Dr. Walter LeFevre
Emeritus Professor
Civil Engineering
Office: BELL 4151
Phone: (479) 575-6024
E-mail: ewl@uark.edu
WWW: http://faculty.cveg.uark.edu/lefevre
Education
- B.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A and M University
- M.S., Civil Engineering, Texas A and M University
- Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Teaching and Research
- Public Works Economics
- Senior Civil Engineering Design Team
- Special Problem - Foundation Engineering
Biographical Information
Awards:- George Wadlin Distinguished Service Award, CE Division, ASEE, 1995
- Honorary Member, College of Civil Engineers of Mexico, 1995
- NCEES Distinguished Service Award, 1994
- NCEES Distinguished Service Award with Special Commendation, 2006
- NCEES Southern Zone Distinguished Service Citation, 1993
- UAF College of Arkansas Medallion 2000
- Fellow, American Society for Engineering Education
- Fellow, National Society of Professional Engineers
- Fellow, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Honorary Member, American Society of Civil Engineers
- Fellow, Institution of Engineers of Ireland
- American Association of Engineering Societies Award
- Senior Vice-President and Principal, Engineering Services Incorporated (general civil engineering consulting firm)
Member:
- Arkansas Society of Professional Engineers (Past President)
- National Society of Professional Engineers (Past President) American Society of Civil Engineers (Fellow) (Past District 14 Director, Zone II VP)
- American Society for Engineering Education (Past Midwest Section President)
- Arkansas State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors (for 12 years and two terms as President)
- National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (Past Southern Zone Vice-President)
- Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (Alternate & Past BOD member)
- Order of the Engineer (Past Chairman and Governor)
- Chi Epsilon Civil Engineering Honor Society
- Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society
- Phi Beta Delta
- Arkansas Academy of Civil Engineers
Committees:
- NCEES Examinations for Engineers Committee (FE and PE exam committees)
- ABET Civil Engineering Program Evaluator
- ASCE Committee on Governing Documents
- ASCE Committee on Licensure and Ethics
Selected Publications
(* indicates peer review publication or equivalent)
- * NAFTA Mutual Recognition Licensure Document, US Trade Office, Washington, DC (co-authored with the NAFTA Forum members), May 1995
- * "Professional Engineering Registration as a Basis for Practicing Across National Boundaries", 3rd World Congress on Engineering Education, WFEO, Cairo, Egypt;, Nov. 1994
- “Effective and Efficient Use of the FE Exam for Assessment”, NCEES publication, Revised.
- Presentations on the use of the FE exam for assessment are given at various society meetings each year
