William F. Wright, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering

Graduate Program Coordinator 

Department of Civil & Geomatics Engineering

California State University, Fresno

Spring Semester 2014 Courses:

-- Laboratory           F:             12:00 to    1:50 PM (Engineering East 385)

Office Hours:     Monday and Wednesday 2:20-4:00 PM, excluding a few Wednesdays when Senior Project students present their work.    

And by appointment

Phone:                 (559) 278-5591

E-mail:  wfwright@csufresno.edu

Mail:    Engineering East m/s 94

2320 E. San Ramon

Fresno, CA 93740

Civil Engineering Graduate Program, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering (WREE) Option, and Admissions:

General Catalog:

Civil Engineering Graduate Program (including the WREE): http://www.fresnostate.edu/catalog/subjects/civil-geomatics-engineering/c-eng-ms.html

Requirements (including the WREE): www.fresnostate.edu/catalog/subjects/civil-geomatics-engineering/wtrresenv.html#requirements

WREE Web Site: WREE_WebPage.htm

Admissions:

General: http://www.fresnostate.edu/academics/gradstudies/admission/admissionprocess.html .

Deadlines: www.fresnostate.edu/academics/gradstudies/admission/admissiondeadlines.html

Open University: http://www.fresnostate.edu/cge/index.html

William Wright Biography:

Dr. William Wright began his career with Black & Veatch consulting engineers in 1986 after earning a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from U.C. Berkeley.  As a staff Civil Engineer, he developed plans and specifications for the modernization and expansion of the 450-mgd Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant in Los Angeles, California.  After obtaining his Civil Engineering License, and with a desire to learn more about water and wastewater treatment processes, he left Black & Veatch in 1991 to pursue graduate studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering at U.C. Davis, and earned M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He became interested in teaching and research while working under the supervision of Dr. Edward Schroeder on a program of study that emphasized biological treatment.  In 1999 Dr. Wright accepted a position with California State University Fresno in the Civil Engineering Program. Currently he is an Associate Professor responsible for undergraduate and graduate coursework in environmental and water resources engineering, and he is the Coordinator of the Civil Engineering Graduate Program.

Dr. William Wright’s research interests include water treatment with an emphasis on removal of taste and odor compounds using adsorption and advanced oxidation processes, and removal of nitrate and other oxidized contaminants using hydrogen-based hollow-fiber membrane biofilm reactors; wastewater treatment; conversion of food wastes to marketable products; multi-barrier approach to controlling watershed contaminants through source reduction, containment, and natural treatment methods; and vapor-phase biofiltration (a low-cost air pollution control technology that utilizes microorganisms to degrade vapor-phase contaminants).

WREE Alt Link