Graduate Student Research
Some of the current graduate research projects being carried out in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Completed Works Archives
Civil Engineering
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