Irucka Embry

Adjunct Faculty
Civil and Architectural Engineering

Irucka Embry became an Adjunct Professor in the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department in August 2013. In this capacity, he has taught the following undergraduate courses: Engineering-in-Training, Structural Testing Laboratory, Theory of Structures I, and Freshman Engineering Seminar. Irucka Embry is currently employed with the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) as a Transportation Project Specialist with the Permits Section of the Environmental Division. In this work, he reviews roadway design plans to determine if water quality permits are required due to impacts to environmental features. If such permits are needed, Irucka applies for permits from the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC), the Tennessee Valley Authority, and/or the US Coast Guard. Also, he applies for stormwater permits from TDEC if the total disturbed acreage is greater than 1 acre on the design plans.

In addition, Irucka has been the Principal of EcoC2S since 2007. With his business, Irucka helped to create and maintains an edible forest garden that seeks to restore fallow agricultural land using native plants and restoring the soil fertility while producing a variety of farm products. He also solves problems for clients and himself using the R programming language with a focus on data analysis in ecological statistics and civil/environmental engineering.

Irucka previously managed the Rutherford County Landfill, as a Project Engineer, and worked for the United States Geological Survey (USGS) assisting with water quality modeling using the R programming language.

He has a Master of Engineering with a Concentration in Environmental Engineering from Tennessee State University (TSU) and a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering with Minors in Environmental Engineering and Spanish from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville (UTK). Irucka received his Engineer-in-Training (E.I.T.) certification in 2004.

   Irucka Embry


Phone: 615-713-7094
Email: iembry@my.tnstate.edu
Email: iruckaE@mail2world.com
CV: Irucka Embry CV

EDUCATION

  • ME Engineering Concentration in Engineering Tennessee State University 2012
  • BS Civil Engineering Minors in Environmental Engineering and Spanish University of Tennessee 2004

APPOINTMENT

  • Adjunct Instructor, Department of Civil Engineering, Tennessee State University
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
  • Engineer-in-Training (E.I.T.) certified by the Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners
  • Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC) Level II Design Principles for Erosion Prevention and Sediment Control for Construction Sites
  • Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Construction Awareness 10-hour Course

COURSES TAUGHT

  • ENGR 4201 Engineering-in-Training
  • CVEN 3400 Structural Testing Laboratory
  • CVEN 3410 Theory of Structures I
  • ENGR 1020 Freshman Engineering Seminar

PUBLICATIONS

Embry, Irucka and Roland, Victor and Agbaje, Oluropo and Watson, Valetta and Martin, Marquan and Painter, Roger and Byl, Tom and Sharpe, Lonnie (2013).  Derivation of a Multiparameter Gamma Model for Analyzing the Residence-Time Distribution Function for Nonideal Flow Systems as an Alternative to the Advection-Dispersion Equation. ISRN Chemical Engineering, 2013, 8 pages. available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/539209

Painter, Roger and Embry, Irucka and Roland, Victor and Toomey, and Sharpe, Lonnie, 2013, An Alternative to the Advection Dispersion Model for Interpreting Dye Tracing Studies in Fractured-Rock and Karst Aquifers, 99-102.  ed. Trimboli, Shannon.  Mammoth Cave National Park’s 10th Research Symposium: Celebrating the Diversity of Research in the Mammoth Cave Region.  available at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=mc_reserch_symp

West, Ashley and Solomon, David and McMillan, Sean and Ho, Hung-Wai and Roland, Victor and Embry, Irucka and Toomey, Rick and Painter, Roger and Sharpe, Lonnie and Hui, Dafeng, 2013, Three Examples of Chemical Transport in Storm Runoff at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, 184-187.  ed. Trimboli, Shannon.  Mammoth Cave National Park’s 10th Research Symposium: Celebrating the Diversity of Research in the Mammoth Cave Region.  available at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=mc_reserch_symp

McMillan, Sean and West, Ashley and Solomon, David and Diehl, Roger and Roland, Victor and Embry, Irucka and Toomey, Rick, III, 2013, Evaluation of Stormwater Filters at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, 2011-12, 188-192.  ed. Trimboli, Shannon.  Mammoth Cave National Park’s 10th Research Symposium: Celebrating the Diversity of Research in the Mammoth Cave Region.  available at: http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1106&context=mc_reserch_symp

Embry, Irucka and Roland, Victor and Painter, Roger and Toomey, Rick and Sharpe, Lonnie, 2012, Quantitative Dye Tracing--Development of a New Interpretative Method, 1C:6-16. Proceedings from the 22nd Tennessee Water Resources Symposium Montgomery Bell State Park, Burns, Tennessee, April 11-13, 2012.

Diehl, Roger and Toomey, Rick and Roland, Victor and Embry, Irucka and West, Ashley and Byl, Tom, 2012, Effectiveness of Stormwater Filters at Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, 29-36. Proceedings from the 22nd Tennessee Water Resources Symposium Montgomery Bell State Park, Burns, Tennessee, April 11-13, 2012.

Hilger, Helene and Embry, Irucka, Towards a New Vision of Social Sustainability. EWRI Currents, Fall 2010, Volume 12, Number 4, pages 10-11. available at: https://www.ecoccs.com/Social-Sustainability_Hilger-Embry_EWRIFall2010Currents.pdf

Embry, Irucka, Social Sustainability and the Pursuit of Design in Engineering. EWRI Environmental and Water Engineering Practice, vol. 1, no. 1, page 5, 2011. available at: https://www.ecoccs.com/social_sustainability_EWRI_Irucka_Embry.pdf





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