Research
Research centers associated with The Department of Civil Engineering
- Center for Transportation Infrastructure Systems (CTIS)
- Center for Environmental Resource Management (CERM)
- NSF-Funded Engineering Research Center for Nanotechnology
- USDOT-Funded Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation
- USDOT-Funded Southern Plains Transportation Center
- USDOT-Funded Center for Connected Cities for Smart Mobility towards Accessible & Resilient Transportation
- USDOT-Funded Center for Transportation, Environment & Community Health
- USDOT-Funded Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health
Structural Engineering
- Structural reliability
- Nondestructive testing and evaluation
- Finite Element Modeling of linear and non-linear systems
- Structural dynamics
- Large deformation mechanics
- Response of structures under shock loading
- Constitutive modeling of material response
Environmental Engineering
- Membrane Processes for Water and Wastewater Treatment
- RO Concentrate Management
- Water Treatment Process Optimization
- Disinfection Byproduct Control
- Characterization of atmospheric aerosols
- Evaluation of transportation air quality impacts
- Impact of traffic related air pollution on sensitive receptors
- Inhalation/exhalation of atmospheric aerosols
- Ambient air quality monitoring and modeling
- Surface runoff chemistry as it influences surface and groundwater interaction
- Release mechanisms for radioactive waste repositories
- Evaporation and recovery of concentrated brine
- Monitoring alternatives for disposal and decommissioned facilities
Geotechnical Engineering/Pavement/Materials
- Nondestructive Testing of Infrastructure
- Advanced Laboratory Characterization of Civil Engineering Materials
- Pavement and Geotechnical Field Characterization
- Pavement Analysis and Design
- Recycling of Civil Engineering Materials
- Stabilization of Soils
- Instrumentation of Infrastructure
- Quality Management of Infrastructure during Construction
- Numerical Modeling
- Developing intelligent computation algorithms (Expert Systems, Artificial neural networks, data fusion)
Transportation Engineering/Operations Research
- Operations research applications to freight transportation
- Freight transportation demand analysis and forecasting
- Use of information and sensor technologies for real-time operations of time dependent freight systems
- Transportation infrastructure safety and security
- Supply chain and collaborative logistic modeling
- Traffic simulation
- Visualization for transportation planning
- Public transportation planning
- New intersection designs (roundabouts and diverging interchange)
Infrastructure and Construction Management
- Developing of Strategic Plans for Managing Infrastructure
- Asset Inventory for Infrastructure Management Systems
- Data Collection Methods to Manage Infrastructure Assets
- Condition Assessment of Infrastructure Assets
- Development of Performance Models
- Forecasting Network Condition of Infrastructure Assets
- Network Level Needs-Gap Analysis
- Impact Scenarios Analysis
- Prioritization of Treatment Needs for Budget Allocation
- Quantifying Benefits for Trade-off Funding Allocation Analysis
- Maintenance Strategies to Preserve Infrastructure Assets
- Value Engineering
- Life-Cycle Cost Analysis
- Risk Assessment
- Applications of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)