Faculty
Knud Hermansen
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A.D. | Wildlife Technology/Pennsylvania State University | 1978 |
B.S. | Civil Engineering/Pennsylvania State University | 1980 | |
M.S. | Civil Engineering (Surveying & Mapping Emphasis)/University of Wisconsin | 1981 | |
Ph.D. | Civil Engineering/Pennsylvania State University | 1986 | |
J.D. | Law, Doctor of Jurisprudence/West Virginia University | 1989 |
Knud E. Hermansen began his surveying career in the United States Marine Corp. over 30 years ago. After completion of basic training, Knud was sent to surveying school and spent the next three years with the 2nd Topographic Platoon, 8th Engineer Battalion performing control surveys throughout the world. After his release from active duty as a sergeant, Knud worked for various consulting firms providing a wide range of services involving boundary surveys, site development, and engineering. During the last several years, Knud has provided consulting services in land surveying, civil engineering, and law. Much of Knud’s present consulting activities involve boundary disputes, easements, land development, liability, title, and contract issues.
In addition to consulting work, Knud has over 20 years in the military reserves rising through the ranks from sergeant to major. Much of his military time was spent with engineer and construction units within the United States Army Corp of Engineers.
Knud is a/an:
- Professional engineer
- Professional land surveyor
- Attorney at law
- Member of the:
- American Society of Engineering Educators
- Reserve Officers Association
- American Society of Civil Engineers
- National Society of Professional Engineers
- National Society of Professional Surveyors (Fellow)
- National Lawyers Association
- Maine State Bar Association
- Maine Society of Land Surveyors
- several other state bar and surveying societies.
He taught at Penn State University for four years before teaching at the University of Maine.
Knud currently teaches three to four courses a semester — from basic surveying to construction law. He teaches in the Surveying Engineering Technology program and the Construction Management Technology program.
Carlton Brown
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B.S. | Civil Engineering/Carnegie Mellon University | |
M.S. | Geo-Information Science/Salem State College, Salem, MA | ||
Ph.D. | Civil Engineering/University of Maine |
Carlton is a/an:
- Professional engineer (ME & MA)
- Professional land surveyor (ME & MA)
- Member of the
- American Congress on Surveying and Mapping
- National Society of Professional Surveyors
- Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors & Civil Engineers
- Maine Society of Land Surveyors
Carlton A. Brown began his surveying career with the New Jersey Department of Transportation for 2 years before moving back to his hometown of Newburyport, Massachusetts where he worked for Port Engineering Associates, Inc. of Newburyport for the next 26 years. In 2000 he moved to Maine for graduate work at the University of Maine. In the Fall of 2003 Carlton became the first instructor of the then newly-created Civil Engineering Technology program at Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor, developing and teaching the new curriculum. In the Fall of 2005 he became the third faculty member of the Surveying Engineering Technology program.
Ray Hintz
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B.S. | Civil & Environmental Engineering/University of Wisconsin | 1978 |
M.S. | Civil & Environmental Engineering (Surveying & Mapping Emphasis)/University of Wisconsin | 1980 | |
Ph.D. | Civil & Environmental Engineering (Surveying & Mapping Emphasis)/University of Wisconsin | 1983 |
Ray is a professional land surveyor (FL, ME) who focuses his practice on data collection. He is the author of several surveying software programs used by approximately 25 department of transportations and their consultants.
Ray is a member of:
- American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing
- Maine Society of Land Surveyors
- Massachusetts Association of Land Surveyors and Civil Engineers
Ray currently teaches three to four courses a semester — from basic surveying to photogrammetry. He is an article reviewer for several professional publications and helps prepare exams for photogrammetry certification.
Steven Adam
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B.S. | Microbiology/New Mexico State University | 1993 |
M.B.A. | Masters of Business Administration/New Mexico State University | 1997 |
Steve served his country as an airborne infantryman and pathfinder. After graduation from college, he worked for various industries. Steve teaches SVT475, Small Business Management.
Steve is a member of the following:
- Council for Advancement and Support of Engineering Education (CASE)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
- Sigma Iota Epsilon, (national management honor society)
- Francis Crowe Society (UMaine Engineering honor society)