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Bruce W. Berdanier, PE, LS
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Professor and Head
Office Location: Room 118 Crothers Engineering Hall
Mailing Address:
CEH 118, Box 2219
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD 57007
Office Phone: (605) 688-6307
E-mail: Bruce.Berdanier@sdstate.edu
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Professional Organizations:
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• American Society for Engineering Education
• Water Environment Federation
• South Dakota Society of Professional Land Surveyors
Professional Registration:
• Registered Professional Civil Engineer - South Dakota, Ohio and Indiana
• Registered Professional Surveyor – South Dakota and Ohio
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Education:
• BS - Civil Engineering, Water Resources, 1980
The Ohio State University
• MS – Environmental Engineering,1983
Purdue University
• Ph.D. – Environmental Engineering, Hydrogeology Minor, 1995
The Ohio State University
Research Interests/Projects:
• Surface Water Quality
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Use of Bio-indicators to Monitor Environmental Degradation
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Related Experience:
Dr. Berdanier has over 30 years of municipal and environmental engineering design and project management experience. Additionally, he has performed engineering, boundary and mortgage surveys throughout the same time period. Dr. Berdanier was owner of a municipal engineering and surveying firm in Ohio from 1983 – 2007. He has worked on international water and environmental development projects in Haiti since 1995.
Selected Publications:
- Jiries, A. G., Batarseh, M. I., El-Hassen, T., Ziadat, A. H., El-Naser, F., and Berdanier, B. W., (2008), “ Lichens (Rhizocarpon geographicum (L.) DC) a Biomonitor for Atmospheric Pollution in Amman City, Jordan.” Environmental Bioindicators, 3( ).
- Batarseh, M.., Ziadat, A., Alawi, M., Berdanier, B.W., and Jiries, A., (2008). “The Use of Cypress Tree Bark as an Environmental Indicator of Heavy Metals Deposition in Fuheis City, Jordan”, International Journal of Environment and Pollution, 33(2/3), 207-217.
- Dawadi, S., Ramakrishnan, V, and Berdanier, B.W., (2006). “Surface Morphology of Reactive Powder Concrete Containing Arsenic,” Proceedings 28th Conference of Cement Microscopy, Denver, CO, 205 – 226.
- El-Hasan, T., Batarseh, M., Al-Omari, H., Ziadat, A., Jiries, A., Elali, A., Al-Naser, F., and Berdanier, B.W., (2006). “The Distribution of Heavy Metals in Urban Street Dusts of Karak City, Jordan.” Soil and Sediment Contamination, 15(4): 357 – 365.
- Ziadat, A.H., Batarseh, M, El-Hasan, T., Berdanier, B.W., Jiries, A., (2006). “Chemical and Mineralogical Characteristics of Dry Deposition in the Surrounding of a Cement Factory in Jordan.” Environmental Forensics, 7(2): 169 – 174.
- Berdanier, B.W., Ziadat, A.H., (2006). “Evaluation of a Total Dissolved Solids Model in Comparison to Actual Field Data Measurements in the Cheyenne River, South Dakota, U.S.A.” Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 117: 335 -344.
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