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 affiliate faculty who work in the Denver Metro area and use their expertise and experience to bring you real-world education.
Civil Engineering Technology Faculty
Full Time Faculty available for Civil Engineering Technology advising students last name starts with:
- A to F see Dr. Zsuzsa Balogh,
- G to N see Dr. Jeno Balogh, and
- O to Z see Dr. Runing Zhang
Jeno Balogh, Ph.D., Full-Time Faculty
- Phone: 303-352-4971
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262E Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
- MSU Denver A-Z listing
- E-Mail: jbalogh@msudenver.edu
B.S. and M.S., Technical University of Budapest; Ph.D., Budapest University of Technology and Economics; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Zsuzsa (Susan) Balogh, Ph.D., Full-Time Faculty, Advisor, CET Coordinator
- Phone: 303-556-3165
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262F Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-Mail: baloghz@msudenver.edu
B.S., M.S., Technical University of Budapest; Ph.D., Colorado State University; Associate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Solomon Haile, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty 
- Phone: 303-556-3227
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-mail: shaile@msudenver.edu
B.S., Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg Institute of Civil and Industrial Engineering; M.S., Civil Engineering,University of Colorado Boulder; M.S., Civil Engineering, St. Petersburg Institute of Civil and Industrial Engineering; Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Guy Heyl, J.D., Affiliate Faculty 
- Phone: 303-556-3227
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-mail: gheyl@msudenver.edu
B.S., Kansas State University; J.D., University of Kansas. Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Marie P. Louis , M.S., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-3227
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-Mail: mlouis4@msudenver.edu
B.S., University of Florida; M.S., University of Colorado; Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
W. Robert Talbot, M.S., Affiliate Faculty 
- Phone: 303-556-3227
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-Mail: talbot@msudenver.edu
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.); Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Chunming Yu, PhD., P.E., P.H., Affiliate Faculty
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-mail: cyu1@msudenver.edu
B.S., Lanzhou University, China; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona; Affiliate Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology.
Runing Zhang, Ph.D., P.E., Full-Time Faculty 
- Phone: 303-556-8561
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262B Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-Mail: rzhang@msudenver.edu
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder; M.S., Applied Mechanics, Colorado School of Mines; B.S., Hydraulic Engineering, Chendu University of Science and Technology, China. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Harold F. Zimbelman, M.S., P.E., Affiliate Faculty 
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262 Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 61
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- E-Mail: zimbelmh@msudenver.edu
B.S.A.E., M.S.A.E., and M.S.E.E., University of Colorado; Affiliate Professor of Civil Engineering Technology.
Department Chair
Mr. Richard Pozzi, M.S., M.B.A., Full-Time Faculty, Chair 
- Phone: 303-556-2503
- Fax: 303-556-2972
- Office: PL262T Mail Slot: PL262
- Campus Box: 29
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- E-Mail: pozzir@mscd.edu
B. S., Illinois Institute of Technology, M. S., University of Colorado, M.B.A., University of Phoenix; Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Technology.
Professor Richard Pozzi is the Chair of the Engineering Technology Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He has served MSU Denver since 2002 in adjunct, visiting and tenure track professor positions for the Engineering Technology Department. He has a BSEE from the Illinois Institute of Technology, a MSE from the University of Colorado and an MBA from the University of Phoenix.
Professor Pozzi brings to the position of Department Chair over thirty years experience in various management and engineering positions with the Western Electric Corporation, Mountain Bell, US WEST and Nortel Networks. Some of Professor Pozzi’s various job titles have been: Director of Systems Engineering and Sales Support, Senior Systems Engineer, Director Network Architecture, Senior Network Architect, Project Manager for Electronic Library, Director Mechanized Information Systems, Cable system VoIP architect, and Field Engineer.
During his time at MSU Denver, Professor Pozzi has taught more than 15 different courses with an emphasis on communications courses. He is instrumental in developing partnerships with various companies including the Federal Aviation Administration related to internships and employment for students. He also developed a partnership with the University of Pecs in Hungary focused on educational courses and research opportunities. He is currently working on research with Bio Diesel fuel, developing STEM classes for local high schools and enhancing undergraduate research at MSU Denver.
Mr. Pozzi enjoys golfing, his six grandchildren and running in his time off.
