Professor
University Of Florida
Timothy Townsend is a professor of Environmental Engineering Sciences in the University of Florida’s Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment. He teaches and conducts research in the discipline of sustainable materials management (formerly solid and hazardous waste management). Courses developed and instructed by Dr. Townsend include solid and hazardous waste management; beneficial use of solid wastes; construction and demolition debris management; and the science, economics, and policy of recycling. In his senior level capstone engineering class, he has taken students to Haiti, Honduras, Costa Rica, Mexican, Guatemala, and Colombia as part of their design projects. He recently led the Department of Environmental Engineering Science’s efforts to transform their undergraduate curriculum to promote a program-long immersion in and integration of modern discipline practices.
Professor Townsend is well published in the scientific literature regarding waste management and is best known for his research related to electronic wastes, bioreactor landfills, construction and demolition debris, waste beneficial use, and recycling of waste-to-energy ash. His latest book is titled Sustainable Practices for Landfill Design and Operation (Spring Publishing Group). His research group receives support from a broad array of funding sources including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, the Hinkley Center for Solid and Hazardous Waste Management, a host of local government solid waste management departments, the Construction and Demolition Recycling Association, and numerous private companies. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Florida and is principal at the firm Innovative Waste Consulting Services. A description of Dr. Townsend’s research program can be found at https://faculty.eng.ufl.edu/timothy-townsend/ and his publications are listed at https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PqujfgkAAAAJ&hl=en.
Wednesday, June 16, 2021
11:20am – 1:00pm US EDT