Charles Nathan Kroll

Associate Professor

Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering

SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry

1 Forestry Drive Syracuse, NY13210

(315)470-6699

E-mail: cnkroll@esf.edu

 

Experience  |  Education  |  Honors  |  Memberships  |  Publications  | 


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chair, Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. September 2008 - presen

Associate Professor, Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Currently responsible for teaching, advising graduate and undergraduate students, and developing a fundable research agenda involving Environmental Statistics, Water Resource Systems Analysis, and Deterministic and Environmental Modeling.  May 2002 - present.

Assistant Professor, Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. August 1996 - May 2002. 

Lecturer, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.
Environmental Systems Engineering, Engineering Economics and Management.
Fall 1995 - Summer 1996. 

Teaching Assistant, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.
Environmental Systems Engineering: Fall 1991 - 1994.
Engineering Economics and Management: Spring 1993 - 1995, Summer 1995.
Risk Assessment and Management: Spring 1992. 

Instructor, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University.
Engineering Economics and Management: Summer 1992, 1994, and 1996. 

Consultant, Cornell Information Technologies, Cornell University.
Helped run workshop on incorporating MacIntosh Computer Software in Classroom Environments. Primarily responsible for giving instruction on the simulation software package STELLA. 1992.

Staff Engineer and Staff Hydrologist, GZA GeoEnvironmental Technologies, Inc., Newton Upper Falls, MA. Responsible for surface water, groundwater, and vapor extraction modeling. Performed various duties pertaining to hazardous waste detection, monitoring, and remediation. Worked on a variety of projects including groundwater pump tests for municipal water supply, stormwater detention basin design for large construction project, spillway design for dam reconstruction, and environmental site assessment of industrial property. Gained extensive experience in groundwater hydrology. Was given a company award for developing a visual-autocad presentation on vapor extraction modeling. 1989 - 1991.

Research Assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, Tufts University.
U.S. Geological Survey/Massachusetts Division of Water Pollution Control project concerning low flow estimation of river discharges at ungaged sites. Gained extensive programming and applied statistics experience. Research resulted in a number of cited publications. 1987 -1989.

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EDUCATION

Cornell University, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering with focus on Environmental and Water Resource Systems Engineering. January 1996. Thesis Title: Censored Data Analyses In Water Resources.

Tufts University, Department of Civil and Environmental Enginering.
Master of Science in Civil Engineering. August 1989. Thesis Title: Estimation and Usage of Baseflow Recession Constants.

Tufts University, Department of Mechanical Engineering.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. May 1987. Graduated Magna Cum Laude.

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TEACHING AND ACADEMIC HONORS

ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems, 1st Place, ASPRS, 2007.

Excellence in Teaching Award. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University. Award given for continued excellence as a teaching assistant. 1993/1994 academic year.

John Perry Award for Teaching. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University. Award given to best teaching assistant in department. 1992/1993 academic year.

Robert N. Goroff '71 CEE Memorial Prize. School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University. Travel grant given to student in Environmental and Water Resource Systems Engineering. 1994.                                      

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MEMBERSHIPS, ASSOCIATIONS, AND CERTIFICATIONS

Certified Professional Engineer, New York State, License Number 082971, 2005

Board of Directors, Cayuga Lake Watershed Network, 2007 – 2008

Associate Editor, Water Resources Research, 2003 - 2005

Coordinator of International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) working group on Low Streamflow Prediction at Ungauged Basins (PUBs), 2006 – present

Member of the Surface Water Committee of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)

SUNY ESF Representative, Consortium of Universities to Advance Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI), 2004 – 2007

Undergraduate Curriculum Coordinator, Environmental Resources and Forest Engineering, SUNY ESF, 2006 – 2008

Advisor Forest Engineering Club, SUNY ESF, 2000-present

Member of Hydrologic Frequency Analysis Work Group

Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)

Member of Tau Beta Pi (national engineering honor society)

Member of the American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)

Member of the Graduate Program in Environmental Studies: Environmental Systems and Risk Management Group and Water and Wetland Resources Group , SUNY ESF

Passed OSHA 40-hour hazardous waste health and safety training course                          

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PUBLISHED WORK AND CONFERENCES

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