Ricky C. Clifft, Ph.D., P.E., F. ASCE

Associate Dean, College of Engineering

Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

College of Engineering

LSW 239

Tel.: 870-972-2088

Resume (pdf, 74 Kb) | Class Schedule
Education:

BSCE – University of Arkansas, 1973
MSCE – University of Arkansas, 1974
Ph.D. – University of Houston, 1980


Consulting Work:

S&B Engineers, Inc., Structural and Environmental Design and Project Management, Consulting for Petrochemical Industries and Municipalities, Houston, Texas, 1974-1979

R. C. Clifft, Ph.D., P.E., Ltd, President and Project Engineer, General Environmental Consulting for Industries and Municipalities, Paragould, Arkansas, 1981-2005

C& D Environmental Services, Inc., President and Engineering Manager, General Environmental Consulting and Construction for Industry, Paragould, Arkansas, 1992-2004

Teaching Interests:

Senior Design I and II
Structural Analysis I and II
Civil Engineering Materials
Engineering Hydrology
Environmental Engineering
Water and Waste Systems
Reinforced Concrete Design
Structural Steel Design

Research Interests:

Engineering Education, Environmental Risk Assessment, Wastewater Treatment

Recent Presentations:
  1. Clifft, R. C., Careers in Engineering: Educational Opportunities at ASU, Presentations to Numerous High School Students, Community Colleges, and Universities, 2005, 2006, 2007.
  2. Clifft, R. C., Assessment Methodologies and ASU Engineering Practices, ASU Joint Executive Council, Colleges of Agriculture, Engineering, and Sciences and Mathematics, October, 2005, Technology Advisory Council, December, 2005.
  3. Clifft, R. C., and S. Haran, Improving Student Ability to Design and Conduct Experiments, 2005 ABET Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, October, 2005.
  4. Clifft, R. C., Development and ABET Accreditation of a New Environmental Engineering Program, Florida Gulf Coast University, Fort Myers, Florida, April, 2005.

Representative Publications:
  1. Clifft, R. C., and S. Haran, Teaching Students to Design and Conduct Experiments, Advances in Engineering Education, Submitted 2007.
  2. Clifft, R. C., and S. Haran, Improving Student Ability to Design and Conduct Experiments, Proceedings of 2005 Annual Meeting, Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, 2005.
  3. Clifft, R. C., Gas Phase Control for Oxygen Activated Sludge, Journal of Environmental Engineering Div., ASCE, 118:390, 1992.


Class Schedule: Spring 2008

Time\Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
8:00
          
8:30

Administrative Meetings

Office
Office
Office

Office

9:00
9:30
10:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
12:00
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
Lunch
12:30
1:00
          
1:30
          
2:00
Senior Design
Office
Senior Design
Office
Office
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00

* Remainder of openings are office hours (if not out of town).

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