COL Scott Katalenich

Associate Professor

Director, Civil Engineering Division

Civil and Mechanical Engineering

scott.katalenich [at] westpoint.edu

Colonel Scott M. Katalenich serves as an Academy Professor at the United States Military Academy. His military schooling includes the Engineer Officer Basic Course, the Armor Captain’s Career Course, Command & General Staff College Intermediate Level Education Common Core & Air Command and Staff College Advanced Operations Courses, Battalion/District (Army, Engineer, and US Army Corps of Engineers) Pre-Command Courses, Joint Engineering Operations Course, Counter Explosive Hazards Planner Course, Cold Weather Orientation Course, Air Assault, Airborne, Sapper, and Ranger. He has served in Mechanized, Stryker, and Echelon Above Brigade Engineer units, including multiple tours to the Joint Readiness Training Center, the National Training Center, and deployment to Iraq as a Brigade Engineer and Stryker Company Commander. As a Battalion and Brigade S3, he planned, resourced, and directed missions in support of geospatial, underwater dive, explosive ordnance clearance, vertical construction, horizontal construction, survey, design, maintenance, and Logistics Support Vessel / harbormaster operations across the Pacific. As a Corps of Engineers District Commander, he led both civilian and military professionals in delivering engineering design, planning, construction, real estate, regulation, flood risk management, hydropower, lock operations, recreation, and environmental services within the Great Lakes region. COL Katalenich is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the State of Alaska. He holds the academic rank of Associate Professor and has taught numerous engineering courses:

CE189 – Independent Study in Civil Engineering

CE201 – Introduction to Civil Engineering

CE350 – Infrastructure Engineering

CE389 – Independent Study in Civil Engineering

CE401 – Civil Engineering Professional Practice and Application

CE450 – Construction Management

CE489 – Advanced Independent Study in Civil Engineering

CE490 – Topics in Civil Engineering

CE493 – Civil Engineering Capstone Design Course I

CE494 – Civil Engineering Capstone Design Course II

MC300 – Fundamentals of Engineering Mechanics & Design

ME370 – Computer Aided Design

ME389 – Advanced Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering

ME404 – Mechanical Engineering Design

ME489 – Advanced Independent Study in Mechanical Engineering

ME496 – Mechanical System Design

XE485 – Engineering Capstone Design I

XE495 – Engineering Capstone Design II

PhD- Stanford University

MS- Stanford University

MPhil- University of Cambridge

BS- United States Military Academy

Current Research

Engineering Education, Military Engineering, Infrastructure, Energy, Resilience, & Security

Selected Publications

Most Recent Publications (presenting authors):

Van Poppel, B.P., Londner, E., Banko, A.A., Eils, C.G., Hoyer, B.K, Katalenich, S.M., and Zifchock, R.A., “Framework and Curricular Implementation of Technical Communication in an Undergraduate Mechanical Engineering Program.” Proceedings of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers 2024 International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE2024), Portland, Oregon, November 2024. https://doi.org/10.1115/IMECE2024-142639

Scruggs, K., Katalenich, S., and Klosky, J., "Infrastructure Live! A Hands-On Electric Power Classroom Experience Requiring a Single Rolling Chalkboard." Proceedings of the 131^st American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2024. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47622

Glavin, M., Hume, R., Katalenich, S., and Graves, W., "Leveraging the ASCE ExCEEd Model to Design a Course on Sustainable Infrastructure Development." Proceedings of the 131^st American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2024. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47745

Rocha, B. and Katalenich, S., "Application of Employee Appraisal Forms to Facilitate Assessment of Student Outcomes in the Engineering Capstone Course (Work-In-Progress)." Proceedings of the 131^st American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2024. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--46587

Kipfmiller, T., Tucker, A., Reeves, C., Parker, N., and Katalenich, S., "Integrating Professional Credentialing in Sustainability into Civil Engineering Curriculum: A Case Study." Proceedings of the 131^st American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference & Exposition, Portland, Oregon, June 2024. https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--47662

Chi, R., Kipfmiller, T., Rankel, M., Rhyne, H., Sang, D., Sikazwe, A., Ucok, E., Davidson, F., Lueders, J., and Katalenich, S. “Modeling Energy Systems for Peak Resilience and Sustainability.” Proceedings of the 2024 General Donald R. Keith Memorial Capstone Conference, West Point, New York, 2 May 2024. https://www.ieworldconference.org/content/WP2024/title.html

Bennett, B., Nall, G., Ragan, D., Reinhardt, E., Rhyne, C., Sanchez, B., Schaertl, M., Childers, S., and Katalenich, S., “Building Strong in the Engineer Regiment with Credentialing.” Army Engineer Association, Army Engineer Magazine, Summer 2024. https://armyengineer.com/engineer-magazine/