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Faculty and Staff
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Neal E. Armstrong (1971)
Zarrow Centennial Professor in Engineering,
Vice Provost
Water quality management, water quality
analysis and modeling, water pollution ecology
Chandra R. Bhat (1997)
Adnan Abou Ayyash Centennial Professor and
Associate Chair for Administration and Planning
Travel demand modeling, activity and travel
behavior analysis, application of econometric,
discrete choice, and market research techniques
in transportation planning, traffic flow theory and
operations
*John E. Breen (1959)
Nasser I. Al-Rashid Chair in
Civil Engineering
Design and construction of structural concrete
bridges and buildings, structural systems
Randall J. Charbeneau (1978)
Jewel McAlister Smith Professor in
Engineering and Associate Dean for Research
Groundwater hydrology, contaminant transport
and numerical methods
Richard L. Corsi (1994)
E.C.H. Bantel Professor for Professional Practice
Transport, formation, and dynamic transfer of
VOCs in wastewater collection and treatment
systems, biological control technologies for
treating toxic gas streams, sources of chlorinated
organic compounds in indoor air
Michael D. Engelhardt (1989)
Dewitt C. Greer Centennial Professor
in Transportation Engineering
Inelastic behavior of steel structures under
cyclic load, earthquake engineering
*David W. Fowler (1964)
T.U. Taylor Professorship in Engineering and
Joe J. King Chair of Engineering No. 2, and
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Polymer-concrete materials and building
systems, wood-plywood systems, design of
reinforced concrete structures
Karl H. Frank (1974)
Warren S. Bellows Centennial Professor
in Civil Engineering
Fracture and fatigue behavior of metal structures
and welded and bolted joints; design and behavior
of composite plate girders, fatigue strength of
cables
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Robert Gilbert (1993)
Hudson Matlock Professor in Civil Engineering
Evaluating performance and reliability of
geotechnical and geoenvironmental systems to
improve existing systems and design new systems
*James O. Jirsa (1972)
Janet S. Cockrell Centennial Chair
in Engineering
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete
structures, earthquake engineering, repair and
rehabilitation of structures
Lynn E. Katz (1997)
John A. Focht Centennial Teaching
Fellowship in Civil Engineering
Contaminant fate and transport, combined
abiotic/biotic treatment systems for in-situ
remediation, environmental surface chemistry
Spyros A. Kinnas (1995)
Phil M. Ferguson Centennial Teaching Fellowship
Ocean engineering, hydrodynamics, cavitation,
wave mechanics, computational fluid mechanics,
design of ocean vehicle control and propulsion
systems
Richard E. Klingner (1977)
L.P. Gilvin Centennial Professor in Civil Engineering
and Associate Chair for Architectural Engineering
Experimental and analytical investigation of
the dynamic response of structures, earthquakeresistant
design of reinforced concrete and
masonry structures
Desmond F. Lawler (1980)
Dorsey Professorship in Engineering
Particles in water and wastewater treatment
and in natural waters, interactions between
treatment processes, mathematical modeling of
treatment processes, physical-chemical treatment,
drinking water treatment
Howard M. Liljestrand (1980)
Gerard A. Rohlich Regents Professor in Civil
Engineering and Graduate Advisor
Aquatic chemistry, contaminant transport and
acid precipitation, air pollution modeling
Randy B. Machemehl (1977)
Nasser I. Al-Rashid Centennial Professor in
Transportation Engineering and Director of CTR
Transportation planning and traffic engineering,
microcomputer application in transportation
engineering
David R. Maidment (1981)
Hussein M. Alharthy Centennial Chair
in Civil Engineering
Use of statistical techniques in hydrology and
water resources planning, especially forecasting
water use in cities, geographic systems
Joseph F. Malina, Jr. (1961)
C.W. Cook Professor in
Environmental Engineering
Municipal and industrial wastewater treatment
and the handling of sludges and industrial
residuals, computer aided engineering of waste
treatment systems
Daene C. McKinney (1990)
W.A. (Bill) Cunningham Professor
Water resource systems analysis, groundwater
hydrology, numerical modeling and economic
analysis of groundwater systems, multi-phase flow
in porous media, expert geographic information
systems
James T. O’Connor (1984)
C.T. Wells Professor in Project Management
Project constructability, construction
modularization, computer-aided design in
construction, construction technology and
automation, project cost control
*Danny D. Reible (2004)
Bettie Margaret Smith Chair in
Environmental Health Engineering
Contaminant processes in the environment;
fate and transport modeling; assessment and
remediation of contaminated sediments
Gerald E. Speitel Jr. (1988)
John J. McKetta Energy Professor
in Engineering and Department Chair
Treatment processes for hazardous organic
chemicals including biodegradation and
adsorption, drinking water treatment and
computer models of treatment processes
*Kenneth H. Stokoe, II (1973)
Jennie C. and Milton T. Graves Chair in
Engineering
Geotechnical earthquake engineering and soil
dynamics, non-destructive testing of pavements
and soils
*member of National Academy of Engineering
( ) year of initial appointment