Faculty & Staff
Dr.
Robert Hoeksema
Professor
Civil & Environmental Engineering
(616) 526-6167
(616) 526-6501 FAX
rhoeksem@calvin.edu
Office: SB131
Weekly schedule
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Educational background
BSLE, Calvin College, 1976
BSCE, University of Michigan, 1976
MSCE, University of Michigan, 1978
Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1984
Professional experience
Dr. Hoeksema is a Civil Engineer with interests in hydraulics, hydrology, and water resources. He has done research applying geostatistical techniques to estimation problems in the subsurface. This work has been done for Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Netherlands Institute of Applied Geosciences - TNO. He has also taught short courses in applied geostatistics for the International Groundwater Modeling Center (located at the Colorado School of Mines). He currently provides professional services for Fishbeck, Thompson, Carr and Huber, Inc.
Memberships and publications
He is a member of ASCE and has written papers for publication in Water Resources Research and Advances in Water Resources. He has written a book called Designed for Dry Feet: Flood Protection and Land Reclamation in the Netherlands (ASCE Press, April 2006).