Dr. Sue L. Niezgoda, Ph.D.
Civil Engineering
Professional
Interests: Civil Engineering, Water Resources Engineering Position: Associate Professor
Phone: 509-313-3642
Office: Herak 207
Email: Niezgoda@gonzaga.edu
Education:
Elizabethtown College Engineering, B.A. 1996
The Pennsylvania State University Civil Engineering, B.S. 1997
The Pennsylvania State University Civil Engineering, M.S. 1998
The Pennsylvania State University Civil Engineering, Ph.D. 2004
Biographical Description: Dr. Niezgoda is an Associate
Professor of Civil Engineering at Gonzaga University. She has eight years of
faculty experience at the University of Wyoming, Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology, and Gonzaga University. She teaches
a variety of civil engineering courses, including Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic
Engineering, Water Resources Engineering, Stream Restoration, Applied
Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling, Sustainable Systems and Design, and Senior
Design. Outside the classroom, Dr. Niezgoda conducts research in the areas of
engineering education, hydraulic engineering, soil erosion and sediment
transport, river engineering/stream restoration, and uncertainty and risk
assessment for stream restoration. Dr. Niezgoda recently developed a risk-benefit
assessment method for use in improving the design of stream restoration
projects and is actively working to develop it into a tool for practitioner
use. Dr. Niezgoda is also actively
involved in the ASCE Environmental and Water Resources Institute, holding
officer positions in committees under the Urban Water Resources Research
Council (Urban Streams Committee), and the Hydraulics and Waterways Council
(Urban Stream Restoration Task Committee, River Restoration Educational
Materials Task Committee). As part of
the committee tasks, Dr. Niezgoda is working with others to form a consensus on
the state of the art in stream restoration education and the potential for
national certification. Dr. Niezgoda is
also a member of the Board of Directors of River Restoration Northwest, and an
active member of the American Society of Engineering Education.