Background

Dr. Waters has a Ph.D. in architectural engineering from Pennsylvania State University (1993). His B. S. (1978) and M.S. degrees (1988) are in architectural engineering from Kansas State University. Dr. Waters served on the faculty of Kansas State University in architectural engineering from 1986 to 2000. He was the head of the Department of Architectural Engineering and Construction Science at KSU for four years. Prior to his academic career, Dr. Waters served for over seven years as an electrical project engineer for Professional Engineering Consultants in Wichita, Kansas. He is currently or has been licensed in 21 states and received two International Lighting Design Awards of Merit. Dr. Waters is involved with the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) where he served on the Board of Governors and the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) where he has chaired and serves on many technical committees. Dr. Waters' scholarly activities are in lighting and power distribution systems for buildings.