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MAJ Mower is an Engineer officer with tactical and operational experience in multiple units which participated in three deployments in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and one for Operation Atlantic Resolve. Her most recent assignment was as the 553rd Engineer Detachment/Forward Engineer Support Team – Advanced (FEST-A) Commander that is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ North Atlantic Division, New York District. Specifically, the 553rd ensured the provision of multi-functional technical engineering capabilities such as: limited engineering design; engineer reconnaissance; construction planning and management; base camp development; and geospatial, construction contract, security engineering, and USACE engineer reach-back support. Previously, she served as the 169th Engineer Battalion Executive and Operations Officer over five companies and two detachments within TRADOC that trained 3,500 Soldiers and Non-Commissioned Officers as well as 1,200 Sister Service personnel in over 300 classes per year at five different geographic locations. Her research interests include the how environmental policy, both at the international and domestic levels, results from or intersects with environmental technologies. MAJ Mower teaches EV350 and EV450, required courses for cadets in the environmental engineering sequence.

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Erick Martinez is a Major in the United States Army and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Life Science at the United States Military Academy. He is a 2007 graduate of the United States Military Academy with a B.S. in Environmental Engineering and a 2016 graduate of the University of Florida with an M.E. in Environmental Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Florida and teaches General Chemistry, Environmental Engineering for Community Development, Environmental Science, and Environmental Engineering Technologies.

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LTC Raby is an Engineer officer with experience within both US Army Corps of Engineers and within Combat Units at the battalion, brigade, district, task force and corps levels. His experiences include four operational engineer assignments in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and one engineer assignment in support of Operation Joint Guardian. His research and teaching interests are in master planning, water resources, sustainable LEED design, program and project management. LTC Raby teaches EV450 (Environmental Engineering for Community Development) and EV481 (Water Resources Planning and Design).

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MAJ Boyle is an Army Chemical Corps Officer specializing in planning, consequence management, and environmental safety with tactical and operational deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. His most recent experience was as the 10th Mountain Division Headquarters Battalion Operations Officer with notable operations that include a division headquarters deployment in support of Operation Freedom’s Sentinel (Afghanistan) and Division Warfighter iteration 18-01 (Ft. Drum, NY). Previously he served as the 10th Mountain Division plans officer in charge of present and future integration and training of Afghanistan forces in Eastern Afghanistan following two years as a chemical warfare analyst with the Defense Intelligence Agency. His graduate research focused on identifying groundwater underflows in Joshua Tree National Park with focus on the Cottonwood sub-basin.

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Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Pfluger, U.S. Army, is an Assistant Professor and Academy Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy. He earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering from USMA, a M.S. and Engineer Degree in Environmental Engineering and Science from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from the Colorado School of Mines. He is a licensed PE in the state of Delaware.

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