Dr. William F. McTernan, P.E., BCEE
Professor

Phone: (405) 744-9308
Email: william.mcternan@okstate.edu
Office: 109 Engineering South

Dr. McTernan was a Pratt Presidential Fellow at Virginia Tech. He has worked as an engineering consultant and in government and government affiliated laboratories with special interests in the environmental impacts associated with energy production; particularly synthetic fuels development and coal mining. He was an Environmental Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) with service at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency working in groundwater pollution from agricultural and other chemicals. Additionally, he received a National Research Council (NRC) appointment in Eastern Europe to evaluate environmental impacts remaining in post -Soviet satellite countries.

• BS in Biology - University of Wyoming
• MS in Water Resources - University of Wyoming
• Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences and Engineering - Virginia Tech

Dr. McTernan teaches undergraduate introductory classes in Environmental Science and Engineering as well as graduate classes in Risk Assessment, Groundwater Pollution Control, Geostatistical Analyses and Water Quality Management. Recent research interests include risk analysis for agricultural chemicals, geostatistical simulation, decision analysis modeling and the development of Artificial Neural Network models for environmental applications. He has served as the graduate committee chair for over 60 graduate students in the last dozen years.

Dr. McTernan's current research projects are:

• Environmental Project Risk Assessment and Decision Analysis System
• Military Engineers: Simple Measures - Standard Analytical approaches may prove successful in defining contamination and treatment methods.
• Project 3

Courses taught by Dr. McTernan:

• CIVE 3813 - Environmental Engineering Science - Fall 07 Syllabus
• CIVE 4833 - Unit Operations in Environmental Engineering
• CIVE 5010 - Introduction to Environmental Modeling
• CIVE 5823 - Environmental Risk Assessment and Management
• CIVE 5983 - Groundwater Pollution Control
• CIVE 5993 - Environmental Data Analysis & Modeling - Fall 07 Syllabus

   

Additional Information:

Environmental Engineering Program

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