Faculty Expertise

Civil & Environmental engineering

Dr. Mecit Cetin

Professor

Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), mobile devices/sensors, connected and automated vehicles, system-state prediction, traffic flow theory and simulation, big data analytics, congestion pricing, traffic signal control and optimization.

Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal

Professor

Biological and hazardous wastewater treatment, green infrastructure, adaptive design to sea level rise, pollution prevention, and sustainable development.

Dr. Sandeep Kumar

Professor | Department Chair

Decarbonization, Microalgae, Circular Economy, Renewable Carbon, Biofuels, Bioproducts, Electrochemical Hydrogenation, Microplastics, Lithium Extraction, Adsorption, Waste Management, and Nutrients Recycling.

Dr. Shahin Nayyeri Amiri

Senior Lecturer

My research interest is very diverse and generally covers several fields of Civil and Mechanical Engineering.

Dr. Duc Nguyen

Professor

Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Structural Dynamics, Engineering Design Sensitivity Analysis & Optimization, Parallel Computing for FEA, Efficient Sparse/Dense Linear Solvers, Non-linear Solvers, Eigen-Solvers, Branch & Bound Mixed Real-Integer Linear Programming Problems, etc...

Dr. Gary Schafran

Professor

Environmental engineering, aquatic chemistry, physicochemical treatment processes, natural systems water quality, lake oxygenation, and reservoir management.

Dr. Qing Tang

Assistant Professor

Connected and Automated Vehicles (CAV) for transportation infrastructure maintenance, discharge rate modeling and optimization for CAV, and autonomous vehicle testing and simulation. Her research interests include CAV modeling and control, human-automation interactions, AI/machine learning in autonomous driving systems, and smart/sustainable infrastructure.

Dr. Wanting (Lisa) Wang

Assistant Professor

Community resilience modeling under multi-hazards such as tornadoes, floods, sea level rise, and climate change. Improving the resilience-based design of structural systems, civil infrastructure, and the built environment. Data and algorithm fusion across multiple disciplines, including structural engineering, computer science, economics, social science, and operational research. Resilient, sustainable, and equitable community decision-making support.

Dr. Xixi Wang

Professor/Chief Departmental Advisor

Effects of climate change versus human activity on water resources; evaporation from water-limited soils; hydrology-soil-vegetation interactions in changing climate; stormwater, watershed hydrology, LID, and BMP; groundwater.

Dr. Pengfei Wang

Assistant Professor

Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Seismology, and Applied Statistics, emphasizing regional geo-hazard modeling and analysis, multi-hazards risk assessment, geospatial analysis, and statistical learning and modeling in civil engineering applications.

Dr. Kun Xie

Associate Professor

Transportation Safety; Transportation Reliability and Resilience; Incident/Emergency Management; Transportation Planning and Management; Connected and Autonomous Vehicles; AI in Transportation; Intelligent Transportation Systems; Driving Behavior.

Dr. Jaewan Yoon

Associate Professor

Stochasticity in Water Resources Water Quality Management and Modeling Diffusive/Dispersive Substance Fate and Transport Macro- and Meso-scale Spatiotemporal Simulation Statistical Characterization and Optimization