23 faculty and 0 courses in Civil Engineering at San Diego State University.
- Dongye Zhao, Professor & Chair h-index 77
Developing novel stabilized nanoparticles for in situ degradation of organic pollutants and immobilization of metals, metalloids and radionuclides in soil and water. Developing adsorptive photocatalysts for adsorption and destruction of per
Notable: “Preparation and Characterization of a New Class of Starch-Stabilized Bimetallic Nanoparticles for Degradation of Chlorinated Hydrocarbons in Water” (2005) · 821 citations
- Panagiotis Mitropoulos, Associate Professor h-index 29
Notable: “Systems Model of Construction Accident Causation” (2005) · 332 citations
- Matthew Verbyla, Associate Professor h-index 22
Matthew’s expertise is health-related environmental microbiology. He is engaged in research that seeks to better understand, characterize, and control the occurrence, persistence, and resistance of waterborne pathogens in engineered and nat
Notable: “Epidemiological Evidence and Health Risks Associated With Agricultural Reuse of Partially Treated and Untreated Wastewater: A Review” (2018) · 176 citations
- Victor Ponce, Emeritus Professor h-index 21
Notable: “Runoff Curve Number: Has It Reached Maturity?” (1996) · 1,060 citations
- Reza Akhavian, Associate Professor h-index 20
Dr. Akhavian’s work focuses on theory and practice of technology development, adoption, and integration in civil and construction engineering. He has more than 10 years of academic and industry experience working with technologies such as r
Notable: “Smartphone-based construction workers' activity recognition and classification” (2016) · 271 citations
- Thais Alves, Professor h-index 19
Dr. Thais Alves, PhD, specializes in construction management and project-based systems, including the use of lean production to improve the performance of delivery systems, and how people organize and collaborate. She is engaged in improvin
Notable: “Survey Comparing Critical Path Method, Last Planner System, and Location-Based Techniques” (2019) · 67 citations
- Julio Valdes, Senate Distinguished Professor h-index 17
Geotechnical Engineering Back to Top Campanile Drive San Diego, CA 92182 Colleges College of Arts and Letters College of Education College of Engineering College of Graduate Studies College of Health and Human Services Col
Notable: “Particle Clogging in Radial Flow: Microscale Mechanisms” (2006) · 134 citations
- Temesgen Garoma, Associate Dean, Professor h-index 14
The emphasis of Dr. Garoma’s research is on water and wastewater treatment, resource recovery, and renewable energy. His current research focus is on biofuels production from algal biomass, resource recovery from wastewater and integration
Notable: “Removal of sulfadiazine, sulfamethizole, sulfamethoxazole, and sulfathiazole from aqueous solution by ozonation” (2010) · 203 citations
- Arash Jahangiri, Associate Professor h-index 14
Notable: “Applying Machine Learning Techniques to Transportation Mode Recognition Using Mobile Phone Sensor Data” (2015) · 289 citations
- Hanyang Li, Assistant Professor h-index 12
1. Instrument development. A primary focus of Dr. Li's research is developing a spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy instrument for the real-time analysis of toxic metals in ambient particulate matter. This low-cost instrument is suitable f
Notable: “Can lignin be transformed into agrochemicals? Recent advances in the agricultural applications of lignin” (2021) · 107 citations
- Sahar Ghanipoor Machiani, Associate Professor h-index 12
Sahar has expertise in traffic safety, driver behavior modeling, traffic signal operation, connected/automated vehicles, evacuation modeling, and infrastructure-based safety systems. Awards & Honors ITE Western District Transportation A
Notable: “Safety surrogate histograms (SSH): A novel real-time safety assessment of dilemma zone related conflicts at signalized intersections” (2015) · 90 citations
- Janusz Supernak, Emeritus Professor h-index 11
Notable: “COVID-19: How Do Engineering Students Assess its Impact on Their Learning?” (2021) · 43 citations
- Marta Miletic, Assistant Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Biopolymers as a sustainable solution for the enhancement of soil mechanical properties” (2020) · 324 citations
- Robert Dowell, Associate Professor h-index 10
Notable: “Pivot Hysteresis Model for Reinforced Concrete Members” (1998) · 162 citations
- Gloria Faraone, Assistant Professor h-index 5
Gloria Faraone's research experience includes full scale structural testing and numerical modeling of structural elements . Her research interests focus on improving the performance of new and existing structures and nonstructural component
Notable: “Machine learning predictions for optimal cement content in sustainable concrete constructions” (2023) · 51 citations
- M. Ziad Bayasi, Professor h-index 2
Notable: “Effect of Steel Fiber Reinforcement on Fresh Mix Properties of Concrete” (1992) · 57 citations
- Alicia Kinoshita, Associate Professor
- Althaf Shajihan, Assistant Professor
- Christy Dykstra, Assistant Professor
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- Hassan Davani, Associate Professor
Hassan Davani is a member of the water resources engineering faculty in the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at San Diego State University where he directs the Urban Water Group (UWG) and teaches courses on st
- Ignacio Sepulveda Oyarzun, Assistant Professor
Professor Sepulveda's expertise is Coastal Risk Assessments. He has developed new methods for probabilistic tsunami hazard assessments and Uncertainty Quantification, combining top-notch stochastic and geophysical models. His new research a
- Juhyeon Bae, Assistant Professor
Dr. Bae has expertise in construction safety, wearable sensing, worker behavior modeling, computer vision, large language model, artificial intelligence, and robotics. Back to Top Courses CON E 320 Construction Estimating CON E 590 Construc
- Natalie Mladenov, Professor
Natalie’s expertise is in biogeochemical processes influencing pollutant fate and transport in natural and engineered systems. Her research probes fundamental processes driving photochemical and biological degradation and mobilization of co
Roster/catalog compiled from the college’s public directory. Faculty counts are directory headcounts; the named list may be a subset. h-index shown only for ORCID-backed or high-confidence OpenAlex matches. Data as of 2026-07-02.