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Suzette Burckhard

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

Department(s)

Related Links

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