An Integrated Systemic Approach To Developing A Professional Water And Wastewater Workforce: Etd It/Iet Interest Group

Andrew Ernest, Western Kentucky University Dr. Ernest has over 16 years of professional experience with progressively increasing management responsibility. He has managed a variety of organizational units with varying missions, encompassing academic, revenue-driven, research and service activities. He has supervised, students, faculty, administrative and technical staff, and sub-contractors, in a wide range of organizational groups, and directed the research of over 40 M.S. and Ph.D. students. Dr. Ernest has managed over $12M in projects, coordinated and served as prime contractor on large-scale multi-organization/multi-sector collaborative efforts. He has extensive business and project development, experience both in academic/research and private sector/consulting arenas, technical experience in water resource management, regional environmental sustainability, and hazardous substance/superfund work. Dr. Ernest currently serves as the Director of the Center for Water Resource Studies (CWRS) and the Associate Dean of the Ogden College of Science and Engineering at WKU, and is a Principal Engineer with Ernest and Sons Civil and Environmental Engineering consultants.