Michael Ungs, Ground Water Pollution Engineer, Tetra Tech
Thursday, October 18, 2007 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Tetra Tech’s mission is to be ‘the premier worldwide consulting and engineering firm’. They seek clear sustainable solutions that improve the quality of life. They take this responsibility seriously
because Tetra Tech's work often places them at the center of their clients' challenges regarding environment, safety, and sustainability. Dr. Michael J. Ungs, our third Austin Fellow is a Ground
Water Pollution engineer at Tetra Tech. He is fascinated by the mathematical process of describing how things function and how to apply that mathematical process to real-life issues. Influenced by
the Apollo Program, Dr. Ungs attended the University of Washington to study Aeronautics and Astronautics. He continued his career as a graduate student at Princeton, earning a master’s degree in
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and specializing in Guidance Control Theory of Spacecraft. However, mass industry lay-offs coupled with a childhood spent on a family farm sent Dr. Ungs back to
school to pursue a PhD in Forestry Physiology at Oregon State University. At OSU, Dr. Ungs studied the mathematical and mechanical aspect of forestry and nature. Upon graduating from Oregon State
University, Dr. Ungs continued his research in Brazil, studying ground water pollution. A downturn in the Brazilian economy sent Dr. Ungs’s family back the States and in 1982 he joined Tetra Tech.
