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).