We are deeply saddened to announce the passing away of former CEE faculty member and CEE Hall of Distinction member Dr. Dipak Roy, after a long illness. Dr. Roy joined the university in the 1979 and served as a Faculty member in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was one of the architects and initiators of the Environmental Engineering program in our Department. Dr. Roy was also inducted into the CEE Hall of Distinction in 2002. He was a notable and innovative scholar in his field of Environmental Engineering and will be missed by his family, friends and colleagues.