Dr. Matthews has over 20 years of experience in rehabilitation and inspection of infrastructure
systems. He is the Director of the Trenchless Technology Center (TTC), Professor of
Civil Engineering and Construction Engineering Technology, and Eminent Scholar Chair
of Construction at Louisiana Tech University. Prior to returning to the TTC, he served
as Water Market Sector and Pipe Renewal Service Line Manager at Pure Technologies.
Prior to Pure, he served as Battelle’s Water Infrastructure Management Lead, leading
numerous water infrastructure studies. Prior to Battelle, he led multiple projects
while at the TTC as a Research Associate relating to the development of automated
decision support systems. He has given more than 200 conference presentations and
authored more than 300 publications. He is active in the International (ISTT) and
North American Society for Trenchless Technology (NASTT), and American Society of
Civil Engineers (ASCE). He also serves on several boards including the ISTT Board
of Directors and the Editorial Board for Trenchless Technology magazine. His awards
include three ISTT No-Dig Awards (2005, 2012, 2022) and ISTT Fellow Status (2023),
the ASCE LA Section Educator of the Year (2021), the NASTT Distinguished Service Award
(2021), the Trenchless Technology Person of the Year (2023), and the LA Foundation
Professorship Award (2025).
