Donald D. Carpenter, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning

Lawrence Technological University

E25, Engineering Building

 

Education

Ph.D. – Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2001
Major: Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Thesis: Wave Energy Dissipation in Great Lakes Harbor Entrances.

M.S. – Civil Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 1996
Major: Ocean Engineering
Thesis: Application of beach and dune erosion computer models on the Oregon Coast.

B.S. – Civil Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 1993
Major: Environmental Engineering & Hydraulic Engineering

 

Career History

Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department
August 2001 to present
Lawrence Tech University, Southfield, MI

 

Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
September 2006 to present
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI

 

Chair, Educational Innovation Collaborative
August 2003 to August 2006
Lawrence Tech University, Southfield, MI

 

Adjunct Assistant Professor & Graduate Faculty Member, Civil Engineering Department
January 2006 to present
University of Windsor, Windsor, ONT

 

Adjunct Faculty - Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering Dept.
May 1997 to December 2000
Jackson Community College, Jackson, MI

 

Senior Water Resources Engineer
January 2005 to present (on call consultant)
HSW Engineering, Inc.

 

Senior Associate Engineer
February 2002 to December 2004 (on call consultant)
Environmental Consulting & Technology, Inc., Detroit, MI

 

Project Engineer
January 2001 to October 2001
Limno-Tech, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

 

Registered Engineering Intern (EIT), Indiana Board of Engineering Examiners
1993

 

Professional Affiliations

  • Associate Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
  • Member, Society of American Military Engineers
  • Member, American Society of Engineering Education        
  • Member, Chi Epsilon, Civil Engineering Honor Society
  • Member, Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
  • Member, Order of the Engineer
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