Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering (CGEE)
Srijan Aggarwal
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Water Environmental Research Center
JUB 360
Research Interests:
- environmental engineering
- water and wastewater treatment systems
- biofilm mechanical properties and processes
- chemical herders for oil spill response
- air quality
Il-Sang Ahn
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Duck 265
Research Interests:
- dynamic ratchetting in elastic-plastic materials
- application of nonlinear dynamics to earthquake engineering
- civil applications of Tire Derived Aggregate (TDA)
- long-term characteristics of concrete at cold temperatures
- thermo-mechanical behavior of lunar regolith under temperature cycling
Nathan Belz
Associate Professor | Department Chair
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Alaska University Transportation Center
JUB 128
Research Interests:
- driver behavior and traffic safety and operations
- roundabouts
- developing transportation solutions for rural areas
- applications of GIS in civil engineering
Margaret Darrow
Professor
Geological Engineering
JUB 364
Research Interests:
- behavior of unfrozen water in frozen soils
- frost heaving
- soil physics
- slope stability in frozen ground
- thermal analysis of engineered structures over frozen ground
Nima Farzadnia
Assistant Professor
Civil Engineering
JUB 132
Research Interests:
- sustainable construction materials and technologies: alternative binders; supplementary cementitious materials; CO2 sequestration systems
- smart infrastructure materials and systems: nanotechnology; responsive/adaptive polymers
- automation in construction: additive and robotic construction; multi-sensory inspection; big data and cloud computing
Shishay Kidanu
Assistant Professor
Geological Engineering
Duck 269
Research Interests:
- engineering and environmental geophysics
- geophysics for mineral exploration
- GIS and remote sensing applications in geohazard analysis
- GIS-based multivariate geospatial analysis
Debu Misra
Professor
Geological Engineering
Duck 251
Research Interests:
- geohydrology and geoenvironmental engineering;
- ground water mechanics
- multiphase flow and transport in porous media
- reservoir characterization
- geostatistical analysis and inverse modeling
- GIS application in engineering analysis
- remote sensing
- thermodynamics and heat transfer in porous media flow and transport
Wilhelm Muench
Adjunct Instructor | Civil and Environmental Engineering
JUB 118
Courses:
- surveying
- statics
- dynamics
- steel bridge
Jill Riddle
Office Manager
Department of Civil, Geological, and Environmental Engineering | Department of Mining and Mineral Engineering
Yuri Shur
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Water Environmental Research Center
Duck 237
Research Interests:
- permafrost and ground ice
- permafrost related hazards
- thermal interaction of structures with permafrost
- design alternatives for buildings and pipelines in permafrost region
Svetlana Stuefer
Associate Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Water Environmental Research Center
JUB 362
Research Interests:
- cold region hydrology and water resources
- field measurements and modeling
- seasonal snow cover and ice
- streamflow
- precipitation
Horacio Toniolo
Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Water Environmental Research Center
Duck 259
Research Interests:
- sediment transport in rivers
- hydrology and hydraulics in cold regions
- river morphology
- reservoir sedimentation
- water use in cold regions
- turbidity currents
Emeriti
Leroy Hulsey
Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering
Research Interests:
- bridge engineering
- effects of temperature extremes on structural systems
Douglas Kane
Professor Emeritus, Civil Engineering
Research Interests:
- groundwater hydrology
- snow hydrology, hydraulics
- water resources engineering
- cold regions hydrology
- fish hydraulics
- heat transfer
- climate change
Robert Perkins
Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Interests:
- oil spill-related engineering and ecological risk analysis
- toxicity of chemicals to marine species
- risk assessments, human health, and ecological effects in extreme environments
- risk communications and public acceptance of environmental and engineering projects
- practical project management and training
- transportation safety data