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Braden Allenby

Braden Allenby

Braden Allenby
Professor, President’s professor, and Lincoln Professor of Ethics and Technology

Research Interests
Sustainable engineering, earth systems engineering and management, industrial ecology, emerging technology (especially military and security technologies), weaponized narrative and identity

Brad.Allenby@asu.edu
480-727-8594
CAVC 510
Tempe campus

Absar Alum

Absar Alum

Absar Alum
Assistant Professor of Research

Research Interests
Health related environmental microbiology, microbial pathogen survival and detection

alum@asu.edu
480-965-6268
ISTB4 395C
Tempe campus

Samuel Ariaratnam

Samuel Ariaratnam

Samuel Ariaratnam
Professor, Undergraduate/Graduate Program Chair, construction engineering

Research Interests
Sustainable urban underground infrastructure systems, trenchless engineering and construction methods, underground asset management, performance modeling

Samuel.Ariaratnam@asu.edu
480-965-7399
CAVC 480
Tempe campus

Mounir El Asmar

Mounir El Asmar

Mounir El Asmar
Associate professor and Co-director, EPA National Center of Excellence on SMART Innovations

Research Interests
Sustainable building performance, integrated project delivery (IPD), cost engineering

Asmar@asu.edu
480-727-9023
CAVC 576
Tempe campus

Steven Ayer

Steven Ayer

Steven Ayer
Assistant professor

Research Interests
Building information modeling (BIM), mixed (and “augmented”) reality, virtual reality, cyber-learning, engineering education

Steven.Ayer@asu.edu

Wylie Bearup

Wylie Bearup

Wylie Bearup
Professor of Practice

Research Interests
Construction project delivery methods, Virtual Design and Construction, Design-construction interface, Construction contracting and procurement methods, Partnering and dispute resolution processes

WYLIE.BEARUP@asu.edu
480-727-4593
CAVC 464
Tempe campus

Treavor H. Boyer

Treavor H. Boyer

Treavor Boyer
Associate professor and Program Chair, environmental engineering

Research Interests
Drinking water and wastewater treatment, urine source separation, nutrient management and resource recovery

THBoyer@asu.edu
480-965-7447

Allan Chasey

Allan Chasey

Allan Chasey
Professor Emeritus

Research Interests
Controlled environment construction project management, advanced technology facilities

achasey@asu.edu
480-965-7437
CAVC 521
Tempe campus

Mikhail Chester

Mikhail Chester

Mikhail Chester
Associate professor and Director of the Metis Center for Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering

Research Interests
Infrastructure resilience and sustainability, climate change and extreme events, interdependent infrastructure systems, transportation life cycle assessment, infrastructure complexity and adaptation

MChester@asu.edu
480-965-9779
Tempe campus

Oswald Chong

Oswald Chong

Oswald Chong
Associate professor

Research Interests
Sustainable design and project planning, eco-efficiency and technical metabolism, sustainable engineering knowledge system & clusters

OChong@asu.edu

Otakuye Conroy-Ben

Otakuye Conroy-Ben

Otakuye Conroy-Ben
Assistant professor

Research Interests
Antibiotic and metal resistance in bacteria, environmental endocrine disruption, wastewater epidemiology, solid waste management, bacterial gene expression, bioremediation of petroleum contaminated water and soil, wastewater reuse, boron stable isotopes, proteoliposomes for water treatment

Otakuye.Conroy@asu.edu
480-727-4514
CNTR BLDG
Polytechnic campus

Paul Dahlen

Paul Dahlen

Paul Dahlen
Assistant Professor of Research

Research Interests
Impacts to groundwater resources from leaking underground storage tanks, Oxygen injection technologies for in-situ permeable reactive barriers

Paul.Dahlen@asu.edu
480-727-2960
ISTB4 L1-09
Tempe campus

Wanda Dalla Costa

Wanda Dalla Costa

Wanda Dalla Costa
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Indigenous placekeeping (urban and rural), Indigenous design engagement, climate resiliency & passive design in architecture, bioclimate principles derived from regional Indigenous architectural precedents.

Wanda.Dallacosta@asu.edu
(480) 727-2433
Tempe campus

Thomas Dempster

Thomas Dempster
Associate Research Professor

Research Interests
Phycology, Algal taxonomy and physiology, Large scale cultivation of microalgae for biofuels and high value products, Bioremediation of air and wastewater using microalgae

Thomas.Dempster@asu.edu
480-727-5415
ISTB3 103A
Polytechnic campus

Elham (Ellie) Fini

Elham (Ellie) Fini
Associate Professor

Research Interests
Sustainable Construction, Bio-based and Bio-inspired Materials, Adhesives and Sealants for Use in Construction, Multi-scale Characterization and Modeling, Surface and Interface Characterization

efini@asu.edu
Tempe campus

Peter Fox

Peter Fox

Peter Fox
Professor and Graduate program chair

Research Interests
Water reuse, biological treatment, salinity/brine disposal

Peter.Fox@asu.edu
480-965-1734
ISTB4 365
Tempe campus

Margaret Garcia

Margaret Garcia

Margaret Garcia
Assistant professor

Research Interests
Water resources engineering, infrastructure sustainability, and resilience, couple human and natural systems, numerical modeling.

M.Garcia@asu.edu
480-965-8838

David Grau

David Grau

David Grau
Assistant professor

Research Interests
Systems engineering, uncertainty and risk, automation, computing, and remote sensing, lean philosophy and processes, construction productivity

David.Grau@asu.edu
480-727-0665

Yuanming Guo

Yuanming Guo

Yuanming Guo
Assistant Research Professor

Research Interests
Contaminant fate and transport in subsurface, Vapor intrusion and human health risk assessment, Soil and groundwater remediation, Emerging contaminant

Yuanming.Guo@asu.edu

Rolf Halden

Rolf Halden

Rolf Halden
Professor and Director of the Center for Environmental Health Engineering

Research Interests
Public health engineering, sustainable cities, urban water cycle, green chemistry and engineering, urban metabolism & exposure assessment

Rolf.Halden@asu.edu
480-727-0893
ISTB4 481
Tempe campus

Nasser Hamdan

Nasser Hamdan

Nasser Hamdan
Assistant Research Professor, Director of Industrial Collaboration, Center for Bio-mediated & Bio-inspired Geotechnics

Research Interests
Biogeotechnical engineering for ground improvement, Biogeochemical processes, Biopolymers, Mineral precipitation in soils, Geomicrobiology

nasser.hamdan@asu.edu
480-965-2277
Tempe campus

Keith Hjelmstad

Keith Hjelmstad

Keith Hjelmstad
Professor, President’s professor, and Undergraduate Program Chair, civil engineering

Research Interests
Computational mechanics, structural engineering, structural stability, simulation of complex systems

Keith.Hjelmstad@asu.edu
480-316-0850
CAVC 408
Tempe campus

Elizabeth Irish

Elizabeth Irish

Elizabeth Irish
Faculty Associate

Research Interests
CON345 Mechanical Systems, Industrial / Commercial Installation and Construction of Mechanical Systems, High-Tech, Manufacturing and Healthcare Facilities, HVAC, Plumbing

Elizabeth.Irish@asu.edu
602-292-0594

Kamil Kaloush

Kamil Kaloush

Kamil Kaloush
Professor and Director of the National Center of Excellence on Smart Innovations

Research Interests
Pavements, materials, design and evaluation, management, urban heat island

Kamil.Kaloush@asu.edu
480-965-5509
ISTB2 229D
Tempe campus

Kohinoor Kar

Kohinoor Kar

Kohinoor Kar
Faculty Associate

Research Interests
Highway Safety, Traffic Engineering, Vulnerable Road Users, Human Factors in Design, Human Behaviors in Safety

kkar@asu.edu

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.

Edward Kavazanjian, Jr.
Regents’ professor and Director of Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics

Research Interests
Biogeotechnical engineering, ground improvement, geotechnical earthquake engineering, waste containment system design, mechanical properties of municipal solid waste

Edward.Kavazanjian@asu.edu
480-727-8566
GWC 112B
Center for Bio-mediated and Bio-inspired Geotechnics
Tempe campus

Sara Khoeini

Sara Khoeini

Sara Khoeini
Assistant Research Professor

Research Interests
Urban transportation systems planning, Activity-travel behavior analysis and survey methods, Transportation demand modeling and forecasting, Geographic Information Systems, Sustainability and energy

Sara.Khoeini@asu.edu

Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown

Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown

Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown
Professor

Research Interests
Bio-degradation of toxic compounds, intestinal microbial ecology-obesity, intestinal microbial ecology-autism, bio-energy, bio-prospecting/microbial metabolic exploration

Dr.Rosy@asu.edu
480-727-7574
BDA 210
Tempe campus

Klaus Lackner

Klaus Lackner

Klaus Lackner
Professor

Research Interests
Closing the carbon cycle by capturing carbon dioxide from the air, carbon sequestration, carbon foot-printing, innovative energy and infrastructure systems and their scaling properties

Klaus.Lackner@asu.edu
480-727-2499

Anthony J. Lamanna

Anthony J. Lamanna

Anthony J. Lamanna
Associate professor, Sundt Professor of Alternative Delivery Methods and Sustainable Development, and Undergraduate program chair for construction management

Research Interests
Anchorage to concrete, Sustainable development, Strengthening, repair, retrofit, and adaptive reuse of existing structures.

DrTony@asu.edu
480-727-0155

Peter Lammers

Peter Lammers

Peter Lammers
Research Professor

Research Interests
Biochemical pathway discovery, Large-scale algae cultivation, Algae-based wastewater treatment systems, Algal strain characterization

Peter.Lammers@asu.edu
480-727-1484

Chris Lawrence

Chris Lawrence

Christopher Lawrence
Lecturer, Honors faculty

Research Interests
Vector mechanics, mastery based and collaborative learning, geotechnical engineering, unsaturated soil mechanics, advanced soil testing systems

chris.lawrence@asu.edu
480-965-2893
Tempe campus, CAVC 470

Yingyan Lou

Yingyan Lou

Yingyan Lou
Associate professor

Research Interests
Intelligent transportation systems, connected and autonomous vehicles, transportation network modeling, transportation systems analysis, numerical methods

Yingyan.Lou@asu.edu
480-965-6361
CAVC 476
Tempe campus

Nariman Mahabadi

Nariman Mahabadi

Nariman Mahabadi
Assistant Research Professor

Research Interests
Computational and experimental geomechanics, with applications primarily in the areas of subsurface energy, hydrology, geotechnical and geo-environmental engineering

nmahabad@asu.edu

Michael Mamlouk

Michael Mamlouk

Michael Mamlouk
Professor

Research Interests
Pavement design and management, pavement evaluation, pavement preservation and rehabilitation, material characterization

Mamlouk@asu.edu
480-965-2892
ISTB2 239B
Tempe campus

Larry Mays

Larry Mays

Larry Mays
Professor

Research Interests
Multimodal transportation systems planning, water resources sustainability, real-time operation of water resources systems, ancient water technologies, hydrologic and hydraulic modeling, real-time operation of water distribution systems

Mays@asu.edu
480-965-2524
CAVC 384
Tempe campus

Barzin Mobasher

Barzin Mobasher

Barzin Mobasher
Professor

Research Interests
Mechanics of composite materials, development of new construction materials, durability of building materials

Barzin@asu.edu
480-965-0141
ISTB2 239C
Tempe campus

Kristen Parrish

Kristen Parrish

Kristen Parrish
Associate professor and graduate program chair for construction management

Research Interests
Energy efficiency in buildings, building energy analysis, efficient process design and execution, construction planning, engineering education

Kristen.Parrish@asu.edu
480-727-6363
CAVC 572
Tempe campus

Ram Pendyala

Ram Pendyala

Ram Pendyala
Professor and Interim Director

Research Interests
Multimodal transportation systems planning, activity-travel behavior analysis, transportation demand forecasting/modeling, travel surveys and data analytics, land use-transportation policy analysis

Ram.Pendyala@asu.edu
480-727-4587
Tempe campus

François Perreault

François Perreault

François Perreault
Assistant professor

Research Interests
Combine microbiology, chemistry and nanotechnology to address critical issues related to water quality and water treatment, Antimicrobial properties of graphene-based nanomaterials, Biofouling control in membrane-based water treatment processes

Francois.Perreault@asu.edu
480-965-4028

Eric Petrie

Eric Petrie
Faculty associate

Research Interests
Construction contract administration

epetrie@asu.edu
602-277-7600

T. Agami Reddy

T. Agami Reddy

T. Agami Reddy
Professor

Research Interests
Sustainable energy systems, renewable and distributed energy systems modeling and simulation, green building science, building data analytics, model based operation, fault detection and control

T.Agami.Reddy@asu.edu
480-727-7417
CDS 351 and CAVC 508
Tempe campus

Bruce Rittmann

Bruce Rittmann

Bruce Rittmann
Regents’ professor and Director of the Swette Center for Environmental Biotechnology

Research Interests
Environmental biotechnology, biofilms, resource recovery, modeling, microbial ecology

Rittmann@asu.edu
480-727-0434
BDA 210B
Tempe campus

Kenneth Sullivan

Kenneth Sullivan

Kenneth Sullivan
Associate professor

Research Interests
Organizational transformation, expertise-based project delivery, performance measurement, human factors, and accountability systems, procurement & supply chain, facility management

Kenneth.Sullivan@asu.edu
480-965-4213
CAVC 582
Tempe campus

Pingbo Tang

Pingbo Tang

Pingbo Tang
Associate professor

Research Interests
Computer vision for civil infrastructures, bridge management, automation in construction, human-centered automation in civil engineering, data science for civil infrastructure systems

TangPingbo@asu.edu
480-727-8105
CAVC 578
Tempe campus

Enrique Vivoni

Enrique Vivoni

Enrique Vivoni
Professor

Research Interests
Numerical modeling of watershed processes, eco-hydrology and hydro-meteorology of semiarid regions, applications of environmental sensing technologies, climate and land use change impacts on water resources, stakeholder engagement and decision making support

Vivoni@asu.edu
480-727-3575
ISTB4 769
Tempe campus

Zhihua Wang

Zhihua Wang

Zhihua Wang
Associate professor

Research Interests
Multiscale urban climate modeling, land-atmospheric interactions, landscape and infrastructure management, urban environmental sustainability study, energy efficiency analysis

Zhwang@asu.edu
480-727-2933

Paul Westerhoff

Paul Westerhoff

Paul Westerhoff
Regents’ Professor and Vice Dean for Research and Innovation, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering
Fulton Chair of Environmental Engineering

Research Interests
Environmental geochemistry; food, water, and energy nexus; drinking water treatment, water quality

P.WESTERHOFF@asu.edu
480-965-2885
BYENG 610
Tempe campus

Avi Wiezel

Avi Wiezel

Avi Wiezel
Associate professor and Assistant dean for facilities

Research Interests
Leadership for project-based companies, construction process modeling, entrepreneurial-ism, adult education, mathematical models of decision making

Avi.Wiezel@asu.edu
480-965-4121
CAVC 580
Tempe campus

TianFang Xu

Tianfang Xu
Assistant Professor

Research Interests
Numerical simulation of groundwater flow and solute transport, uncertainty quantification, and applications of machine learning in hydrology

Tianfang.Xu@asu.edu
ISTB4 469
Tempe campus