environmental and sanitary engineering
water resources and quality engineering
solid, hazardous and radioactive waste engineering
green engineering and pollution prevention and control      environmental policy and legislation

Yucca Mountain Project-Nevada, US DOE QA/QC Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory, 1987-1990
Vanderbilt University, Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, 1982
Vanderbilt University, M.S., Engineering Management, 1982
Vanderbilt University, M.S., Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, 1980
Industrial University, Civil Engineer (5-year Program), 1973

PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION

Diplomate Environmental Engineer: No. 92-30014 (National), American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)

Registered Professional Engineer: No. 8920, State of New Mexico

Registered Professional Engineer: No. 68559, State of Texas

Registered Environmental Manager: No. 05002 (National), National Registry of Environmental Professionals (NREP)

Florida International University, Professor of Environmental & Water Resources Engineering (tenured), Civil and Environmental Engineering, 1998-present.

Florida International University, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, & Research Engineer,   Drinking Water Research Center, 1992-97.

USAID, Expert Consultant, Honduras, August, 2007.

UNESCO Expert Consultant, Guatemala, October, 2005 and February, 2007

National Science Foundation (NSF), Consultant, Research Peer-review, 2001-present.

USEPA, Consultant, Research & Development, Peer-review, 2000-present.

Inter-American Development Bank, Water Quality Consultant, 1992-93.

University of Texas at El Paso, Assistant (1987-88) and Associate Professor (tenured), Environmental Engineering and Geological Sciences, 1988-92.

Woodward-Clyde Consultants, Senior Consultant, 1991-92.

Los Alamos National Laboratory, Research Engineer, Environmental Science Group, 1984-92.

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Assistant Professor and Research Engineer, Environmental Engineering and Science, 1982-85.

Vanderbilt University, Teaching Assistant and Instructor, 1978-82.

ETAConsortium Consultants, Senior Principal Engineer, 1976-77.

Pacific Eternit, Research Engineer, 1974-76.

ETA Consultants, Principal Engineer, 1973-74.

Dr. Fuentes has 35 years of experience in environmental and water resources engineering. He has developed and taught environmental engineering courses for university curricula and professional organizations. His experience includes being principal, co-principal and investigator of research and projects. He has over 150 technical publications in the fields of water resources and water quality engineering, environmental operations and processes, fate and transport of hazardous and radioactive waste contaminants, green engineering and pollution control, minimization and prevention. He has been a consultant to national and international governmental agencies, the private sector, and citizen organizations. Dr. Fuentes also serves as a referee for various environmental professional journals and research organizations.

2007-09, Trustee, National Board of Trustees, AAEE (American Academy of Environmental Engineers)

2008-present, Board of Editorial Review, Managing Editor, Water Environment Research

2007-present, Editorial Advisory Board Member, Journal of Spatial Hydrology

2005-10, National Hazardous Waste Management Committee Member, American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE)

2004-05, Who's Who Among America's Teachers

2002-04, FWEA, Service Award

2002, Who's Who Among American Teachers

2002, Who's Who in Engineering Education

2001, Excellence in Teaching Award, Florida International University

2000, Miami-Dade DERM Climate Wise Recognition Plaque

2000-02, Who's Who Among America's Teachers

2000, FWEA Student Chapter Advisor Award 

1999, FWEA Outstanding Service Award

1998, Excellence in Research Award, Florida International University

1998, Chi-Epsilon Professor of the Year Award, Florida International University

1997, Florida Water Environment Association (FWEA) R. H. Baker Outstanding Service Award

1996-99, Latin Americas/International Committee Chair, Association of Environmental Engineering & Science Professors (AEESP)

1994-present, Who's Who in Environmental Engineering

1993, Who's Who in American Education

1992-93, Member of the USEPA's Border Advisory Committee

1992, Member External Review Panel, US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 6

1992, Who's Who in Engineering Education

1991-98, Board of Scientists, Chihuahuan Desert Research Institute

1989-92, Referee for Spanish Inter-ministerial Committee of Science and Technology

1989, Member of the El Paso Citizens Environmental Advisory Board

1988, President of the Border Waste Management Society

1987, Chi-Epsilon Distinguished Professor of the Year, University of Texas at El Paso

1983, Faculty Participant Grant, U.S. Department of Energy

1977, Fulbright-Hays Scholarship, U.S. Department of State

American Academy of Environmental Engineers, AAEE; Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, AEESP; Association of Ground Water Scientists and Engineers, AGWSE; Chi Epsilon (National Civil Engineering Honor Society), Tau Chi Alpha (National Environmental Engineering Honorary)

SAMPLE OF PUBLICATIONS

Garcia-Orozco, J. H., H. R. Fuentes, and W. W. Eckenfelder, "Modeling and Performance of the Activated Sludge-Powdered Activated Carbon Process in the Presence of 4,6 Dinitro-o-Cresol," Journal of the Water Pollution Control Federation, V. 58, pp. 320-325 (1986).

Fuentes, H. R., W. L. Polzer, and E. H. Essington, "Solute Leaching from Resin/Tuff Media in Unsaturated Flow: Experiments and Characterization," Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, V. 10 (4), pp. 285-320 (1988).

Fuentes, H.R., W.L. Polzer, E.H. Essington, and B.D. Newman, "Characterization of Reactive Tracers for C-Wells Field Experiments I: Electrostatic Sorption Mechanism, Lithium," LA-11691-MS, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, 121 pp. (1989).

Fuentes, H.R., E.H. Essington, W.L. Polzer and J.L. Smith, "Multiphase Partitioning of Trichloroethylene and Orthoxylene in Water Suspensions with Tuff: Experiments and Analysis," Hazardous Wastes & Materials, V. 7, No. 4, pp. 347-359 (1990).

Fuentes, H. R., W. L. Polzer, and J. L. Smith, "Laboratory Measurements of Diffusion Coefficients for Trichloroethylene and Orthoxylene in Bandelier Tuff," Journal of Environmental Quality, V. 20 (1), 215-225 (1991).

Newman, B. D., H. R. Fuentes, and W. L. Polzer, "An Evaluation of Lithium Sorption on Volcanic Tuff in Batch Studies Using Simple Isotherms," Ground Water, V. 29, No. 6, pp. 818-824 (1991).

Gutierrez, M. and H.R. Fuentes, "Competitive Adsorption of Cesium, Cobalt, and Strontium in Clayey Soil Suspensions," Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, Vol. 13, pp. 271-282 (1991).

Polzer. W. L., M. G. Rao, H. R. Fuentes, and R. J. Beckman, "Thermodynamically-Derived Relationships between the Modified Langmuir Isotherm and Experimental Parameters," Environmental Science & Technology, V. 26, No. 9, pp. 1780-1786 (1992).

Gutierrez, M. and H. R. Fuentes, "Modeling Adsorption in Multicomponent Systems Using a Freundlich Type Isotherm," Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, V. 14, No. 3, pp. 247-260 (1993).

Fuentes, H. R., R. Jaffe, V. A. Tsihrintzis, and D. J. Boye, "Experimental Effects of Weathering on the Dispersion of a Crude Oil in Saline Water," J. of Marine Environmental Engineering, V. 3, pp. 15-30 (1996).

Gutierrez, M. and H. R. Fuentes, "A Mechanistic Modeling of Montmorillonite Contamination by Cesium Sorption," Applied Clay Science, V. 11, pp. 11-24 (1996).

Ferreira, O.G., H.R. Fuentes, R. Jaffe, and K.G. Furton, " Supercritical Fluid Extraction of PAHs from Aquifer Materials," Hazardous & Industrial Wastes, pp. 273-281 (1997).

McFarland, M.J., S.P. Shelton, and H.R. Fuentes, "Practice Problems for the PE Examination in Environmental Engineering," 1st, 2^nd and 3rd Editions, The American Academy of Environmental Engineers, Annapolis, MD (1996, 1999, 2002).

DiCarlo, G. W. and H. R. Fuentes, "Potential Transport of the Herbicide MSMA and Arsenate(+5) from Golf Courses to Groundwater in Southeastern Florida," Remediation of Soils and Groundwater Symposium, WEFTEC 2000 (Proceedings in CD-ROM), Water Environment Federation (2000), 28 p.

Fuentes, H. R., S. Giraldo, L. Llewelyn, M. Jaramillo, M. Fuentes, and A. Cohen, " Evaluation of Contaminants of Concern: Volumes 1 and 2," Technical Report to the Florida Center for Environmental Studies and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Florida International University, September 2003, Miami, Florida, 469 p.

Fuentes, H.R., S. Giraldo, and L. Llewelyn, “A Chemical Scoring Model to Prioritize Groundwater Contaminants in the State of Florida,” Source Water Protection Symposium, American Water Works Association (Proceedings in CD-ROM), January 23-26, 2005, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, 10 p.

Fuentes, H. R., T. L. Crisman, S. S. Bell, M.S. Koch, and L. Boukerrou, “Assessment of the Mangrove Ecosystem at São Luis, Maranhão, Brazil”, International Conservation Issues, World Environmental & Water Resources Congress 2007, ASCE Environmental & Water Resources Institute, May 14-19, 2007, Tampa, Florida.

Fuentes, H. R., “Model Groundwater Use Policy Development for La Ceiba, Honduras, End of Assignment Report,” Windrock International for USAID, US Agency for International Development, August 2007, La Ceiba, Honduras, 18 p.