Dr. David E. Daniel
David E. Daniel is Professor and Dean of Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, the nation's top-ranked civil engineering department according to U.S. News and World Report. He received a Ph.D. in civil engineering from the University of Texas in 1980 and served on the faculty there until 1996, when he joined the faculty at the University of Illinois. He has focused his work on the disposal of waste in landfills and on the cleanup of contaminated waste disposal sites, with emphasis on clay liners, control of contaminant migration, and the movement of water and chemicals in saturated and unsaturated soil. He has won the American Society of Civil Engineers' two highest awards for papers published in organization journals. He is editor of the book Geotechnical Practice for Waste Disposal, and is co-author of the books Waste Containment Facilities and Final Covers for Solid Waste Landfills and Abandoned Dumps. He has served on a number of advisory committees, including the Geotechnical Board and the Energy and Environmental Systems Board for the National Academy of Science's National Research Council. Dr. Daniel has consulted with contractors at DOE's Hanford facility, the DOE at Savannah River, several contractors at Oak Ridge, Four-Daniel Fernald, contractors at INEL, private waste disposal companies (e.g., Chem-Nuclear, Waste Management, and BFI), and approximately 100 other organizations concerning the disposal of waste. He is a registered professional engineer in Illinois and Texas.