Dr. Simeon Komisar is the Environmental Engineering Program Director and Associate Professor in the Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Komisar holds a BA degree from Yale University and BSCE and MS Env. Eng. degrees from the University of Massachusetts as well as a PhD. in civil engineering from the University of Washington. Prior to coming to FGCU as a founding faculty member in the College of Engineering, Dr. Komisar was the undergraduate program coordinator for both Environmental and Civil Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Dr. Komisar’s research focuses on municipal and industrial water and waste treatment and sustainability in engineering. He is a member of the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP), the Water Environment Association (WEA), and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).