The Gallogly College of Engineering is
very grateful to Dolese for the opportunity to pilot a new program for the
academic year 2017 that supports teaching excellence by providing $250,000 to
support graduate teaching fellowships.
The GCoE has granted ten Dolese Teaching Fellows awards at $25,000 each
to support the teaching mission of the college.
Two of the fellowships were granted to CEES and were awarded to doctoral
students Tommy Bounds and Trevor Looney.
A
native of Oklahoma, Tommy Bounds attended the University of Oklahoma where he completed
both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in civil engineering. His master’s thesis research, with advisor CEES
professor Gerald Miller, investigated soil stabilization with non-lime based
stabilizers on clayey soils with and without sulfates.
After
completing his master’s degree, Bounds worked for Red Rock Consulting in
Edmond, Oklahoma as a project specialist and then a project engineer after completing
his professional engineering licensing exam.
While at Red Rock Consulting, he worked on numerous foundation
investigations for projects ranging from bridges and embankments to multilevel
building and parking garages. After
three and a half years in practice, Bounds will return to CEES to begin work on
a doctoral degree in civil engineering under the guidance of CEES professors Miller
and K.K. “Muralee” Muraleetharan. Bounds
will co-teach CEES 4903/4993, Civil Engineering and Architectural Engineering
Capstone classes with CEES associate professor Jeffery Volz in spring 2017.
Trevor
Looney received his bachelor’s of science degree with Summa Cum Laude honors and
his master’s degree both in civil engineering and from the Missouri University
of Science and Technology in 2010 and 2012 respectively. The Delaware native is currently
working towards his doctoral degree in civil engineering from OU under the
guidance of CEES associate professor Jeffery Volz. Looney’s
master’s research was also guided by Volz and focused on the effects on bond
strength of high-volume fly ash and self-consolidating concrete for
infrastructure applications.
Upon
completion of his master’s degree, Looney worked for ENERCON Services in Kansas
City, Kansas until moving to Wallace Engineering in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He has worked on projects related to
modifications to nuclear facilities, the design of steel, reinforced concrete,
and wood structural systems for buildings, and conducted special inspections on
steel, reinforced concrete, and masonry structures. Looney will co-teach CEES 3403, Materials,
with Volz in spring 2017.
