CAPT Corinna Fleischmann is a licensed Professional Engineer with military, academic and research experience in water resources engineering, environmental engineering, coastal resiliency, construction project management and engineering education. CAPT Fleischmann is a career educator who has been a member of the US Coast Guard Academy (CGA) faculty since 2004 and served as the Civil and Environmental Engineering Program Chair from 2017-2021. Upon CGA graduation in 1998, CAPT Fleischmann was assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter ELM where she served two tours: first as a Deck Watch Officer/Assistant Navigator and then as the Operations Officer. Following her afloat tours, she began her civil engineering career as a member of Facilities Engineering at CGA where she served as both the Safety Officer and the Construction Officer. In 2004, CAPT Fleischmann earned a M.S. in Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Engineering and Project Management from the University of Texas, Austin. Upon graduation, she was assigned as a rotating military faculty member at CGA and in 2008, she was selected as a member of the Permanent Commissioned Teaching Staff (PCTS). As a faculty member at CGA, she expanded and modernized the Civil and Environmental Engineering curriculum with the development of elective courses in Water Resources Engineering and Coastal Resiliency. CAPT Fleischmann’s passion for teaching and learning began early in her career. In 2007, she was certified as a Sustainable Building Advisor through the National Sustainable Building Advisors Program. In 2009, she began her Ph.D. work at the University of Connecticut in Civil Engineering. Since earning her Ph.D. in 2014 and has continued to seek out research opportunities collaborating with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Research and Development and Homeland Security on the Analysis for Coastal Operational Resiliency (AnCOR) project to assess the USCG’s preparedness to respond to a wide-area biological contamination incident impacting stormwater infrastructure and with CGA and USCG Health, Safety and Work-Life (HSWL) to develop COVID-19 sewage surveillance protocols. CAPT Fleischmann is actively involved with the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd) program and spends time each summer mentoring civil engineering faculty at colleges and universities throughout the US.

Education

• Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Connecticut, 2014
• M.S., Civil Engineering with an emphasis in Construction Engineering and Project Management, University of Texas, Austin, 2004
• B.S., Civil Engineering, U.S. Coast Guard Academy, 1998

Courses Taught

• Environmental Engineering II, Lecture
• Water Resources Engineering, Lecture
• Coastal Resiliency, Lecture
• Environmental Engineering I, Lecture and Lab
• Civil Engineering Design, Lecture and Project Advisor
• Construction Project Management, Lecture
• Civil Engineering Materials, Lecture and Lab
• Engineering Material Science, Lecture and Lab
• Strength of Materials, Lecture and Lab
• Statics and Engineering Design, Lecture

Professional Certifications, Affiliations, and Memberships

• Professional Engineer in Florida since 2007
• Certified Sustainable Building Advisor (CSBA) through the National Sustainable Building Advisor Program since 2009
• American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
• American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE)
• ASCE Committee on Education, Corresponding Member
• ASCE Excellence in Civil Engineering Education (ExCEEd), Fellow
• Executive Leadership in Academic Technology, Engineering and Science (ELATES), Fellow, 2023

Selected Publications and Presentations

Contributor

• Connecticut Section of the American Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE). Report Card for Connecticut’s Infrastructure. American Society of Civil Engineers. www.Infrastructurereportcard.org/Connecticut released 27 Sep 2022.
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Analysis of Coastal Operation Resiliency (AnCOR) Task 2.1 Phase 1 Modeling Report, Fate and Transport of Spores on Outdoor Surfaces. Office of Research and Development Homeland Security Research Program. EPA/600/R-21/093, June 2021.

Publications

• Gregory J. Hall, Eric J. Page, Min Rhee, Clara Hay, Amelia Krause, Emma Langenbacher, Allison Ruth, Steve Grenier, Alexander P. Duran, Ibrahim Kamara, John K. Iskander, Dana L. Thomas, Edward Bock, Nicholas Porta, Jessica Pharo, Beth A. Osterink, Sharon Zelmanowitz, Corinna M. Fleischmann, Dilhara Liyanage, and Joshua P. Gray. “Wastewater Surveillance of U.S. Coast Guard Installations and Seagoing Military Vessels to Mitigate the Risk of COVID-19 Outbreaks” medRxiv. Feb 6, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.05.22269021
• Fleischmann, C., E. Nakagawa and T. Kelley. “Redesigning the Student Learning Approach through Personality Types and Pedagogies, A Case Study in an Undergraduate Engineering Course” Universal Journal of Educational Research 4(2):426-431, 2016. https://www.hrpub.org/download/20160130/UJER17-19505512.pdf

Conference Proceedings

• Elkhatib, D. and C. Fleischmann. “Ensuring Modern Standards are Met at Older Facilities – Two Case Studies” World Environmental & Water Resources Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 2024.
• Fleischmann, C., H. Jackson, and B. Maggi. “Enriching student learning through compelled active participation” American Society of Engineering Educations Conference Proceedings, Baltimore, Maryland, 2023.
• Salyards, K., A. Estes, C. Saviz, P. Clayton, C. Fleischmann, J. Davis, T. Nilsson, P. Omur-Ozbek, F. Ozis, M. Palomo, C. Rodak, C. Rutherford, C. Torres, D. Cowand, L. Nolen, “ASCE’s Response to the Pandemic: Execution of a Remote ExCEEd Teaching Workshop” American Society of Engineering Educations Conference Proceedings, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2022.
• Fleischmann, C., and S. Zelmanowitz, “Challenges and Successes of a Hybrid Lab in an Introductory Environmental Engineering Course” American Society of Engineering Educators, St. Lawrence Section, virtual, April 17, 2021.
• Fleischmann, C., B. Maggi and H. Jackson, “Project-Based Approach to Educating Students About the Global Need for Coastal Resiliency” 45th Annual Natural Hazards Research and Applications Workshop, Boulder, CO, July 16, 2020.
• Fleischmann, C. B. Maggi and H. Jackson, “Integrating Sustainability and Resilience Concepts into Courses” 2020 American Society of Engineering Educators Virtual Annual Conference, Jun 22-26, 2020.
• Mikelonis, A., C. Fleischmann, O. Gibson and K. Ratliff, “Stormwater Infrastructure Assessment of US Coast Guard Facilities for Resiliency under Extreme Events” 2020 Watershed Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV, 20 May 2020.