Baraboo High School Alumni
Baraboo, Wisconsin (WI)
William Roper
Baraboo High School
Class of 1960
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WILLIAM'S PROFILE
First Name | William |
Last Name | Roper |
Graduation Year | Class of 1960 |
Gender | Male |
City | N/A |
State/Province | VA |
Country | United States |
Occupation | Engineer/Professor |
Married | Yes |
Favorite School Memory | Football games with friends |
About Me | William E. Roper, PhD., P.E. Dr. Roper currently serves as a Research Professor at George Mason University and a visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University. He is a Senior Advisor at the consulting firm of Dawson & Associates in Washington D.C. and a founding Director and President of the Rivers of the World (ROW) Foundation. Dr. Roper is also the founder and President of Roper & Associates and engineering and environmental consulting firm in Virginia. He also served as Arlington county’s first combined Environmental Services Department Director (Transportation, infrastructure security public works, wastewater treatment, water distribution, engineering, GIS and Remote Sensing, facilities and vehicle maintenance, capital projects, real estate) and Chief Environmental Officer. Prior to joining George Mason he was Professor and Chair of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at George Washington University. He is a former Federal Senior Executive Service career official having served as the Director and CEO of the Army Geospatial Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Dr. Roper has also severed as the director of the Army Corps of Engineers World-Wide Civil Works Research and Development Program which involved research program management, development and execution at seven major laboratories and five research centers located throughout the United States involving over 2200 scientists and engineers. He also was a senior manager with the US Environmental Protection Agency in the Office of Air, Noise and Radiation. While in academia he has lead research and support programs with the Environmental Protection Agency, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, Arlington County Government, National Institute of Science and Technology, America on Line and the Army’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory. Dr. Roper's professional experience includes senior management positions in the U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the Army. He also served on the faculty of the University of Wisconsin, Michigan State University, and North Carolina State University. Dr. Roper was recently appointed to the new National Academies Committee on the Protection of Critical Transportation Infrastructure and selected to chair the sub-committee on Technology Research, Development and deployment. He has also been active with the Water Science and Technology Board, the Infrastructure and Constructed Environment Board, and the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Engineering, as well as the Society of American Military Engineers. He was a member of the National Oil Spill Research Committee, the National Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, Construction Industry Strategic Development Council, National Civil Engineering Research Council, and U.S. Co-Chairman of the Task Committee on Advanced Information for Disaster Prevention and Public Health Evaluation under the U.S.-Japan Natural Resources Agreement. He has lead international research, development and assistance programs in Japan, the Peoples Republic of China, India, Ethiopia, Egypt, Brazil, United Kingdom, Russia and the Philippines. He is the author of over 150 technical papers, four books and has presen...(read more) |
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