Sue McNeil - About

Sue McNeil

Overview

Sue McNeil is and Emeritus Professor of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and Public Policy and Administration. She is also an Emeritus Core faculty member in the Disaster Research Center at University of Delaware and a Visiting Professional Fellow at University of New South Wales. She is a former Department Chair, and Director of the Disaster Science and Management graduate program and the Disaster Research Center. Her research and teaching interests focus on transportation asset management. Her most recent research includes the impact of natural hazards and climate change on physical infrastructure and asset management with emphasis on resilience.

Personal Note

I retired at the end of August 2022. My intention is to continue to be professionally active serving on committees, writing papers, advising my current students, continuing as the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Infrastructure Systems and completing the current projects. However, I will not be advising any new students.

Academic Appointments

University of Delaware

Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and Biden School of Public Policy and Administration

Emeritus Professor - September 2022 - present

Professor – August 2005 – August 2022

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chair – July 2017 – June 2020

Disaster Science and Management Graduate Program, University of Delaware

Interim Program Director – April 2009 – August 2011

Acting Program Director – September 2012 – October 2013

Program Director – October 2013 - August 2016

Faculty – April 2009 - present

Disaster Research Center, University of Delaware

Director – June 2007 – December 2010

Core Faculty Member – 2007- present

University of New South Wales, Australia

Visiting Professional Fellow, School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, September 2020 – August 2026.

Visiting Professional Fellow, rCITI, July-August 2016.

University of Canterbury

Erskine Fellow, March-May 2012.

University of Illinois, Chicago

College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs,

Professor – August 2000 – August 2005

Director, Urban Transportation Center – August 2000 – August 2005

Adjunct Professor, Urban Planning and Policy – 2005 – 2009

Department of Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois, Chicago

Professor – August 2000 – August 2005

University of Minnesota

Department of Civil Engineering,

Braun Intertec Visiting Professor – August 1999- July 2000

Carnegie Mellon University

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering,

Department of Engineering and Public Policy

Adjunct Professor – 2000 – 2006

Professor -July 1993 – July 2000

Associate Professor - July 1992 – June 1993

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Associate Professor of Civil Engineering – September 1990 – June 1992

Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering – January 1988 – August 1990

The Brownfields Center

Co-Director – November 1996 – 2002

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Department of Civil Engineering,

Visiting Assistant Professor – January 1988 – December 1989

Assistant Professor – July 1985 – December 1987

Princeton University of NJ

Department of Civil Engineering,

Visiting Lecturer – September 1984 – June 1985

Education

B.Sc. 1975, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia

B.E. (Honors Class I) 1977, University of Newcastle, N.S.W., Australia

M.S. 1981, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Ph.D. 1983, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

Complete CV