Joseph Onyango Owino,Professor,Head of Department of Civil, Chemical and General Engineering, UT Chattanooga

EDUCATION

Ph.D. Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia Civil Engineering (Structures) 1998

M.Sc. HowardUniversity, Washington D.C. Civil Engineering (Structures) 1980

BSCE University of District of Columbia, Washington D.C. Civil Enginnering 1977

POFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sep. 2008 – Present Head of Department of Civil, Chemical and General Engineering, UT Chattanooga

Aug. 2015 – Present Professor CECS UT Chattanooga

Aug. 2003 – July 2105 Associate Professor CECS UT Chattanooga

Aug. 1999 – Jul. 2003 Assistant Professor, CECS UT Chattanooga

Jan. 1999 – Mar. 1999 Adjunct Assistant Professor, Georgia Tech,Atlanta, GA

Mar.1995 – Dec. 1998 Graduate Teaching Assistant , Georgia Tech, Atlanta, Georgia

Sep. 1986 – Jul. 1999 Lecturer, Department of Civil Engineering University of Nairobi, Kenya (study leave from July 1992 – May 1997), Head structures group (1988 -1989)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Finite Element Modeling of infrastructure

Nondestructive Evaluation of Civil Engineering Materials

Pavement Markings

UNIVERSITY SERVICE UNIVERISTY OF TENNESEE CHATTANOOGA

2002 – Present Chair, CECS Petitions Committee

2010 – Present Dean, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

2000 – 2010 Faculty Advisor, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE, MEMBERSHIPS

2008 – 2103 External Examiner, Departmrnt of Civil, Construction and Enviromental Engineering, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

2006 – Present Affiliate Professor (POE), Project Lead the Way (PLTW)

2003 – Present Registered Professional Engineer – State of Tennessee

2000 – Present Member, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

1999 – Present Member, American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

2005 – Present NSBE conducted free ACT workshop for underrepresented groups

AWARDS AND HONORS

Teacher of the year in Engineering Award University of Tennessee Chattanooga 2007, 2005, 2002, 2001

Outstanding Performance Faculty: EDO rating of “Exceeding Expectations” – 2012, 2007, 2005, 2003, 2001

FUNDED GRANTS

Owino, J (PI), Onyango M. (Co-PI) “Development of Class P and Class A-SCC (Self-Consolidating Concrete)“Funded by Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), June 2013 – June 2015. $150,000.00.

Onyango M. (PI),Owino, J (Co-PI), “Retrace Pavement Marking Retroreflectivity levels on Tennessee Highways”Funded by Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), August 2013 – August 2018. $219,632.00.

Rollins B (PI),Owino J (Co-PI), Fomunung, I (Co-PI), “All-Hazard Risk Assessment of Critical Transportation Infrastructure in the State of Tennessee” Funded by Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT), August 2013 – August 2014. $77,000

Owino, J (PI)“To Improve the Mobile and Static Learning Environment by Providing Real-Time Integration and Flexibility Among Students, Instructors and Advisors” Funded by Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiner of Transportation (TBAEE), June 2013 – June 2014. $22,500.00

PENDING GRANTS

Onyango, M (PI), Ellis, J (Co-PI),Owino, J (Co-PI), Fomumnung, I (Co-PI), “Southeastern

Region Surface Transporation Workforce Center at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga”

Submitted to NSF, $714,752.00.

Onyango, M (PI), Ellis, J (Co-PI),Owino, J (Co-PI), Fomumnung, I (Co-PI), Sisworahardjo, N

(Co-PI), Wu, Weidong (Co-PI), McLean, a (Co-PI), “Securing the Pipeline for Undergraduate

Engineering Education (SPUE) Using Data Analytics” Submitted to NSF, $126,349.00.

Ennis, B (PI),Owino, J (Co-PI),Onyango, M (Co-PI), Brock-Hon, A, “MRI Acquisition: High

Resolution QICPIC Imager for Particle Shape Characterization to Optimize Design of Particle

Packing and Granular Flows“ Submitted to NSF, $330,551.00.

UNFUNDED GRANTS

Owino, J (PI),Onyango, M. (C-PI), “Evaluation of different Prediction Models for

Determining Surface Pavement Temperature for Tennessee Highways Using Metrological Data”

Submitted to TDOT, $100,00.

Onyango, M. (PI),Owino, J (Co-PI),, “Development of an Undergraduate Upper Level Civil

Engineering Elective Course on “Green Roads”” Submitted to NSF, $71185.32.

Rollins, Alex. (PI),Owino, J (Co-PI),, “Concrete Technology and Codes Course” Submitted to

NSF, $124,470.95.

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

1. Owino, J., Fomunung I., and Kalafalla, M., “The Recent Developments in the Roller Compacted Concrete”,Journal of Engineering and Applied Science, Vol. 5 Issue 2, pp 42-49, December 2014.

2. Fomunung, I.,Owino. J., and Rollins, A., “Compressive Strength and Surface Quality Improvement of Roller Compacted Concrete”,Acepted for publicationinthe International Journal of Transportation in Africa.

3. Fomunung, I.,Owino, J., Onyango, M., El Hassan, A., “Evaluation of Two Pavement Rehabilitation Techniques for Municipal Roads”,ASCE Geotechnical Special Publication Nos 236-243,Proceedings of the 2014 Geo-Shanghai International Conference, Shanghai, Edited by Wenqi Ding, Lianyang Zhang, Xiaojun Li, and Xiong Zhang, China 2014.

PEER-REVIEWED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

4. Owino, J. Elhassan A., Fomunung, I., Byard, B., Onyango, M., “The Impacts of Visual Stability Index on Flowability and Segregation Properties of Self-Consolidating Concrete.”, Peer Reviewed Conference proceedings,Transportation Research Board (TRB)Washington D.C., January 2015.

PUBLICATIONS IN PROGRESS

5. Fomunung, I.,Owino. J., Mbakisya, O., “Safe Routes to School as a Transportation Control Measure: Impacts on the Emission Inventory”, Peer reviewed conference proceedings -accepted forpresented at the International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation, Fairbanks, Alaska August 2015.

6. Owino, Jand Wu, W., “Finite Element Seismic Analysis of the Retaining Wall on HWY 27, Chattanooga TN” , To be submitted to the Journal of Acoustics and Vibration.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

· Attended and presentated a paper at the PACT14 in Arusha Tanazania, July 2014.

· Attended and presentated a paper at the 2015 Transporattion Research Board meeting in Washington, D.C.

Graduate Thesis Supervision – University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Zain Dwaik,M.S. Student,Chair, graduated, May 2003.

MohammadAli,M.S Student,Chair, graduated May 2004.

Trevor Elliot,M.S. Student,Chair,graduated, May 2008.

Trisha Sen,M.S Student,committee member, graduated May 2013.

Adam Yaba,M.S. Student, committee member, graduated August 2011 (project).

Nick Andrew,M.S Student,Chair, graduated December 2013 (Project)

Gloria Neal,M.S Student, committee member, graduated May 2014

Ammar ElhassanM.S Student,Chair, graduated August 2014.

MohamadM.S Student,Chair, 2013 - present.

Saliha Ammour,M.S Student, committee member, 2012 - present.

Daniel Malyuta,M.S Student,committee member, 2013 - present.

Drew Loizeaux,M.S Student,committee member, 2013 - present.