Degree Programs Offered: Master of Science, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Program: Professor Husam Najm, School of Engineering Building, Room A-139, Busch Campus (848-445-7980)
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
Nicole Fahrenfeld, Assistant Professor of Civil and
Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Virginia Tech
Environmental chemistry and environmental microbiology
to promote water quality and sustainability, with applications in natural and
engineered systems
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
Jing (Peter) Jin,
Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D.,
Wisconsin (Madison)
Freeway operations; mobile sensor data modeling
applications; microscopic traffic flow and control models for connected
vehicles; urban travel demand analysis
Xiang Liu, Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, SE; Ph.D., Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Transportation safety and security; hazardous materials multimodal transportation risk management; rail and transit transportation; maritime transportation and port operations
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
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
