CHARLES M. SCHLINGER, Ph.D., P.E., P.G., P.Gp.
Associate Professor Civil Engineering
928-523-0652
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University 1983
M.S.E. Utah State University, 1991
B.S. The University of Michigan at Flint 1977
ACADEMIC SERVICE
Associate Professor, College of Engineering & Natural Sciences, Northern Arizona University, July 2004 to present
Assistant Professor, College of Engineering & Technology, Northern Arizona University, July 1999 to June, 2004
PREVIOUS AND CONCURRENT EXPERIENCE
3/09-present EN3 Professionals, Flagstaff, Arizona. Principal. Environmental, engineering and energy consulting for corporate, governmental, tribal and other entities.
3/96-3/09 Plateau Engineering, Flagstaff, Arizona. Consulting Engineer and Project Manager. Civil engineering and geoscience services for municipal, county, school district, tribal, mining industry and private sector clients; business development, field construction observation, and occasional surveying.
6/94-1/96 STS Consultants, Ltd., Minneapolis, Minnesota. Geotechnical Engineer. Tailings basin and dam engineering, subsurface exploration, geotechnical engineering, testing and monitoring, geophysical investigations, construction testing and business development.
12/91-2/94 Science Applications International Corporation, Las Vegas, Nevada. Senior Scientist and Geotechnical Engineer. Hydrogeological and engineering site characterization, GIS operation and analyses.
7/90-12/91 Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Utah State University. Graduate Student in Geotechnical Engineering.
7/83-6/90 Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Utah. Assistant Professor. Geophysical, geological & materials science research and teaching.
9/77-6/83 The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Teaching and Research Assistant – Graduate Student. NASA-sponsored geophysical & geological research.
6/78-9/78 Amoco Production Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Seismologist - Summer Intern. 3D seismic data acquisition modeling and processing.
9/75-9/77 The University of Michigan at Flint. Teaching, Laboratory and Field Assistant.
PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION
- Registered Professional Engineer (MN License No. 24459; AZ License No. 30615; CA license No. 60331; MI License No. 6201052934)
- Registered Professional Geophysicist (CA License GP 994)
- Registered Professional Geologist (AZ License No. 33755, WI License No. 155)
INTERESTS
- Water resources, water supply, civil & geotechnical engineering; energy planning and engineering; geomatics (surveying).
HONORS & AWARDS
- Named as an exemplary mentor by Vanessa Beauchamp, Arizona State University, as part of the Preparing Future Faculty Program, Spring 2003.
- Named Most Influential Faculty Member by Seth Marlow, Winner of the College of Engineering and Technology Outstanding Academic Achievement Award, Fall 2000.
PROFESSIONAL AND INSTITUTIONAL SERVICE
- Member of Flagstaff Water Commission (2008-2010)
- Founding Co-Director and Past Director of the Watershed Research & Education Program (http://www.watershed.nau.edu).
- Founding member and past Director of the Sustainable Water Resources Alliance (SWRA) at Northern Arizona University (2001-2004).
- Past Member of Yavapai County Water Advisory Committee – Technical Coordinating Subcommittee (2001-2002)
- Past Member of Coconino Plateau Water Advisory Council (Fall 2000 to summer 2002).
- Past Member of Coconino County Planning and Zoning Commission (1999).
- Past Member on Flagstaff 2020 Vision Task Force (1996-1997).
PUBLICATIONS SAMPLE
Schlinger, C.M., Helton, C., and Janecek, J., 2005, Flood Risk and the Impacts of Fire in a Small Forested Watershed, in: Marsh, W., Landscape Planning, 4th Ed., Wiley.
Schlinger, C.M., Helton, C., and Janecek, J., 2004, PMF Hydrology, with Rodeo-Chediski Fire Impacts, and Spillway Hydraulics for Black Canyon Lake and Dam, Proc. Dam Safety 2004 Conference, ASDSO, Lexington, KY.
Schlinger, C.M., Welch, S., Ramsey J., Trotta, P., Janecek, J., Auberle, W., 2003, Sediment Transport Evaluation for Dam Removal Scenarios, Fossil Springs Diversion Dam, Arizona, Proc. Dam Safety 2003 Conference, ASDSO, Lexington, KY.
Schlinger, C.M., Veblen, D.R. and Rosenbaum, J.G., 1991, Magnetism and magnetic mineralogy of ash-flow sheets from Yucca Mountain, Nevada, J. Geophys. Res., 96, 6035-6052.
Schlinger, C.M., Khan, M.J. and Wasilewski, P., 1989, Rock Magnetism of the Kohistan Island Arc, Pakistan, Geol. Bull. Univ. Peshawar., 22, 83-101.
Schlinger, C.M. and Veblen, D.R., 1989, Magnetism and Transmission electron microscopy of Fe-Ti oxides in a granulite from Lofoten, Norway, J. Geophys. Res., 94, 14009-14026.
Schlinger, C.M., Griscom, D., Papaefthymiou, G., and Veblen, D.R., 1988, The nature of magnetic single-domains in volcanic glasses of the KBS tuff, J. Geophys. Res. 93, 9137-9156.
Schlinger, C.M., 1985, The magnetization of the lower crust and the interpretation of regional magnetic anomalies: The example from Lofoten and Vesterålen, Norway, J. Geophys. Res. 90, 11484-11504.
