Dr. Paul S. Nowak, P.E. is a Professor of Civil Engineering, and has also served as the Associate Dean of Engineering and Applied Science. He earned his Ph.D. in Applied Mechanics from the California Institute of Technology in 1989. In 1980 he received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo. His M.S. degree in Civil Engineering was awarded in 1981 from the University of Illinois at Urbana. After receiving his Masters degree, Dr. Nowak worked as a structural engineer for four years at Cannon Design in Grand Island, New York. He was an Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at Colorado State University from 1988 to 1993, after which he went to Gonzaga University. For the 1999-2000 academic year Dr. Nowak was on a leave of absence from Gonzaga University, where he served as the Acting Dean of Mathematics, Science and Engineering at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Dr. Nowak is a registered Professional Engineer in the state of Washington. He has worked as a structural engineering consultant on over 400 projects over the last 35 years. Dr. Nowak has taught undergraduate engineering classes in Engineering Graphics, Mechanics of Materials, Statics, Fluid Mechanics, Construction Materials Lab, Steel Design, Design in Masonry and Timber, Foundation Design, Dynamics, Structural Analysis I, Structural Analysis II, Finite Element Methods, Structural Analysis, and Reinforced Concrete Design. He has also taught graduate classes in Fundamentals of Vibrations, Intermediate Structural Analysis, Advanced Structural Analysis, Advanced Steel Design, and Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering. For 23 years Dr. Nowak served as the faculty advisor for the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. In 1993 he was awarded the Chi Epsilon Outstanding Teacher Award at Colorado State University. Dr. Nowak has 40 publications in the areas of Nondestructive Testing of Concrete and Masonry using Microwaves, Structural Design of Inflatable Structures for a Lunar Habitat, Steel Design, and Seismic Design of Concrete Arch Dams. He has been involved in research projects with funding of over $1,000,000. He also was awarded a patent for “Strength Related Testing of Concrete Using Microwave Signals.”