Dr. Alex Mayer is Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Texas at El Paso. Dr. Mayer’s teaching and research focuses on finding solutions to water resources problems through modeling of watersheds and groundwater aquifers, coupled with human decision-making models. His research has taken place in the Rio Grande basin, Caribbean, Great Lakes, and Sonora and Veracruz, Mexico. He has directed $11 million in externally-funded research and published more than 100 refereed papers and book chapters. He enjoys participating in and inspiring interdisciplinary research and teaching activities. He has directed several undergraduate, graduate, and secondary school curriculum enhancement projects.