Robert John Mitchell is an American geologist and Digges Distinguished Professor of Engineering Geology at Western Washington University. Mitchell, as a professor in the Geology Department, conducts research and teaches courses on the topics of engineering geology and hydrogeology, as well as numerical modeling of hydrology and water resources. He was a Washington-licensed hydrogeologist under a specialty geologist license from 2002 until 2018.[1][2]

Personal life and education

Mitchell's hometown is Hudson, Wisconsin.[3] He received a B.S. degree in geology (with a minor in math) from the University of Wisconsin–River Falls in 1983, and also holds a 1986 M.S. in geophysics from Michigan Technological University and a 1990 M.S. in physics from University of Minnesota Duluth. He received his Ph.D. in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University in 1996, with a thesis entitled Nonideal Flow and Solute Transport in Unsaturated Porous Media: A Modeling Study, advised by Alex S. Mayer. Mitchell joined the faculty of Western Washington University that same year.[1][4]

Career

Mitchell holds the Robert H. and Kathleen Digges Distinguished Professorship in the Geology Department at Western Washington University.[5] Mitchell's research studies climate change resilience and the climate's effects on water resources and hillslope processes.[6]

Mitchell served on the Washington Geologist Licensing Board in 2014,[7] and also served as the chair of the Environmental & Engineering Geology Division of the Geological Society of America from 2020 to 2021.[8][9] He is a member of the Geological Society of America[10] and a contributor to the Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College[11] and the State of Washington Water Research Center at Washington State University.[12]

Awards

Mitchell was a 2019 inductee into the University of Minnesota Duluth's Swenson College Academy of Science & Engineering.[13] In 2022, he won an EEGD Meritorious Service Award from the Geological Society of America.[14]

References

  1. ^ a b Mitchell, Robert J. "CV". Western Washington University. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  2. ^ "Geologist License Number: 2229". License Lookup. Washington State Department of Licensing. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  3. ^ "Robert Mitchell". Academic Advising & Student Achievement Center. Western Washington University. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  4. ^ "Past Awardees". President's Office. Western Washington University. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  5. ^ Mitchell, Robert J. "Robert H. and Kathleen Digges Distinguished Professorship". Western Washington University. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  6. ^ "Robert Mitchell". Geology Department. Western Washington University. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  7. ^ "News from the Washington State Geologist Licensing Board" (PDF). Geologist Licensing Board. Washington State Department of Licensing. October 2014. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  8. ^ "Management Board". Environmental & Engineering Geology Division. Geological Society of America. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  9. ^ "Robert "Bob" Mitchell". Full Members. Skagit Climate Science Consortium. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  10. ^ "Robert Mitchell". Online Member Community. Geological Society of America. Archived from the original on June 1, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2025.
  11. ^ "Robert Mitchell". Science Education Resource Center. Carleton College. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  12. ^ "Skagit River Basin Groundwater Study". State of Washington Water Research Center. Washington State University. Retrieved January 20, 2025.
  13. ^ "Academy Members". Swenson College of Science and Engineering. University of Minnesota Duluth. Retrieved April 26, 2023.
  14. ^ "EEGD Meritorious Service Award". Environmental & Engineering Geology Division. Geological Society of America. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
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