Darrell R. Dean Jr.

Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Associate Professor, College of Engineering and Mineral Resources

Approved Graduate Faculty for CEMR MS and PhD committees

Contact Information Office:  ESB 617 Phone:  (304) 293-9929 Fax:  (304) 293-7109

Dr. Darrell R. Dean, Jr. has a graduate degree in surveying and mapping from Purdue University. His teaching career began in 1969 at Glenville State College where he was instrumental in starting the surveying program there. Since 1977, he has taught surveying at West Virginia University. He has served as president of the West Virginia Association of Land Surveyors and as chairman of the West Virginia State Board of Examiners of Land Surveyors, now the WV Board of Professional Surveyors
Education
	Ph.D., Purdue University, 1979
	M.S.F., West Virginia University, 1968
	B.S.F., West Virginia University, 1966
Research Focus Areas
	Civil Infrastructure
Research Interests
	Application of GPS and GIS technology to environmental and infrastructure problems
	timber access roads
	legal aspects of property boundary surveying
Teaching Interests
	Surveying and Mapping
	Forest Roads Planning and Design
Service and Outreach
	Develops and presents surveying workshops through the WV LTAP Center.
Special Interests
	Use of technology to do a better job of teaching.
Professional Societies
	American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
	American Congress on Surveying and Mapping (ACSM)
	Society of American Foresters (SAF)