Armstrong is active in teaching and research and has assumed additional administrative responsibilities within the Civil Engineering Department. Smerdon has left UT for his current position as Dean of Engineering at The University of Arizona and Mays has also left for Arizona to take the position of Chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering at Arizona State University. It has been a pleasure to have worked with these individuals professionally and to consider them friends, and I plan to continue to provide the leadership the Center has come to expect under their guidance. The Center remains committed to developing new and innovative approaches to solving the state's water problems. I hope to be able to further develop our analytical laboratory capabilities to enhance our already very active program in hazardous waste treatment and management.
Water is critical to the future of Texas, both in quantity and quality.
New research frontiers are needed to solve the water problems which lie ahead, and I look forward to contributing the leadership that will help the Center play an important role in addressing these critical needs.