, ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Steve Chapra teaches in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts
University where he holds the Louis Berger Chair in Computing and Engineering. His
other books include Surface Water-Quality Modeling and Applied Numerical Methods
with MATLAB.
Dr. Chapra received engineering degrees from Manhattan College and the University
of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Tufts, he worked for the Environmental Pro -
tection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and taught at
Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado. His general research interests
focus on surface water-quality modeling and advanced computer applications in environ -
mental engineering.
He is a Fellow of the ASCE, and has received a number of awards for his scholarly
contributions, including the Rudolph Hering Medal (ASCE), and the Meriam -Wiley
Distinguished Author Award (American Society for Engineering Education). He has also
been recognized as the outstanding teacher among the engineering faculties at Texas
A&M University, the University of Colorado, and Tufts University.
Raymond P. Canale is an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan. During
his over 20-year career at the university, he taught numerous courses in the area of comput-
ers, numerical methods, and environmental engineering. He also directed extensive research
programs in the area of mathematical and computer modeling of aquatic ecosystems. He
has authored or coauthored several books and has published over 100 scientific papers and
reports. He has also designed and developed personal computer software to facilitate en -
gineering education and the solution of engineering problems. He has been given the
Meriam-Wiley Distinguished Author Award by the American Society for Engineering
Education for his books and software and several awards for his technical publications.
Professor Canale is now devoting his energies to applied problems, where he works
with engineering firms and industry and governmental agencies as a consultant and expert
witness.
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for Engineers
, PART ONE
Steve Chapra teaches in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Tufts
University where he holds the Louis Berger Chair in Computing and Engineering. His
other books include Surface Water-Quality Modeling and Applied Numerical Methods
with MATLAB.
Dr. Chapra received engineering degrees from Manhattan College and the University
of Michigan. Before joining the faculty at Tufts, he worked for the Environmental Pro -
tection Agency and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and taught at
Texas A&M University and the University of Colorado. His general research interests
focus on surface water-quality modeling and advanced computer applications in environ -
mental engineering.
He is a Fellow of the ASCE, and has received a number of awards for his scholarly
contributions, including the Rudolph Hering Medal (ASCE), and the Meriam -Wiley
Distinguished Author Award (American Society for Engineering Education). He has also
been recognized as the outstanding teacher among the engineering faculties at Texas
A&M University, the University of Colorado, and Tufts University.
Raymond P. Canale is an emeritus professor at the University of Michigan. During
his over 20-year career at the university, he taught numerous courses in the area of comput-
ers, numerical methods, and environmental engineering. He also directed extensive research
programs in the area of mathematical and computer modeling of aquatic ecosystems. He
has authored or coauthored several books and has published over 100 scientific papers and
reports. He has also designed and developed personal computer software to facilitate en -
gineering education and the solution of engineering problems. He has been given the
Meriam-Wiley Distinguished Author Award by the American Society for Engineering
Education for his books and software and several awards for his technical publications.
Professor Canale is now devoting his energies to applied problems, where he works
with engineering firms and industry and governmental agencies as a consultant and expert
witness.
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for Engineers
, PART ONE
