Jan 27, 2026  
2013-2014 Graduate Catalog 
    
2013-2014 Graduate Catalog [Not Current Academic Year. Consult with Your Academic Advisor for Your Catalog Year]

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering


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Faculty

Ashraf Ayoub. Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; P.E.: finite element analysis, constitutive modeling of materials, earthquake engineering.

Abdeldjelil Belarbi. Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Professor and Department Chair; Ph.D., University of Houston; P.E.: structural health monitoring, smart sensors, structural performance and durability in natural disasters, constitutive modeling of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures.

William Carter, Research Professor; Ph.D., University of Arizona; use of advanced geodetic techniques to monitor the time variations of the orientation, gravity and topography of the earth with sufficient accuracy to refine and discriminate among earth models and geodynamical theories.

Shankar Chellam. Professor; Ph.D., Rice University: membranes and nanotechnology for water/wastewater purification, urban and global aerosols.

Mina Dawood. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., North Carolina State University; P.Eng.: fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composites and steel structures.

Bora Gencturk. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: extreme load testing and simulation of structural systems.

Osman I. Ghazzaly. Professor Emeritus; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin: soil-structure interaction, behavior of expansive clays.

Craig L. Glennie. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Calgary (Canada); P.Eng.: remote sensing, LiDAR, navigation, kinematic geodesy.

Kye J. Han. Associate Professor; D.Sc., Washington University in St. Louis: structural engineering and mechanics. (VMOE)

Reagan Sentelle Herman. Instructional and Research Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin: structural engineering, bridge engineering, field monitoring.

Thomas T. C. Hsu. Moores Professor; Ph.D., Cornell University; P.E.: reinforced and prestressed concrete structures, structural mechanics, construction materials.

Hyongki Lee. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Ohio State University: satellite geodesy and remote sensing.

Mo Li. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Michigan: innovative materials, infrastructure sustainability, integrated structural and materials design.

Yi-Lung Mo. Professor; Ph.D., University of Hannover (Germany): structural engineering, earthquake engineering.

Kalyana B. Nakshatrala. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign: computational and theoretical mechanics; flow and transport in heterogeneous porous media, fluid-structure interaction.

Hanadi S. Rifai. Professor; Ph.D., Rice University; P.E.: surface water and groundwater hydrology, contaminant transport and remediation, environmental modeling and geographic information systems.

William G. Rixey. Associate Professor; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: contaminant fate and transport, hazardous waste treatment processes.

Debora F. Rodrigues. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Michigan State University: environmental microbiology and biotechnology.

Jerry R. Rogers. Associate Professor; Ph.D., Northwestern University; P.E.: water resources and quality, stormwater runoff, urban planning.

Ramesh L. Shrestha. Professor; PhD. University of Wisconsin, Madison: geosensing and LiDAR.

Kyle Strom. Assistant Professor; Ph.D., Iowa State University: hydraulics and sediment transport.

Joseph W. Tedesco. Professor and Elizabeth D. Rockwell Dean; PhD., Lehigh University; P.E.: finite element modeling of structures, response of structures to dynamic loads, repair of concrete structures with FRP, wave propagation in elastic and inelastic media, high strain rate effects on materials and structures.

Cumaraswamy Vipulanandan. Professor; Ph.D., Northwestern University; P.E.: geomechanics, experimental methods, waste disposal.

Keh-Han Wang. Professor; Ph.D., Iowa State University: coastal/estuary hydrodynamics.

Kaspar J. Willam. Hugh Roy & Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished University Professor; Dr.-Ing. habil., University of Stuttgart (Germany); Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley: computational mechanics, finite elements.

Adjunct Faculty

Anestis S. Veletsos. Distinguished Adjunct Professor; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign: structural engineering and mechanics, structural and foundation dynamics, earthquake engineering, dynamics of offshore platforms.