Dr. James R. Mihelcic, PhD, BCEEM
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor and State of Florida 21st Century World Class Scholar
4202 E. Fowler Avenue
Tampa, FL 33620-5350
Phone: (813) 974-9896
Fax: (813) 974-2957
E-mail: jm41@usf.edu

 

Appointments
U.S. EPA Science Advisory Board Environmental Engineering Committee
Past President – Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors
Board Certified Member of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers
Honorary Fellow of Institute of Green Professionals

 

Education
Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
M.S. Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
B.S. Environmental Engineering, Pennsylvania State University

 

Areas of Interest: sustainability, impact of anthropogenic stressors on water resources, water supply, and wastewater treatment, water and sanitation in the developing world, engineering education.

 

Biosketch
James R. Mihelcic is a Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and State of Florida 21st Century World Class Scholar at the University of South Florida. He directs the Peace Corps Master’s International Program in Civil & Environmental Engineering (http://cee.eng.usf.edu/peacecorps).  Dr. Mihelcic is a past president of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP) and is a member of the EPA Science Advisory Board for Environmental Engineering.  a Board Certified Member and Board Trustee of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE).  He is lead author for 3 textbooks: Fundamentals of Environmental Engineering (John Wiley & Sons, 1999); Field Guide in Environmental Engineering for Development Workers: Water, Sanitation, Indoor Air (ASCE Press, 2009); and, Environmental Engineering: Fundamentals, Sustainability, Design (John Wiley & Sons, 2010).

 

Selected Publications

• Zimmerman, J.B., J.R. Mihelcic, J.A. Smith, “Global Stressors on Water Quality and Quantity: Sustainability, Technology Selection, and Governance in a Dynamic World,ʺ Environmental Science & Technology, 42(4):4247‐4254, 2008.
• Fry, L.M., J.R. Mihelcic, D.W. Watkins, “Water and Non‐Water‐Related Challenges of Achieving Global Sanitation Coverage,” Environmental Science & Technology, 42(4): 4298 ‐4304, 2008.
• Muga, H.E. and J.R. Mihelcic, “Sustainability of Wastewater Treatment Technologies,” Journal of Environmental Management, 88: 437‐447, 2008.
• Mihelcic, J.R. J.B. Zimmerman, A. Ramaswami, “Integrating Developed and Developing World Knowledge into Global Discussions and Strategies for Sustainability. Part 1: Science and Technology,” Environmental Science & Technology, 41(10):3415‐3421, 2007.
• Mihelcic, J.R., J.C. Crittenden, M.J. Small, D.R. Shonnard, D.R. Hokanson, Q. Zhang, H. Chen, S.A. Sorby, V.U. James, J.W. Sutherland, J.L. Schnoor, “Sustainability Science and Engineering: Emergence of a New Metadiscipline,” Environmental Science & Technology,37(23):5314‐5324, 2003.

Web site: http://www.eng.usf.edu/~jm41/