Sharon Just

Prof. of the Practice Sharon Just is an environmental engineer/entrepreneur with 32+ years of broad consulting experience. She received her undergraduate degree from Georgia Tech (Civil Engineering) where she was Student Body President and was named Ms. Georgia Tech, and received her graduate degree from Stanford University (Environmental Engineering) with Distinction. After graduate school, Just worked for Senator Sam Nunn in Washington D.C., and then returned to Atlanta where she joined Engineering-Science (now Parsons) and became a registered engineer.

During her 11 years at Parsons, Prof. Just held various roles of increasing responsibility, including treatability lab coordinator, industrial waste process deputy manager, client service manager, and wastewater and air process group manager, culminating in being appointed a Parsons Associate. In 2001, she founded Just Engineering & Associates, Inc. and spent an additional 21 years consulting on industrial wastewater treatment and compliance issues in multiple states, with services ranging from treatability testing through process engineering, detailed design, construction management, start-up, and training. She has served in numerous community leadership roles, raised 3 children including one with significant special needs, and has a particular interest in ADA access.