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Dr. William Eric Showalter is Assistant Chair and Teaching Professor of Civil Engineering in the department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology. He was named Dean's Educator in 2018. He graduated from Michigan Tech in 1984 with a BS in Civil Engineering and in 1988 with an MS in Civil Engineering. In 1994 he received a Ph.D. from Purdue University, also in Civil Engineering.
Before entering academia he worked as an engineer for Manistee County in Michigan, a project manager for Opus and for Harmon Contract in Minneapolis and had post-Doctoral appointment as a cost analyst at Los Alamos National Lab in New Mexico. In 1995 he joined the faculty of Civil Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Dr. Showalter has been with Missouri S&T since Fall 2000. His area of expertise is construction engineering; he teaches courses about cost estimating, scheduling and contracts, and senior design. In 2010 Dr. Showalter was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to Tallinn University of Technology in Estonia where he taught and conducted research.
Dr. Showalter is active with Engineers Without Boarders, the Concrete Canoe Team, the Blacksmithing Club, and was the first advisor of the Solar Decathlon team. His most recent research project is the green roof on Emerson Electrical Building.
Contact Information
Missouri University of Science and Technology
131 Butler-Carlton Hall
Rolla, MO 65409
573-341-4446
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Education/Academic qualification
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Purdue University
… → 1994
M.S. in Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University
… → 1988
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Michigan Technological University
… → 1984
External positions
Assistant Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Aug 1 1995 → Dec 1 1999
Postdoctoral Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Oct 1 1994 → Aug 1 1995
Associate Project Manager, Harman Contractors
Jan 1 1989 → Jan 1 1990
Project Manager, Opus Architects and Engineers
Jan 1 1987 → Jan 1 1988
Engineer, Manistee County Road Commission
Jun 1 1984 → Aug 1 1985
Research Interests
- Construction
- Information technology applications in construction
- Environmental remediation
- Productivity
- Simulation
- Cost effectiveness of technology
- Construction management
Disciplines
- Civil and Environmental Engineering
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Introducing high school students to engineering disciplines: Activities and assessment
Libre, N. A., Baur, S. W., Fitch, M. & Showalter, W. E., Jun 22 2020, In: ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings. 2020-June, 917.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference article › peer-review
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Introducing High School Students to Engineering Disciplines: Activities and Assessment
Libre, N. A., Baur, S. W., Fitch, M. W. & Showalter, W. E., Jun 22 2020, In: Proceedings of the 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference and Exposition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Nine-Month Evaluation of Runoff Quality and Quantity from an Experiential Green Roof in Missouri, USA
Harper, G. E., Limmer, M. A., Showalter, W. E. & Burken, J. G., May 1 2015, In: Ecological Engineering. 78, p. 127-133 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Recruiting Construction Leaders and Managers for the Future
Showalter, W. E. & Backus, E. C., May 21 2010, In: Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Modern Building Materials, Structures and Techniques (2010, Vilnius, Lithuania).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Dynamic programming approach to optimization of site remediation
Showalter, W. E. & Halpin, D. W., 2008, In: Journal of Construction Engineering and Management. 134, 10, p. 820-827 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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