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Full-Time
Faculty and Staff
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Bill Hunt, Ph.D., P.E.
He has two B.S. (Civil Engineering and Economics) and one M.S. (Biological and Agricultural Engineering) degrees from NC State. Bill received his Ph.D. from Penn State in 2003. The only topics Bill loves more than stormwater are his family (wife Julia, sons Bill, Joseph & Charlie), travelling and Wolfpack sports (actually, Wolfpack sports are a love-hate relationship). |
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Andrew Anderson, E.I.  Andrew was born and
raised in Bellevue, Nebraska. He attended the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL), receiving his B.S. in Biological
Systems Engineering. He went on to receive his M.S. at UNL in
Environmental Engineering with a minor in water resources management
and planning. Andrew's masters research with the UNL Stormwater
Management Team focused on the development of a mobile runoff simulator
to evaluate rain gardens in Lincoln, Nebraska, with additional
experience working on an extension publication. As a new member of the
BAE Stormwater Group, Andrew will work on the Rain Garden Certification
program among other extension duties, be the lead on various research
projects, design stormwater BMPs, and aid in graduate student project
development.In his spare time, Andrew loves anything outdoors including hiking, kayaking, tennis, running, and biking. When he's not outside, he likes to read, strum some guitar, and go on concert road trips with his girlfriend Cassie. Growing up in Nebraska nurtured a natural passion for college football. Andrew is a proud lifelong member of Husker Nation and can be seen chanting "Go Big Red" most fall Saturdays. . |
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Ryan Winston, E.I.
As Extension Associate, Ryan now works with a variety of projects including water harvesting systems, level spreader-vegetated filter strips, and linear wetlands. In his spare time, Ryan enjoys travelling, spending time with family, golfing, hiking, biking, and camping. Being a proud gator fan, he enjoys watching UF win national championships in various sports. He calmly awaits similar success for the Wolfpack! |
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Shawn Kennedy
When he isn't bottling the latest stormwater composite sample, fiddling with a voltmeter, identifying insects, playing disc golf, bass guitar, or knitting socks, Shawn will be at home with his wife Luma, making a big batch of makloube! |
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Kristopher Bass, P.E.
Kris has been a Water Quality Extension Associate at N.C. State University since the summer of 2003. His primary role involves providing engineering support for design and research projects at the department and Kris has worked on a variety of water quality projects including stormwater, stream and wetland restorations, and watershed studies. Kris has been an active part in the planning, design, and construction of constructed wetlands, stream restorations, marsh restorations, and innovative stormwater management systems. Kris also has course and research experience with other types of constructed and restored wetlands, riparian buffers, drainage systems, and other water quality management practices. His current interests include advancing methods for stream and wetland restoration, watershed level application of water quality practices, and system approaches for stormwater treatment. |
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Dan Line, PE
When he isn’t wrestling with monitoring equipment and data, Dan enjoys spending time with family and being outdoors golfing or hunting. |
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Jason Zink, PE
His current duties include monitoring stormwater BMP and stream restoration projects throughout western North Carolina. Jason has also provided assistance with the recent backyard rain garden initiative and the ongoing study of the effects of stormwater BMPs on water temperature. Prior to joining the University, Jason worked as a consultant in Asheville, where he provided engineering and planning services to private entities, non-profit organizations, and local governments. He received his M.S. degree from the Civil Engineering Department at N.C. State University, where he studied erosion rates on the shoreline of North Carolina. He completed his B.A. degree in Mathematics at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. Jason is currently working toward his PhD in the Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department at N.C. State University. |
| Affiliated
Faculty Members Several faculty with related programs interface with the Stormwater Engineering Group back to top |
| Dr. Francois Birgand - Directs BAE's
Ecological
Engineering Research Group. |
| Dr. Mike Burchell, EI - Ecosystem and
Wetland Restoration Specialist. Coastal Stormwater Management. |
| Dr. Greg Jennings, PE - Stream
Restoration Applied Research and Extension. |
| Dr. Deanna Osmond - Soil Science
Department Extension Leader. |
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Kathy DeBusk, PE (Ph.D. Candidate, class of 2013)
Kathy joined the Stormwater Team in June, 2008, as an Extension Associate, before "converting" to a PhD candidate in summer 2011. In her spare time, she enjoys kayaking, hiking and playing with her dogs, Harley and Max. Although she will always be a Hokie at heart, Kathy is now a proud member of the Wolfpack! |
| Adrienne
Cizek, E.I. (Ph.D. Candidate,
class of 2014) Adrienne Cizek joins the stormwater team as a Ph.D. candidate under the direction of Dr. Bill Hunt.  Adrienne received
her undergraduate degree in environmental engineering from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison. She continued her education in the
School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill, where she researched microbial partitioning to settleable
particles in stormwater runoff. Upon graduation, Adrienne worked as an
engineer at Integrated Water Strategies (Apex, NC) where she designed
treatment gardens for water reuse. Additionally, Adrienne has worked
internationally on drinking water and water reuse projects in Rwanda,
Peru, and Haiti. Although she thoroughly enjoys engineering design,
Adrienne desires to contribute to research which will provide engineers
with more nature-based options for managing stormwater. Her research at
NC State involves examining the treatment efficiencies and additional
ecosystem benefits provided by regenerative stormwater conveyance (RSC)
systems. In her free time, Adrienne enjoyes working in her garden with
her husband, Paul, and daughter, Geneva. |
Laura Merriman, E.I. (Ph.D.
Candidate, class of 2014) Laura
Merriman grew up in the booming metropolis of Holdenville, OK, and
attended Oklahoma State University in Stillwater. After dabbling in a
couple engineering disciplines, she found her passion in the Biosystems
and Agricultural Engineering department where she earned her B.S. in
the Environmental and Natural Resources option in 2011. During her
undergraduate career at OK State, Laura researched the leaching
potential of phosphorus in alluvial floodplains of the Ozark region of
Oklahoma. She also had the opportunity to study the hydrology and
nutrient removal potential of wetlands in the Lake Okeechobee and
Everglades basins through an NSF-REU hosted by the University of
Florida. Outside of university research, Laura has participated as a 6
Sigma Green Belt Engineering Intern with Caterpillar Inc. and worked in
the Environmental Strategy and Climate Change groups at John Deere.Under the excellent guidance of Dr. Bill Hunt, Laura is currently pursuing her M.S. degree. Her graduate work includes researching the nutrient removal mechanisms and ecosystem services development in constructed stormwater wetlands in the Piedmont and Coastal Plain regions of North Carolina. Laura is an avid college football fan, especially of her beloved Cowboys, but under the direction of her advisor, her passion for Wolfpack basketball is growing every day. Additionally, Laura enjoys reading, cooking, fishing, playing music, hanging out with the Stormwater Team, and exploring the beautiful state of North Carolina! |
Jon Page, E.I. (M.S.
Candidate, class of 2013) Jon Page (JP)
graduated from NC State with a B.S. in Civil Engineering in 2009. He
joined the Stormwater Engineering Group in January of 2011 and is now
pursuing his M.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering under Dr.
Hunt. He comes by way of Ethiopia after living and working there for a
year with his wife Sarah Margaret. While in Ethiopia he installed and
evaluated the field performance of appropriate irrigation technologies
for farmers.JP is studying a retrofitted “green street” in Wilmington, NC where the effects of bioretention, permeable pavements and tree filter systems on runoff quality and quantity will be evaluated at a watershed scale. Born and raised in South Carolina’s Low Country, JP has an affinity for all things saltwater. He particularly enjoys chasing fish, hunting waterfowl and preparing seafood. |
Corinne Dumonceau, E.I. (M.S.
Candidate, class of 2013) Corinne
is currently pursuing her M.S. in
Biological and Agricultural Engineering studying low impact development
(LID) under the direction of Dr. Bill Hunt. Originally from St.
James, New York, Corinne Dumonceau traveled to the beautiful state of
North Carolina for her undergraduate degree, and graduated from the
Civil Engineering department at NC State University in May 2011.
Though her background is in structural engineering, Corinne is
looking forward to the opportunity to study stormwater
BMPs and urban development using LID principles. During her time
as an undergraduate student, Corinne was involved in the Park
Scholarship program, volunteered with Service Raleigh and Interfaith
Food Shuttle, and worked as a Civil Engineering Trainee for the
U.S. Forest Service in New Mexico and North Carolina, completing
the Student Career Experience Program. In her free time, Corinne
enjoys volunteering, gardening, cooking and baking, photography, and
learning new crafts. She is excited to be spending two more years in
Raleigh, NC and can't wait to explore stormwater
BMPs! |
Alessa Smolek, E.I. (M.S.
Candidate, class of 2014)
Originally from St. Augustine, FL, Alessa made the move north to Raleigh to join the Stormwater team in the summer of 2012. Alessa completed her undergraduate degree from the University of Florida in Ag & Bio Engineering with a concentration in Land and Water Resources. Her undergraduate research focused on irrigation and drainage, which included comparing measured drawdown rates to their design rates in several dry retention ponds across North Central Florida. This work piqued her interest in stormwater research and ultimately led her to NC State. Under the direction of her wonderful advisor, she will be studying an “extreme” permeable pavement retrofit over tight, clay soils in Durham, NC and using DRAINMOD to model the hydrologic response from various permeable pavement configurations. She is looking forward to learning all the ins and outs of stormwater BMP design and application! As a seventh-generation Floridian and third-generation UF alum, Alessa enjoys spending her weekends cheering on the Gators in all of their athletic events. She also enjoys playing soccer and manages to spend only 6-8 hours a day obsessing over her dog. A lover of camping and the outdoors, she is looking forward to exploring all the beauty North Carolina has to offer! |
| Jessie Fears (M.S.
Candidate, class of 2014)
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Joshua Baird (M.S.
Candidate, class of 2014) Joshua grew up in rural Eastern North Carolina and
then moved to Raleigh to attend NC State. He graduated in 2009
with a BS in Zoology and worked for a contract research
organization for three years before returning to NC State.Joshua is currently pursuing a M.S. in Biological and Agricultural Engineering under Dr. Hunt. He hopes to utilize his background in biological sciences to develop stormwater management practices. Joshua is evaluating infiltrating wet ponds in Fayetteville, NC, where soil conditions affect the permeability of many wet ponds, barring them from classification as wet ponds or infiltration basins. Joshua loves being outdoors, especially on the water. He enjoys water skiing, fishing, and some hunting. However, his favorite passion is scuba diving off North Carolina's coast. His favorite dives being those spearfishing on ledges. |
| Natalie B. Carmen (M.S.
Candidate, class of 2014)
Many life experiences and passions led Natalie to pursue working under a world leader in stormwater with a highly talented team. As an undergraduate, she was heavily involved with the Caldwell Fellows Program and was enabled through its support to travel to Ghana, the Dominican Republic, and Ecuador. On her travels Natalie realized her interest in stormwater systems and how central they are to well-designed communities. She is excited to pair her design background with an engineering education in order to be better prepared to solve design challenges. Natalie’s master research is focused on infiltration rates of disconnected downspouts in the Dye Creek watershed in Durham, NC. When Natalie is not visiting downspouts in Durham, she enjoys spending time with her husband Andrew, reading, sewing, running, cooking, and traveling. And have no fear, even though she was born a Tar Heel, she now bleeds Wolfpack Red and excitedly attends almost every football and basketball game. |
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Jim Burke Allen Caldwell Eric Caldwell Charlotte Glen Wendi Hartup Craven Hudson Bill Lord Seth Nagy Karen Neill Wendy Patoprsty Lenny Rogers Susan Ruiz-Evans Mitch Woodward |
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Jonathan Smith, P.E., CPSWQ
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Amy Moran Hathaway, EI  Team
member from 2002-2004, Amy is the first graduate student of Dr. Hunt,
earning her MS in 2004. Amy (Ames) is the water quality engineer for
the City of Raleigh, and is married to a current Ph.D. candidate, Jon
Hathaway, of the Stormwater Engineering Group. Amy's research
focuses
on green roofs. |
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Eban
Bean, EI  Team
member from 2003-2005, Eban received his M.S. in BAE in 2005. (He
earlier earned his B.S. from the same department.) He went on to
receive his PhD from the University of Florida. Eban is married
to
Danielle Bean and the couple are proud parents of a future Wolfpacker,
Zoe Elizabeth. Dr. Bean works with Geosyntec in Atlanta, GA. Eban's MS
research was on
permeable
pavement. |
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Lucas
Sharkey, PE
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Annette
Lucas, PE  Team
member from 2003-2006, as an Extension Engineer, Annette is employed at
the 401 Wetland
Certification Unit (NC DENR). She is married to Jay Lucas and has two
children. The Lucas family lives in Raleigh. |
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Lara Rozzell  Team member from 2005-2007,
Ms. Rozzell was the group's resident biologist. Lara is now living in
Idaho with her fiance exploring streams, peaks, and flowers. |
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Jennifer
Johnson, PE
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Tiffany
Bright, PE
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Kelly
Collins Lindow, PE
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Mike Burchell, Ph.D., E.I.
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Hayes
Lenhart, PE
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Gabrielle
Skipper, PE
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Matthew
Jones, Ph.D., PE
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Jason Wright, PE
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Ryan Smith, P.E.
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Jackie McNett Corbin, EI Jackie ("McFlurry") was an MS student from 2008 through 2010, when she was well known for being susceptible to jokes (like the dangers of "forebay spiders"). She was also extremely productive accounting for three journal articles and providing plenty of good humor. Jackie is now employed with CDM in their Raleigh, NC, office, and continues to enjoy North Carolina with her husband Evan. |
Jon Hathaway, PE, PhD The team's 2nd Ph.D. graduate, Jon ("J-Hath") is
one of the most beloved members of the stormwater family. His quick wit
and somewhat pessimistic humor made all gatherings lively. Jon focused
his PhD efforts on pathogen indicator species presence in and removal
from stormwater. Jon is an employee of Biohabitats and is based in
Raleigh, NC, where he lives with his wife, Amy Moran Hathaway, and
daughter, Quinn. |
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Rob ("Big Brown") received his PhD in 2011 with work that married copious amounts of bioretention field data collection with the model DRAINMOD. Dr. Brown received his MBAE and PhD degrees in Raleigh and currently resides in Patterson, NJ, with his lovely wife and BAE alumna, Jessica Roberts Brown. Rob is lending his Penn State and NC State know-how to the federal government, as he's an ORISE scholar with USEPA in Edison, NJ. |
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Erica T. (the hearthrob of Dr. Hunt's
eldest son), came to NCSU from Villanova. A rabid sports junkie and
Yankees fan, "Miss Erica" now lives in Brookline, Mass., where she
works with Geosyntec (and secretly roots for New York). Erica received
her MS degree in 2011 with a research focus on marrying stormwater
treatment with "healthy" stream discharge rates. |
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Stacy Luell ("Big Lu") came to Raleigh by way of Clemson, SC. Her humor graced the stormwater team for 2 years, until she graduated with her MS in 2011. During this time she became a rap star. Stacy's other love was DOT stormwater retrofitting, with a specific focus on bioretention and swales. Stacy currently lives in Los Angeles, where she is employed by Geosyntec. |
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Erica
Petre, PE Erica came to Raleigh by way of
consulting and Penn State, continuing a fine Nittany Lion-Wolfpack
tradtion. Erica's focus area was level spreader-vegetated filter strip
systems. Upon graduating in 2011, Erica moved to Moline, Illinois, with
her husband Luke, where she works with John Deere as an environmental
specialist.
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Trisha
Moo re, Ph.D., EI
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Natalie Bouchard, EI Natalie (Natty-Lite), a Great Girl from the Great Lakes received her MS from NC State in 2012. A proud alumna of Michigan State, Natalie now lives in Asheville, NC, working for Altamont Environmental. Known for her infectious laugh and fashionably late arrival times, Natalie took approximately 700,000 soil cores as she determined the amount of carbon stored along NC's divided highways. |
 Brad Wardynski,
EIBrad (B-Dub) was a fabled Jedi Master of the Stormwater Team, in addition to studying how well bioretention systems are installed and whether sumps in the bottom of permeable pavement improve that practice's performance. Brad recevied his BS at Michigan State. Upon receiving his MS from NC State in 2012, Brad took his Jedi talents to Tetra Tech and works out of their RTP office. Brad resides in Raleigh with his wife Jamie. |
Dr. William F. Hunt ("Bill") is actively
involved with Best Management Practices (BMP) research in the
Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department and is the leader of
the Stormwater Engineering Research Group. He is an Associate Professor
and Extension Specialist. He is an active member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and the American Society of
Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE), where he has many
committee leadership roles. Hunt conducts 20-25 workshops and other
training events per year across NC and the USA. In 2011, he was an
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Auckland in New Zealand
and is currently a CUGE Research Fellow for Singapore National Parks.
Ryan Winston grew up in the small, rural town
of Parrish, Florida, and attended the University of Florida in
Gainesville. After a short
stint in mechanical engineering, Ryan majored in Agricultural and
Biological Engineering with dual concentrations in Biological and Land
and Water Resources Engineering, earning his B.S. 2007. Ryan then
joined the BAE stormwater team in
August 2007 to pursue his M.S. under Dr. Hunt. Ryan researched the
water quality and quantity benefits of the level spreader, a stormwater
device used to create sheet flow into riparian buffers, completing his
M.S. degree in June 2009. 
Shawn has been a Research Technician with the
BAE Sormwater Group since November of 2005, and he has been enjoying
every minute! He is open to all manner of problem solving, be it wet or
dry, and strives to find order in the great chaos.
Kris received his Master of Science from NC
State University's BAE Department in 2000; his research focused on the
evaluation of wetland systems and water quality. 
Dan has worked as an Extension Specialist in the NCSU
Water Quality Group of the Biological and Agricultural Engineering
Dept. since 1991. He holds BS and MS degrees in Agricultural
Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University. His research has
involved modeling, monitoring, and mitigating nonpoint source pollution
that originates from both agricultural and urban sources. More recently
his work has the focused on monitoring and mitigating urban stormwater,
including evaluating the effectiveness of Low Impact Development (LID).
Jason has worked at NC State University as an
Extension Associate since March 2005. He is based in western North
Carolina, where he is affiliated with the North Carolina Arboretum and
the French Broad Training Center. 
Kathy received her B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Biological Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and is a registered
Professional Engineer. Her PhD research examines water quality and
quantity design features of rainwater harvesting systems. She
specializes in travelling to Eastern North Carolina! 
Jessie
Born and raised in
Chapel Hill, NC, Natalie made the trek over
the hill to Raleigh as an undergraduate student in NC State’s Design
school, where
she earned her Bachelor of Landscape Architecture in 2010. Before
returning
as a graduate student, Natalie interned at Kimley-Horn and Associates,
and worked
as Project Designer at Susan Hatchel Landscape Architecture, PLLC. 
Team
member from 2005-2007, Tiffany (T-Bright) graduated with her MS in
2007. Tiffany, now lives in Cary, NC with her husband, Tim, and son
Theodore and
works with SAS, Inc. Tiffany's research was on a Dune
Infiltration System. 
Team member from 2005 to 2007, Kelly earned her
MS in 2007. Mrs. Lindow (also known as Q) now resides in
Baltimore, MD, with her husband, Nick, and works for RK&K.
Kelly's research focused on permeable pavement.
Dr. Mike Burchell was formerly an Extension
Assistant
Professor in BAE, working part-time with the stormwater team on
innovative infiltration systems and other coastal BMPs. Dr. Burchell is
now an Assistant Professor in BAE at N.C. State University, and lives
in Raleigh with his wife Kim. 
Team member from 2006 to 2008, Hayes earned his
MS in 2008. Hayes, commonly known as "Lenny" now resides in Denver,
Colo., working with Wright Water Engineers. Hayes researched a
stormwater wetland in
River Bend, NC. 
Gabrielle Skipper worked with the
Stormwater Team from 2006 to 2008. The consumate writer and den mother,
"G-Skip" now gives orders in Camp Pendleton, California (as an
engineer). Gabrielle evaluated a large watershed in Raleigh, NC, House
Creek. 
Matthew Jones was the first Ph.D. recipient from
the stormwater engineering group (2008). He started with us in May 2005
and was affectionately known as "Smarty" by his colleagues. Matthew is
now employed in Raleigh, NC, by Hazen and Sawyer, after specializing in
cold water BMP design. He lives in Raleigh with his wife Lindsay.
Team member from 2006-2009 as Extension
Engineer, Jason Wright now is employed in the RTP office of Tetra Tech.
"The Tank" reported returned from San Diego to better partake in the
revival of Wolfpack Basketball.. 
Mr. Smith worked an Extension Associate from 2005 through
2009. He focuses primarily on low impact development and
stormwater BMP
design and installation. Ryan now works with Moffit and Nichol and
lives
with his wife, Staci, and daughter, Ziba, in Raleigh, NC. 
