title: Handbook of Environmental Engineering Assessment: Strategy, Planning, and Management
author: Ravi Jain
description: Ravi Jain is Dean and Professor of the School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Civil Engineering from California State University, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech. He studied public administration and public policy at Harvard, earning an M.P.A. degree and did additional graduate studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
zlib_text: HANDBOOK OF
  ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING
  ASSESSMENT
  Strategy, Planning, and Management
  RAVI JAIN Ph.D., P.E.
  Dean, School of Engineering and Computer Science, University of
  the Pacific
  LLOYD URBAN, Ph.D., P.E.
  Former Director, Water Resources Center, Professor of Civil
  Engineering, Texas Tech University
  HAROLD BALBACH, Ph.D.
  Senior Research Scientist, U.S. Army Engineer Research
  and Development Center
  M. DIANA WEBB, M.L.A.
  Former Leader, Ecology Group, and Director, Policy Office,
  Los Alamos National Laboratory
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