Iseley

David T. (Tom) Iseley is Professor of Engineering Practice and the Beavers Heavy Construction Distinguished Fellow, Construction Engineering Management at Purdue University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from The University of Alabama, an MBA from The University of Alabama-Birmingham, and a PhD in civil engineering from Purdue University. Tom has been on the cutting edge of trenchless technology since its inception more than 30 years ago.

Widely experienced in both industry and academia, he has been a construction company owner, a consultant, a staff engineer, an engineering vice president, a chief technical officer, and a president and COO of a privately held company. His academic experience includes positions such as assistant professor at Mississippi State University and Program Director of the Purdue Construction Engineering Management Technology (CEMT) Program. At Louisiana Tech, in addition to being a professor, he serves as director of the university’s Trenchless Technology Center.

Tom is an award-winning researcher and has been honored many times with such recognitions as the Outstanding Educator Award from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), the Trenchless Technology Person of the Year Award, the Stephen D. Bechtel Pipeline Engineering Award, and the T. L. James Construction Company Faculty Award for Outstanding Research Achievement.

He and Carol have four grown children, six grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.