Committees

The following lists committee and advising responsibilities in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for 2025-26. 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: Wissam Kontar, Term ends - Spring 2028

Water Resources: Tirthankar Roy, Term ends - Spring 2025

Curriculum Committee

Christine Wittich (Chair)

George Hunt

Dave Admiraal

Libby Jones

Matt Williamson

Kaycie Lane

Promotion and Tenure Committee

Bruce Dvorak - Term ends Spring 2026 (Chair)

David Admiraal - Term Ends Spring 2027

Chung Song – Term ends Spring 2028

Jinying Zhu – Term ends Spring 2028

Josh Steelman - Term ends Spring 2027

Instructional Space and Support Committee

Chung Song (Chair)

Peter Hilsabeck

Xu Li

Tewodros Yosef

Carlos Francis

Communication and Outreach Committee

Jamilla Teixeira (Chair)

Chung Song

Xu Li

Tirthankar Roy

Andrew Loken

Tareq Daher

Honors and Awards Committee

Seunghee Kim (Chair)

Tian Zhang

Matthew Williamson

Yumeng Zhao

Aemal Khattak

Wissam Kontar

Junke Guo

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Logan Perry (chair)

Carlos Francis

Nathan Hyunh

Joshua Steelman

student members TBD

Personnel

Richard Wood, Chair - Terms Ends Spring 2026

Xu Li - Terms Ends Spring 2027

George Hunt - Term Ends Spring 2026

Nirupam Aich - Term Ends Spring 2028

Jiong Hu - Term Ends Spring 2027

150th Anniversary Ad Hoc Committee

Nirupam Aich (co-chair)

Ron Faller (co-chair)

Nathan Hyunh

Bruce Dvorak

Peter Hilsabeck

Melissa Garfield

Annie Myers

Faculty Senate Reps

Junke Guo - UNL

Advisers to University Recognized Student Organizations

ASCE – Lincoln: Joshua Steelman

ASCE – Omaha: George Hunt

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 - Nathan Hyunh

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) – Christine Wittich

Continuous Improvement Committee - Christine Wittich

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

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