Paul D. Koch

Paul Koch is the alumni from Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is honor for his exemplary commitment to the students, faculty and alumni of the University of Illinois. He is a private consultant, and he is also a former owner and senior vice president for MACTEC Federal Programs. He makes significant contributions to complex wastewater treatment and water supply engineering systems. The water resource projects he managed are all over the world, including Mexico, Africa, United States. He also published and delivered more than 80 professional papers, publications, and presentations. To help environmental engineering students, he established the Koch Academic Scholarship in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is the pioneer in the development and application of technology for environmental engineering. To award his contributions, He is recently selected for the 2012 University of Illinois Distinguished Service Award.