Wiesner Accepts Engineering Post

Wiesner Accepts Engineering Post

RICE NEWS OFFICE
Sept. 17, 1998

Mark R. Wiesner has been appointed associate dean of Rice University’s George
R. Brown School of Engineering.

Wiesner, a Rice professor of environmental science and engineering, conducts research
and teaching in the area of physical-chemical processes, particularly for water
quality control.

"Mark is a bright and energetic young faculty member whose background both
complement and agree with mine," says Sidney Burrus, dean of engineering.
"His interests in both education and research will serve the Brown School
well. Although there will be some division of responsibilities, we will work together
on most important issues."

Before joining the Rice faculty in 1988, Wiesner worked as a research engineer
in the water treatment research laboratories of the Lyonnaise des Eaux, Le Pecq,
France, and completed postdoctoral work at the Chemical Engineering Sciences Laboratory
of the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Industries Chimiques in Nancy, France. Later,
as a principal engineer with the environmental engineering consulting firm of
Malcolm Pirnie Inc. in New York, he worked on potable water treatment and water
quality modeling projects.

Wiesner earned a bachelor of arts degree from Coe College in 1978 and went on
to earn a master’s degree from the University of Iowa and a doctorate from Johns
Hopkins University.

In addition to numerous national and international memberships, Wiesner is a member
of the Scientific Advisory Board of the International Center for Water in Nancy,
France; he is U.S. director of the European Union/United States University Consortium
on Environmental Engineering Education; and he is chair of the NASA Advisory Committee
on life-support systems.

Wiesner has authored over 50 technical papers and book chapters and currently
serves as an associate editor of the Journal of Environmental Engineering, American
Society of Civil Engineers. He received Rice’s Charles Duncan Award for Scholarship
and Teaching in 1998.

For related information visit the following Web site:

George R. Brown School of Engineering: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~deanengr/