About Our Faculty
Our professors are master teachers, recruited and evaluated for their ability to teach and engage students. Metro State's faculty is among the most productive in the state, averaging more time in the classroom than faculty at Colorado's largest universities.
The many of the CET faculty are licensed professional engineers, giving top priority to teaching, and emphasize high levels of faculty-student interaction as a critical part of each student's education. While a newer faculty with many years of industrial experience, they bring a wealth of expertise, relevancy, and currency to the classes. All full-time faculty are required to have a master's or higher academic degree. The faculty-student ratio is small, encouraging an interactive classroom atmosphere. CET Faculty have much enthusiasm and are bringing many changes to the CET curriculum. You will also benefit by dynamic part-time faculty who work in the Denver Metro area and use their expertise and experience to bring you real-world education.
Civil Engineering Technology Faculty
Jeno Balogh, PhD, Full-Time Faculty
B.S. and M.S., Technical University of Budapest; Ph.D., Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Zsuzsa (Susan) Balogh, Full-Time Faculty, Advisor, CET Coordinator
B.S. and M.S., Technical University of Budapest; Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Linda Himmelbauer, M.S., Part-Time Faculty
B.S. Chemistry, Metropolitan State College of Denver; Master of Public Administration, University of Alaska; Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Richard Potter, M.S., P.E., Part-Time Faculty
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W. Robert Talbot, Part-Time Faculty
B.S. - Geology, University of Washington, B.S. - Oceanography, University of Washington, M.S. - Geology, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, P.D.* - Hydrogeology, Colorado School of Mines, P.D.* - Geological Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, (* = Post-Master's Professional Degree.); Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Runing Zhang, PhD., P.E., Full-Time Faculty
Ph.D, Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder; M.Sc., Applied Mechanics, Colorado School of Mines; B.Sc., Hydraulic Engineering, Chendu University of Science and Technology, China. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Harold F. Zimbelman, M.S., P.E., Part-Time Faculty
B.S.A.E., M.S.A.E., and M.S.E.E., University of Colorado; Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Department Chair
Mr. Richard Pozzi, M.S., M.B.A., Full-Time Faculty, Chair
B. S., Illinois Institute of Technology, M. S., University of Colorado, M.B.A., University of Phoenix; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology. |
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Professor Richard Pozzi is the Chair of the Engineering Technology Department at Metropolitan State College of Denver. He has served Metro State since 2002 in adjunct and visiting professor positions for the Electrical Engineering Technology Program. After rising to the top in the search process in 2008 he became tenure track faculty and Chair of Engineering Technology. Professor Pozzi brings to the position of Chair over thirty years experience in various management and engineering positions from employment with Nortel Networks, Bell System that was spun off into U.S. West, and Western Electric Corporation. While at Nortel he developed a Managed IP Voice and Data Product solution for California School Systems. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Acting Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Director Mechanized Information Systems, Director Planning and Administrative Services, Director Inventory Management, Manager Business Services, and Field Engineer. Mr. Pozzi enjoys golf, grandkids and running in his time off. |
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