Professor Bios

Dr. Davis Ford: Professor at U of Texas, 45 years.
Dr. David Jenkins: Professor at U of California-Berkeley, 45 years.
Mr. David Kujawski: 33 years of Operations, Process & Environmental Engineering experience in 47 oil refineries.
Dr. Jerry Lin: Professor at Lamar University, and 23 years of industrial wastewater experience.
Dr. Bill Batchelor: Professor at Texas A&M, 36 years.
Dr. Mike Stenstrom: Professor at UCLA, 35 years.
Dr. Lial Tischler: 37 years experience in all environmental disciplines, consulting to most major petrochemical plants in Texas and Louisiana during his career.
Mr. Chris Spurrell: 28 years experience in Water Treatment Technology and Oil Refinery Process Engineering at Chevron’s flagship refinery in El Segundo, CA.

Dr. Davis L. Ford University of Texas

• Dr. Ford is the Chairman of RWE’s Technical Advisory Committee.
  
• Dr. Ford is the esteemed Adjunct Professor in the Graduate School of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas. He is the direct protege of the legendary Wes Eckenfelder, and is arguably the heir apparent for the next generation. Probably the best text book ever written on Biological Wastewater was co-authored by Davis and Wes, being released in 2008. Davis has consulted to almost all of the major Oil Company's Wastewater Operations over his 45 year career. Davis and I worked together at Chevron El Segundo, and he was my professor for some course work at U of T.
  
• Dr. Ford is a practicing environmental engineer with over forty-five years of experience in the field. In addition, he serves on the faculty at The University of Texas at Austin as an adjunct professor, has published more than one hundred technical papers, has co-authored or contributed to ten textbooks, and written two biographies and co-authored one children’s book. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States and in countries of Europe, South America, and Asia.
  
• Ford received his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering at Texas A&M University and his master and doctorate degrees in environmental engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He is a Distinguished Engineering Graduate of both Texas A&M University and The University of Texas at Austin as well as a Distinguished Alumnus of Texas A&M.
  
• Ford was elected into the prestigious National Academy of Engineering (NAE). He has served as president of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers and chairman of the Academy Ethics Committee. His honorary affiliations include Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Xi, and Chi Epsilon.
  
• Ford serves on the Board of a publicly-owned oil and exploration company (CWEI, NASDAQ) and the Board of the Texas A&M University Press.
  

Dr. David Jenkins University of California-Berkeley

• University of California, Berkeley, Professor Emeritus, Dept. of Environmental Engineering.
  
• Ph.D. Public Health Engineering, King's College, University of Durham, England 1960.
  
• First Class Honors B.Sc. Birmingham University, England 1957.
  
• Elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2001.
  
• The Berkeley Citation, University of California at Berkeley in 1999.
  
• Gordon Maskew Fair Medal, Water Environment Federation in 1995.
  
• Samuel H. Jenkins Medal, International Association of Water Pollution Research and Control in 1992.
  
• Geogre Bradley Gasgoine Medal, Water Pollution Control Federation in 1989.
  
• Simon Freeze Award and Lectureship, American Society of Civil Engineers in 1988.
  
• Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal, Water Environment Federation, in 1974, 1985, 1988.
  
• Top Ranked Expert on Filamentous Bacteria & TSS Control in Biological Wastewater Systems.
  

Mr. David Kujawski

• 32 years experience in water and waste treatment, in over 200 industrial plants and 46 Oil Refineries.
  
• Environmental Engineering, Chemistry, and Marketing degrees.
  
• Prior employers include Nalco, Betz-Dearborn, Baker-Petrolite, US Filter-Siemens, Chevron El Segundo Refinery, Sybron Biochemical, and Ashland Oil.
  
• Former Process Engineer for Chevron’s El Segundo Refinery, Wastewater Operations.
  
• Former Associate Vice-President of Latin America for US Filter’s Hydrocarbon Processing Industry.
  
• Experienced in Refinery Processes on the Oil Side, Refinery Upstream Source Control, Remediation of Contaminated Soils & Groundwater, Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal, all aspects of Supply Water and Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Plant Design and Process Control, Biokinetic Modeling, Boiler & Cooling Water Treatment, Desalting, Oil Side Corrosion and Fouling Prevention, Laboratory Analytical Methods, Polymer Technology, Microbiological Analyses, Benzene-Neshap Air Quality Compliance, EPA \ State Water Quality Board \ POTW Regulatory Permitting & Compliance.
  
• Recently featured in 9 major trade magazines for creative Refinery Sour H2O Reclamation and Wastewater Biokinetic Modeling work.
  
• Speaker on the Eckenfelder Lecture Series Foundation Team.
  
• Guest Lecturer at Ok. St. Univ., UC-Irvine, and Texas State U. at Lamar.
  

Dr. Jerry Lin Lamar University

Professor & University Scholar; Director of Environmental Sustainability Research Center

Education

• BS, Chemical Engineering, Tatung University, Taipei, Taiwan, 1991
  
• MS, Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, 1995
  
• PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 1998
  
• Post-doctoral Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 1999
  

Expertise

• Biological wastewater treatment and bio-augmentation techniques
  
• Membrane technology and fouling control
  
• Reactor design and bio-kinetic analysis
  
• Optimization of biological cultures and treatment processes
  
• Biogas production and anaerobic digestion
  

Registration & Qualifications

• Registered professional engineer in the State of Ohio
  
• Principal investigator of 50+ projects funded by NSF, DoD, EPA, USDA & TCEQ
  
• 15+ years in water and wastewater treatment
  
• 100+ publications with 800+ peer-reviewed journal citations
  

Dr. Bill Batchelor Texas A&M University

Arthur McFarland Professorship, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University

Education

• Rice University Chemical Engineering B.A. 1971
  
• Rice University Environmental Science and Engineering M.S. 1974
  
• Cornell University Sanitary Engineering Ph.D. 1976.
  

Professional Registration

• Registered Professional Engineer, Texas No. 47095.
  

Experience

• Arthur McFarland Professor, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, since 2007.
  
• Professor, Water Management and Hydrological Science, since 2005.
  
• Director, Institute for Environmental Engineering, Texas Engineering Exper. Station, 1992-1998.
  
• Professor, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, since 1986.
  
• Associate Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Texas A&M Univ., 1981-1986
  
• Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department, Texas A&M Univ., 1976-1981.
  

Honors

• Truman R. Jones Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2007.
  
• Charles H. Barclay Jr. '45 Fellow, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 2006-2007.
  
• Klotz Associates Faculty Fellow, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1997-1998.
  
• E.D. Brockett Professor, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1995-1996.
  
• Environmental Science and Engineering Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1989.
  
• Halliburton Professor, College of Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1986-1987.
  
• Select Young Research Fellow, Texas Engineering Experiment Station, 1985.
  
• Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal, awarded by Water Pollution Control Federation for "Outstanding research contributing in an important degree to the existing knowledge of the fundamental principles of wastewater treatment," 1983
  
• Asso. of Env. Eng. Professors, Engineering Science Inc. Award for best thesis relevant to environmental engineering practice.
• Standard Oil of Indiana Fellow in Environmental Engineering, 1971-73
  

Dr. Mike Stenstrom

Mike is the second longest tenured Professor in the Civil & Environmental Department at UCLA, and was the former Chairman of the Department.

Mike is respected as a top authority on wastewater aeration and energy considerations, as well as on the most recent advancements in Biological wastewater process control strategies.

Education

• B.S., (1971), Clemson University
  
• M.S., (1972), Clemson University
  
• Ph.D., (1976), Clemson University
  

Selected Awards and Honors

• Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board, Water Quality Award, 2005
  
• Regional Water Quality Control Board, Innovation in Water Quality, 2002
  
• DOW Chemical Company, Environmental Care Award, 1996
  
• Water Environment Federation, Harrison Prescott Eddy Research Medal, 1992
  
• Diplomate, American Academy of Environmental Engineers, 1989
  
• Am. Society of Civil Engr. Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prize, 1989
  
• Engr. Sci-Assoc. of Environmental Engr. Professors Award for the best doctoral thesis relevant to sanitary engr. practice, 1975
  
• High Honors Undergraduate, Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, Chi Epsilon, Undergraduate Scholarships,NSF graduate fellowship, 1969
  

Dr. Lial Tischler

• 35 years experience in Industrial Wastewater Treatment Technology, Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, Surface and Groundwater Hydrology, and Water Quality Analysis.
  
• Acknowledged as a top authority in the Modeling of Wastewater Discharge Effects and in the Modeling of Volatile Organic Carbon (VOC) Emissions from Wastewater.
  
• Received his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering directly under the legendary Dr. Wes Eckenfelder; Also has B.S. in Civil Engineering.
  
• Former Director of The Texas Water Development Board’s Engineering Division.
  
• Consulting Advisor to the American Petroleum Institute.
  
• Served on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Stakeholder Committee that reviewed acceptance of Wastewater Treatment VOC Modeling.
  
• Frequently retained as an Expert Witness in Environmental Litigation and frequently retained in various roles for client EPA Permit Applications.
  

Mr. Chris Spurrell

• 28 years experience in Water Treatment Technology and Oil Refinery Process Engineering at Chevron’s flagship refinery in El Segundo, CA.
  
• Chris earned his Bachelor of Science Degree from UC-Irvine.
  
• Process Expert in Boiler Feedwater, Cooling Water, Chemical Cleaning & Decontamination, almost every type of major Refinery Manufacturing Unit Operation, Wastewater Source Control, VOC Treatment, and Environmental Compliance.
  
• Chevron Corporate Subject Matter Expert for a number of refining chemistry applications both oil and water side.
  
• Managed Sour Water Stripper Operations for Chevron, El Segundo for more than 10 years.
  
• Invented a Refinery Turnaround chemical cleaning & decontamination technique using Permanganate, now an industry standard.
  
• Awarded two U.S. patents for Mercury Detection and Removal in the oil refining industry; Expert in Mercury Fate & Transport.
  
• Designed and published a refinery wastewater Upstream Source Control Early Warning Detection test for preventing Bioreactor Toxicity.
  
• Experienced in Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal, Desalting, Oil side & Water side Corrosion and Fouling prevention, Laboratory Analytical Methods, Polymer Technology, BWON Air Quality Compliance, EPA \ State Water Quality Board \ POTW Regulatory Permitting & Compliance processes.
  
• Co-authored published technical papers on Chemical Oxidizer treatments in oil refineries, on RCRA waste reduction, reclaimed waste water use, leak detection in supply & process waters, and chemical decontamination.
  
• Member of the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) and American Chemical Society (ACS).
  
• Has taught Chemical and Hazardous Material Training for oil refinery personnel, fire fighters, and operators.
  
• 2 Time Chevron Chairman's Award Winner for innovative technology designs.