Civil and Environmental Engineering

R. DesRoches

Auto-adaptive materials, earthquake engineering, structural dynamics, impact dynamics, design and analysis of bridge structures, protective systems, structural applications of smart materials.

M. Doyoyo

Multiscale mechanics of microtruss/microplate assemblies, cellular, and disordered solids; multifunctional materials systems; experimental mechanics; constitutive modeling; dynamic and failure instabilities in materials.

J.D. Frost

Geomaterial characterization, micro-structure quantification, interface mechanisms, spatial earthquake hazard analysis, digital image processing and analysis, performance of earth retaining structures.

L. Germanovich

Properties of earth and extra-terrestrial materials, rock mechanics, fracture mechnanics, micro-mechanical modeling, geophysics, applied mathematical methods, mining and petroleum engineering.

R. Haj-Ali

Computational mechanics, nonlinear structural analysis, damage mechanics, constitutive models, micromechanics of composite materials, fracture mechanics, nonlinear finite elements, and artificial neural networks in engineering applications.

L.J. Jacobs

Quantitative nondestructive evaluation of civil engineering materials; wave propagation in solids, emphasizing quided waves, nonlinear methods and hetrogeneous materials; optical techniques for the generation and detection of ultrasonic waves; signal processing techniques applied to nondestructive evaluation; and development of acoustic sensors for condition monitoring of structural components.

L. Kahn

Structural concrete and masonry, high performance concrete for prestressed concrete bridges, self-compacting concrete, repair and rehabilitation of bridges and buildings, earthquake resistant design and retrofit.

K. Kurtis

Microstructure and durability of cement-based materials; development of novel methods for characterization of infrastructure materials, high performance concrete, fiber-cement composites, applications of nondestructive evaluation methods to cement-based materials.

R. Leon

Behavior and design of steel and composite connections, seismic design of steel braced frames and frames with partially restrained connections, seismic behavior of bridges, strength and retrofit of unreinforced masonry structures, serviceability of composite floors, hight performance materials.

R. Muhanna (GTREP)

Solid and structural mechanics of materials.

C. Santamarina

Micro-scale behavior of particulate materials, experimental micro-mechanics, engineered soils; wave-based process monitoring, geotechnical and resource recovery applications; and inverse problems.

D. Scott

Dr. Scott's research interests include repair and strengthening of structures using advanced materials and technology; blast response of structures strengthed using fiber-reinforced polymeric (FRP) materials; behavior and design of structures constructed using high-performance materials; long-term durability of FRP materials in civil structural applications; viscoelastic characterization of advanced materials; and maintenance and repair of FRP materials in structures.

A.H. Zureick

High Performance fiber-reinforced polymeric composite materials and structural systems, structural stability, design of steel structures, structural optimization, bridge structures, anisotropic elasticity.

Y. Avari
(to join in 2005)