Bob Brown, PhD, PE (Chair)
- Office:
- Associates Science Center, Room 220
- Phone:
- (731) 989-6037
- Email:
- bbrown@fhu.edu
About
Retired civil servant for 30 years as a research hydraulic engineer in the Hydraulics Laboratory, U. S. Army Corps of Engineer Waterways Experiment Station, with a strong desire to share that experience and education with young people aspiring to become engineers. Derives great satisfaction from teaching and mentoring students that succeed in their chosen field of engineering.
Education
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Auburn University
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Auburn University
Office Hours
- Monday - 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- Tuesday - 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- Wednesday - 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
- Thursday - 9:00 AM - 10:20 AM
- Friday - 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Class Schedule
- Physical Science II - MWF - 8:30-9:20
- General Physics I - MWF - 9:30-10:20
- Physical Science I Lab - T - 7:30-10:20
- Physical Science I Lab - R - 11:30-2:20
- Physical Science I Lab - R - 2:30-5:20
Home
After graduating from high school I was offered a co-op job with a small engineering company in Mobile, Alabama. I worked on a survey party for a while and then became a draftsman for the company. After two years I married my wife, Joan, of forty-nine years and, with her help, became a full time student at Auburn University. I received my B.S. in 1964 and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. in the U.S. Army. I stayed in graduate school another eighteen months and received my M.S. in 1965. I accepted a job with the U.S. Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station (WES) in Vicksburg, MS. After six months I was ordered into active military duty for two years and was assigned to a construction engineer company that deployed to Vietnam in 1967. After being discharged from active service, I returned to WES and worked in hydraulic engineering research for the next twenty-eight years, retiring in 1995.
The highlight of my research career was the opportunity to work on the Mount St. Helen's cleanup and restoration project after it erupted in 1980. From that project I was able to write my doctoral dissertation titled, "Sediment Transport in Hyper-concentrated Flows in Sand-Bed Streams of Volcanic Origin."
After retiring from the Corps in 1995, I was offered a teaching position at FHU which I accepted and that was one of the best decisions of my life. I am beginning my fifteenth year, and as I have told many people, I have found heaven on earth, and if I had known teaching was so much fun, I would have given up engineering practice a long time ago.
