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Dr. Andrew Ernest

Dr. Andrew Ernest

Ph.D., P.E., BCEE, D. WRE
Professor
(956) 665-2487
Edinburg: EACSB 1.202C
andrew.ernest@utrgv.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Civil Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1991
  • M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1985
  • B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Southwestern Louisiana, 1984

Biography

Dr. Andrew Ernest has accumulated over 20 years of professional experience in Environmental and Water Resource Engineering, and awarded over $20 million in grants and contracts throughout his career. Ernest has more than 100 publications in his name, including more than 40 masters’ theses he has supervised. His research focuses on the nexus of environmental informatics and water resource capacity development. Ernest bases his research efforts around his interest in investigating the role of innovation, entrepreneurship, and engineering service in stimulating effort-based economies as a mechanism for promoting capacity development and sustainability.

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