A portrait of Joe Manous
Water Resources Engineering
Academic Faculty

Joe D. Manous Jr.

Professor of the Practice
Email Address
joe.manous@ce.gatech.edu
Telephone
(404) 894-2218
Office Building
Mason
Office Room Number
2239
Biography

Joe Manous is a Professor of the Practice in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He brings over four decades of experience in civil and environmental engineering, including service as Chief Information Officer and Director of the Institute for Water Resources for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Earlier roles at USACE included managing international activities and policy support within the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works. 

A retired Army officer, his final active-duty post was as an Academy Professor at West Point. His academic experience includes 12-years on the West Point faculty and 10-years as an adjunct professor at George Mason University. 

Joe is a licensed Professional Engineer in Virginia and board-certified by the American Academy of Water Resources Engineering. 

Research

Water resources planning, climate and infrastructure resilience, environmental security, and decision analysis for complex civil works systems. 

Education

1.  BCE                        Georgia Institute of Technology      1980              

2.   BS                         North Georgia College                      1980

3.   MS                        University of Illinois                            1989

4.   PhD                       University of Minnesota                    2000

5.   MSS                      Army War College                             2003

Teaching

Global engineering leadership, water resources engineering, environmental systems, stormwater management, and senior capstone design. 

Distinctions & Awards

  • Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Douglas K. Lehman Northern Virginia Post Service Award, 2025 

  • SAME Walter O. Bachus Gold Medal, 2021 

  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Distinguished Member, 2021 

  • ASCE Presidents’ Award, 2018 

  • SAME Northern Virginia Post Services Award, 2018 

  • SAME Regional Vice-President’s Medal, 2016 

  • SAME Northern Virginia Post Member of the Year, 2016 

  • SAME President’s Medal, 2014 

  • ASCE Government Civil Engineer of the Year, 2012 

  • The Infrastructure Security Partnership (TISP), Annual Award for Distinguished Leadership in Critical Infrastructure Resilience, 2010 Public Sector Award  

  • ASCE Professional Practice, Ethics, and Leadership Award, 2010 

Publications

  • Manous, Joe, Paul Gagnon, and Michelle Hilleary (2022) “Effectively Managing the Nation’s Water Resources”, The Military Engineer. 

  • USACE (2022) “Transition into the Twenty-First Century: How Risk Analysis Transformed USACE Dam and Levee Safety (1972-2010), Co-editor and Publisher, USACE Institute for Water Resources Alexandria VA, IWR-2022-R-08. 

  • Manous, Joe and Eugene Z. Stakhiv (2021) “Climate Risk-Informed Decision Analysis (CRIDA)”, Water Policy, IWA Publishing, Vol 23 No S1, 54. 

  • Stakhiv, Eugene, Joe D Manous, Jr, and Gerald E. Galloway, Jr (2020) “The Mississippi River Flood of 2019”, 2020 Global HELP Report on Water and Disasters, UN High Level Panel on Water and Disasters. 

  • Feinman, Catherine L and Joe D Manous, Jr (2016), “Improving the Grade for Critical Infrastructure”, DomPrep Journal¸12:4, 5-10. 

  • Lonnquest, John, Bert Toussaint, Joe Manous, Jr., and Maurits Ertsen, Editors (2014) Two Centuries of Experience in Water Resources Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C. 

  • Manous, Joe D. Jr. (2014), “Critical Infrastructure – Preparing for the Long Haul”, DomPrep Journal. 10:9, 5-6. 

  • Manous, Joe (chair) (2009) “Guiding principles for the nation’s critical infrastructure” ASCE Critical Infrastructure Guidance Task Committee, American Society of Civil Engineers, Reston, VA, ISBN 978-0-7844-1063-9. 

  • Manous, Joe D. Jr., Gantzer, Charles J., and Stefan, Heinz G. (2007), “Spatial Variation of Sulfate Reduction Rates”, Journal of Environmental Engineering. 133:12, 1106-1116. 

  • Manous, Joe D. Jr. (2005) “Military Engineering Education: To Promote Peace, Not War” book chapter for Peace Engineering, Editor P. Aarne Vesilind. Lexington Books. 

  • Manous, Joe D. Jr., et al (2004) “An Analysis of Improvised Explosive Device (IED) Employment” produced for the Department of the Army Rapid Equipping Force. USMA IED Team. West Point, NY. 

  • Manous, Joe D. Jr. and Heinz G. Stefan (2004) “Sulfate Distribution in a Multi-Basin, Saline Lake”, Hydrobiologia, 529, 169-185. 

  • Manous, Joe D. Jr. and Heinz G. Stefan (2003) “Projected Sulfate Redistribution”, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, 129:5, 399-408.  

  • Galloway, Gerald E. Jr. and Joe D. Manous, Jr. (1994) “Balancing the Environment...”, PIANC. 

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