{"id":104911,"date":"2021-05-10T13:58:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T18:58:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.olemiss.edu\/?p=104911"},"modified":"2021-05-27T17:40:47","modified_gmt":"2021-05-27T22:40:47","slug":"um-civil-engineering-professor-authors-textbook-for-environmental-engineers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/web20.olemiss.edu\/news\/wordpress\/um-civil-engineering-professor-authors-textbook-for-environmental-engineers\/","title":{"rendered":"UM Civil Engineering Professor Authors Textbook for Environmental Engineers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Cris Surbeck<\/p><\/div>\n

When Cristiane \u201cCris\u201d Q. Surbeck, associate professor of civil engineering<\/a> at the University of Mississippi, began writing her first textbook, she had in mind students, professionals and instructors who needed a framework to learn about investigating and cleaning up contaminated soil and groundwater.<\/p>\n

With thousands of contaminated sites in the United States and around the world, skills are sorely needed to remediate them.<\/p>\n

\u201cSite Assessment and Remediation for Environmental Engineers\u201d (2021, CRC Press), co-authored by Surbeck and Jeff Kuo, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at California State University, Fullerton, gives people those skills. The two wrote the volume because there hadn\u2019t been an updated textbook in environmental remediation in many years. The book guides readers to develop a design, operation and maintenance strategy to clean up a contaminated site.<\/p>\n

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Cris Surbeck, UM associate dean and associate professor of civil engineering, has written her first textbook, ‘Site Assessment and Remediation for Environmental Engineers’ (2021, CRC Press). Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt was time for a new book,\u201d Surbeck said. \u201cMost professors who teach the material do so without a textbook, or with research-oriented books, or with a more than 20-year-old textbook.\u201d<\/p>\n

Apparently, the author\u2019s pre-assessment has proven true. Since its publication, the book has been praised by leaders in the field.<\/p>\n

Phillip L. Thompson, PE, professor and director of the Center for Environmental Justice and Sustainability at Seattle University, adopted Surbeck\u2019s textbook for his spring-quarter course in hazardous waste engineering.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so great to see a badly needed, updated resource for this field,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cYour new book is really very necessary for people joining this great profession, or as a reminder for people of experience,\u201d wrote Robert Pinon, principal engineer at Apex Cos. LLC in Pleasant Hill, California. \u201cAmong all the achievements, this will be a contribution that will last for generations. Like the Fogler for chemical kinetics, or the Metcalf and Eddy for water treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n

The book offers the reader project-oriented knowledge, focusing on practical calculations and skills needed to investigate the extent of contamination at a site and then design and operate remediation systems according to the site conditions.<\/p>\n

The authors aimed to educate both university students and professionals such as consultants, industrial environmental health and safety personnel, and government regulatory employees. The many example problems are based on real scenarios and point out tricky problem-solving situations.<\/p>\n

Surbeck said the pandemic definitely posed challenges for her during the writing process.<\/p>\n

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Cris Surbeck, who served as president of the American Society of Civil Engineers\u2019 Environmental and Water Resources Institute, presides at its 2018 annual meeting. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cMy regular workload increased a lot,\u201d she said. \u201cI had to spend a lot more time preparing for classes and learning COVID-19 protocols for working on campus and living in general. So that left less time to work on the book. On the other hand, working from home for several months during the pandemic was actually kind of peaceful and gave me extra focus when I did have time for the book.\u201d<\/p>\n

A licensed professional engineer and associate dean of UM\u2019s School of Engineering<\/a>, Surbeck teaches environmental and water resources engineering courses. Her research topics include understanding how and when microbial pollutants move through water bodies, and using green infrastructure to affect the quantity and quality of stormwater.<\/p>\n

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Cris Surbeck dons a hazardous materials suit during a site visit to a water treatment plant. Submitted photo<\/p><\/div>\n

Surbeck led the university\u2019s chapter of Engineers Without Borders<\/a> on three trips to work on construction and well drilling projects in a rural village in Togo, West Africa. In 2015, she was elected to the governing board of the American Society of Civil Engineers\u2019 Environmental and Water Resources Institute and served as its president during 2017-18.<\/p>\n

She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in civil engineering from the University of Maryland, and master\u2019s and doctoral degrees in environmental engineering from the University of California, Irvine.<\/p>\n

To purchase copies of Surbeck and Kuo\u2019s textbook, click here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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