Liv M. Haselbach

Title

Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina

Address

300 Main Street
Columbia, SC 29208 -0001
Telephone: (803) 777-8318     Facsimile: (803) 777-0670

haselbac@engr.sc.edu

 


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

 


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002 - current, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of South Carolina

2002 - current, Affiliated Faculty- School of the Environment University of South Carolina

Fall 2001, Lecturer in Environmental Engineering (Air Pollution Control) Yale University

1989 - Present, Engineering Consultant, Founding Owner, BRAKEWOOD PLANNING & DESIGN, Civil & Environmental to Corporate Industries . Clients include Mobil, Shell, Getty, Starbucks and Taco Bell. Specializing in Permitting, Engineering(CAD), Mgmt, Environment, Scheduling & Public Presentations for Corporate Land Development, Petroleum Facilities, Food and Retail Operations.

1987-1989, Engineering & Permitting Consultant, SUN OIL CO. for SUNOCO Facility and Land Development in Connecticut and New York.

1983-1984, Project Control and Development Engineer, SOHIO in San Francisco Bay Area for Alaskan Oil Production Facilities.

1981-1983, Assistant Project Engineer, STAUFFER CHEMICAL COMPANY at Stauffer's Western Engineering Facilities in Richmond, Cal. Developed Computerized Schedules and Monitored Progress for Major Construction Projects.

1977-1978, STEARNS AND WHELER Cornell Co-Op Engineer Assisting on Sewer, Treatment Plant and River Oxygen Projects for this Civil & Sanitary Engineering firm in Upstate NY.

 


RESEARCH
Specialization

Environmental Engineering

Interests

Green Buildings/Sustainable Construction

Environmental Issues and the Built Environment: Design, Construction and Operations

Wet Weather Flows, BMPs

Hydrogen, Petroleum and Commercial Facility Development

Hazardous Waste Issues: Siting, Modeling, Prevention and Policy

Public Policy and the Environment

Industrial and Land Development Ecology

Air Pollution Control

               Green Buildings-Indoor Air Quality

Construction Engineering Management

Complex Problem Solving/ Algebraic Modeling

Scheduling and Logic Networks

Pervious Concrete and Environmental Issues http://www.ce.sc.edu/AreasofStudy/Environmental/ResearchProjects/


COURSES TAUGHT

ECIV 111- AutoCad

ECIV 556-Air Pollution Control Engineering

ECIV 570-Land Development for Engineers

ECIV 557-Sustainable Construction Engineering


PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

Licensed Professional Engineer (CT, NY, SC, VA)

LEED(R) Accredited Professional
Member - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Member - Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP)

Member of ASTM (Pervious Concrete)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Member - American Concrete Institute (ACI) (Pervious Concrete and Board Advisory Committee for Sustainable Development)

State of Connecticut Low-Level Radioactive Waste Advisory Committee (LLRWAC)- 1999-2002
Chairwoman Citizens' Advisory Committee for Career Education, Masuk HS, Monroe, CT 1993-2002
CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, Congressional Dist. 4 Council Member (95-02)
National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) National Charter Member
CT Director and National Public Policy Council Coordinator 2001-2003
Monroe Connecticut Inland/ Wetlands and Conservation Commission 2000-2002

 


ACADEMIC AWARDS

The University of South Carolina School of the Environment 2007 Environmental Stewardship Award for Faculty

Outstanding Scholar University of Connecticut Graduate School 1998-2000

General Electric Fund Fellowship- University of Connecticut 1997-1998

Fuertes Gold Medal-Top Graduate: Cornell Univ. Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering 1979

American Society of Civil Engineers Section Merit Award 1979