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Department of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics


Degree Programs: Full-Time: M.Phil., Ph.D.

Chair: Christian Meyer, Ph.D.
610 Mudd
Tel: 212.854.3428


Faculty

Raimondo Betti:
Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1991
Interests: Structural Health Monitoring, System Identification, Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics, Deterioration Processes in Cable, Suspension Bridges
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Xi Chen:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., Harvard, 2001
Interests: Modeling and mechanical testing of thin films and coatings, mechanics of small material structures, micro/nano-fabrication, contact and impact mechanics, structural mechanics, smart materials, micromechanics, and biomechanics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Nicola Chiara:
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Columbia University, 2006
Interests: Asset Management, Infrastructure Project Finance, Project Management for Engineering and Construction, Risk and Decision Analysis, Stochastic Modeling and Optimization of Infrastructure Systems
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Patricia J. Culligan:
Professor, Ph.D., Cambridge, 1989
Interests: Geo-environmental engineering; geotechnical centrifuge modeling, porous media flow and transport
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Gautam Dasgupta:
Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1974
Interests: Computation Mechanics Wave Propagation, Stochastic Analysis, Bioengineering Growth, Defect-Free Finite Elements, Symbolic Computation
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
George Deodatis:
Professor, Ph.D., Columbia, 1987
Interests: Probabilistic Mechanics, Risk and Reliability, Earthquake Engineering, Hazards Analysis
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Morton B. Friedman:
Professor (Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics), D.Sc., NYU, 1953
Interests: applied mathematics and mechanics, numerical analysis, parallel computing;Mathematics, System Analysis, Parallel Processing Algorithms, Probability and Statistics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Upmanu Lall:
Professor of Civil Engineering, Ph.D., University of Texas, 1981
Interests: Statistical and numerical modeling of hydrologic and climatic systems, planning and management of water resource systems;Water quality; hydro-climatic chang
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Hoe I. Ling:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Tokyo, 1993
Interests: Geotechnical Engineering, Geosynthetics, Environmental Geotechnics, Soil Behavior, Seismic Performance
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Richard Longman:
Professor, Ph.D., University of California (San Diego), 1968
Interests: Dynamics and Control, learning, repetitive, and optimal control theory and applications; system identification. Robotics in space, satellite altitude and shape control
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Christian Meyer:
Professor, Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley), 1970
Interests: Structural Analysis and Design, Earthquake Engineering, Concrete Structures, Concrete Materials
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Andrew W. Smyth:
Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1998
Interests: Structural Dynamics, Adaptive Identification and Control of Nonlinear Structural Systems, Health Monitoring and Damage Detection, Modeling and Control of Distributed Parameter Systems, Earthquake Engineering, Smart Materials and Structures
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rene B. Testa:
Professor, Eng.Sc.D., Columbia, 1963
Interests: Structural Materials, Fatigue, Fracture, Field Testing, Failure Analysis, Damage Mechanics
Approved Dissertation Sponsor
Rimas Vaicaitis:
Professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), 1970
Interests: Random Vibrations, Structural Dynamics, Structural Acoustics, Fatigue
Approved Dissertation Sponsor




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