phd ReCipients - Department of Civil Engineering - The University of ...

John L. Tassoulas (1981)
Phil M. Ferguson Professor in Civil Engineering
Structural mechanics, constitutive equations of
materials, wave propagation, numerical analysis
*C. Michael Walton (1971)
Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair
in Engineering
Transportation planning, transportation
economics, transportation engineering and policy
analysis
Sharon L. Wood (1996)
Robert L. Parker, Sr. Centennial
Professorship in Engineering
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete
structures; development of analytical models for
earthquake engineering; repair and rehabilitation
of structures
Stephen G. Wright (1969)
Brunswick-Abernathy Regents Professor in Soil
Dynamics and Geotechnical Engineering
Geotechnical engineering, with emphasis
on slope stability and foundations for offshore
structures, computer aided engineering and design
AssoCiAte pRofessoRs
Oguzhan Bayrak (2000)
Fellow of the Clyde E. Lee Endowed Professorship
in Transportation Engineering
Behavior, analysis, and design of reinforced
and prestressed concrete structures, earthquake
engineering, evaluation of strucutres in distress,
use of fiber reinforced polymers for corosion repair
and strengthening of reinforced concrete
Kevin Folliard (1999)
Austin Industries Endowed Faculty
Fellowship in Civil Engineering
Portland cement concrete; concrete durability;
high-performance concrete; controlled lowstrength
materials
Ben R. Hodges (2000)
Hydrodynamics, transport and water quality
issues in lakes, rivers and estuaries
*member of National Academy of Engineering
( ) year of initial appointment
Loukas Kallivokas (1999)
Carrol Allen Teaching Fellowship in
Civil Engineering
Computational mechanics; wave propagation
and structural dynamics; earthquake engineering;
inverse problems in engineering; acoustics;
numerical methods; large-scale computational
modeling and visualization
Kerry A. Kinney (1996)
Roberta Woods Ray Centennial Fellowship in
Engineering
Biological treatment of hazardous air pollutants,
design of air pollution control systems, hazardous
waste management and bioremediation
Kara M. Kockelman (1998)
William J. Murray, Jr. Fellowship
in Engineering No. 2
Travel behavior modeling, transport data
analysis, intra-urban transport policy, and
the connection between urban form and
transportation
Lance Manuel (1999)
Fluor Centennial Teaching Fellowship
in Engineering #2
Structural reliability; structural dynamics and
random vibrations; probabilistic methods; analysis
of fixed and floating offshore structures to random
loading; probabilistic seismic hazard and risk
analyses for structures and lifelines
Ellen M. Rathje (1997)
J. Neils Thompson Centennial Teaching
Fellowship in Civil Engineering
Earthquake engineering, seismic response
of earth structures, dynamic property
characterization, liquefaction remediation
S. Travis Waller (2003)
Fellow of the Clyde E. Lee Endowed Professorship
in Transportation Engineering
Modeling and large-scale optimization of
transportation systems including network design,
stochastic shortest path algorithms, and dynamic
traffic assignment. Planning under uncertainty,
transportation applications of information
technology, and traffic simulation
Dan L. Wheat (1980)
Carl Ernest and Mattie Ann Muldrow Reistle, Jr.
Centennial Fellowship in Engineering and
Undergraduate Advisor
Structural mechanics and its application to
wood and wood structures, polymer concrete
materials and structural elements
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Eric B. Williamson (1998)
J. Hugh and Betty Liedtke Centennial
Fellowship in Engineering
Dynamic response of structures including
applications to blast-resistant design and seismicresistant
design, static and dynamic stability, failure
modeling, and damage mechanics
Zhanmin Zhang (2000)
Fellow of the Clyde E. Lee Endowed Professorship
in Transportation Engineering
Infrastructure systems management; intelligent
infrastructure systems; pavement design and
management; modeling of pavement behavior
and performance; variability and reliability of
pavements; pavement performance simulation;
computerized information and decision support
systems; application of Geographical Information
Systems (GIS)
Jorge G. Zornberg (2003)
Fluor Centennial Teaching Fellowship
in Engineering #1
Soil mechanics; soil reinforcement and
improvement; environmental geotechnics;
geosynthetics; numerical and physical (centrifuge)
modeling of geotechnical and geoenvironmental
systems
AssistAnt pRofessoRs
Carlos H. Caldas (2003)
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
Wassim Ghannoum (2007)
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete
structures; structural analysis; structural dynamics;
earthquake engineering; extreme loading on
structures
Todd A. Helwig (2005)
Design and behavior of steel structures
Maria Juenger (2001)
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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