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Dr. F. Douglas Shields, Jr. joined the faculty as an adjunct professor in 1994. His primary professional interests include stream restoration design, hydraulic influence of woody vegetation, large woody debris, streambank erosion, response of fluvial systems to disturbance, and environmental design criteria for river engineering. He serves as the project director for the Coldwater River Backwater Rehabilitation Project, http://www.ars.usda.gov/Research/docs.htm?docid=12773. Dr. Shields received a B. S. Summa cum laude in mathematics from Harding University, an M.S. in environmental engineering from Vanderbilt and a Ph.D. in hydraulic engineering from Colorado State. He has served as a guest lecturer and taught environmental engineering laboratory at Ole Miss, and he taught civil engineering in 1977-1978 at Tennessee State University. He has concentrated on research and development in support of projects in river environments since 1980, working for the environmental laboratory at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Waterways Experiment Station until 1990 and then for the USDA National Sedimentation Laboratory. He has authored or co-authored more than 220 technical publications and has made more than 100 technical presentations. Dr. Shields was named the American Society of Civil Engineers Zone II Young Government Civil Engineer of the Year in 1984, and won the ASCE 1997 Hydraulic Engineering Achievement Award, Mississippi Section. He also won a Bronze Medal for Commendable Service from the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency in 1999 for contributions to the Stream Corridor Restoration Handbook http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Technical/stream_restoration/. He was named a Diplomate of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers in 2007. Personal web page: Doug
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