Suzette Burckhard

Title

Assistant Dean/Professor

Office Building

Crothers Engineering Hall

Office

312

Mailing Address

Crothers Engineering Hall 312
Civil and Environ Engineering-Box 2219
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Education

• B.S. in engineering physics | South Dakota State University
• B.S. in civil engineering | South Dakota State University
• M.S. in physics | Kansas State University
• M.S. in chemical engineering | Kansas State University
• Ph.D. in civil engineering | Kansas State University

Academic Interests

• Working with underrepresented individuals in engineering
• Engineering education
• Hydrology
• Water resources
• Fate and transport of contaminants
• Environmental engineering

Academic Responsibilities

• Structural Materials Lab
• Water Resources Engineering
• Hydrology
• Introduction to Civil Engineering
• Graduate Seminar
• Advanced Topics in Water Resources Engineering

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

• Departmental Curriculum Committee
• Departmental Assessment Committee

Professional Memberships

• ASCE
• Sigma Xi
• ASEE
• Sigma Pi Sigma
• ASRS
• SWE
• AISES

Awards and Honors

• 2017, Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Researcher of the Year
• 2015, Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Advisor of the Year
• 2009, Friend of ASCE Student Chapter
• 2008, Co-author of ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS, 3rd place
• 2004, South Dakota State University Faculty Woman of Distinction
• 2003, South Dakota State University Sewrey Colloquium Lecturer

Grants

• NSF: Collaborative Research Oglala Lakota College, South Dakota State University, South Dakota School of Mines Pre-Engineering Educational Collaborative -OSSPEEC-II, Conservation Practices Assessment of the Lower Bad River Basin

Work Experience

• USDA water quality fellow, Kansas State University
• Visiting scientist, USGS EROS Data Center
• Visiting researcher, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs

Areas of Research

• Engineering education
• Material properties
• Water resources
• Hydrologic cycle
• Climate trends
• Simulation of complex systems