Dr. Michael E. Barber, P.E.
Associate Professor

Program Director
Water Resources & Biotic Systems
State of Washington Water Research Center

Phone:  (509) 335-6633
FAX:  (509) 335-7632
e-mail:  meb@wsu.edu

EDUCATION

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 1991 - University of Texas
• M.S.C.E., Civil Engineering, 1983 - Purdue University, Indiana
• B.Sc., Civil Engineering, 1981 - University of New Hampshire

REGISTRATION

• Professional Engineer, State of Colorado

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• 8/99-           Associate Professor, Washington State University
• 8/94-8/99    Assistant Professor, Washington State University
• 8/91-8/94    Assistant Professor, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
• 9/88-8/91    Research Assistant, University of Texas
• 6/83-7/88    Project Engineer, KKBNA Inc, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
• 9/81-12/82  Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

RESEARCH

• Water quality and quantity modeling
• Hydrology
• Surface-ground water interaction
• Constructed wetlands and wet ponds
• Decision support systems

TEACHING

• Water Resources Engineering (undergraduate)
• Hydraulic Design (undergraduate)
• Open Channel Flow (undergraduate & graduate)
• Surface Water Hydrology (graduate)
• Surface Water Contaminant Transport (graduate
• Hydraulics Seminar (graduate)

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

1. M.E. Barber, S.T.J. Juul, R.E. Wierenga, and W.H. Funk.  1999.    "Determining Primary Productivity of Oligotrophic and Mesotrophic Waters with 14C," Journal of Environmental Engineering, American Society of Civil Engineers, 125( 8):  747-754.
2. T. Koob, M.E. Barber and W.E. Hathhorn.  1999.   "Hydrologic Design Considerations of Constructed Wetlands for Stormwater Runoff," Journal of the American Water Resources Association, 35(2): 323-331.
3. T.N. Papanicolaou and M.E. Barber.  1999.  "Effectiveness of Grate Orientation in Flow Channels," Experimental Techniques, The Society for Experimental Mechanics, 23(2): 21-24.
4. G.C. Glowers, M.E. Barber and P. Jin.  1998.  "Subsurface Geology of Hazardous Waste Injection Sands Near Geismar, Louisiana, Environmental & Engineering Geosciences, IV(3): 341-360.
5. T.L. Koob and M.E. Barber.  1998.  "A Decision Support System for Agricultural Constructed Wetland Design," ASCE, Wetlands Engineering and River Restoration Conference Denver, CO,  1998.