<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">To Faculty and Staff:</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">I am pleased to inform you that Dr. Dongye Zhao will be joining the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering as Professor and Chair effective August 16, 2022.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Dr. Zhao has been a Professor and Auburn Alumni Engineering Council Endowed Chair at the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Auburn University since 2019. He earned his Bachelor (in Civil and Environmental Engineering) and Masters (in Environmental Engineering) of Science degrees from Taiyuan University of Technology, China, in 1984 and 1987, respectively, and his Ph.D. degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Lehigh University in 1998.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">After a postdoctoral fellowship in Connecticut, Dr. Zhao joined Auburn University as Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering in 2001 and was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2006. He is the recipient of numerous awards: Dr. Zhao is included in the Stanford University list of top 1% scientists in environmental sciences in the world, since 2020; and the Clarivate list of top 1% most cited scientists in the world, since 2021.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br>Please join me in welcoming Dr. Zhao to the CCEE Department and the College of Engineering in August.</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">I would like to thank the members of the Search Committee for their diligent efforts throughout the search. </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;text-align:justify;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Also, please join me in thanking Dr. Janusz Supernak for his valuable service as the CCEE Department Chair. Janusz will start his FERP on August 16, 2022, after serving SDSU for 38 years. </font></p><p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