Chair

Dr. Harold Walker

Professor and Director

NYS Center for Clean Water Technology

Harold Walker is currently a Professor and Founding Chair of the Department of Civil Engineering at Stony Brook University. He also serves as the co-Director of the newly established New York State Center for Clean Water Technology, the mission of which is to develop affordable, reliable and effective innovative/alternative on-site wastewater treatment systems to reduce nitrogen loads to groundwater and surface water. Prior to coming to Stony Brook University, Dr. Walker was a Professor of Civil Engineering at Ohio State University and the Director of the federally-authorized Ohio Water Resources Center. Dr. Walker has a B.S. degree in Environmental Engineering from Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Walker is also registered Professor Engineer.