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Civil & Environmental Engineering Research

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

 

Geotechnical Engineering

    Area Coordinator:

    Tarek Abichou, Ph.D.

     

    Area Faculty:

    Kamal Tawfiq,Ph.D., P.E.


     

     

    Areas of Interest:

  • Soil Structure Interaction

  • Computer Application in Geotechnical Engineering

  • Design with Geosynthetics

  • Dynamics Characterization of Materials

  • Geoenvironmental engineering

  • Pavement design

 

Transportation and Construction Engineering

         Area Coordinator:
       Virgil Ping, Ph.D., P.E.

    Area Faculty:
    Yassir A. AbdelRazig, Ph.D.

    Renatus Nyakiamo Mussa, Ph.D.

    John Sobanjo, Ph.D., P.E.  


    Areas of Interest: 

  • GPS/GIS Applications

  • Infrastructure Management

  • Pavements and Materials testing

  • Pavement Engineering and Management

  • Transportation Design and Materials

  • Construction Engineering and Management, Computer Applications in Civil Engineering

  • Intelligent Transportation Systems, highway safety, traffic operations and control

 

Environmental and Water Resources Engineering

    Area Coordinator:
    Amy B. Chan Hilton, Ph.D. 

     

    Area Faculty:
    Danuta Leszczynka, Ph.D.
    Soronnadi Nnaji, Ph.D.
    Gang Chen

    Wenrui Huang, Ph.D., P.E.


    Areas of Interest:

  • Solid and Hazardous Waste Management

  • Environmental Impact Analysis

  • Natural Systems for Water Quality Management

  • Environmental Effects of Transportation Systems

  • Sustainable Technology

  • Regional Planning

  • Fate and Transport Modeling

  • Environmental Systems Analysis

  • Remediation Optimization

  • Groundwater Management

  • Water Resources Management

  • Hydrology

  • Hydraulic Engineering

  • Storm Water Run-off

  • Engineering Support Systems