Faculty

Thomas C. Sheahan, Acting Department Chair

Professors
Alshawabkeh, Akram N.	PhD, PE, Louisiana State University; geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering, soil remediation, electrokinetic processes, contaminant fate and transport
Furth, Peter G.	PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; transportation analysis and planning, traffic and transit engineering, optimization, applied probability and statistics
Novotny, Vladimir, Camp, Dresser & McKee Professor of Engineering	PhD, PE, Vanderbilt University; environmental and water resources engineering
Sheahan, Thomas C.	ScD, PE, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; geotechnical engineering, clay behavior, laboratory equipment automation, and measurement instrumentation
Yegian, Mishac K., College of Engineering Distinguished Professor	PhD, PE, COE Distinguished Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; soil dynamics, earthquake engineering, risk analysis, geotechnical engineering, geosynthetics, seismic response of waste containments
Associate Professors
Bernal, Dionisio	PhD, University of Tennessee; earthquake engineering, structural engineering
Koutsopoulos, Haris N.	PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, transportation systems analysis, public transportation operations, intelligent transportation systems, traffic simulation, system analysis methods
Scranton, Richard J.	MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; transportation systems, mechanics, applied probability
Touran, Ali	PhD, PE, Stanford University; construction engineering and management
Wadia-Fascetti, Sara	PhD, Stanford University; structural engineering, structural dynamics, applications to infrastructure and deteriorating structures, earthquake ground motions, condition assessment
Wei, Irvine W.	PhD, Harvard University; water chemistry, treatment processes, acid precipitation
Assistant Professors
Caracoglia, Luca	PhD, University of Trieste, Italy; structural engineering, structural dynamics, wind engineering, wind-induced vibration and cable dynamics
Gu, April	PhD, PE, University of Wisconsin; biological wastewater treatment processes, applied microbiology
Hellweger, Ferdinand	ScD, PE, Columbia University; earth and environmental engineering, surface water quality, mathematical modeling of the fate and transport of substances of concern (e.g. PCBs, arsenic) and the ecological dynamics (e.g. eutrophication) of rivers, lakes, estuaries, and the ocean
Sasani-Kolori, Mehrdad	PhD, PE, University of California at Berkeley; earthquake engineering, reliability and performance-based engineering, reliability-based seismic codes, experimental and analytical studies on reinforced concrete structures and energy dissipating devices
Graduate Program Advisers Construction Management Professor Ali Touran Environmental Professor Irvine W. Wei Geotechnical/Geoenvironmental Professor Mishac K. Yegian Structural Professor Dionisio Bernal Transportation Professor Haris Koutsopoulos