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Sue L. Niezgoda, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering

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Office: O-225D
Phone: (812) 877-8814
E-mail:
niezgoda@rose-hulman.edu

Web Site: http://www.rose-hulman.edu/~niezgoda/

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Degrees

B.A., Engineering and Physics, Elizabethtown College, 1996

B.S., Civil Engineering, Penn State University, 1997

M.S., Civil Engineering, Penn State University, 1998

Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Penn State University, 2004

P.E., Wyoming

Areas of Specialization
- Water Resources Engineering
- Stream Restoration/Fluvial Geomorphology
- Hydraulics/Hydrology
- Sediment Transport


 Research Activities

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Cost-based risk assessment for selecting design alternatives for
stream restoration
- Improving urban stream restoration: identifying critical form and
processes relationships
- Investigating the long-term implication of using rigid channel
structures in stream restoration
- Identifying an appropriate design discharge for stream
 restoration
- Investigating the erodibility of ephemeral, cohesive, vegetated
channels


Industrial Experience
  Consulting Water Resources Engineer
- Provided engineering support in the analysis and design of
 restored stream channels
- Conducted stream stability evaluations and watershed
assessments
- Performed hydrologic/hydraulic studies for permit applications
- Developed Flood Hazard Mitigation Plans

Research Civil Engineer (USACE-CRREL)
- Conducted research investigations dealing with frozen,
unfrozen, and thawing soils, snow, ice, roadway structures,
traffic loads, and pavement materials
- Developed field manual on emulsified asphalt surface
treatments
- Investigated unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of frozen, unfrozen, and thawing soils
   

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