The following lists committee and advising responsibilities in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for 2024-25. This list does not include any service provided by the faculty for national committees or any other professional service activities.
Graduate Committee
Chair: Geotechnical and Materials: Jiong Hu, Term ends - Spring 2026
Environmental: Nirupam Aich, Term ends - Spring 2026
Structures: Richard Wood, Term ends - Spring 2027
Transportation: Nathan Hyunh, Term ends - Spring 2025
Water Resources: Tirthankar Roy, Term ends - Spring 2025
Curriculum Committee
Libby Jones (Chair)
George Hunt
Dave Admiraal
Logan Perry
Matt Williamson
Kaycie Lane
Promotion and Tenure Committee
David Admiraal - Term Ends Spring 2027
Tian Zhang – Term Ends Spring 2025
Jiong Hu - Term ends Spring 2025
Bruce Dvorak - Term ends Spring 2026 (Chair)
Josh Steelman - Term ends Spring 2027
Instructional Space and Support Committee
Chung Song (Chair)
Peter Hilsabeck
Xu Li
Tewodros Yosef
Chungwook Sim
Carlos Francis
Master's Program in Environmental Engineering Committee
Bruce Dvorak (Chair)
Nirupam Aich
Communications and Outreach
Christine Wittich (co-Chair)
Jamilla Teixeira (co-Chair)
Chung Song
Xu Li
Tirthankar Roy
Andrew Loken
Tareq Daher
Honors and Awards Committee
Grace Panther (Chair)
Tian Zhang
Matthew Williamson
Chungwook Sim
Aemal Khattak
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Logan Perry (chair)
Mojdeh Pajouh
Carlos Francis
Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
Nathan Hyunh
Joshua Steelman
Christine Wittich
Melissa Garfield
Kanak Kanti Kar
Farzad Yazdipanah
Personnel
Richard Wood, Chair - Terms Ends Spring 2026
Xu Li - Terms Ends Spring 2027
George Hunt - Term Ends Spring 2026
Jinying Zhu - Term Ends Spring 2025
Chungwook Sim - Term Ends Spring 2027
Faculty Senate Reps
Junke Guo - UNL
Advisers to University Recognized Student Organizations
ASCE – Lincoln: Joshua Steelman
ASCE – Omaha: Chungwook Sim
AWWA/WEF – Lincoln: Bruce Dvorak
AWWA/WEF – Omaha: George Hunt
Chi Epsilon – Lincoln: Richard Wood
Chi Epsilon – Omaha: Jiong Hu
Engineers Without Borders - Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Libby Jones, Kaycie Lane
ITE - TBD
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter - Christine Wittich
SWE - Christine Wittich
Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) - Ron Faller
University Lutheran Chapel - Ron Faller
College Committees
Achievement Centered Education Committee - Libby Jones
College Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee (CC+ASC) – LIbby Jones
Continuous Improvement Committee - Libby Jones
Engineering & Computing Education Core Advisory Board - Libby Jones
Diversity and Inclusion Committee – Jamilla Teixeira
Graduation with Distinction Committee - Aemal Khattak
College Appeals Committee - George Hunt
College P&T Committee - Bruce Dvorak, George Hunt, Ron Faller
Faculty Recruitment and Outreach Committee (CoE) - Christine Wittich
University and NU System Committees
University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Chair) - Libby Jones
Office of Research and Economic Development Research Advisory Board - Ron Faller
Committee on Committees - Tirthankar Roy
UNL Graduate Council - Xu Li
NU Executive Graduate Council - Xu Li
UNL Council on Inclusive Excellence and Diversity - Junke Guo
Department Administration |
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Department ChairDr. Shannon Bartelt-HuntProfessor sbartelt2@unl.edu Associate Chair for Undergraduate ProgramsDr. Elizabeth "Libby" JonesProfessor libby.jones@unl.edu Associate Chair for Graduate ProgramsDr. Jiong HuProfessor jhu5@unl.edu |