Dr. Yong Bai, P.E., FASCE

Infrastructure construction and maintenance, highway work zone safety, emerging technology applications, international construction management

Dr. Mark Federle, P.E.

Organizational behavior in construction engineering; strategic planning, information technology and its impact on construction productivity; individual behavior and leadership; virtual design and construction (implementing best practices)

Dr. Brooke Mayer, P.E.

Detection/quantification, removal and inactivation of emerging enteric viruses as part of drinking water treatment processes including enhanced coagulation, UV disinfection and advanced oxidation using titanium dioxide photocatalysis. Design of sustainable engineering technologies targeting both microbial (e.g. viruses) and chemical (e.g. nutrients and carcinogenic byproducts) contaminants.

Dr. Walter McDonald

Urban stormwater management, green infrastructure, environmental monitoring, geospatial analysis, flood frequency analysis, engineering education.

Dr. Patrick McNamara

Micropollutants; microbial communities in engineered systems; antibiotic resistance; residuals and biosolids; pyrolysis. 

Dr. Anthony Parolari

Modeling coupled water, nutrient and vegetation dynamics. Applications include: ecohydrology, quantifying drought impacts on ecosystems and water-nutrient management in agriculture and green infrastructure.

Dr. Jeffrey Starke, P.E.

Dr. Daniel Zitomer, P.E., BCEE, FWEF

Biological treatment of wastewater, contaminated soil; groundwater; hazardous waste. Recovery of wastewater resources.

Dr. Qindan Huang

Structural reliability; risk and life-cycle analysis; probabilistic methods and modeling in civil engineering; performance-based design; multi-hazard analysis; performance assessment of deteriorating systems; decision making under uncertainty

Dr. Andrew Sen

Structural steel components and systems; natural hazards engineering; repair and retrofit of existing structures; large-scale experimentation; nonlinear structural analysis methods

Dr. Baolin Wan

Repair and retrofit structures; FRP composite materials; high performance concrete; prestressed concrete; numerical and experimental modeling; natural fiber reinforced composites.

Dr. Jaime Hernandez

Pavement mechanics; modeling of flexible and rigid pavements; tire-pavement interaction; micromechanical modeling of asphalt concrete; pavement damage.

Dr. Margaret McNamara

Transportation Systems Operations & Maintenance (TSM&O); data analysis & visualization; health care access; smart communities.