Steve Chapra teaches in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts
University where he holds the Louis Berger Chair in Computing and Engineering. His
other books include Surface Water-Quality Modeling and Applied Numerical Methods
with MATLAB.
Dr. Chapra received engineering degrees from Manhattan College and the University
of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Tufts, he worked for the Environmental Protection
Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and taught at
Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado. His general research interests
focus on surface water-quality modeling and advanced computer applications in environmental
engineering.
He has received a number of awards for his scholarly contributions, including the 1993
Rudolph Hering Medal (ASCE) and the 1987 Meriam-Wiley Distinguished Author Award
(American Society for Engineering Education). He has also been recognized as the outstanding
teacher among the engineering faculties at both Texas A&M University (1986
Tenneco Award) and the University of Colorado (1992 Hutchinson Award).
Raymond P. Canale is an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan. During
his over 20-year career at the university, he taught numerous courses in the area of computers,
numerical methods, and environmental engineering. He also directed extensive
research programs in the area of mathematical and computer modeling of aquatic ecosystems.
He has authored or coauthored several books and has published over 100 scientific
papers and reports. He has also designed and developed personal computer software to
facilitate engineering education and the solution of engineering problems. He has been
given the Meriam-Wiley Distinguished Author Award by the American Society for Engineering
Education for his books and software and several awards for his technical
publications.
Professor Canale is now devoting his energies to applied problems, where he works
with engineering firms and industry and governmental agencies as a consultant and expert
witness.
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