The following lists committee and advising responsibilities in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering for 2024-25. This list does not include any service provided by the faculty for national committees or any other professional service activities.

Graduate Committee

Chair: Geotechnical and Materials: Jiong Hu, Term ends - Spring 2026

Environmental: Nirupam Aich, Term ends - Spring 2026

Structures: Richard Wood, Term ends - Spring 2027

Transportation: Nathan Hyunh, Term ends - Spring 2025

Water Resources: Tirthankar Roy, Term ends - Spring 2025


Curriculum Committee

Libby Jones (Chair)

George Hunt

Dave Admiraal

Logan Perry

Matt Williamson

Kaycie Lane


Promotion and Tenure Committee

David Admiraal - Term Ends Spring 2027

Tian Zhang – Term Ends Spring 2025

Jiong Hu - Term ends Spring 2025

Bruce Dvorak - Term ends Spring 2026 (Chair)

Josh Steelman - Term ends Spring 2027


Instructional Space and Support Committee

Chung Song (Chair)

Peter Hilsabeck

Xu Li

Tewodros Yosef

Chungwook Sim

Carlos Francis


Master's Program in Environmental Engineering Committee

Bruce Dvorak (Chair)

Nirupam Aich

Communications and Outreach

Christine Wittich (co-Chair)

Jamilla Teixeira (co-Chair)

Chung Song

Xu Li

Tirthankar Roy

Andrew Loken

Tareq Daher


Honors and Awards Committee

Grace Panther (Chair)

Tian Zhang

Matthew Williamson

Chungwook Sim

Aemal Khattak


Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Logan Perry (chair)

Mojdeh Pajouh

Carlos Francis

Shannon Bartelt-Hunt

Nathan Hyunh

Joshua Steelman

Christine Wittich

Melissa Garfield

Kanak Kanti Kar

Farzad Yazdipanah


Personnel

Richard Wood, Chair - Terms Ends Spring 2026

Xu Li - Terms Ends Spring 2027

George Hunt - Term Ends Spring 2026

Jinying Zhu - Term Ends Spring 2025

Chungwook Sim - Term Ends Spring 2027


Faculty Senate Reps

Junke Guo - UNL


Advisers to University Recognized Student Organizations

ASCE – Lincoln: Joshua Steelman

ASCE – Omaha: Chungwook Sim

AWWA/WEF – Lincoln: Bruce Dvorak

AWWA/WEF – Omaha: George Hunt

Chi Epsilon – Lincoln: Richard Wood

Chi Epsilon – Omaha: Jiong Hu

Engineers Without Borders - Shannon Bartelt-Hunt, Libby Jones, Kaycie Lane

ITE - TBD

Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Student Chapter - Christine Wittich

SWE - Christine Wittich

Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) - Ron Faller

University Lutheran Chapel - Ron Faller


College Committees

Achievement Centered Education Committee - Libby Jones

College Curriculum and Academic Standards Committee (CC+ASC) – LIbby Jones

Continuous Improvement Committee - Libby Jones

Engineering & Computing Education Core Advisory Board - Libby Jones

Diversity and Inclusion Committee – Jamilla Teixeira

Graduation with Distinction Committee - Aemal Khattak

College Appeals Committee - George Hunt

College P&T Committee - Bruce Dvorak, George Hunt, Ron Faller

Faculty Recruitment and Outreach Committee (CoE) - Christine Wittich


University and NU System Committees

University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (Chair) - Libby Jones

Office of Research and Economic Development Research Advisory Board - Ron Faller

Committee on Committees - Tirthankar Roy

UNL Graduate Council - Xu Li

NU Executive Graduate Council - Xu Li

UNL Council on Inclusive Excellence and Diversity - Junke Guo

Department Administration
Department Chair

Dr. Shannon Bartelt-Hunt
Professor
sbartelt2@unl.edu
 

Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs

Dr. Elizabeth "Libby" Jones
Professor
libby.jones@unl.edu
 

Associate Chair for Graduate Programs

Dr. Jiong Hu
Professor
jhu5@unl.edu