Norbert Ackermann Professor Emeritus
PhD Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1959 Research:
Mechanics of granular flow; ice mechanics and hydraulics.
Gordon Batson Professor Emeritus
105 Downtown Snell Hall 268-6520
PhD Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1962 Registered Professional Engineer, New York State Research:
Structural design, properties of fiber reinforced concrete and remote sensing.
Christopher Bellona Assistant Professor 208 Rowley 268-3844
PhD Colorado School of Mines, 2007 Teaches:
CE481/581 - Hazardous Waste Management Engineering CE580 - Environmental Chemistry
CE584 - Chemodynamics Research:
Membrane processes for water and wastewater treatment.
James Bonner Professor
102 Downtown Snell Hall 268-3856
PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, 1983 Research:
Coastal environmental hazard assessment and remediation.
John Dempsey Professor
240B Rowley 268-6517
PhD Engineering, University of Auckland, 1979 Teaches:
CE401/501 - Fracture Mechanics of Concrete Structures CE438/538 – Finite Element Analysis
CE551 - Theory of Elasticity
CE601 - Fracture Mechanics of Quasi-Brittle Materials ES100 - Introduction to Engineering Use of the Computer ES501 - Mechanics of Fracture
Research:
Engineering science: fracture of quasi-brittle geomaterials and batteries, ice mechanics and ice engineering, scale effects, elasticity, contact mechanics.
James Edzwald Visiting Professor 271 Rowley
PhD Environmental Science and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1972 Teaches:
CE580 – Environmental Chemistry
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Professor
206 Rowley 268-7649
PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, 2002 Registered Professional Engineer, Massachusetts
Teaches:
CE340 – Environmental Engineering I
CE434/534 – Sustainable Development Engineering CE477/577 - Atmospheric Chemistry
CE433/ES533 – Human Exposure Analysis
CE491 – Water Resources/Environmental Senior Design Research:
Indoor air pollution.
Stefan Grimberg Professor and Chair
140B Rowley Lab 268-6490
PhD Environmental Sciences and Engineering, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995 Registered Professional Engineer, Vermont
Teaches:
CE212 – Introduction to Engineering Design CE482/582 Environmental Systems Analysis CE491 - Senior Design
CE682 - Environmental Biological Processes Research:
Biological waste treatment, anaerobic digestion of high strength wastes.
Thomas Holsen Professor
204 Rowley Lab 268-3851
PhD University of California, Berkeley, 1988 Teaches:
CE480 – Chemical Fate and Transport in the Environment CE491 – Senior Design
CE580 - Environmental Chemistry CE584 - Chemodynamics
Research:
Fate and transport of contaminants in the environment.
Kerop Janoyan
Associate Professor and Executive Officer 140A Rowley 268-6506
PhD Civil Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 2001 Registered Professional Engineer, California
Teaches:
CE415/515 - Foundations, Stability & Retaining Structures CE490/492 - Senior Design
CE519 – Advanced Foundation Design CE622 – Geo-Structural Design Research:
Soil-foundation-superstructure interaction, design methods, large-scale laboratory and field testing.
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Assistant Professor 102 Rowley 268-4446
PhD Civil and Environmental Engineering, Clarkson University, 2011 Teaches:
CE470/570 – Stream Riparian System and Fluvial Morphology CE491(03) – Senior Design – Water Resources
Research:
River Ice Processes: Fluvial morphology in rivers subject to freezing, river ice breakup dynamics, interaction of suspended sediment and frazil ice, effect of surface ice on channel stability, and fish habitat and ecology.
Stream Dynamics and Riparian Systems Processes: Channel stability analysis, woody debris jams, effect on in- stream structures on channel stability and flood potential, thermal effects on bank stability, and stream water quality modeling.
Feng-Bor Lin Professor
228 Rowley 268-6546
PhD Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 1975 Teaches:
CE461 - Transportation Systems Design CE468 - Traffic Engineering
CE490 - Senior Design ES220 - Statics Research:
Transportation systems analysis; traffic signal controls; traffic engineering; traffic safety.
Levon Minnetyan Professor
226 Rowley 268-7741
PhD Structural Mechanics, Duke University, 1974 Registered Professional Engineer, New York State Teaches:
CE441 – Reinforced Concrete Design CE442 – Steel Design
CE490 – Senior Design
CE421/521 – Composite Mechanics and Design Research:
Progressive fracture of composite structures.
Narutoshi Nakata Associate Professor 106 Rowley 268-5502
Ph.D., 2007, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Teaches:
ES220 - Statics Research:
Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
Experimental Methods (Hybrid Simulation, Shake Table Testing, Effective Force Testing) Structural Control and Health Monitoring
Civil Engineering Applications of Information Technology William Olsen
Instructor
271 Rowley 268-3878
BA Geography, State University of New York at Buffalo, 2000 Teaches:
CE301 – Geographic Information Systems CE408 – BIM & IPD
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Professor and Associate Director of the Institute for a Sustainable Environment 122 TAC 268-6542
PhD Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan, 1992 Registered Professional Engineer, New York
Teaches:
CE 486/586 - Industrial Ecology
ES436/EV536 – Climate Change: Science, Policy and Engineering CE491 – Senior Capstone Design
Research:
Environmental impacts of energy systems; Development of cold climate greenhouse.
Sulapha Peethamparan Associate Professor 236 Rowley 268-4435
PhD Civil Engineering, Purdue University, 2007 Teaches:
CE320 – Structural Analysis
CE553 – Properties and Performance of Concrete Materials CE630 – Advanced Concrete Materials
Research:
Sustainable Cement Based Materials – Cement free binder (alkali activated) concretes, waste or recycled materials in concrete, bio cement.
Shane Rogers
Associate Professor 230 Rowley 268-6501
PhD Environmental Engineering, Iowa State University, 2004 Teaches:
ES240 – Sustainable Water Resources Management CE340 – Introduction to Environmental Engineering CE479 – Water and Wastewater Engineering Research:
Sustainable water resources management and biotechnologies for soils, water, and residuals treatment, including genome-enabled molecular technologies for investigating soils, air, and water quality.
Hayley Shen Professor
132 Rowley 268-6614
PhD Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Science, Clarkson University, 1982 PhD Applied Mathematics, University of Iowa, 1976
Teaches:
CE554/ME 554 - Continuum Mechanics ES330 - Fluid Mechanics
Research:
Transport and flow of granular materials; sea ice dynamics and ice-wave interactions.
Hung Tao Shen Professor
230 Rowley 268-6606
PhD Mechanics & Hydraulics, University of Iowa, 1974 Teaches:
CE470/570 – Fluvial Morphology and Riparian Systems CE572 – Shallow Water Hydrodynamics
CE576 - Hydraulic Engineering in Cold Regions Research:
River ice, river hydraulics, transport processes in rivers and lakes.
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Assistant Professor 230 Rowley 268-2243
PhD Ecology & Environmental Sciences, Montana State University, 2012 Teaches:
CE330 – Water Resources Engineering I Research:
Quantitative analysis of hydrological & environmental data & processes; the study of uncertainties arising from data
& errors & imperfect model structures; rainfall runoff model calibration; Bayesian statistical inference in modeling natural systems; and risk analysis in water resources planning and hydrology.
Spencer Thew
Adjunct Associate Professor 136 Rowley 268-6507
MS Civil Engineering, Clarkson University, 1972
Registered Professional Engineer, New York State, Virginia, Vermont and New Hampshire Registered Land Surveyor, New York State
Teaches:
CE405 - Construction Planning and Management CE406 - Construction Engineering
CE411 - Construction Materials Engineering Khiem T. Tran
Assistant Professor 234 Rowley 268-2341
PhD Civil Engineering, University of Florida, 2010 Teaches:
CE516 – Advanced Soil Mechanics CE310 – Geotechnical Engineering I Research:
Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation: Numerical modeling of mechanical waves stochastic and deterministic inversions, site characterization for design of foundations, detection of sinkholes/anomaies, determination of unknown foundations, laboratory non-destructive testing of soil and rock.
Foundation Design and Capacity Verification: Numerical modeling of soil/foundation interaction, geostatistics and LRFD methodology, estimation of pile/shaft capacity using dynamic testing, prediction pile freeze and LRFD resistance factor.
Brooks Washburn, AIA Adjunct Associate Professor 212 Rowley 268-6529
Masters in Architecture II, Harvard Graduate School of Design, 1979 Teaches:
CE448 – Introduction to Architectural Engineering Steven Wojtkiewicz
Associate Professor 240A Rowley 268-1261
Ph.D., 2000, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering/Computational Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Structural Control and Health Monitoring Computational Mechanics
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Professor
128 Rowley 268-6550
Ph.D., Wuhan University of Hydraulic and Electric Engineering, China, 1991 Teaches:
CE573 – Sediment Transport Poojitha Yapa
Professor
130 Rowley 268-7980
PhD Fluid Mechanics & Thermal Science, Clarkson University, 1983 Teaches:
CE330 – Water Resources Engineering I CE430 – Water Resources Engineering II CE572 – Shallow Water Hydrodynamics CE574 - Hydrodynamic Dispersion ES330 - Fluid Mechanics
Research:
Oil and gas spills; Deepwater blowout modeling; Hydrothermal Vents; Transport and fate of contaminants in rivers and groundwater; CO2 transport in water.
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