Dvorak named fellow of American Society of Civil Engineers

Bruce Dvorak, the Ray Fauss Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), as selected by the ASCE Board of Direction.

This distinction, the board noted was for Dvorak having made "significant contributions to research, outreach, and teaching."

A central focus of Dvorak's research and outreach is to provide technical assistance to aid municipal drinking water, wastewater systems, and manufacturers with solutions to improve their energy efficiency and sustainability.

Dvorak developed and still leads the Nebraska Industrial Assessment Center (NIAC) and Partners in Pollution Prevention (P3). These programs train students to perform assessments to help improve the sustainability of municipal wastewater plants and manufacturers. 

• Over the past 25 years, the P3 program has assisted 833 clients and helped Nebraska businesses save $93 million dollars through waste reduction and resource conservation.
• In the past seven years, the NIAC has assisted 92 clients with over $23.3 million in annual cost savings realized by the clients, and over 120,000 MTCO2e of annual greenhouse gas reductions. In recognition of its societal benefits, NIAC was selected as the 2023 Center of the Year by the U.S. Department of Energy.

Many of Dvorak's recent publications focus on using the data from sustainability assessments to perform life-cycle assessments to quantify benefits from changes to improve the design and operations for small wastewater treatment plants.

Currently, Dvorak serves as the Secretary for the Nebraska Board of Engineers and Architects and is chair of the NCEES Engineering Education Award Committee. Nationally, he serves as an ABET Program Evaluator for Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering.