Adjunct Directory
Research Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Adjunct Assistant
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Senior Environmental Engineer, Saudi
Aramco
Teaching Interests
Environmental Processes Engineering (graduate class)
Environmental Engineering
Engineering Design Project
Environmental Processes and Simulation
Chemical processes, water chemistry
Lake Superior Ecology
Research Interests
Advanced water treatment and removal of VOCs from water.
Advanced wastewater treatment systems, and oil/water separation.
Environmental processes with focus on adsorption behavior and characterization.
Chemical/Physical processes simulation and modeling.
Sustainable and renewable energy systems and sustainable materials for infrastructure.
Energy and materials recovery from waste and wastewater.
Cross- disciplinary research between environmental, civil and material engineering.
MS Studies: The effect of inorganic shocks (NaCl) on the efficiency of aerobic biological
treatment.
MS Studies: Development of photocatalysts for the production on hydrogen from sunlight
and water.
PhD Studies: Quantification of the adsorption capacity of air entraining additives
on fly ash to develop new standards and test procedures that can be used to assess
the usability of fly ash in concrete.
Director, Center for Training & Technology Staff, Civil and Environmental Engineering Adjunct
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chair, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences Professor, Geological and Mining
Engineering and Sciences Affiliated Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Teaching Interests
Hydrogeology
Ground water Engineering
Contaminant Transport
Subsurface Remediation
Research Interests
Field performance of air sparging for removing volatile organic chemicals from ground
water
Volatile organic vapor transport in unsaturated soils
Sulfur dioxide interactions with volcanic ash
Associate Director, Center for Training & Technology Staff, Civil and Environmental
Engineering Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil
and Environmental Engineering Operations Manager/Senior Research Engineer, Sustainable
Futures Institute
Research Interests
Sustainable water and energy systems
Life-cycle assessment
Biofuels
Aquaponics and hydroponics
Sustainable manufacturing processes
Nanoscale materials
Iron chemistry
Ecosystem Services
Natural resource economics
Andrea Munoz Hernandez
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Adjunct Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests
Public transportation planning and engineering
Airport planning and design
Railroad engineering
Design-build contracting for large transportation projects
Project management
Associate Professor, Geological and Mining Engineering and Sciences Affiliated Associate
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Teaching Interests
Computer Methods in Geomechanics
Computational Geoscience
Remote Sensing for Geotechniques
Geostatistics and Data Analysis
Engineering Geology and Geoinformatics
Research Interests
Liquefaction susceptibility evaluation at local and regional scales using in-situ
measurements and remote sensing observations
Estimating liquefaction induced damage such as lateral spread displacement
Transportation Geotechniques
Documenting earthquake induced damages, especially liquefaction using aerial/satellite
images that are sensitive to surficial moisture
Geotechnical asset monitoring
Adjunct Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
David L. Perram
Research Engr./Scientist II, Civil and Environmental Engineering Adjunct Lecturer,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Laboratory Director
