College of Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Appointed: 2013-2016
Email: [email protected]
Web: View Darrell Fontane’s Web Page
Degrees:

• B.S., Louisiana State University, Civil Engineering, 1968
• M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology, Civil Engineering, 1970
• Ph.D., Colorado State University, Civil Engineering, 1982

Darrell Fontane is a professor, Associate Head, and Director of the International School for Water Resources in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Colorado State University. His areas of teaching and research are water resources decision support systems, computer aided water management, integrated reservoir water quantity and quality management, and Internet-based education and training

As Director of the International School for Water Resources, he is responsible for organizing and administering special, non-degree training for international engineers in various aspects of water resources engineering. Dr. Fontane has personally conducted water resources training in more than twelve countries.

Principal or Co-principal Project Research Investigator for:

• The World Bank
• U.S. Agency for International Development
• U.S. National Park Service
• U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
• U.S. Department of Energy—Western Area Power Administration
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Korea Center for Water Resources and Quality Management

Visiting Professorships

• Visiting Associate Professor at the Center for Water Resources and Quality Management, Korea, 1991
• Visiting Research Engineer at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Waterways Experiment Station, 1992
• Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2001-02
• Course Co-coordinator and presenter in the World Bank Web-based Short Course on Water Resources Management, Sao Paul, Brazil, 2003

Technical Consulting Clients

• Korea Water Resources Corporation
• The World Bank
• The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Teaching Awards and Recognitions

• 2013 — University Distinguished Teaching Scholar, Colorado State University
• 2008 — BOG Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award, CSU Board of Governors

Teaching Biography

Dr. Fontane’s areas of teaching and research are water resources decision support systems, computer aided water management, integrated reservoir water quantity and quality management, and Internet-based education and training.

Classes taught at CSU include:

• CIVE 546 – Water Resource System Analysis
• CIVE 102 – Introduction: Civil/Environmental Engineering
• CIVE 103 – Engineering Graphics and Computing
• CIVE 202 – Numerical Modeling and Risk Analysis
• CIVE 203 – Engineering Systems and Decision Analysis