Civil Engineering Faculty

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Fakhraei, Habibollah, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2016; 2019. Environmental engineering, environmental modeling, biogeochemistry, aquatic chemistry, water quality modeling, air pollution effects, GIS, geostatistical analysis, hydrology, numerical optimization.

Kalra, Ajay, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Nevada, 2011; 2015. Hydraulics and water resources engineering, hydro-climatology, urban sustainability, water-energy-climate nexus, probabilistic forecasting and downscaling, surface water and groundwater interactions.

Kolay, Prabir, Professor and Director, Civil Engineering, Ph. D., Indian Institute of Technology, IIT Bombay, 2001; 2010. Geotechnical engineering, soil stabilization, utilization of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) and coal ash, unsaturated soil, thermal properties of soil, and numerical modeling.

Liu, Jia, Associate Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Houston, 2014; 2015. Environmental engineering, renewable energy production, microbial fuel cell, water/wastewater treatment and groundwater/soil remediation, material development for energy safety and environmental pollution detection.

Mehmet, Yilmaz, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2018; Environmental engineering, design and assessment of environmental containment systems for municipal solid wastes, landfill maintenance, contaminant transport, renewable energy systems, geoenvironmental engineering, life cycle assessment.

Sen, Debarshi, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Rice University, 2018; 2022. Structural dynamic systems, infrastructure monitoring and resilience, applications of statistical and machine learning in monitoring, regional fragility assessment, seismic response control.

Shin, Sangmin, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), 2015; 2021. Integrated water resources engineering, cyber-physical systems, hydroinformatics, socio-environmental hydrology, system resilience and sustainability, water-energy-food nexus, systems thinking and optimization.

Tezcan, Jale, Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Rice University, 2005; 2005. Non-linear structural behavior, neural networks in system identification and structural control, rehabilitation, and retrofitting of structures damaged by earthquakes.

Emeriti Faculty 

Bravo, Rolando, Associate Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Houston, 1990; 1991. 

Butson, Gary J., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1981;1992. 

Chevalier, Lizette R., Professor, Emerita, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1994; 1995.

Cook, Echol E., Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 1970; 1971.  

DeVantier, Bruce A., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of California-Davis, 1983; 1983.

Evers, James L., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Alabama, 1969; 1969.

Frank, Roy R., Jr., Assistant Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, M.S., Southern Illinois University Carbondale, 1983; 1984.

Hsiao, J. Kent, Professor, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Utah — Salt Lake City, 2000; 2001.

Kassimali, Aslam, Professor and Distinguished Teacher, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Missouri, 1976; 1980.

Kumar, Sanjeev, Professor and Distinguished Teacher, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Missouri Rolla, 1996; 1998.

Puri, Vijay K., Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla, 1984; 1986.

Ray, Bill T., Associate Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Missouri-Rolla, 1984; 1985. 

Rubayi, Najim, Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 1966; 1966.

Sami, Sedat, Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1966; 1966. 

Warwick, John J., Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, 1983; 2011.

Yen, Max Shing-Chung, Professor, Emeritus, Civil Engineering, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1984; 1984.