Office of the Dean
Wayne T. Davis
Interim Dean of the College of Engineering
Ph.D., The University of Tennessee
124 Perkins Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-2000
Phone: (865) 974-5321
Fax: (865) 974-8890
E-mail: wtdavis@utk.edu
Research Areas
Air quality management and pollution control
Honors and Affiliations
- Lifetime Achievement Award, Institute of Professional Environmental Practice, 2007
- Chancellor's Macebearer Award, 2002
- Chancellor's Award for Research, 1994
- Lynn A. Ripperton Award, Air and Water Management Association, 1990
Biography
Dr. Wayne Davis was named Interim Dean of the College of Engineering on May 10, 2008. Davis received his bachelor's degree in physics from Pfeiffer College (now Pfeiffer University) in Misenheimer, N.C.; a master's in physics from Clemson University and a master's in environmental engineering and Ph.D. in civil engineering from UT Knoxville. Davis joined the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering as an instructor of environmental engineering in 1974 and became an assistant professor in 1975. He was named an associate professor in 1979, and became a full professor in the department in 1984. Davis also served as assistant dean of the Graduate School from 1985 to 1998 and as the school's associate dean from 1988 until 1991. He was the university's 2003 Macebearer. Davis' research areas are air quality management and pollution control. He has been the principal investigator or co-PI, on approximately 85 different research grants and contracts since 1974. He is a Qualified Environmental Professional and is a member of numerous professional and academic and honorary societies, including the Air and Waste Management Association, the American Society of Civil Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Educators.
Staff
Jerri DAoust
Administrative Specialist