Dr.
Dennis A. Clifford
Dr.
Dennis A. Clifford a Professor of Environmental Engineering
at the University of Houston and 1963 graduate of Michigan
Tech, Dr. Dennis Clifford conducts research and teaches courses
in Water Chemistry and Physical-Chemical Treatment Processes.
He is a Professional Engineer with more than thirty years
of experience in water and soil treatment focusing on the
removal of inorganic and radioactive contaminants. Upon receiving
his bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from MTU,
Dennis worked for nine years as an Instrument Engineer, Project
Manager, and Laboratory Manager for the Dow Chemical Co.,
Fisher Scientific Co., and NUS Corporation. He earned a master’s
degree in Environmental Engineering from the University of
Michigan in 1973 and an MS in Chemical Engineering from the
U of M. He was named Most Outstanding Graduate Student in
Civil and Environmental Engineering while earning his doctorate
in Environmental Engineering in 1976. Dennis has twice been
named an Outstanding Teacher at the University of Houston,
where he directed the Environmental Engineering Program for
10 years until being named Chair of the Civil and Environmental
Engineering Department in 1996. Dennis has received five million
dollars in research grants at UH, and has more than 100 publications
to his name. He has given more than 50 invited lectures at
universities and research institutes around the world. He
has won Best Paper awards from the American Water Works Association
and AIChE, and has been honored with the Flour Daniel Engineering
Faculty Excellence Award, the University of Houston Sigma
Xi Research Award, and the Halliburton Senior Research Award
of the College of Engineering. Married to Joan Seeman, the
1962 Winter Carnival Queen at MTU, the couple have three children
and four grandchildren. |
