Environmental Engineering/Water Resources Engineering
Brian D. Barkdoll
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Dam Decommissioning
- Environmental Engineering
- Hydraulic Structures
- River Mechanics
- Sediment Transport
- Stream Rehabilitation
- Sustainability
David Watkins
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Water resources planning and management
- Environmental systems analysis
- Hydrologic and hydraulic engineering
- Fluid mechanics
- Engineering economics
- Numerical methods
Research Interests
- Application of decision theory and information technology to water resource problems characterized by uncertainty and conflicting objectives
Judith A. Perlinger
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Environmental engineering
- Transport & transformation of organic chemicals in the environment
- Boundary layer meteorology
- Sustainability
Research Interests
- Air and water quality
- Atmosphere/biosphere exchange of chemicals
- Micrometeorology
- Environmental analytical chemistry
Jennifer Becker
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Water and wastewater treatment
- Biological treatment processes
Research Interests
- Biodegradation, microbial ecology, and bioremediation of chlorinated organic groundwater contaminants
- Bioenergy production using microbial processes
- Recovery and reuse of agricultural, municipal, and industrial waste products
Eric Seagren
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
- Environmental biotechnology, including in situ bioremediation of contaminated subsurface environments, monitoring and evaluation of the performance of biological treatment processes, development of in situ biological treatment systems for urban storm water runoff, innovative reuse of waste materials, and in situ improvement of soils properties via microbially-mediated processes.
Natural Systems/Environmental Science
Alex S. Mayer
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Teaching Interests
- Groundwater flow and transport and subsurface remediation
Research Interests
- Numerical and Experimental Investigations of Contaminant Transport in Groundwater Vadose Zones
- Mathematical Optimization of Groundwater Remediation Systems: Multi-Objective and Uncertainty Problems
- Surfactant-Enhanced Dissolution of Nonaqueous Phase Liquids in Subsurface Systems
- Groundwater Flow in a Fault Zone in the Vicinity of Desert Hot Springs, California
- Simulation of Saltwater Intrusion in the Guaymas Valley, Sonora, Mexico California
Judith A. Perlinger
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Links of Interest
Teaching Interests
- Environmental engineering
- Transport & transformation of organic chemicals in the environment
- Boundary layer meteorology
- Sustainability
Research Interests
- Air and water quality
- Atmosphere/biosphere exchange of chemicals
- Micrometeorology
- Environmental analytical chemistry
Noel R. Urban
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Environmental cycles of major and trace elements
- Sediment diagenesis and stratigraphy
- Chemistry of natural organic matter
- Wetland biogeochemistry
- Environmental impact and fate of pollutants
- Influence of organisms on the chemical environment
- Role of chemical environment in controlling populations
Transportation Materials
Zhanping You
Donald and Rose Ann Tomasini Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering
Links of Interest
Research Interests
- Pavements and transportation materials
- Mechanical testing and constitutive modeling of asphalt binders and mixtures
- Analysis and control of thermal and reflective cracking in asphalt pavement and overlays
- Micromechanics
- Finite element analysis
- Discrete element analysis
- Constitutive model development, pavement fracture, and instrumentation