Suzette Burckhard
Assistant Dean/Professor
Education
Academic and Professional Experience
Academic Interests
Academic Interests
- Working with underrepresented individuals in engineering
- Engineering education
- Hydrology
- Water resources
- Fate and transport of contaminants
- Environmental engineering
Academic Responsibilities
- Structural Materials Lab
- Water Resources Engineering
- Hydrology
- Introduction to Civil Engineering
- Graduate Seminar
- Advanced Topics in Water Resources Engineering
Committees and Professional Memberships
Committees
- Departmental Curriculum Committee
- Departmental Assessment Committee
Professional Memberships
- ASCE
- Sigma Xi
- ASEE
- Sigma Pi Sigma
- ASRS
- SWE
- AISES
Work Experience
- USDA water quality fellow, Kansas State University
- Visiting scientist, USGS EROS Data Center
- Visiting researcher, Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs
Research and Scholar Work
Areas of Research
- Engineering education
- Material properties
- Water resources
- Hydrologic cycle
- Climate trends
- Simulation of complex systems
Awards and Honors
- 2017, Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Researcher of the Year
- 2015, Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Advisor of the Year
- 2009, Friend of ASCE Student Chapter
- 2008, Co-author of ESRI Award for Best Scientific Paper in GIS, 3rd place
- 2004, South Dakota State University Faculty Woman of Distinction
- 2003, South Dakota State University Sewrey Colloquium Lecturer
Grants
- NSF: Collaborative Research Oglala Lakota College, South Dakota State University, South Dakota School of Mines Pre-Engineering Educational Collaborative -OSSPEEC-II, Conservation Practices Assessment of the Lower Bad River Basin
Associated Areas
