- B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, 1976
- M.Sc. in Industrial Management, Central Missouri State University, Warrensburg, Missouri, 1977
- M.Sc. in Sanitary Engineering, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, 1980
- Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (Environmental Engineering) University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, Missouri, 1988
- One Year of Sabbatical Leave At The National Institute for Resources & Environment (NIRE), Tsukuba Science City, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, March 1995 to April 1996