Piechota, Thomas Christopher, 1965-

Thomas C. Piechota was the vice president for research and economic development at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as well as a professor of civil and environmental engineering. He was born in 1965. He studed civil engineering and recieved his B.S. from Northern Arizona University. From there, he went to the University of California, Los Angeles for his graduate work, receiving his master's and doctorate in civil and environmental engineering.

While at UNLV, Dr. Piechota was part of the 2013 Solar Decathalon team from UNLV, who won first place in the national and second place international rankings. He also co-led a National Science Foundation study that studied climate change in Southern Nevada. He left UNLV, and in 2016 Dr. Piechota became the Vice President of Research at Chapman University.

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"VP for Research." Chapman University, 2016. https://www.chapman.edu/about/our-family/leadership/vp-research/index.aspx.