UA Engineering Professor Appointed to State Licensing Board

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Dr. Charles Haynes, professor of civil and environmental engineering at The University of Alabama, was recently appointed by Alabama Governor Don Siegelman to the Alabama State Board of Licensure for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.

Nominated by the Society of Mining, Metallurgical and Exploration Engineers for the appointment, Haynes will serve on the five-person board for a five-year term. His duties will include overseeing the practice of engineering and land surveying in the state and reviewing candidates seeking Professional Engineer and Land Surveyor registration in Alabama.

“I’m honored to have been chosen for this position,” Haynes said, “and I’m looking forward to helping to keep the practice of engineering and land surveying in Alabama at its high level of quality.”

Haynes is originally from Hueytown. He received his bachelor’s degree in mining engineering from UA in 1962, his master’s in mining engineering from the Pennsylvania State University in 1964, and his doctorate in petroleum engineering from the University of Texas in 1971.

From 1967 to 1976, Haynes served as assistant professor of mining engineering at UA. He then became executive vice president and later president of Belden & Blake Corp., an energy company headquartered in North Canton, Ohio. He returned to UA as a professor of mineral engineering in 1991 and served as head of the mineral engineering department and as associate dean for academic programs for the College of Engineering. In 1996, he became a professor in UA’s civil and environmental engineering department.

Haynes is a registered Professional Engineer in Alabama, and has been inducted as a Distinguished Engineering Fellow of the UA College of Engineering.