Posted on December 1, 2004 at 12:15 p.m.

BIRMINGHAM, AL — University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Professor Emeritus Edmund P. Segner Jr., Ph.D., P.E., recently was inducted into the Civil and Architectural Engineering Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the University of Texas at Austin. He is one of 35 out of more than 9000 civil engineering graduates to be honored by the university since the academy was formed in 2003.

Segner joined UAB in 1990 as chairman of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and retired in December 1995. He continues to be involved with the department and UAB School of Engineering through service on two advisory boards and several committees.

During his UAB tenure, Segner earned numerous honors and awards, including engineer of the year from the Engineering Council of Birmingham in 1998 and engineering educator of the year from the Alabama Society of Professional Engineers in June 1995. He was one of nine individuals in the nation selected as a Fellow by the American Society for Engineering Education in 1994 and in 1993 he earned the society’s Centennial Medallion, which recognizes 100 living individuals who have made a significant impact on engineering education and extraordinary contributions to the field.

A native of Austin, Texas, Segner earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in 1949 and a master’s in 1952 from the University of Texas at Austin. He earned a doctorate in structural engineering from Texas A&M in 1962. Segner is a registered professional engineer in Alabama, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

Before joining UAB, Segner was an educator and administrator at the University of Memphis, University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa, Texas A&M University and University of Oklahoma. Prior to embarking upon his academic career, Segner was a professional engineer in the private sector.