Find a Faculty Researcher
CAEE faculty conduct research across infrastructure, buildings, environmental systems, materials, transportation, climate, and public health. Their work combines laboratory experimentation, field measurement, computational modeling, technology development, and partnerships with communities, government, and industry.
Abieyuwa Aghayere
Structural engineering · Building safety · Failure analysis · Structural rehabilitation
Abieyuwa Aghayere studies the design and performance of concrete, steel, and wood structures. His work includes structural failure analysis, assessment and rehabilitation of existing buildings, and the development of safer structural systems and design practices.
Ivan Bartoli
Infrastructure monitoring · Nondestructive evaluation · Structural health · Stress waves
Ivan Bartoli develops methods for evaluating the condition and performance of bridges, buildings, pipelines, and other infrastructure without damaging them. His research uses sensing, structural dynamics, nondestructive evaluation, and stress-wave propagation to identify deterioration and support infrastructure management.
Shannon Capps
Atmospheric chemistry · Air-quality modeling · Emissions · Environmental health
Shannon Capps develops computational models that connect pollutant emissions with outdoor air quality and their effects on human health, ecosystems, and climate. Her group also uses satellite observations, data assimilation, sensitivity analysis, and inverse modeling to improve atmospheric predictions.
Zhiwei Chen
Transportation systems · Connected vehicles · Mobility modeling · Transportation equity
Zhiwei Chen develops efficient, equitable, sustainable, and resilient transportation systems, with particular emphasis on connected and automated vehicles. His research combines optimization, control, machine learning, simulation, and social-impact analysis to improve public transit and emerging mobility services.
Fernanda Cruz Rios
Circular economy · Sustainable buildings · Embodied carbon · Community resilience
Fernanda Cruz Rios studies how buildings and cities can reduce material consumption, waste, and carbon emissions through circular design. Her work addresses design for disassembly, material reuse, embodied carbon, community engagement, and the creation of sustainable, resilient, and equitable built environments.
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou
Artificial intelligence · Robotics · Computer vision · Infrastructure assessment
Arvin Ebrahimkhanlou develops robotic and artificial-intelligence-based systems for assessing civil infrastructure and other structures. His research uses computer vision, machine learning, sensors, the Internet of Things, mixed reality, ultrasonic waves, and acoustic emission to detect and evaluate damage.
Yaghoob “Amir” Farnam
Advanced materials · Low-carbon concrete · Infrastructure durability · Responsive materials
Amir Farnam develops advanced and sustainable materials for more durable and resilient infrastructure. His research includes low-carbon concrete, multifunctional and self-responsive construction materials, bio-inspired systems, advanced manufacturing, and multiscale characterization of cement-based materials.
Patrick Gurian
Environmental risk · Water quality · Climate adaptation · Environmental health
Patrick Gurian studies risk and decision-making in environmental and infrastructure systems. His research addresses water quality, environmental standards, statistical and Bayesian modeling, urban climate adaptation, environmental health, and community-engaged solutions.
Charles Haas
Water treatment · Microbial risk · Environmental health · Risk assessment
Charles Haas develops methods for understanding and managing biological risks in water and environmental systems. His research includes water and wastewater treatment, environmental microbiology, quantitative microbial risk assessment, environmental-health modeling, and protection against infectious and biological hazards.
Simi Hoque
High-performance buildings · Urban metabolism · Thermal comfort · Climate resilience
Simi Hoque studies how buildings and cities use energy and resources and how their design affects people and the environment. Her work includes high-performance and climate-resilient buildings, urban metabolism, indoor environmental quality, thermal comfort, and occupant health and well-being.
Joseph Hughes
Environmental biotechnology · Sustainability · Energy and environment · Peace engineering
Joseph Hughes works at the intersection of environmental biotechnology, sustainability, energy, and engineering for societal benefit. His research and leadership have emphasized biological approaches to environmental challenges and the use of engineering to support resilient and peaceful communities.
James Lo
Building airflow · Ventilation · Building autonomy · Sensing and controls
James Lo develops models, sensing systems, and control strategies that help buildings respond more effectively to changing environmental conditions and occupant needs. His research includes airflow and natural ventilation, building automation, urban and building informatics, occupant behavior, and autonomous building operation.
Amanda Carneiro Marques
Water quality · Watershed modeling · Climate change · Environmental tracers
Amanda Carneiro Marques studies water quantity and quality and the protection and management of drinking-water sources. Her work uses field monitoring, environmental tracers, stable isotopes, and watershed models to understand water systems under changing environmental and climatic conditions.
Franco Montalto
Urban water · Green infrastructure · Flooding · Climate resilience
Franco Montalto develops nature-based and engineering solutions for urban water and climate challenges. His research includes green stormwater infrastructure, urban hydrology, flood risk, ecological restoration, ecohydrology, climate adaptation, and community-scale resilience.
Mira Olson
Source-water protection · Contaminant transport · Groundwater remediation · Community engagement
Mira Olson studies how chemical and biological contaminants move through water and environmental systems. Her research addresses source-water protection, contaminated-groundwater remediation, water-resource technologies and policies, environmental transport processes, community engagement, and peace engineering.
Miguel Pando
Geotechnical engineering · Natural hazards · Foundations · Sustainable geomaterials
Miguel Pando studies soils, foundations, and the interaction between structures and the ground. His research includes soil dynamics and liquefaction, natural hazards, foundation systems, recycled and sustainable geomaterials, historical structures, and geotechnical engineering education.
Christopher Sales
Environmental microbiology · Contaminant remediation · PFAS · Resource recovery
Christopher Sales uses microbiology, molecular biology, analytical chemistry, and bioinformatics to understand and engineer environmental biological systems. His research addresses contaminant biodegradation and transport, including PFAS, environmental biotechnology, resource recovery from waste, and plasma-based environmental technologies.
Sharon Walker
Water-quality systems · Microbial transport · Nanoparticles · Environmental interfaces
Sharon Walker studies the behavior and transport of bacteria and nanoparticles in water and environmental systems. Her work advances understanding of water-quality processes and the interactions among microorganisms, engineered materials, and environmental surfaces.
Michael Waring
Indoor air quality · Aerosols · Indoor chemistry · Healthy buildings
Michael Waring studies how buildings affect indoor air quality and human exposure. His research addresses indoor aerosols and chemistry, the movement and transformation of outdoor pollutants indoors, ventilation, filtration, air cleaning, and strategies for healthier and more sustainable buildings.
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