Ph.D. Candidate: Bruno Bezerra de Souza Research Topic: Geotechnical and Geo-environmental engineering focused on the mineralization of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) using molecular dynamics (MD) simulation, molecular modeling, and computational chemistry. Research Advisor:Dr. Jay Meegoda
Ph.D. Candidate: Mohab A. Hussein Research Topic: Asset management, decision making, transportation policies and regulations, forensic geostructural engineering, planning, risk, resiliency, sustainability, and mitigation of infrastructure, seismic and scour vulnerability, geomaterials and recycled materials, machine learning for infrastructure modeling, and deterioration modeling. Research Advisor: Dr. Rayan Assaad
Ph.D. Candidate: Jin Fan Research Topic: Multi-physics Numerical Simulation of Corrosion and Service Life Evaluation of reinforced HPFRCCs. Research Advisor: Dr. Matthew J. Bandelt and Dr. Matthew P. Adams
Environmental Engineering
Ph.D. Candidate: Charbel Abou Khalil Research Topic: Bioremediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Hypersaline Coastal Ecosystems. Research Advisor: Dr. Michel Boufadel
Ph.D. Candidate: Shan Xue Research Topic: Nanobubble technology and its applications in environmental and agricultural fields. Research Advisor: Dr. Wen Zhang
Ph.D. Candidate: Wen Ji Research Topic: Physico-Chemical Processes Impacting the Formation of Oil Particle Aggregates (OPAs). Research Advisor: Dr. Michel Boufadel
Ph.D. Candidate: Andrew Pennock Research Topic: Fluid mechanics, aerosols, coagulation, flocculation, mixing, speciation and interaction of coagulants with natural organic matter. Research Advisor:Dr. Taha Marhaba
Ph.D. Candidate: Pamela Braykaa Research Topic: Experimental research on PFAS removal from soil. Research Advisor:Dr. Michel Boufadel
Ph.D. Candidate: Meghana Parameswarappa Jayalakshmamma Research Topic: Quantifying Microplastics in stormwater, Green Infrastructure and understanding their behavior with other pollutants in green infrastructure. Research Advisor:Dr. Michel Boufadel
Transportation Engineering
Ph.D. Candidate: Aimee Jefferson Research Topic: Roadway safety, data collection, and road diets/reallocation. Research Advisor: Dr. Janice Daniel