Faculty Directory

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Developing the next generation of smart urban water systems, including real-time flood monitoring and stormwater control; algorithms for data assimilation, event detection and sensor/controller placement

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Behavior, analysis. and design of reinforced and prestressed concrete structures; Bridge engineering; Evaluation of structures in distress; Use of fiber reinforced polymers for structural repair

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Material science aspects and mechanistic modeling of distresses in pavement materials (fatigue cracking, moisture damage); self healing properties of bituminous materials; structure-property relationships in composite materials; surface properties and interfacial adhesion of materials; development of test methods to characterize properties and performance of pavement materials

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Activity and travel behavior analysis; travel demand modeling; application of econometric, discrete choice and market research techniques in transportation planning; logistics and freight modeling; transportation energy and transportation air quality analysis; urban form and spatial data modeling

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Network modeling; traffic assignment; transportation user behavior; infrastructure systems

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Information technologies for project management; life-cycle information integration; project data analysis; construction knowledge discovery and dissemination; product and process modeling; project control systems; field management technologies; communication, collaboration and coordination technologies

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Environmental and energy justice, sustainable transportation, renewable energy technology manufacturing and deployment, and energy systems modeling

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Control and estimation of distributed parameter systems; transportation systems; wireless sensor networks; unmanned aerial vehicles

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Railway mainline, yard and terminal capacity, design and interaction; railroad network operations and performance resiliency; operations potential of advanced railway traffic control systems with virtual and moving blocks; railway energy efficiency and alternative energy locomotives; technology-assisted train operations and self-propelled autonomous railcars; predictive analytics for operations and maintenance planning; safety of rail operations and hazardous materials transportation.

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Pore fluid engineering; non-aqueous flow through porous media; earthquake engineering; liquefaction; fatigue life and behavior of asphalt concrete

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Infrastructure management and decision making; infrastructure interdependencies; intersection of engineering and policy; public involvement in infrastructure decisions; coupled human infrastructure interdependencies; impact of urban decline on infrastructure systems

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Analysis and performance assessment of concrete structures, structural implications of deterioration mechanisms, development of constitutive models for evolving concrete and reinforcement materials, and sustainability of concrete structures

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Rheology; characterization of fresh concrete micro-and nano-structure; cement chemistry and aggregation mechanisms; self-consolidating concrete; affordable sustainable housing materials

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Next-generation HVAC and thermal systems; Energy efficient air dehumidification (selective membranes, desiccants, and other sorbents); Atmospheric water harvesting systems and materials; Membrane gas separations; Thermal energy storage

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Portland cement concrete; concrete durability; high-performance concrete; controlled low-strength materials

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Resource recovery from wastes; microbial community engineering; decentralized sanitation

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Environmental biotechnology and microbiology; microbiome engineering; environmental fate of chemical and biological pollutants; stormwater quality; wildfire microbiology and ecosystem recovery

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Performance reliability and risk management for slopes, dams, levees, foundations, waste containment and site remediation

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Applied mathematics and computation focusing on transportation and energy systems modeling and optimization; Sustainable and resilient infrastructure systems, transportation electrification, smart mobility, multi-modal transportation systems, energy and transportation systems interdependence, shared mobility, freight systems

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Design and behavior of steel structures

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Hydrodynamics; transport and water quality issues in lakes, rivers and estuaries

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Environmental fluid mechanics; turbulence; sediment transport and mixing processes; experimental methods

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Hydration chemistry and microstructural characterization of portland cement and related materials; mechanisms of chemical deterioration in concrete; concrete durability; reducing the environmental impact of concrete production

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Computational mechanics; inverse problems in engineering; wave propagation and structural dynamics; earthquake engineering; numerical methods; large-scale computational modeling

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Contaminant fate and transport; combined abiotic and biotic treatment systems for in-situ remediation; environmental surface chemistry

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Ocean engineering; hydrodynamics; cavitation; wave mechanics; computational fluid dynamics (CFD); design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion systems; tidal turbines

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Beneficial application of microorganisms to the treatment of pollutants in the environment; algae-to-biofuel production processes; potentially detrimental microbial communities that develop in indoor environments

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Biological drinking water treatment processes; microbial transformation of inorganic contaminants; application of molecular biology to biological water treatment processes; rainwater harvesting; impacts of nanomaterials on microorganisms in engineered water treatment systems; biofilms; quorum sensing in pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms; microbial community structure of pediatric otitis media

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Travel behavior modeling; Transport data analysis; Transport economics and energy policy; Roadway safety; The connection between urban form and transportation

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Multi-scale modeling of natural hazards, landslides, earthquakes, debris flows, material point method, discrete element and lattice Boltzmann, high-performance computing in geomechanics; large-scale big data frameworks for modeling infrastructure systems

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Membrane processes and bio-inspired membranes for wastewater treatment and water reuse

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Coastal engineering; coastal hazard forecasting and assessment; disaster resilience and risk management; flood mitigation using nature-based solutions; sea level rise vulnerability; ocean resource management

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Information technology for project management; building information modeling; life-cycle information integration; collaboration and coordination technologies; information technology-supported construction safety management

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Aquatic chemistry; contaminant transport; pollutant containment and remediation acid deposition; air pollution modeling

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Transportation system operational analysis and design software development; transport system demand estimation

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Random vibration; structural dynamics; structural reliability; atmospheric inflow turbulence simulation for wind turbine loads analysis; computational methods for windstorm field generation; performance of deepwater offshore platforms; probabilistic seismic hazard analysis

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Indoor chemistry and implications on indoor air quality and occupants' health

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Optimization and artificial intelligence in power grids; Electrified transportation systems, smart buildings, and smart cities; Modeling implications of transitioning to a low-carbon energy economy

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Understanding of the Earth system and the dynamic role of coupled land surface processes on regional hydroclimatic and environmental extremes; translating the scientific work undertaken into decision tools and portals with a focus on sustainable climate-ready/resilient coastal, cities and agricultural systems

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Ventilation and indoor air quality; computations and measurements of airflows in buildings; pollutants transport modeling; building energy analysis

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Production systems: project supply chain management, project controls; computer integrated construction: information integration, collaborative systems, human-computer interaction, implementation issues

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Project constructability; advanced construction technologies; pre-construction management systems; project decision/risk analysis; systems for work process integration; benchmarking of capital projects; value management processes

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In-space Assembly and Manufacturing, Lunar Infrastructure, Wave Mechanics, Homogenization, Inverse Problems

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Multi-scale analysis of hydrological processes; dynamics of environmental transport on river networks and deltaic systems; quantitative analysis and modeling of landscape forming processes, geomorphic transport laws and subgrid-scale parameterization.

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Highway pavement design and rehabilitation; monitoring, evaluation and performance analysis of highway pavements; asphalt technology; accelerated pavement testing; sustainable pavement engineering; environmentally-friendly pavement technologies; applied probability and statistics; applied econometrics; life-cycle cost analysis; transportation infrastructure management

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Geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology; seismic stability of earth structures and slopes; earthquake-induced landslides; seismic site response; field liquefaction evaluation and soil improvement; application of remote sensing to earthquake damage assessment

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Industrialized construction; modular construction; geometric digital twins; digitization; building information modeling; computational design; circular economy; materials reuse.

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Structural health monitoring; non-destructive evaluation; ultrasonic sensing methods for smart structures; wave propagation in solids; digital signal processing and pattern recognition

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Environmental nanotechnology; physicochemical processes; fate and transport of nanomaterials in the environment; groundwater remediation

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Biogeotechnics; erosion of soils; carbon capture and storage; 3D printing in geotechnical engineering; thermal properties of soils; laboratory testing of soils; biotechnology

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Water resources systems management; cyber-physical urban systems

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Treatment processes for hazardous organic chemicals, including biodegradation and adsorption; drinking water treatment; computer models of treatment processes

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Geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil dynamics; non-destructive testing of pavements, soils and structures; offshore geotechnical engineering

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Reactive transport and fate of pollutants in water resources, including groundwater and urban lakes and the development of sustainable technologies for pollution removal from impacted waters

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Response of structures to blast and impact; progressive collapse; structural response modelling and simulation; static and dynamic stability; failure modeling; damage mechanics

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Design and behavior of reinforced concrete structures; infrastructure monitoring; earthquake engineering

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Architected materials (mechanical metamaterials), deployable structures, extraterrestrial structures and materials, bio-inspired materials, additive manufacturing, and shape morphing structures. 

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Soil mechanics; soil reinforcement and improvement; environmental geotechnics; geosynthetics; numerical and physical (centrifuge) modeling of geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems