Wayne Bergstrom is a Bechtel Distinguished Engineer at Bechtel Infrastructure and Power Corporation where he has served as a Principal Engineer on a wide variety of globally distributed power generation and transmission projects. He has 38 years of civil/geotechnical engineering experience in governmental, industrial, and private practice employment.  He is a licensed professional engineer in four states and was granted certification as a Diplomate, Geotechnical Engineering by the Academy of Geo-Professionals in 2013. He holds a BS in Civil Engineering from Michigan Technological University, an MS in Civil Engineering from Purdue University, and a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan. A Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers, he is also the 2013 recipient of ASCE’s Excellence in Civil Engineering Education Leadership Award.

He began service to ABET as a program evaluator in 1993.  He has since filled a variety of ABET roles, including EAC Commissioner and evaluation team chair.  In addition, he served five years on the EAC Criteria Committee.  A member of the ABET Board of Directors for six years, he has served on its Executive, Finance and Governance Committees.