Faculty and Staff

Faculty

James J Stone 

Department Head and Professor
James.Stone@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2443
Office: CM 122
B.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Personal Webpage
CV
William J Capehart 

Associate Professor
William.Capehart@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2622
Office: MI 201
B.S., University of North Carolina at Asheville
M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Personal Webpage
Vitae
Darren R Clabo 

Associate Professor of Practice/State Fire Meteorologist
Darren.Clabo@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1966
Office: MI 202
B.S., University of Oklahoma
M.S., South Dakota Mines
Ph.D., South Dakota Mines
South Dakota Fire Weather Blog
Saurabh Dhiman

Assistant Professor
Saurabh.Dhiman@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1276
Office: CBEC 3319
M.S., K.U. Kurukshetra
Ph.D., K.U. Kurukshetra
Adam J French

Associate Professor
Adam.French@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-1649
Office: MI 208
B.S., Valparaiso University
M.S., North Carolina State University
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Venkataramana R. Gadhamshetty

Professor
Venkataramana.Gadhamshetty@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8259
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
Vitae
Mengistu Geza Nisrani

Associate Professor
Mengistu.GezaNisrani@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8258
Office: CM 319
B.S., Alemaya University
M.S., University of Karlsruhe
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Julia Loshelder

Assistant Professor
Julia.Loshelder@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8261
Office CM 314
B.S., University of Arkansas
M.S., University of Arkansas
Ph.D., University of Arkansas
Jeffrey L Hoffmann

Lecturer
Jeffrey.Hoffmann@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8269
Office: CM 236B
B.S., Brigham Young University
M.A., Hamline University
J.D., University of New Mexico
Edson Costa Filho

Assistant Professor
Edson.Costafilho@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8257
Office: CM 242
B.S. Universidade de Pernambuco
M.S. Colorado State University
Ph.D. Colorado State University
Marc J Robinson

Professor
Marc.Robinson@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8262
Office: CM 243
B.S., Utah State University
M.S., Utah State University
Ph.D., University of California-San Diego
Vitae
Christopher R. Shearer

Professor/ William V. Coyle Professor
Christopher.Shearer@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8263
Office: CM 315
B.S., Ohio Northern University
M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Vitae
Heidi L. Sieverding

Assistant Professor
Heidi.Sieverding@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8264
Office: CM 120
A.A., Worthington Community College
B.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Ph.D., South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Calvin Tohm

Assistant Professor
calvin.tohm@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2378
B.S. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
M.S. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Ph.D. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
Mark E Van Vleck 

Instructor / CEM Program Coordinator
Mark.VanVleck@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8265
Office: CM 123
B.S. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
M.E. University of Florida

Staff

Kimberly Ingleston

Program Assistant I
Kimberly.Ingleston@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 219-8260
Office: CM 119
John E Mason

Senior Secretary
John.Mason@sdsmt.edu
Phone: (605) 394-2439 (Main Office)
Office: CM 118
 
  CEE Emeritus Faculty

Lois Arneson-Meyer - Assistant Professor Emerita of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sangchul Bang - Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Thomas Fontaine - Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
James Goodman - Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering – Vice president Emeritus 
Marion (M.R.) Hansen - Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Srinivasa Iyer - Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering
Scott Kenner - Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Melvin L. Klasi - Associate Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering 
Henry V. Mott - Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Venkataswamy Ramakrishnan – Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering

AES Emeritus Faculty

Briant L. Davis - Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
Andrew Detwiler – Professor Emeritus of Physics & Atmospheric Sciences
John H. Helsdon, Jr. – Professor Emeritus of Physics & Atmospheric Sciences
Mark Hjelmfelt - Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
L. Ronald Johnson - Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences
Donna Kliche - Professor Emerita of Atmospheric Sciences
James R. Miller, Jr. - Associate Professor Emeritus of Atmospheric Sciences

Research Scientists

Jawahar R Kalimuthu - Research Scientist III
Manoj Tripathi - Research Scientist III