Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Program: Professor P.N. Balaguru, Civil and Environmental Engineering Building, Busch Campus (848-445-2877)

Members of the Graduate Faculty

Perumalsamy N. Balaguru, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Illinois (Chicago)
Concrete structural systems; composite materials; construction management

Jie Gong, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Texas  (Austin)
Computational models and methods for improving design, engineering, construction, and maintenance; building information modeling; remote sensing for highway asset management

Nenad Gucunski, Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan
Soil-structure interaction; nondestructive testing; numerical methods; soil and structural dynamics; earthquake engineering

Qizhong Guo, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Minnesota; P.E.
Environmental hydraulics; water quality modeling; water resources and environmental engineering

Ali Maher, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan
Soil/site improvement; soil composite materials; geosynthetics; soil dynamics; environmental geotechnology

Monica Mazurek, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Air quality engineering; organic geochemistry; analytical chemistry for environmental systems

Husam Najm, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan; P.E.
Structural system design; bridge design; concrete material

Hani H. Nassif, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Michigan; P.E.
Analysis and design of bridges; reliability analysis; structural modeling and analysis

Edward G. Nawy, Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE;
D.Eng., Pisa (Italy); P.E.
Structural concrete; materials and systems; cold weather concrete construction

Kaan M.A. Ozbay, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Transportation and traffic engineering; intelligent transportation systems; network flows; traffic simulation; real-time traffic control

Hao Wang, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D, Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Advanced infrastructure material characterization; recycled and environmentally friendly material for pavement construction and rehabilitation; computational modeling

Trefor P. Williams, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; P.E.
Construction management; traffic engineering; decision support systems; neural networks

Yook-Kong Yong, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Princeton; P.E.
Structural mechanics; computational mechanics; composite plates; finite element analysis

Adjunct Members of the Graduate Faculty

Scott Douglas, Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, SE; M.S., Vermont
Environmental toxicology; water resources planning; environmental biology

Howard S. Kliger, Visiting Professor of Civil Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Delaware
Composite materials

Steven J. Medlar, Visiting Professor of Environmental Engineering, SE; M.S., Tufts
Wastewater treatment; chemical feed; water quality and treatment