Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Classification
Conservative
File
0002
Opened
Tenured 2007. Confirmed by the Watch, 2019.
Evidentiary grade
Inferential
Threat score
0.1 / 100
Field office
Hyde Park, Chicago
Last observed
2026-05-09
Standing
On the criteria published in the Methodology, this confirmation does not stand. The criteria are under review.
Summary
Subject 0002 was first classified following an observation at a Rotary Club breakfast in March 2019. No attributable political statement has subsequently been recorded. He has not spoken at a faculty meeting, signed a statement, or declined to sign one.
The classification relies primarily on a bumper sticker affixed to the subject’s vehicle. A 2023 review found the available evidence insufficient under the published criteria. The classification was retained.
The subject has not been informed that a file exists.
Basis for classification
A nod, observed at a Rotary Club pancake breakfast in March 2019, and a bumper sticker for a candidate in a 2014 county drain commissioner race. The candidate ran unopposed. The candidate’s party affiliation is not printed on that ballot line.
Inferential — Based on objects or associations; no relevant conduct or attributable statement is on file.
Statement of the subject
None on file. The Watch has never heard the subject speak. A 2021 department profile quotes him on drainage.
Field record
Discipline
Civil Engineering. Load-bearing structures, culverts, one paper on drainage that is well regarded.
Primary location
Structures laboratory and campus facilities.
Observed locations
Campus, one Rotary Club, and a hardware store on Grand River Avenue.
Status
Tenured. Full professor. Has never sought administrative appointment.
Pattern of life
Laboratory 06:30 to 18:30. Rotary Club breakfast, first Saturday. Church, irregular.
Identification
Vehicle bearing a bumper sticker from a 2014 county drain commissioner campaign.
Recorded statement
None. In seven years the Watch has not obtained a recording of the subject’s voice.
Known associates
Twelve graduate students and one family association reviewed; no relevant association identified.
Capabilities
None assessed. Subject has published forty-one papers, none of them political.
Intent
Assessed as "to finish the culvert paper."
Signature
Inferred from the vehicle. Confidence: moderate, and internally disputed.
Observations
2019-03-02 08:14
Rotary Club breakfast. Subject observed to nod during a political discussion. Observation reviewed by a second analyst; file opened.
2021-11-30 17:45
Faculty meeting, ninety minutes. Subject present. Subject silent. Consistent with all prior faculty meetings.
2023-06-14
Review of vehicle-based evidence completed. Existing classification retained pending revision of the criteria.
2026-05-09
Routine observation, Grand River Avenue. No relevant activity recorded.