CEE Alum Dr. Peggy A. Johnson named new chair.

Dr. Peggy A. Johnson, professor of civil engineering, has been named the new head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. A member of the Penn State faculty since 1996, Johnson has focused her research on reliability analysis, bridge scour, hydraulic engineering, stream restoration, sediment transport and decision analysis. She will begin her tenure as head on July 1 and takes over for Andrew Scanlon, who is returning to the faculty as a full professor. (2006)

Published August 11, 2006