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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Guy Heyl, JD, Part-Time Faculty
B.S., Kansas State University; J.D., University of Kansas. Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Richard Potter, M.S., Part-Time Faculty
Degree info currently unavailable. Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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Dale L. Rowlison, P.E., Half-Time Faculty
B.S.C.E., and M.S.C.E., Montana State University; M.B.A., University of Pittsburgh; P.E. registered in CA, CO, PA, and WI. Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering Technology. |
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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
Parris C. Neal, PhD, Full-Time Faculty, Chair
B.S., M.S., and PhD, Electrical Engineering, Utah State University, Logan, UT. |
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Dr. Parris C. Neal is the Engineering Technology Department Chair for Metropolitan State College of Denver. He recently retired from the US Air Force after a 30 year career. He served as the Department Head and Senior Military Professor of Electrical Engineering at the US Air Force Academy where he taught for 15 years. His teaching spanned topics from circuit analysis, analog circuit design and development to digital systems concepts and design. His career included commanding the Air Force Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory where he oversaw research in unsteady aerodynamics, non-linear optical devices, and chemical energy systems. Additionally, he served as deputy commander and chief electronics officer at the US Air Force European Office of Scientific Research. He was responsible for searching out basic electrical system advances in Europe that could be of interest to U.S. technology needs. Dr. Neal also spent some time assigned to NASA Ames Research center where he was involved in the development of electrical systems used in a cryogenic-cooled telescope satellite. For several years Neal directed the design, development and testing of aircraft navigational and landing systems. He has consulted in the areas of audio electronics and acoustical speaker design and auroral photometer design and development. He has taught short courses around the world in computer networks and audio system development. His major areas of interest are in audio circuit design, wireless computer networks, and speaker design. |
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