Mr. Frank E. Falcone

Adjunct Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Office : Tolentine Hall - Room 140
Phone : (610) 519-7920
email : Frank.Falcone@villanova.edu

Professor Falcone's teaching interests include Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics, both Statics and Dynamics, Civil Engineering Measurements and Hydraulics & Hydrology (graduate & undergraduate) . He has a total of 23 years of experience in the engineering design and consulting industry and 29 years of adjunct teaching experience at Villanova. He is also a retired Captain in the Civil Engineer Corps (CEC) of the U.S. Naval Reserve. He has commanded a SEABEE battalion, a SEABEE Regiment and all Reserve CEC officers for the Atlantic Division of the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. All 3 of these careers have run concurrently. In 1996, through the College of Engineering, Mr. Falcone founded the Institute for Environmental Engineering Research at Villanova which, recently, has grown into the "Villanova Center for the Environment". He is the Moderator for the student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is the College of Engineering Team Leader for the Villanova Quality Improvement (VQI) program and is a registered Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania.



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Education

M.S. (Water Resources) Villanova University, 1973
B.E. (Civil Engineering) Villanova University, 1970

Current Research

1. Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership (VUSP), Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

2. Development of Environmental and Sustainable Development Courses for Central and South America, U.S. Department of Education

3. Applied research projects for the Ben Franklin Technology Partners (BFTP) Program

Publications

"Engineering Peace", Military Engineer Magazine, December 1993

"Bedload Sediment Discharge", ASCE, 1974.

"Technical Public Representation for Health Risk Assessments in a Highly Urbanized Region", First International Conference on the Impact of Environmental Factors on Health" , University of Cardiff, Wales. Also presented at the Universities of Rome and Sienna and at Politecnico Di Milano in Milan, Italy

Courses Taught

Undergraduate Level

Graduate Level

        -   Hydraulics & Hydrology


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