Master of Engineering Management graduate faculty

Bill Phillips, M.E.M, P.E.
Adjunct professor, civil engineering
Director, Masters of Engineering Management
  • M.E.M, Saint Martin's University
  • B.S.C.E, Saint Martin's University
Contact information:
E-mail: bphillips@stmartin.edu
Bill has over 30 years of experience in the construction field. He earned his BSCE from Saint Martin's University in 1978. Bill has extensive experience with large construction projects. His interests focus on project management and construction management.

 

Pius O. Igharo, Ph.D.
Program chair, civil engineering
Associate professor, civil engineering
  • Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
  • M.S., Columbia University
  • B.S., Swarthmore College
Contact information:
Rm. 2502
Phone: 360-438-4322
E-mail: pigharo@stmartin.edu
Dr. Igharo has more than 30 years experience in industry, consulting and academia, specializing in transportation systems management and design. Dr. Igharo has been teaching at Saint Martin's University since 1996.

 

Dintie S. Mahamah, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor, civil engineering
  • Ph.D., Washington State University
  • M.Sc., Washington State University
  • B.Sc., University of Science and Technology, Ghana
Contact information:
Rm. 2503
Phone: 360-438-4321
E-mail: dmahamah@stmartin.edu
On:  "Why Saint Martin's?"
"It is a very family friendly location."
Professor Mahamah is highly qualified in the areas of environmental and water resource engineering, as well as computer modeling. He enjoys riding his bicycle with his kids and watching European football.

 

Donald E. Stout, B.C.E., M.E.M.
Chair, management department Associate professor of management
  • M.E.M., Saint Martin's University
  • B.C.E., Auburn University
Contact information:
Rm. OM 370
Phone: 360-438-4587
E-mail: dstout@stmartin.edu
Professor Stout, former director of the Master of Engineering Management Program, now teaches in MEM, MBA, and undergraduate business programs. The 2002 Saint Martin's University outstanding faculty member of the year, and former faculty president, he has more than 25 years of domestic and international construction, engineering, and engineering management experience. Stout specializes in production operations, project management, contract administration and construction quality control.

 

Adjunct faculty

  Stephen Bao, Ph.D., CPE, CCPE
Adjunct professor, mechanical engineering
  • Ph.D., Lulea University of Technology
  • M.Sc., Shanghai Second Medical School
  • B.Sc., Shanghai Jiaotong University
Contact information:
E-mail: sbao@stmartin.edu
Dr. Bao believes that it is fun and important to teach future industrial leaders to consider human operators in the production system and make the system more efficient and productive. Outside of his duties as a professor he is the editor of Ergonomics and the associate editor for Ergonomics in Design. He enjoys being in the beautiful Northwest and he likes the outdoors. He likes working out, bicycling, kayaking, skiing and playing badminton.

 

  Robert W. Bergquist, MEM, LEED AP
Adjunct Professor, Engineering Management
  • M.E.M, Saint Martin’s University
  • B.S., Willamette University
Contact information:
E-mail: bbergquist@stmartin.edu
Bob brings over 21 years of environmental and engineering experience from both the private sector consulting and state government arenas to his students. He has been teaching at Saint Martin’s University since 1996. Bob enjoys sharing his practical experiences in planning, marketing, sustainable development and environmental protection, process strategy, and utilities. In his leisure times, you can usually find Bob cheering for his children at soccer and basketball games or hunting and fishing.

 

David B. Jansen, M.S., P.E., LEED-AP
Adjunct professor, civil engineering
Senior lecturer, engineering management
  • M.S., University of Central Florida
  • B.S., University of Florida
Contact information:
E-mail: djansen@stmartin.edu
On: "Why Saint Martin's?"
"I enjoy the diverse multicultural atmosphere and the students."
Mr. Jansen has been teaching in the Masters of Civil Engineering and Masters of Engineering Management since 1985. He also has more than 28 years experience in wastewater treatment and environmental cleanup and currently is director of capital programs at the Washington State Department of Corrections. Outside of his duties in the classroom Mr. Jansen also holds the title of father and (contrary to his youthful appearance) grandfather. He also enjoys public speaking, traveling and diving.