Graduate Seminar Information

*"Water: The Conduit of Life"*

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*Dr. Joe Manou*

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*Institute for Water*

*Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers*

*_Engineering Building, Room 3507_***

*_Date: Tuesday, October 2^nd at 6pm_***

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*Abstract*

This is a discussion of the importance of water domestically and internationally.

*Bio*

Dr Joe Manous serves as a Group Manager and the Future Directions Team 
Leader for the

Institute for Water Resources, US Army Corps of Engineers, but has been 
on part-time detail to

the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works since 
April 2009. Dr Manous is

a civil engineer specializing in the areas of water resources and 
environmental security issues

associated with water. He recently served as an Academy Professor at the 
United States

Military Academy at West Point from 2000 through 2008, where he taught 
courses in

environmental engineering, water resources, and environmental security. 
He retired from active

duty in the grade of Colonel in 2008 with 28+ years of service in the US 
Army Corps of

Engineers.

Dr Manous has been actively involved with the "professional" aspects of 
the engineering

profession for almost 20 years particularly through his involvement with 
the American Society of

Civil Engineers where he chaired the ASCE Committee on Professional 
Practice, Post-

Hurricane Katrina Critical Infrastructure Guidance Task Force, and 
Paraprofessional Task

Committee. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the National 
Institute for

Engineering Ethics (NIEE).

Dr Manous is a graduate of the Georgia Institute of Technology (BCE, 
Civil Engineering), North

Georgia College (BS, Physics), University of Illinois (MS, Civil 
Engineering), US Army War

College (Masters of Strategic Studies), and University of Minnesota 
(PhD, Environmental

Engineering). He is active in several professional engineering 
organizations to include ASCE,

Society of American Military Engineers, National Society of Professional 
Engineers, Order of theEngineer, and the Army Engineer Association. He 
is a registered Professional Engineer in theCommonwealth of Virginia.