Some of the current projects being carried out in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering are listed below. For more information please contact the persons listed under the projects.

Current Research Projects

Heavy metal adsorption on iron oxide and iron oxide-coated silica: macroscopic, microscopic, and modeling study.
Ying Xu (Ph.D. Environmental Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Axe

Application of geostatistics for more rapid characterization of potentially contaminated sites
Krit Punburananon (Ph.D. Environmental Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Watts

Structural Behavior of Cold Formed Steel-Concrete Composite Beams
Sun Punurai (PhD Civil Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Hsu

The impact of abiotic and biotic Mn oxide coatings on contaminant mobility, bioavailability, and attenuation
Thipnakarin Boonfueng (Ph.D. Environmental Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Axe

Crack Propagation in Concrete and its Remaining Service Life Prediction
Xuezeng Wu  (PhD Civil Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Methi Wecharatana

Simulation and Parametric Study of Resilient Modulus Tests
Qian Wu (PhD Environmental Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Jay N Meegoda

Optimization of Transit Operation Strategies for Heterogeneous and Time-Varying Demand Distribution
Yavuz Ulusoy (PhD Civil Engineering)
Graduate Advisor: Dr. Chien