Department Information
Civil and environmental engineers are involved with the systems that are essential
to our modern way of life. For example, civil and environmental engineers plan,
design, and construct roads, bridges and airports, buildings, water supply and wastewater
treatment plants, waterways, ports, and dams. They also work to protect the environment
by developing and applying remedial technologies to contaminated groundwater and
soil. Civil and environmental engineers are well qualified to participate in public
and private decision-making processes regarding infrastructure systems, and, as
such, serve as technical and policy advisors. They may also choose to serve as appointed
or elected officials.
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering offers programs of study leading
to the Bachelor of Science Degree (128 semester hours), Master of Engineering Degree
(30 semester hours), Master of Science Degree (24 semester hours plus thesis) and
Doctor of Philosophy Degree (24 semester hours above the Master degree plus dissertation)
in the following areas: Environmental, Geotechnical, Structures, and Water Resources
Engineering. As for facilities, the department has Environmental, Geotechnical,
Hydraulic, Engineering Materials, and Structural research laboratories. All laboratories
have computer automation and data acquisition. The College of Engineering and Information
Technology offers excellent computer resources through networked computers, mini-computers,
and a university mainframe. Other available hardware includes workstations and parallel
processors. Computer-aided drawing, graphics, word processing, statistics, and other
software are also available.
Department Contact Information
FACULTY
Environmental
Liv M. Haselbach, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Sustainable Development, Construction Engineering Management, Air Pollution Control.
Joseph R. V. Flora, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Treatment processes, process modeling, and electrolytically enhanced biodegradation.
Kenneth Harrison, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.,North Carolina State University
Environmental Systems Analysis, Environmental Decision Support Tools and Uncertainty
Analysis, Watershed Modeling
Anthony S. McAnally, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., Auburn University
Water and wastewater treatment, waste minimization, and constructed wetland treatment
systems.
Geotechnical
Ronald Baus, Professor, Ph.D., Pennsylvania
State University
Foundations and pavement design, testing and rehabilitation.
Sarah Gassman, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
Northwestern University
non-destructive evaluation of deep foundations and bridge structures, leak detection
and field performance of pipe, liquefaction, and controlled-low strength materials.
Charles Pierce, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
Northwestern University
Time domain reflectometry engineering applications, soil-structure interaction,
slope stability and slope monitoring, ground deformation instrumentation, controlled
low strength materials, blast and construction vibration analysis.
Richard Ray, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
University of Michigan
Soil dynamics, unsaturated flow laboratory testing, and field data acquisition.
Structures
J. Hugh Bradburn, Professor Emeritus,
Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Nonlinear analysis, finite element analysis, cables and cable stayed structures.
Juan M. Caicedo, Assistant Professor,
D.Sc., Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
John R. Dickerson, Professor Emeritus,
Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Dynamics and mathematical modeling
Dimitris Rizos, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
University of South Carolina
Wave propagation and earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, and soil-structure
interaction.
Paul H. Ziehl, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
University of Texas at Austin
Transportation
Mecit Cetin, Assistant Professor, Ph.D.,
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Water Resources
M. Hanif Chaudhry, Mr. & Mrs. Irwin
B. Kahn Professor and Department Chair, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
Mathematical modeling of open-channel and closed conduit flows, and hydraulic transients.
Jasim Imran, Associate Professor, Ph.D.,
University of Minnesota
River mechanics, fluvial and marine sediment transport, geomorphology, and mass
gravity flows.
Michael Meadows, Associate Professor,
Ph.D., University of Tennessee
Stormwater management and modeling, urban water infrastructure, life cycle analysis,
BMPs
Jonathan L Goodall, Assistant Professor,
Ph.D.
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