Liv Haselbach

Assistant Professor

Dr. Haselbach came to the University after two decades of working for industry and as a consultant, particularly for the petroleum industry. Her focus areas in teaching and research are sustainable development, with a particular interest in multi-scale and multi-phase (solid-especially concrete, aqueous, air) environmental related issues/transport from, to & within the built environment. In addition to ongoing materials research on pervious concrete, a novel paving material to reduce nonpoint source pollution and flooding from stormwater runoff, she is currently working on projects to investigate carbon sequestering in recycled concrete and pervious concrete (NSF and PCA), to assess the environmental impacts of chemical herbicide practices for stormwater infrastructure, the use of copper in HVAC systems to improve air quality, and explosive residue transport from live-firing ranges. She is also involved in the preliminary work on providing fueling infrastructure for hydrogen vehicles in South Carolina.

Dr. Haselbach is a licensed professional engineer and a US Green Building Council LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) accredited professional. She serves on several national committees, notably: ACI 522 (Pervious Concrete), ACI Board Advisory Committee on Sustainable Development, ASTM C09.49 (Pervious Concrete), ASCE (EWRI-Low Impact Development Subcommittee), and the TRB Pavement Materials and Urban Climate Subcommittee. She is an editor of the Journal of Green Building and on the Editorial Board for the ASCE Journal of Energy Engineering. In 2007 she was awarded the USC School of the Environment Earth Day Environmental Stewardship Award for Faculty.

Education

• PhD, Environmental Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2000
• M.S., Chemical Engineering, (Thesis on Phosphate Removal), U.C. Berkeley, 1981
• B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, 1979

Books:

• Haselbach, L.M., The Engineering Guide to LEED-New Construction: Sustainable Construction for Engineers, McGraw-Hill Professional, expected on shelves Spring 2008

Selected Publications

• Haselbach, L.M., Freeman, R.M., Effectively Estimating Insitu Porosity of Pervious Concrete from Cores, Journal of ASTM International , Volume 4 No. 7, 2007
• Haselbach, L.M., Maher, M.: Civil Engineering Education and Complex Systems, ASCE J of Professional Issues in Engineering Education and Practice 2007
• Ingersoll, W., Haselbach, L.M.: RSVSP: A New Approach to Support Military Range Sustainability, Environmental Engineering Science Vol. 24, No.4: 525534, May 2007
• Valavala, S., Montes, F., Haselbach, L.: Area Rated Rational Coefficient Values for Portland Cement Pervious Concrete Pavement, ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, MayJune 2006, Vol. 11, Issue 3, 257260
• Montes, F., Haselbach, L.: Measuring Hydraulic Conductivity in Pervious Concrete, Environmental Engineering Science, Nov. 2006, Volume 23 Issue 6, 956965
• Haselbach, L., Freeman, R.: Vertical Porosity Distributions in Pervious Concrete Pavement, ACI Materials Journal, NovDec. 2006, Vol. 103, No. 6, 452458
• Haselbach, L.M., Bruner, S.U.; Determining Construction Debris Recycling Dumpster Densities; Journal of Green Building Summer 2006, Vol. 1 Number 3, 139147
• Haselbach, L., Fiori, C.: Construction and the Environment: Research Foci for a Sustainable Future, Journal of Green Building, Winter 2006, Vol.1 Number 1, 148157
• Montes, F., Valavala, S., Haselbach, L.M.: A New Test Method for Porosity Measurements of Portland Cement Pervious Concrete, Journal of ASTM International, Jan. 2005, Vol. 2, No. 1
• Haselbach, L.M., Loew, S.R., Meadows, M.E.: Compliance Rates for Storm Water Detention Facility Installation; ASCE Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 11, No. 1 March 2005, 6163