Dr. Joe Manous

Biography

Joe Manous is a Professor of Practice in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, bringing four decades of experience in civil and environmental engineering. He has served as the Chief Information Officer and Director of the Institute for Water Resources at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), where his roles included managing international activities and providing policy support to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. Manous is a retired Army officer, with his final active-duty position as an Academy Professor at West Point. He has 12 years of academic experience on the West Point faculty and 10 years as an adjunct professor at George Mason University. Joe is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and is board-certified by the American Academy of Water Resources Engineering. His research focuses on water resources planning, climate infrastructure resilience, environmental security, and decision analysis for complex civil works systems. He teaches courses in global engineering leadership, water resources engineering, environmental systems, stormwater management, and senior capstone design.

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