Ken Rainwater is the Director of the Texas Tech University Water Resources Center and a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He is a registered Professional Engineer in Texas and has a B.S.C.E. from Rice University, and an M.S.C.E. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas Austin. Rainwater has 22 years of experience in water resources and environmental engineering. He teaches courses in environmental engineering, engineering hydrology, water systems design, groundwater hydrology, groundwater contaminant transport, and water resources management. His research expertise includes groundwater quantity and quality, remediation of soil and groundwater contamination, and water resources management.