Barry Arden Benedict

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by  Barry Benedict

Barry Arden Benedict
University of Texas at El Paso

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Civil Engineering (with High Honors), University of Florida, 1965
Master of Science in Engineering, University of Florida, 1967
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 1968

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society for Engineering Education
American Society for Engineering Management
National Society for Professional Engineers

HONORARY SOCIETIES

Tau Beta Pi, Sigma Tau, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Florida Blue Key, Chi Epsilon

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Professional Engineer, State of Louisiana

EXPERIENCE

Professor of Mechanical Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, September 1, 2010 – present

Executive Director, Center for Environmental Resource Management, University of Texas at El
Paso, September 1, 2006 – August 31, 2010

Director, Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Engineering, January, 2007 – October 31, 2010

Dean, College of Engineering, University of Texas at El Paso, August, 2003 – August 31, 2006

Senior Vice President and Chief Academic Officer, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, July 1,
2001 – August, 2003

Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty, Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology, July 1, 1998 – June 30, 2001

Director, Institute for Micromanufacturing , Louisiana Tech University October 1, 1996 - July, 1998

Dean, College of Engineering, Louisiana Tech University, and Jack Thigpen Professor of
Engineering (officially became College of Engineering and Science May 15, 1996) March, 1988 -
July, 1998
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Professor and Head of Civil Engineering Department, Louisiana Tech University, August, 1986 -
March, 1988

Acting Chairman, Civil Engineering Department, University of Florida, January - May, 1986

Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Florida, June, 1980 - July, 1986

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, University of South Carolina, January, 1978 - June, 1980.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Tulane University, July, 1975 - December, 1977.

Associate Professor of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University,
September, 1972- July, 1975.

Program Director, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Program, Vanderbilt
University, July, 1972 - July, 1975.

Interim Chairman, Environmental and Water Resources Engineering Department, Vanderbilt
University, May, 1972 - July, 1972.

Assistant Professor of Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1969 -
1972.

Deputy Director, National Center for Research and Training in the Hydrologic and Hydraulic
Aspects of Water Pollution Control, Vanderbilt University, 1969 - 1971.

ADMINISTRATIVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS

* Lead investigator in acquisition of $2 million from the Governor’s Emerging Technology
Fund, matched by like amounts from the University of Texas System and industry, for a total
of $6 million to establish the Center for Inland Desalination Systems.

* Center for Environmental Resource Management selected Outstanding Research Center at
UTEP, May, 2007

* College of Engineering selected for the 2006 ABET President’s Award for Diversity.

* Secured $1million earmark through Senator Hutchison’s office for defense systems research;
subsequently, $3million additional acquired

* P.I. – Office of Naval Research – Recruitment of Minority Faculty and Students - $60,000;
negotiating $500,000 for next fiscal year

* Twice, College of Engineering named Number 1 Engineering School for Hispanics by
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Hispanic Business Magazine – 2005 and 2006

* Chair, State Employees Charitable Campaign, UTEP, 2005

* Co-P.I, Math/Science Partnership – responsible for College of Engineering objectives –
funded by National Science Foundation ($1.6 million)

* Co-P.I., World Materials Modules Grant, National Science Foundation

* Mobilized College to be named member of GM PACE Program with gift (in-kind) valued at
$ 169 million

* Working with Regional Economic Development Corporation and City of El Paso to bring
new industry to El Paso

* Initiated effort to establish integrated first two years in curriculum, including seamless first
two years with El Paso Community College of Engineering

* At Embry-Riddle, heads of three campuses reported to me: residential campuses at Daytona
Beach, FL and Prescott, AZ, as well as the Extended Campus, with 130 teaching sites
throughout the world

* Oversaw successful Southern Associations of Colleges and Schools (SACS) reaccreditation
effort for Embry-Riddle in 2001-2002

* Instituted annual climate survey for faculty and staff, with response process (also done at
Louisiana Tech, Rose-Hulman and Embry-Riddle)

* Oversaw major retention review at Embry-Riddle

* Engaged Embry-Riddle in stronger annual budgeting process, involving faculty

* Led conversations on high performance organization at Embry-Riddle, with implementation

timetable created

* Member, Sloan Foundation Commission on Role of Laboratories in Engineering Education,
February, 2001 – present

* Member, Trilateral Commission on engineering education between US, Korea, and Taiwan,
May, 2001 - present

* Led development of academic strategic plan at Rose-Hulman, involving over fifty percent of
the faculty and numerous staff and students; implementation began in fall, 1999, with even
more faculty, staff, and students involved

* Involved in leadership of new accreditation model through Rose-Hulman’s commitment to the
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Academic Quality Improvement Project of its regional accrediting body, the North Central
Accreditation Commission. This will serve as a model illustrating that such accreditation
efforts are all an integral part of the institution’s accomplishment of its mission, while also
being very cost-effective by reducing redundant efforts. Further, Rose-Hulman is committing
to pursuing the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award in the Education category.

* During my tenure, Rose-Hulman was first named number one in the US News & World
Report annual ranking of non-Ph.D. degree granting engineering schools. Also during that
time, all eligible programs at Rose-Hulman were designated number one.

* Wrote successful proposal to Sloan Foundation, “Pre-Tenure Leave Fellowship Program,” to
secure funding for program to help faculty members with pre-tenure problems related to child
rearing.

* Service as the Louisiana NSF EPSCoR Project Director and Principal Investigator from 1990-
1994; this entailed acquisition and management of approximately $6.3 million from NSF, $6.3
million from the State of Louisiana, and over $12 million of universities matching funds; the
programs included funding of four large research clusters involving over 55 faculty members
in 13 departments at five universities; also, substantial new initiatives were made in
improving research infrastructure and collaboration in Louisiana as well as human resource
development such as increasing minority participation

* Received commendation from the Louisiana Board of Regents in February 1995, for
contributions to the state's research infrastructure and university collaborations.

* Led development of strategic plan for Louisiana Tech’s College of Engineering and Science
involving almost fifty percent of the faculty as well as numerous students and staff;
implementation begun during my tenure, with even more involved and most teams having
budget authority

* Broadened the College Advisory Board at Louisiana Tech to include women and
underrepresented minorities.

* Broadened the National Board of Advisors at Rose-Hulman to include more representation of
women and minorities

* The statewide NSF EPSCoR Program I directed for four years had several programs aimed at
strengthening minority participation. These were the precursor to Louisiana’s Joint Faculty
Appointment Program (JFAP), where a primarily majority institution joins forces with a
primarily minority institution to hire a pair of faculty members who will be tenured at both
institutions and receive large startup funds. I was also instrumental in securing one such grant
for Louisiana Tech University in partnership with Grambling State University.

* Acquisition of $10.75 million of federal money and $1.92 million of state money to construct
the Institute for Micromanufacturing

* Establishment of state line item funding ($1.65 million per year) for operating budget for
Institute for Micromanufacturing
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* Establishment of four $1 million chairs and fourteen $100,000 professorships

* Guided increase of endowment of Louisiana Tech Engineering Foundation from $2 million to
$10 million

* Development of focal research areas which have brought distinction to Louisiana Tech
University. Foremost among these is the Institute for Micromanufacturing, with
approximately thirty million dollars of investment (including two new buildings) and about
seven million in active contracts. This has attracted international attention and collaboration,
as the facility and program mix are unique in the world. The Trenchless Technology Center,
with an eighteen member industrial consortium, gave Tech international recognition, and they
were a finalist for a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center. We formed a
Particle Physics Group with over one million in active funding and linkages with virtually
every major institution and lab. A Computational Fluid Dynamics Team was formed which
obtained over six hundred thousand in funding in its first two years, including support from
the Air Force to conduct an international conference in Ruston.

* Led efforts establishing a new interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Engineering at Louisiana Tech -
approved in 1998

* Establishment of the Institute for Effective Engineering Teaching

* Establishment of Minority Engineering Program through loaned executive from Bell South
and permanent implementation through staff reallocations

* Acquisition of funds from Fluor-Daniel to establish Summer Minority Bridge Program to help
minority students in the transition from high school to university

* Led establishment of Louisiana Tech University Rural Development Center, including
garnering statewide support and writing proposal to secure initial funding from Office of
Rural Affairs

* Establishment of partnerships and acquisition of money and land leading to College of
Engineering role as lead tenant in research park in Shreveport

* Led formation of new College of Engineering and Science by merger of chemistry,
mathematics, and physics with existing College of Engineering, with faculty totaling 105

* Led restructuring of College to draw on industry lessons and eliminate transdepartmental
barriers. This and other initiatives have been recognized by selection as a feature on the
television series, Executive Forum.

* Implementing continuous quality improvement processes, including a partnership with
Eastman Chemical, a Baldrige Award winner. This includes a team orientation and training,
with movement toward wide, informed involvement of faculty

* At the President’s request, served as external facilitator for task force to merge College of
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Human Ecology with College of Life Sciences to form College of Applied and Natural
Sciences

* Negotiated agreement with LSU-Baton Rouge for placement of two beamlines at their
synchrotron facility (investment of $1.5 million ); this gives Tech rich x-ray lithography
capabilities through full access to the $40 million facility

* Negotiated agreement with LSU-Baton Rouge to enable joint staff hires between the two
institutions, with two such joint hires currently in place, to foster collaborative efforts

* Effective October 1, 1996, also named Director, Institute for Micromanufacturing, with over
$7 million in active funding in place

* Negotiated articulation agreements with several universities and community colleges

PUBLICATIONS

Benedict, B.A. “Benefit of Graduate Course in Energy Policy for Understanding Global Issues,”
Proceedings, International Conference on Engineering Education, ICEE-2011, Belfast, NI, August,
2011.

Juarez-Carrillo, P.M., M.W. Lusk, A. Biswas, P.L. Gurian, S. Thompson, and B.A. Benedict,
“Social, Cultural, and Individual Factors of Latino Residents in The U.S.-Mexico Border as
Determinants of Social Disparities Increasing Exposure to Residential Pesticides,” presented to the
Environment program of the 138th APHA Annual Meeting Denver, CO., November, 2010.

Benedict, B.A., “Industry-University Consortia and Conflicts of Interest,” Proceedings of
International Conference on Engineering Education, ICEE-2010, Gliwice, Poland, July, 2010.

Benedict, B.A., “International Cooperation on Border Problem Solution,” Proceedings of
International Conference on Engineering Education, ICEE-2010, Gliwice, Poland, July, 2010.

Benedict, B.A., “Lessons from Four University Partnerships,” published in Proceedings, 8th ASEE
Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, October 12-15, 2009.

Benedict, B.A., “Environmental Curriculum Focusing on Border Problems,” published in
Proceedings, 7th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, October, 2008.

Benedict, B.A., “Quality Management Principles in Engineering Colleges,” published in
Proceedings, 7th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, October, 2008.

Benedict, B.A., “Use of Climate Surveys for Continuous Improvement,” published in Proceedings,
7th ASEE Global Colloquium on Engineering Education, October, 2008.

Benedict, B.A., S.A. Napper, and L.K. Guice, “Restructuring for Strategic Outcomes,” Journal of
Engineering Education, Vol. 89, No. 2, April, 2000, pp. 237-246.
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Koulekey, C. K., and B. A. Benedict, “Modeling Saltwater Upconing in Coastal Aquifers,” Report
to St. Johns River Water Management District, October 1986, 240 pp.

Furlong, W. E., Jr., and B. A. Benedict, “Numerical Modeling of Unsteady Flow in Storm Sewers,”
Report to Florida DOT, September 1986, 190 pp.

Adkins, W. M., and B. A. Benedict, “Development of a Procedure for Estimating Tidally Influenced
Discharges Through Bridges and Culverts”, Report to Florida DOT, September 1986, 121 pp.

Rubin, H., B. A. Benedict, and S. Bachu, “Modeling the Performance of a Solar Pond as a Source of
Thermal Energy,” Solar Energy, 32, 6, 1984, pp. 771-778.

Laux, S. J., and B. A. Benedict, “Analysis of Injection in Stratified Aquifers,” Publication No. 81,
Water Resources Center, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, August, 1984, 79 pp.

Benedict, B. A., H. Rubin, and S. A. Means, “Movement of Salt and Hazardous Contaminants in
Groundwater Systems,” Publication No. 71, Water Resources Center, University of Florida,
Gainesville, Florida, May 1983, 126 pp.

Benedict, B. A., and H. Rubin, “Potential Use of Solar Ponds in Florida for Reclamation of
Phosphate Lands,” Proceedings, Reclamation and the Phosphate Industry, Florida Institute of
Phosphate Research, Publication No. 03-036-010, January, 1983, pp. 395-410.

Benedict, B. A., “Operating Large Laboratory Courses with Limited Personnel,” Proceedings, 12th
Annual Frontiers in Education Conference, Columbia, South Carolina, October, 1982, pp. 142-147.

Rubin, H., and B. A. Benedict, “On the Application of Minicomputers for the Simulation of Aquifer
Mineralization,” Proceedings, 13th Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1982.

Rubin, H., and B. A. Benedict, “The Effect of Wind Gusts on Flow Conditions in a Solar Pond,”
Proceedings, 16th Southeastern Seminar on Thermal Sciences, Miami, Florida, May, 1982, pp.
181-182.

Rubin, H., and B. A. Benedict, “Utilization of a Solar Pond as a Source of Thermal Energy,”
Eastern Conference on Water and Energy, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, May, 1982.

Conner, C., A. Conway, B. A. Benedict, and B. A. Christensen, “Modeling the Apalachicola
System,” Technical Paper No. 23, Florida Sea Grant Program, May, 1982.

Means, S. A., H. Rubin, and B. Benedict, “Numerical Simulation of Groundwater Mineralization in
Northeast Florida,” Proceedings, 2nd Annual Symposium of Florida Hydrogeology, p. 20
(Abstract), Gainesville, Florida, Northwest Florida Water Management District, Public Information
Bulletin 82-3.

Rubin, H., and B. A. Benedict, “Modeling the Effect of Urbanization on Groundwater Quality in
Northeast Florida,” AGU Spring Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, EOS, 63, 18, p. 317.
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Benedict, B. A., and H. Rubin, “Effect of Physical Parameters on Solar Pond Heating-Up and
Thermal Structure,” Proceedings, Wind/Solar Energy Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, April,
1982, pp. 293-299.

Benedict, B. A., “Modeling of Toxic Spills into Waterways,” Chapter in Hazard Assessment of
Chemicals: Current Developments, Vol. 1, ed. by J. Saxena, pp. 251-301, Academic Press, Inc.,
New York, 1981.

Benedict, B. A., “Head Loss Characteristics of Ozone Diffuser Assembly,” Report to Reid, Quebe,
Allison, Wilcox and Associates, Inc., and Huber, Hunt, and Nichols, Inc., both Indianapolis,
Indiana, March, 1981.

Benedict, B. A., “Behavior of Temperature and Other Water Quality Constituents Inside Possible
Reregulation Reservoir Below Buford Dam with Effect on Downstream Conditions,” Report to
Corps of Engineers, Savannah, September, 1980.

Benedict, B. A., “Assessment of Potential Impact of Reregulation Dam on Temperature Structure of
Chattahoochee River Below Buford Dam,” Report to Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, April,
1980.

Benedict, B. A., C. Conner, and B. A. Christensen, “Hydrodynamic and Quality Modeling of the
Apalachicola Bay System,” Report to the Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Report No.
HY8001, Hydraulic Laboratory, September, 1980.

Benedict, B. A., “Sensitivity of the Prych-Davis-Shirazi Model,” Computer and Physical Modeling
in Hydraulic Engineering, ed. by George Ashton, American Society of Civil Engineers, August,
1980, pp. 322-332.

Benedict, B. A., “Analytical Models for Mixing of Toxic Spills in Rivers,” Proceedings, Hydrologic
Transport Modeling Symposium, December, 1979, American Society of Agricultural Engineers,
pp. 108-117.

Benedict, B. A., “User's Manual for Middle South Services Near- Field Thermal Discharges Model
System,” Report to Middle South Services, Inc., May, 1979, 72 pp. plus appendices.

Benedict, B. A., “Selection of Models to Describe Near-Field Temperature on the Mississippi,”
Report to Middle South Services, Inc., May, 1979, 122 pp.

Benedict, B. A., “Application of a Near-Field Water Quality Model,” Report to Air Force Office of
Scientific Research, May, 1979, 63 pp.

Benedict, B. A., “Review of Toxic Spill Modeling,” Report No. CEEDO-TR-78-50, Civil and
Environmental Engineering Development Office, Air Force Engineering and Services Center,
Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, November, 1978, 194 pp.

Benedict, B. A., “Effect of Discharge Mode on BOD and DO,” Proceedings, Specialty Conference
on Conservation and Utilization of Water and Energy Resources, American Society of Civil
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Engineers, August, 1979, pp. 159-166.

Benedict, B. A., “Effects of Equation Averaging on Model Verification,” Verification of
Mathematical and Physical Models in Hydraulic Engineering, Proceedings, ASCE Specialty
Conference, August, 1978, pp. 483-491.

Benedict, B. A., “Effects of Averaging on Solutions to the Convective Diffusion Equation,”
Proceedings, Eighth U.S. National Congress of Applied Mechanics (Abstract), p. 57.

Benedict, B. A., “Source Condition Influence on Toxic Spill Behavior,” Proceedings, 1978 ASCE
National Conference on Environmental Engineering, ASCE, N.Y., July, 1978, pp. 271-278.

Benedict, B. A., “Analytical Models for Toxic Spills,” Proceedings, 1978 National Conference on
Control of Hazardous Material Spills, April, 1978, pp. 439-443.

Benedict, B. A., Discussion of “Convective-Dispersion in Perennial Streams,” by Anand Prakash,
Journal of the Environmental Engineering Division, ASCE, Vol. 104, No. EE2, April, 1978, pp.
378-380.

Thibodeaux, B. J., B. A. Benedict, and C. Grimwood, “Ocean Dumping of Dredged Material-Gulf
of Mexico,” Coastal Zone 78 (ASCE), Vol. II, pp. 1113-1127, March, 1978.

Benedict, B. A., “Use of Audio Tapes in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory,” 1977 Frontiers in Education
Conference, Proceedings, University of Illinois, October, 1977.

Benedict, B. A., “A Near Field Model for Dissolved Oxygen and Other Water Quality Parameters,”
Proceedings, International Conference on Applied Numerical Modeling, Southampton, U.K., 1977,
pp. 235-244.

Benedict, B. A., “Modeling Dissolved Oxygen in the Near Field,” Proceedings, 25th Hydraulics
Specialty Conference, August, 1977, College Station, Texas, pp. 144-151.

Grimwood, C., and B. A. Benedict, “Dredge Effluent Dispersion in the Mississippi,” Proceedings,
1977 Environmental Engineering Division (ASCE) National Conference, Nashville, Tennessee,
July, 1977, pp. 191-197.

Benedict, B. A., “A Near-Field Model for Dissolved Oxygen and Other Water Quality Parameters,”
Proceedings, First International Conference on Mathematical Modeling, August, 1977, St. Louis,
Missouri.

Grimwood, C., and B. A. Benedict, “Diffusion of Dredged Material in the Mississippi River”,
Proceedings, 25th Hydraulics Division Specialty Conference, ASCE, College Station, Texas, 1977,
pp. 313-319.

Benedict, B. A., “Experimental Simulation in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory,” Abstract, in
Compendium Proceedings, Committee for Laboratory Oriented Studies (CLOSE), ASEE Annual
Meeting, University of North Dakota, 1977.
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Benedict, B. A., “Audio Tapes in Fluid Mechanics Laboratory,” Abstract, in Proceedings, CLOSE
Compendium, ASEE Annual Meeting, University of North Dakota, 1977.

Benedict, B. A., “A Near Field Model for Dissolved Oxygen and Other Quality Parameters,” Report
on USAF-ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program, Air Force Office of Scientific Research,
August, 1976.

Benedict, B. A., A Modular System of Information on Community Water Fluoridation, Report to
U.S. Public Health Service, June, 1976, 300+ pp.

Benedict, B. A., J. L. Anderson, and E. L. Yandell, Jr., Analytical Modeling of Thermal Discharges:
A Review of the State of the Art, ANL/ES-18, Argonne National Laboratory, April, 1974, 321 pp.

Thackston, E. L., B. A. Benedict, M. B. Cooke, M. R. Corn, E. C. Davis, and G. F. Hyfantis,
“Waste Assimilative Capacity Study of the Cumberland River near Nashville, Tennessee,” Report
from Department of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University, June,
1975, 99 pp.

Benedict, B. A., and E. L. Yandell, Jr., “Strategies for Reducing Cooling Pond Size,” Proceedings,
Fifth Annual Environmental Engineering and Science Conference, University of Louisville, March,
1975.

Parker, F. L., B. A. Benedict, and C. Tsai, “Evaluation of Mathematical Models for Temperature
Prediction in Deep Reservoirs,” Environmental Protection Agency Report, EPA-660/3- 75-038,
June, 1975, 205 pp.

Benedict, B. A., and L. T. Jones, “Review of Heated Surface Discharge Models Applicable to
Rivers,” Proceedings of the First World Congress on Water Resources, sponsored by the
International Water Resources Association, Chicago, Illinois, September, 1973.

Thackston, E. L., and B. A. Benedict, Discussion of paper by Paul Liseth, 6th JAWPR Meeting,
Jerusalem, 1973, p. 935.

Benedict, B. A., L. H. Motz, and E. L. Yandell, Jr., “Use of Heated Surface Jet Model for Lake
Michigan Analysis,” in Journal, Water Pollution Control Federation, Vol. 45, No. 2, February,
1973, pp. 353-358.

Anderson, J. L., F. L. Parker, and B. A. Benedict, “Negatively Buoyant Jets in a Cross-Flow,”
Communication 1, individually published paper from the International Symposium of Stratified
Flows, August, 1972, 6 pp.

Benedict, B. A. (Editor), Proceedings, Eleventh Annual Environmental and Water Resources
Engineering Conference, held in June, 1972, Nashville, Tennessee (Proceedings published in 1973).

Parker, F. L., B. A. Benedict, and E. M. Polk, Jr., “Thermal Pollution--Myth or Reality?”
Proceedings of the Third National Symposium on Radioecology, held May 10-12, 1971, in Oak