Faculty and Staff Profiles

ROGER W. MEIER
Assoc Professor, Civil Engineering
Email: rwmeier@memphis.edu
Office Location: 112C Engr Sciences Bldg
Personal Homepage: http://141.225.6.36/meier.html

Work Experience

  • Associate Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering - The University of Memphis - 8/03-date
  • Assistant Professor, Dept. Civil Engineering - The University of Memphis - 8/95-8/03
  • Research Civil Engineer, Mobility Systems Division - USAE Waterways Experiment Station - 9/89-7/95
  • Research Civil Engineer, Soil Mechanics Division - USAE Waterways Experiment Station - 9/88-9/89
  • Research Civil Engineer, Geomechanics Division - USAE Waterways Experiment Station - 2/83-9/88
Honors/Awards
  • Outstanding FacultyTeaching Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2013
  • Award of Excellence - Memphis-Area Joint Engineers Council - 2013
  • Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2012
  • Daniel S. Barge Distinguished Service Award - ASCE Tennessee Section - 2010
  • Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2009
  • Outstanding Editorial Board Member - Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - 2009
  • Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2007
  • Peter G. Hoadley Outstanding Engineering Educator - ASCE Tennessee Section - 2006
  • Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2005
  • Outstanding Faculty Reseach Award - Herff College of Engineering - 2004
  • Civil Engineering Faculty of the Year - U of M ASCE Student Chapter - 2003
  • Outstanding Young Civil Engineer - Mississippi Section, ASCE - 1990

Support

  • Development of an Evaluation System for Asphalt Sealers and Rejuvenators - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $140,000 - 5/15/13 to 9/15/14
  • Development of an Asphalt Sealer Catalog - Center for Intermodal Freight Transportation Systems - $45,000 - 2/15/13 to 6/30/13
  • Development of a New Maintenance Mix Specification - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $40,000 - 9/15/09 to 9/15/11
  • Incorporation of Pavement Temperature in Flexible Pavement Design - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $96,197 - 1/1/99 to 3/31/03
  • LTPP Data Analysis: Daily and Seasonal Variations in Insitu Material Properties - National Cooperative Highway Research Program - $159,158 - 2/7/00 to 5/31/03
  • Falling Weight Deflectometer Testing of TDOT Instrumented Pavement Sites - Tennessee Department of Transportation - $230,145 - 8/1/00 to 3/31/02
  • Optimizing the Calibration of Water Distribution System Models - New Faculty Research Initiation Grant, University of Memphis - $12,000 - 6/98-5/99

Appendix A - Teaching Experience

  • CIVL 4111 - Engineering Economics
  • CIVL 3137 - Civil Engineering Materials
  • CIVL 4197 - Review of Civil Engineering Fundamentals
  • CIVL 4111 - Engineering Economics
  • CIVL 7902/8902 - Unsaturated Soil Mechanics
  • CIVL 4197 - Review of Civil Engineering Fundamentals
  • CIVL 4111 - Engineering Economics
  • CIVL 4901/6901 - Pavement Design and Evaluation
  • CIVL 3137 - Civil Engineering Materials
  • CIVL 4197 - Review of Civil Engineering Fundamentals
  • CIVL 4111 - Engineering Economics
  • CIVL 419 - Review of Civil Engineering Fundamentals