Many University of Wyoming faculty members and researchers have expertise and conduct significant research in environmental and natural resource areas, including the following faculty in the College of Engineering.
 

UW COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
 

Atmospheric Science

Robert D. Kelly
Professor of Atmospheric Science
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1982
(307)766-4955
e-mail: rkelly @uwyo.edu
Research: Cloud processes and boundary layer meteorology; application of airborne millimeter-wavelength radar to cloud research; boundary layer fluxes and atmospheric-biosphere interactions over different ecosystems; and airborne techniques for measuring fluxes of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

Derek C. Montague
Associate Professor of Atmospheric Science
Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Southampton, United Kingdom, 1967
(307)766-4949
e-mail: montague@uwyo.edu
Research: Chemistry of the atmosphere, to include impact and behavior of atmospheric trace gases including ozone/oxidant generation and loss, gases and particulates influencing the climate system, and visibility in the lower atmosphere; air pollution chemistry and the measurement of air pollutants using airborne platforms; numerical simulation of the removal of atmospheric trace species by precipitation; and interpretation and analysis of satellite observations of particulates and trace species in the upper atmosphere.

Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

Chang-Yul Cha
Emeritus Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, Davis, 1970
(307)766-2837
e-mail: cha@uwyo.edu
Research: In-situ oil shale process; processes for recovering oil and gas from coal, tar sand, and oil shale; gasification process for production of co-products from coal; coal drying and stabilization; producing asphalt modifiers and light oil from scrap tires and waste motor oil; spent-plastic recycling process; electromagnetic flue gas cleanup process; and method for cleanup of refinery spent gas, which also produces hydrogen from hydrocarbon gases.

H. Gordon Harris
Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1968
(307)766-4933
e-mail: harrishg@uwyo.edu
Research: Enhanced oil recovery processes; and production of natural gas from coal seams.

Norman R. Morrow
Wold Professor of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
Ph.D., University of Leeds, United Kingdom, 1962
(307)766-2838
e-mail: morrownr@uwyo.edu
Research: Petrophysics and surface chemistry; fluids in porous media; oil recovery; and capillarity and wettability.

Civil and Architectural Engineering

Thomas V. Edgar
Associate Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1983
(307)766-6220
e-mail: tvedgar@uwyo.edu
Research: Flow, deformation, and pollution migration in porous media; slope stability; and expansive soils. Includes effects of freeze-thaw on highway soils, and protection of wellhead areas for public water supplies.

Fred L. Ogden
Cline Distinguished Chair of Engineering, Environment and Natural Resources
Ph.D., Colorado State University, 1992
(307)766-6171
email:  fogden@uwyo.edu
Research:  Run-off generation in the tropics, arid, and semi-arid regions; hydrologic modeling and engineering; watershed-scale erosion and deposition modeling; hydrological applications of GIS and remote sensing of rainfall.

Larry O. Pochop
Emeritus Professor of Civil and Architectural Engineering
Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia, 1967
(307)766-3326
e-mail: pochop@uwyo.edu
Research: Evapotranspiration; micro-climatology; agricultural and municipal water conservation and management; and climatic data acquisition and analysis.