Vanderbilt University School of Engineering - Civil and Environmental Engineering

Richard Speece

Centennial Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Office:	Room Jacobs 277, Jacobs Hall
Address:	Vanderbilt University VU Station B-35 1831 Nashville, TN 37235-1831
Phone:	615 343 6328
Fax:	615/322-3365
Email:	dick.speece@vanderbilt.edu

AWARDS AND HONORS · Distinguished Faculty Award Association of American Environmental Engineering Professors (1970) (Given Biennually to Outstanding Professor in United States Under 36 years of age) · Harrison Prescott Eddy Medal Water Pollution Control Federation (1966) (Given Annually to Author of Outstanding Research Publication for Year) · Honorable Mention for Best Paper Published in Transactions of American Fisheries Society Trout Metabolism Characteristics and Rational Design of Nitrification Facilities for Water Reuse in Hatcheries (1973) · Chaired Organizational Committee of National ASCE Symposium on Reaeration Research (1975) · Distinguished Lecturer (North America) Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (1978) · Elected to Board of Trustees Association of Environmental Engineering Professors (1980-83) · Engineering Science Award of Association of Environmental Engineering Professors for Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation in North American (Yang’s Advisor) (1982) · J. James R. Croes Medal American Society of Civil Engineers (1983) · Invited to present Annual Workshop of Association of Environmental Engineering Professors Purdue University (May 1985) · Outstanding Alumni Award, Cleveland State University, Fenn College of Engineering (1990) · Founder’s Award U.S. National Committee of International Association for Water Pollution Research and Control Best Paper by American Author (1991) · Plenary Address, Eighth International Conference on Anaerobic Digestion, Sendai, Japan (1996) · Outstanding Teacher Award for Vanderbilt College of Engineering (2000) · Keynote Address, Assoc. Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, Annual Water Environment Federation Meeting (2005) · Founder’s Award of Assoc. Environmental Engineering and Science Professors, Given for sustained and significant contribution to profession (2005) Who’s Who in the East Who’s Who in Engineering Who’s Who in America Who’s Who in the World

Education:

B. S. Civil Engineering, Fenn College/Cleveland State University. 1956
M. S. Structural Engineering, Yale University, 1958
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1961

Research Interests:

FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
· Anaerobic biotechnology for industrial wastewaters
· Superoxygenation for control of odors/corrosion
· Supplemental oxygenation of rivers and reservoirs
· QSAR modeling of chemicals in environmental processes
· Response of hazardous chemicals to environmental biota