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John D AlbertsonProfessor and W. H. Gardner, Jr., Department Chair of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Degrees: PhD, UC Davis; MES, Yale University; MBA, University of Hartford; BS, SUNY Buffalo;
Research Interest: Surface hydrology and boundary layer meteorology; semi-arid vegetation dynamics; Large eddy simulation of turbulence and turbulent transport; urban air quality; hydroclimatic controls on infectious...
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Ana P. BarrosProfessor

Degrees: PhD, University of Washington, Seattle; MS, Oregon Grad. Institute of Science and Technology; MS, University of Porto, Portugal; BS, University of Porto, Portugal;
Research Interest: Physics of water cycle processes in mountainous regions with a focus on cloud formation and precipitation; remote sensing of the environment using microwave and infrared sensors; long–...
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Fred K. BoaduAssociate Professor

Degrees: PhD, Georgia Institute of Techology; MSc, University of Calgary; Post-graduate Diploma, McGill University; BSc(Hon), University of Science and Technology;
Research Interest: My research seek to develop an understanding of how the engineering, environmental and petrophysical properties of porous media (soils, fractured rock, biological tissues) affect measurable...
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Marc A. DeshussesProfessor

Degrees: PhD, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich - ETHZ; BS, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne;
Research Interest: Dr. Deshusses' broad research interests are related to the design, analysis and application of processes for the bioremediation of contaminated air, water and soils. One area of on-going research is...
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John E DolbowMary Milus Yoh and Harold L. Yoh Jr. Associate Professor of Engineering and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Director of Graduate Studies

Degrees: PhD, Northwestern University; MS, Northwestern University; BS, University of New Hampshire;
Research Interest: Modeling quasi-static and dynamic fracture of structural components, the evolution of interfaces with nonlinear constitutive laws, and developing models for stimulus-responsive hydrogels
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Lee FergusonAssociate Professor (joint with Nicholas School of the Environment)

Degrees: PhD Coastal Oceanography, Stony Brook University; BS Marine Science, University of South Carolina; BS Chemistry, University of South Carolina;
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Henri P GavinW. H. Gardner Jr. Associate Professor

Degrees: PhD, University of Michigan; MS, University of Michigan; BS, Princeton University;
Research Interest: Structural dynamics, structural control, and related applications of controllable materials, especially the use of electrorheological and magnetorheological dampers for structural vibration...
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Claudia GunschAssistant Professor

Degrees: PhD, University of Texas; MS, Clemson University; BS, Purdue University;
Research Interest: Identifying genetic adaptation mechanisms resulting from anthropogenic contaminant exposure; developing biosensors capable of pathogen and contaminant detection in water and air; studying the impact...
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Heileen Hsu-KimAssistant Professor

Degrees: PhD, University of California, Berkeley; MS, University of California, Berkeley; BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology;
Research Interest: Environmental chemistry; biogeochemical cycling of pollutant metals; aquatic geochemistry; water-particle surface processes; transformation of metals in engineered ecosystems
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Tomasz A HueckelProfessor

Degrees: D.Sc., University and National Politechnique Institute, Grenoble, France; PhD, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw; MS, University of Technology (Politechnika), Gdansk, Poland;
Research Interest: mechanics of materials, theoretical soil mechanics, rock mechanics, and environmental geomechanics, theory of plasticity
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Zbigniew J. KabalaAssociate Professor

Degrees: PhD, Princeton University; MA, Princeton University; MS, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan, Poland;
Research Interest: Stochastic and deterministic theory of fluid flow and contaminant transport in saturated and unsaturated heterogeneous porous media, theory of related measurements, field and laboratory studies in...
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Andrei KhlystovAssistant Professor

Degrees: PhD, Wageningen University; MS, Novosibirsk State University;
Research Interest: Effect of ambient aerosol on global climate and how the aerosol hygroscopic growth affects the magnitude of the climate forcing; relationship between the particulate mater and the adverse health...
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Miguel A MedinaProfessor

Degrees: PhD Water Resources and Environmental Engineering Sciences, University of Florida; MS, University of Alabama; BS, University of Alabama;
Research Interest: Contaminant transport hydrology, specifically modeling flow and mass transport across surface/subsurface interfaces and interactions; and international water issues which include transboundary...
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Joseph C. NadeauAssoc Prof of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies

Degrees: PhD, University of California at Berkeley; MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; BS, Lehigh University;
Research Interest: Theoretical and applied mechanics, micromechanics, composite materials, and probabilistic methods
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J Jeffrey PeirceAssociate Professor

Degrees: PhD, University of Wisconsin at Madison; MS, University of Wisconson at Madison; Bachelor of Engineering Science, The Johns Hopkins University;
Research Interest: Environmental engineering, cyberinfrastructure networks, sensors, geotropospheric interactions, engineering systems optimization. Professor Jeffrey Peirce has been a member of the...
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Henry PetroskiAleksandar S Vesic Professor

Degrees: PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana; MS, University of Illinois at Urbana; BME, Manhattan College;
Research Interest: Structural engineering; design; interrelationship between success and failure in design; nature of invention; history of engineering and technology
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Amilcare M PorporatoProfessor

Degrees: PhD, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy; MS, Polytechnic of Turin, Italy;
Research Interest: Near-wall turbulence, nonlinear analysis of hydrologic time series, stochastic soil moisture dynamics and water balance, soil-atmosphere interaction, and ecohydrology, complexity in the environment.
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David E. SchaadAssociate Professor of the Practice and Associate Chair

Degrees: PhD, Duke University; MS, University of Colorado at Boulder; B.A., Denison University;
Research Interest: Current research focuses on sustainable engineering, community development, water and wastewater treatment design, stormwater retention/detention and treatment design, hazardous waste remediation,...
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Jeffrey T ScruggsAssistant Professor

Degrees: PhD, Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology; MS, Applied Mechanics, California Institute of Technology; MS, Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech; BS, Electrical Engineering, Virginia Tech;
Research Interest: Dynamics and control, electromechanical transduction systems, vibration energy harvesting, renewable energy, structural response suppression
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Mark R. WiesnerProfessor

Degrees: Post Doctoral, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Industries Chimiques, Nancy, France; PhD, The Johns Hopkins University; MS, University of Iowa; BA, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Research Interest: Membrane processes, nanostructured materials, transport and fate of nanomaterials in the environment, colloidal and interfacial processes, and environmental systems analysis
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Richard T Di GiulioProfessor (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment) and Director, Superfund Basic Research Center; Director, Integrated Toxicology Program.

Degrees: PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; MS, Louisiana State University; BA, University of Texas at Austin;
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Peter K. HaffProfessor (primary appt: NSOE & Earth Sci - Earth & Ocean Sciences)

Degrees: PhD, University of Virginia;
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David E HintonProfessor (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment)

Degrees: PhD Anatomy, University of Mississippi, Medical Center,; MS Anatomy, University of Mississippi, Medical Center; BS Zoology, Mississippi College;
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Prasad S KasibhatlaAssociate Professor (primary appt: Biology)

Degrees: PhD, University of Kentucky; MS, University of Kentucky; B Chem E, University of Bombay;
Research Interest: Atmospheric chemistry, Regional and Global Modeling and Atmospheric chemical data analysis
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Gabriel KatulAssociate Professor (primary appt: NSOE & Earth Sci - Office of Dean)

Degrees: PhD, University of California at Davis; MS, Oregon State University; BE, American University of Beirut, Lebanon;
Research Interest: Micrometeorology and surface hydrology, Carbon and water cycling, and Environmental fluid dynamics
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Tod A LaursenChair and Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Degrees: PhD, Stanford University; MS, Stanford University; BS, Oregon State University;
Research Interest: Engineering computing and engineering science and teaches graduate courses in continuum mechanics, engineering analysis, finite element methods, and the use of finite element methods for the solution...
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Peter E MalinProfessor (primary appt: NSOE & Earth Sci - Earth & Ocean Sciences)

Degrees: PhD Geophysics, Princeton University; BS Geophysics, Stanford University; MS Marine Geophysics, Stanford University;
Research Interest: Seismic propagation in planetary crusts, Borehole investigation of seismic sources and signals, and Environmental Geology
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Brian P MannAssistant Professor (primary appt: Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science)

Degrees: D.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Washington University - St. Louis; MS Mechanical Engineering, Washington University - St. Louis; BS Mechanical Engineering, University of Missouri - Columbia;
Research Interest: Nonlinear dynamics and vibration utilizing analytical, numerical, and experimental techniques. Fundamental investigations of phenomenon and application areas where dynamical systems theory plays an...
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Joel N MeyerAssistant Professor (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment)

Degrees: PhD, Duke University; BS, Juniata College;
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Ram OrenProfessor (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment) and Chair, Environmental Science and Policy Division

Degrees: PhD Physiological Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis; MS Forest Ecology, Oregon State University, Corvallis; BS Forest Resource Management, Humboldt State University, California;
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Curtis J. RichardsonProfessor of Resource Ecology (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment) and Director

Degrees: PhD Ecology, University of Tennessee; BS Biology, State University of New York;
Research Interest: Dr. Richardson's research interests are in the area of applied ecology and are centered on wetlands ecology and restoration. The objectives of his research are to utilize ecological principles to...
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Heather M. StapletonAssistant Professor of Environmental Chemistry (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment)

Degrees: PhD Environmental Chemistry, University of Maryland; MS Environmental Chemistry, University Maryland; BS Marine Chemistry, Southampton College;
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John TrangensteinProfessor (primary appt: Mathematics)

Research Interest: Nonlinear Dynamic, Geophysics, Heart Electrophysiology
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Avner VengoshAssociate Professor (primary appt: Nicholas School of the Environment)

Degrees: PhD, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; BS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel; MS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel;
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Lawrie VirginProfessor

Degrees: PhD, University of London; MS, Cardiff University; BS, University of Manchester;
Research Interest:
  • Experimental verification of low-order nonlinear dynamical behavior (including chaos) using mechanical models.
  • The interaction...
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  • Roni AvissarProfessor

    Degrees: PhD, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; MS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem; BS, Hebrew University of Jerusalem;
    Research Interest: (1) All aspects of land-atmosphere and air-sea interactions (modeling and experiments) at all scales, including atmospheric dynamics, regional and global climate changes, hydroclimatology,...
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    Jean-Yves Bottero
    Research Interest: Physical chemistry of organic, inorganic, and heterogeneous contaminants; physicochemical properties of surfaces; mechanisms of coagulation and flocculation; water and wastewater treatment
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    Chris E BrasierInstructor

    Research Interest: Architectural design
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    Lyesse Laloui
    Research Interest: Natural and man-made systems with coupled phenomena. Environmental Geomechanics, Geotechnical and Geo-environmental Engineering, Mechanics of Multiphase Porous Materials. Area of activities at Duke...
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    Ross McKinneyProfessor

    Degrees: ScD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; MS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; BSE - Civil Engineering, Southern Methodist University; BA, Southern Methodist University;
    Research Interest: Design and operation of aerobic and anaerobic biological wastewater treatment systems
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    Jerome C. RoseAdjunct Associate Professor

    Research Interest: Relation between nanostructure of materials and their reactivity and toxicity. Characterization of the structure of ultra-small (colloids and molecular clusters), and/or amorphous and highly divided...
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    Daniel A. ValleroAdjunct Professor of Engineering Ethics

    Degrees: PhD, Duke University; MS, University of Kansas; MSCRP, Southern Illinois University; BA, Southern Illinois University;
    Research Interest: Conducts measurement and modeling research in environmental systems, including tracer studies, development of pollution collection devices, and biosystem engineering.
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    Earl I. BrownJ. A. Jones Professor Emeritus

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    UPCOMING EVENTS:

    CEE Events


    Graduate Reading Period
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009
    12:00 AM-12:00 AM, None

    Graduate Classes End
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009
    10:00 PM-10:00 PM, None

    Thanksgiving Recess Begins
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009
    10:30 PM-10:30 PM, None

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