Robert G. Traver, Ph.D., P.E., D.WRE
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University
Director, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Villanova University
Director, Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership
Specialty: Urban Drainage
Robert G. Traver, a retired Army Reserves Lt. Col. and Operation Desert Storm veteran, has been a member of the Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Program at Villanova since 1988. His teaching responsibilities include courses in hydrology, hydraulics, stormwater management and all facets of water resources. Traver has conducted research on modeling of stream hydraulics, urban hydrology, water quality and measures to mitigate stormwater effects of urbanization. To advance research in storm water management, Dr. Traver founded the Villanova Urban Stormwater Partnership, where he currently serves as director.
Traver was appointed by the Commonwealth to the oversight committee for Pennsylvania's "new" BMP Handbook, and has served five years as chair of the Pennsylvania Stormwater Management Symposium held at Villanova. He currently serves on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Monitoring Program and as a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Environment and Water Resources Institute's Water Resources Council.
He is a diplomat of the American Academy of Water Resources Engineers and was named the Water Resources Engineer of the Year by the Philadelphia Section of ASCE. Traver received a bachelor's in civil engineering from the Virginia Military Institute, a master's degree in civil engineering for Villanova University and doctorate degree in civil engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
