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Janey Smith Camp

Janey Smith Camp, Vanderbilt University, 2011 Young Engineer of the Year, ASCE, Tennessee
Name: Janey Smith Camp
Ph.D. Environmental Engineering
Title: Research Assistant Professor
Organization: Vanderbilt University
  Nashville, TN

 

"Graduate studies at Vanderbilt in the School of Engineering allow for a unique graduate experience where you have the combination of a Research I University with a fairly intimate campus environment that allows for personal involvement of the faculty with their students' research projects."

 Education

  • Tennessee Technological University:  B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2002
  • Tennessee Technological University:  M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2004
  • Vanderbilt University:  Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, 2009

Honors

2011 Young Engineer of the Year - American Society of Civil Engineers, Tennessee Section

Research

Dr. Camp's research work ranges from development of new methodologies for enterprise risk management to development of a spill management information system (SMIS 2.0) which links an advanced hydrodynamic and spill model with a geographic information system (GIS) interface. Dr. Camp is also interested in the impacts of climate change on civil infrastructure including freight transportation structures and facilities which led to her helping organize a national summit focused on this topic in June 2011 at Vanderbilt University.

Janey also sees the value of integrating GIS in pre-secondary education and is working with Metro Nashville Public Schools to integrate GIS into the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Academy curriculum.  Another area of research focus is involved with include a study of the impacts and “true costs” of flooding from high intensity, short duration precipitation events as may be seen in the future due to climate change; the combination of social, ecological, and economic factors to measure consequences of such events; and land use management techniques and policies to manage flood events through mitigation or adaptation efforts. 

Dr. Camp is one of several researchers involved in an interdisciplinary project to investigate the extent to which environmental stressors may prompt migration or adaptation in coastal low-lying areas; a project that combines risk management, GIS, environmental hazard mapping and modeling along with social science studies of human behavior and coupled human and nature interactions.

Professional Societies & Affiliations

Dr. Camp is a licensed civil engineer in the state of Tennessee and actively participates in professional societies such as:
  • American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
  • Engineers Without Borders (EWB)
  • Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE).

Dr. Camp is also a member and/or affiliate of:

In her spare time, Dr. Camp serves on the committee for TWISTER (Tennessee Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Research) in addition to volunteering as a Science Communication Fellow for the Adventure Science Center.

 

On career preparation at Vanderbilt

"Graduate-level research is very different from undergraduate studies in that you begin to truly apply what you have previously learned to new and different situations.  My research work at Vanderbilt allowed me to take some of the hydrodynamic principals that I had learned as an undergraduate and apply them to a more complex situation in a new way.  I had the opportunity to expand my boundaries both as an engineer and an individual through learning about the use of GIS as a tool for problem solving, working on a very complex problem focused on spill management which was closely related to risk management-my current research area. 

I also had the opportunity to interact with nationally recognized faculty members and guests of the University such as Henry Petroski and Jim Rispoli when he was Assistant Secretary at the US Department of Energy.  Beyond the School of Engineering, Vanderbilt offers wealth of exposure to the arts and high-level speakers that are drawn to campus for various events such as Hillary Clinton, Khaled Hossein, Greg Mortenson, and Michael Moore.  Having the ability to hear these people speak in person definitely contributed to my personal growth while at Vanderbilt."

Distinctions of your Vanderbilt learning experience

"Graduate studies at Vanderbilt in the School of Engineering allow for a unique graduate experience where you have the combination of a Research I University with a fairly intimate campus environment that allows for personal involvement of the faculty with their students' research projects."