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  • Kurt Pennell, P.E., Ph.D., University of Florida
    Department Chair
    Groundwater Remediation Technologies, Fate and Transport of Emerging Contaminants, Neurotoxicity of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Engineered Nanomaterials
  • Linda Abriola, Ph.D., Princeton University
    Dean, School of Engineering
    Groundwater Hydrology; Mathematical Modeling of Multiphase Flow and Reactive Transport in Porous Media
  • Lawrence S. Bacow, Adjunct, Ph.D., Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government
    President, Tufts University
    Environmental Economics and Policy
  • Steven Chapra, Ph.D., University of Michigan
    Louis Berger Chair in Computing and Engineering
    Water Quality Modeling, Numerical Methods, Advanced Computer Applications in Environmental Engineering
  • Lewis Edgers, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Associate Dean
    Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering - Geohazards (Landslides) and Offshore Foundations (Wind Turbines)
  • Grant Garven, Adjunct, Ph.D., University of British Columbia
    Professor, Department of Geology
    Groundwater Geology and Hydrology
  • Mark Kachanov, Adjunct, Ph.D., Brown University
    Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
    Solid Mechanics and Applied Mathematics
  • Shafiqul Islam, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Bernard M. Gordon Senior Faculty Fellow
    Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources and Environment, Hydroclimatology and Hydrometerology, Remote Sensing, Scale Issues
  • Masoud Sanayei, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
    Structural Engineering, Health Monitoring of Bridges, Nondestructive Testing, Structural Dynamics, Floor Vibrations for Human Comfort and Sensitive Equipment
  • Richard M. Vogel, Ph.D., Cornell University
    Water Resources, Hydrology, Hydraulics and Environmental Statistics

Associate Professor

  • Laurie Gaskins Baise, Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley
    Geotechnical Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Seismic Mapping
  • Wayne Chudyk, P.E., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana
    Drinking Water Quality and Toxic Materials, Groundwater Monitoring
  • Luis Dorfmann, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
    Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Mathematical Models of Material Behavior, Nonlinear Magneto- and Electromechanical Interactions, Biomechanics of Soft Materials, Rubber Elasticity and Inelasticity.
  • John Durant, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Environmental Engineering, Fate and Transport of Pollutants in Surface Water and Air
  • Jeffrey Griffiths, Adjunct, M.D., Albert Einstein, M.P.H & T.M., Tulane University
    Associate Professor, Tufts School of Medicine
    Public Health and Family Medicine
  • David M. Gute, Ph.D., Yale University
    Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology, Environmental Health and Safety
  • Stephen H. Levine, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
    Environmental, Ecological, and Economic Systems Modeling
  • Christopher Swan, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Environmental Geotechnology, Geotechnical Engineering

Assistant Professor

  • Babak Moaveni, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
    Structural health monitoring, system and damage identification of civil structures, experimental modal analysis, signal processing, uncertainty quantification
  • Andrew Ramsburg, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
    Innovative Technologies for Site Remediation; Fate and Transport of Contaminants in the Subsurface Environment

Professor of the Practice

  • Brian Brenner, M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Structural Engineering, Concrete Design, Bridge Analysis and Design, Structural Analysis/Design
  • Eric Hines, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
    Structural Engineering, Earthquake Engineering, Steel Design, Concrete Design, Structural Systems Design

Research Assistant Professor

  • Natalie Capiro, Ph.D., Rice University
    Environmental biotechnology and bioremediation applications, fate and transport of persistent organic groundwater contaminants
  • Mingjie Chen, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
    Contaminant hydrogeology, multiphase flow and transport

Senior Lecturer

  • Lee R. Minardi, M.S., Tufts University
    Computer Aided Design, Geometric Modeling, Engineering Mechanics
  • Mark A. Woodin, Ph.D., Harvard University School of Public Health
    Research Assistant Professor
    Epidemiologic Methods

Visiting Scholar

  • Paul H. Kirshen, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Integrated water resources planning and management, climate change impacts and adaptation

Lecturer

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