Department Administration
Department Chair & Graduate Program Director
Professor & Associate Dean for Research and Innovation
Chief Departmental Advisor
Office Manager
Academic Support Services Specialist
Faculty
Mecit Cetin
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- mcetin@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), mobile devices/sensors, connected and automated vehicles, system-state prediction, traffic flow ...View More
Dr. Mujde Erten-Unal
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- munal@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Biological and hazardous wastewater treatment, green infrastructure, adaptive design to sea level rise, pollution prevention and ...View More
Sandeep Kumar
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- skumar@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Decarbonization, Microalgae, Circular Economy, Renewable Carbon, Biofuels, Bioproducts, Electrochemical Hydrogenation, ...View More
Gangfeng Ma
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- gma@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Estuarine and Coastal Hydrodynamics, Coastal Hazard Assessment, Sediment Transport Dynamics, Wetland Hydrodynamics, Sea Level Rise ...View More
Shahin NAYYERI AMIRI Ph.D., P.E.
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- snayyeri@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
My research interest is very diverse and generally covers several fields of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
Duc Nguyen
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- dnguyen@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Computational Mechanics, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), Structural Dynamics, Engineering Design Sensitivity Analysis & Optimization, Parallel ...View More
Zia Razzaq
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- zrazzaq@odu.edu
Gary Schafran
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- gschafra@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Environmental engineering, aquatic chemistry, physicochemical treatment processes, natural systems water quality, lake oxygenation, ...View More
Navid Tahvildari
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- ntahvild@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Coastal Engineering, Environmental Fluid Mechanics, Climate Change and Sea Level Rise Impacts on Coastal Flooding, Natural and ...View More
Xixi Wang Ph.D., P.E.
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- x4wang@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Effects of climate change versus human activity on water resources; evaporation from water-limited soils; hydrology-soil-vegetation ...View More
Pengfei Wang
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- p1wang@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Geotechnical Engineering, Engineering Seismology, and Applied Statistics, emphasizing regional geo-hazard modeling and analysis, ...View More
Kun Xie
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- kxie@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Transportation Safety;
Transportation Reliability and Resilience;
Incident/Emergency Management;
Transportation Planning and ...View More
Jaewan Yoon
- NORFOLK, VA 23529
- jyoon@odu.edu
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Research Interests:
Stochasticity in Water Resources Water Quality Management and Modeling Diffusive/Dispersive Substance Fate and Transport Macro- and ...View More
David Basco, Ph.D, P.E., Emeriti Faculty
Dr. David Basco served as the Director of the Coastal Engineering Center and Professor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department from 1986 through 2014. Dr. Basco is the pioneer of what is now the Online Coastal Engineering Certificate Program (CECP) and Master of Science Degree through the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department. Dr. Basco has been honored by the American Society of Civil Engineers as the 2016 International, Coastal Engineer of the Year. He has also been selected in 2017 as a Distinguished Alumni from the IHE-UNESCO, International Hydraulic Engineering Courses in Delft, the Netherlands. He is the author of five books that include, "Design of Coastal Hazard Mitigation Alternatives for Rising Seas" (July 2020). He is a registered professional engineer in Virginia and President of Beach Consultants, Inc. Norfolk, Virginia, where he is still active as a coastal engineering consultant and research engineer.
Isao Ishibashi, Ph.D, P.E., Emeriti Faculty
Dr. Ishibashi served as the graduate program director of the department from 1997-2021 and as assistant chair from 2017-2022. An expert in the area of geotechnical and earthquake engineering, he authored or co-authored more than 100 technical papers and published four textbooks, including "Soil Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications" (July 2015). In addition to serving as graduate program director and associate chair, Dr. Ishibashi took on membership and leadership roles on many University-level committees throughout his 36 years of service at ODU.
Kathleen Boone | k1boone@odu.edu |
Larry Brownley | lbrownle@odu.edu |
Anil Mehrotra | amehrotr@odu.edu |
Tim Moore | tomoore@odu.edu |
Peter Pommerenk | ppommere@odu.edu |
Sunghoon Han |
Mohammad Islam |
Osman Akan | oakan@odu.edu |
David Basco | dbasco@odu.edu |