engineers of New Hampshire (SENH) and the New Hampshire Society of Professional
Engineers (NHSPE) and continues to manage the scholarship and teachers awards
programs for each association, respectively.
Matt was honored as the Young Engineer of the Year in 2002 by the Joint
Committee of New Hampshire Engineering Societies and as a member of the 2006
“40 under Forty” class by the New Hampshire Union Leader and Business and
Industry Association (BIA). Matt resides
in Manchester with his wife and two children.
Duncan C. Mellor
Duncan
is the chief engineer and owner of Waterfront Engineers
LLC, of Stratham, New Hampshire, a firm specializing in the assessment
and design of waterfront structures. Mr. Mellor has a B.S. in Civil
Engineering (1985) and an M.S. in Ocean Engineering (1987) from the
University of New Hampshire and is a Professional Engineer licensed in
civil, structural and geotechnical engineering. Mr. Mellor is typically
involved in the inspection, assessment, design of repairs, structure
replacement or new construction for piers, wharves, dry docks,
bulkheads, quay walls, seawalls, revetments, breakwaters/ wave screens,
marinas, waterfront parks, container terminals, offshore structures,
intakes and outfalls, bridges and dredging/ beach nourishment projects.
He is also a certified commercial diver and performs underwater
inspections of bridges and dock structures. Mr. Mellor recently
co-authored an ASCE Ports 2004 conference paper on the design and
construction of an offshore tower for Woods Hole Oceanographic
Institution and is a contributing author on a book by John Gaythwaite,
covering the assessment and design of marine facilities.
Gregg M.
Mikolaities
Gregg
co-founded Appledore Engineering, Inc., in 1987.
Appledore is a civil engineering consulting firm that specializes in
the design, permitting and construction administration for site
development projects throughout New England. As a Senior Principal and
the Chief Civil Engineer he has over 25 years experience as a
consulting engineer with commercial, industrial, residential,
educational, health care and institutional projects. His experience
includes plan reviews, design services, peer review services,
construction inspection and representation before municipal, state and
federal agencies including neighborhood meetings, public forums and
charrettes. Gregg has extensive experience in low impact, sustainable
designs. Gregg has provided consulting services to numerous national
and regional retailers and has been involved in the planning, design
and construction of over eighty school facilities throughout New
Hampshire. Appledore has maintained a strong relationship with UNH over
the past 21 years by providing intern positions, participating in the
Pathways Program and sponsoring a yearly civil engineering scholarship.
Gregg was recognized by Business NH Magazine as one of the Leaders for
the 21st Century in the Architect/Engineering Category. He is a
graduate of Leadership Seacoast, received a B.S. degree in Civil
Engineering from the University of New Hampshire in 1982, and is a
licensed Professional Engineer in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts,
Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey and Florida.
Charles E. Pierce
Charles
(B.S. 1991) is an Assistant Professor in the
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the
University of South Carolina in Columbia . After graduating from the
University of New Hampshire , Dr. Pierce continued his education at
Northwestern University in Evanston , Illinois , where he earned his
M.S. (1993) and Ph.D. (1998) in Civil Engineering. He has been with USC
since 1998, where he also serves as an affiliate of the School of the
Environment. Dr. Pierce has teaching and research interests in
geotechnical engineering and construction materials. He has published
research on topics that include time domain reflectometry applications
in geotechnical and geoenvironmental instrumentation, controlled
low-strength materials, and use of recycled materials in civil
infrastructure. Dr. Pierce presently serves as the faculty advisor to
the ASCE Student Chapter and as a member of the undergraduate program
committee. He is a member of the ASCE Geo-Institute, ACI, and ASTM and
is active on ACI Committees 229 and 555.
Stephen B. Ransom
Stephen
is President and founder of Ransom Environmental
Consultants, Inc. As a business owner and entrepreneur, Mr. Ransom has
grown and developed the firm over the past 15 years from one office to
five with annual revenues exceeding 6.5M. In January 2001, Mr. Ransom
led the successful acquisition of Shevenell-Gallen and Associates,
Inc., which has been fully integrated in Ransom. As principal engineer,
Mr. Ransom offers technical guidance to a staff of engineers,
hydrogeologists, geologists, and chemists. Assuming overall
responsibility for the quality of the company's work, he continuously
monitors the status and progress of all projects. Mr. Ransom has
amassed a wide spectrum of project experience that includes
facilitating business mergers and acquisitions, as well as serving as
an expert witness in complex litigation cases where attorneys need an
environmental expert with broad-based technical skills. In addition,
Mr. Ransom lends his expertise to projects that involve complex real
estate transactions; site remedial action programs; investigations for
the assessment of soil, groundwater, and surface water contamination;
and compliance audits and permitting for hazardous waste generators.
Mr. Ransom has a B.S. in forest engineering from the University of
Maine (1980), and a M.S. in civil/environmental engineering from UNH
(1983).