Faculty and Staff

Scott J Kenner
Department Head / Professor
Email: scott.kenner@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1697
Office: CM 122
B.S., M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., University of Florida
Registered Professional Engineer (Colorado, South Dakota, Wyoming)
Lois L Arneson-Meyer
Assistant Professor
Email: Lois.Arneson-Meyer@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2446
Office: CM 121
B.S., Dakota State University
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
M.S., University of South Dakota
Steven R Becker
Instructor
Email: Steven.Becker@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2439
Office: CM 123
B.S., University of Alaska Fairbanks
M.A., University of Alaska Fairbanks
M.S. University of Alaska Fairbanks
Jennifer L Benning
Associate Professor
Email: Jennifer.Benning@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2425
Office: CM 241
B.S., Rutgers University
M.S., Virginia Tech
Ph.D., University of Alaska Fairbanks
Tejo Vikash Bheemasetti
Assistant Professor
Email: Tejo.Bheemasetti@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2440
Office: CM 238

B.S., GMR Institute of Technology
M.S., Indian Institute of Technology
Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington

Clifford J Bienert
Instructor
Email: Clifford.Bienert@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-1694
Office: CM 237A
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
William J Capehart
Associate Professor
Email: William.Capehart@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1994
Office: MI 201
B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville
M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Darren R Clabo
Fire Meteorologist/Research Scientist III
Email: Darren.Clabo@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1996
Office: MI 202
B.S., University of Oklahoma
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Venkata R. Gadhamshetty
Associate Professor
Email: Venkata.Gadhamshetty@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-1997
Office: CM 237B
B.S., Osmania University
M.S., National University of Singapore
M.S., New Mexico State University
Ph.D., New Mexico State University
Mengistu Geza Nisrani
Assistant Professor
Email: Mengistu.GezaNisrani@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2284
Office: CM 319
B.S., Alemaya University
M.S., University of Karlsruhe
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Kathleen H Hanley
Instructor
Email: Kathleen.Hanley@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2439
Office: CM 120
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Bret N Lingwall
Assistant Professor
Email: Bret.Lingwall@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-1683
Office: CM 313
B.S., University of Utah
M.S., University of Utah
Ph.D., University of Utah
Marc J Robinson
Associate Department Head / Associate Professor / William V. Coyle Professor
Email: Marc.Robinson@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2563
Office: CM 243
B.S., Utah State University
M.S., Utah State University
Ph.D., University of California-San Diego
Christopher R. Shearer
Assistant Professor
Email: Christopher.Shearer@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2268
Office: CM 315
B.S., Ohio Northern University
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
James J Stone
Professor
Email: James.Stone@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2443
Office: CM 314
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
David M Waterman
Assistant Professor
Email: David.Waterman@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-1970
Office: CM 242
B.S., Purdue University
M.S., University of Illinois
Ph.D., University of Illinois
Keith P Whitaker
Senior Lecturer
Email: Keith.Whitaker@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2439
Office: CM 118
B.S., University of Rhode Island
J.D., University of Maine
Forest P Cooper
Fabrication Technician
Email: Forest.Cooper@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-6677
Office: CM 221
Ellen I Haffner
Program Assistant II
Email: Ellen.Haffner@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2490
Office: CM 119
B.S., Black Hills State University
Deborah L Hutter
Secretary
Email: Deborah.Hutter@sdsmt.edu
Phone: 605-394-2439
Office: CM118
B.A., University of Houston

Emeritus Faculty

Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Email: Venkataswamy.Ramakrishnan@sdsmt.edu

Sangchul Bang  
Professor Emeritus and Research Scientist IV
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)                                                                             
Email: Sangchul.Bang@sdsmt.edu

Thomas A Fontaine
Professor Emeritus
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)                                                                             
Email: Thomas.Fontaine@sdsmt.edu
Education:
B.S., M.S., and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Marion (MR) R Hansen  
Professor Emeritus and Senior Lecturer 
Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
Email: MR.Hansen@sdsmt.edu
605-394-2439
Education:
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., North Caroline State University