This area emphasizes the application of analytical, numerical, experimental and practical approaches to the investigation of built infrastructure systems that withstand natural and man- made loads and hazards. Specific interests include sensors and structural health monitoring, composites for infrastructure applications, reliability and risk assessment of civil engineering systems, structural control, system identification and damage detection, performance-based earthquake engineering, soil-structure interaction, smart materials and structures, multi-scale modeling, and sustainable green materials and infrastructural systems.
Structures, Geotechnics and Materials Faculty
Current Faculty
Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Anne Lemnitzer
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Joel Lanning
Associate Professor of Teaching, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of California, San Diego
Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Mo Li
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. University of Michigan
Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Ayman Mosallam
Professor, Registered Professional Engineer
Ph.D. Catholic University of America
Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Advance Composites
Lizhi Sun
Professor
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles
Micro/nano-mechanics of Heterogeneous Composite Materials
Farzin Zareian
Professor
Ph.D. Stanford University
Performance –based engineering, structural reliability, structural control
Emeritus Faculty
Alfredo H-S. Ang
Professor Emeritus, Registered Structural Engineer
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Reliability Engineering; Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Gerard C. Pardoen
Professor Emeritus, Registered Professional Engineer
Ph.D. Stanford University
Structural Analysis, Experimental Structural Dynamics
Roberto Villaverde
Professor Emeritus, Registered Professional Engineer
Ph.D. University of Illinois
Structural and Earthquake Engineering
Jann N. Yang
Professor Emeritus, Registered Professional Engineer
D.Sc., Columbia University
Control of Structural Systems; Stochastic Fatigue, Fracture and Maintainability