Research Specialities
Coastal Engineering
| Coastal hydrodynamics | David R. Basco |
| Coastal processes; coastal structures | David R. Basco |
| Computational hydraulics and turbulence, CFD | David R. Basco |
| Dredging engineering | David R. Basco |
| Estuary hydrodynamics | David R. Basco |
| Water wave dynamics | David R. Basco |
Environmental Engineering
| Air pollution control | Mujde Erten-Unal | Jaewan Yoon |
| Air quality modeling | Mujde Erten-Unal | Jaewan Yoon |
| Aquatic chemistry | Gary C. Schafran |
| Biological Wastewater Treatment | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| BMP assessment and optimization | Jaewan Yoon | A. Osman Akan | Laura J. Harrell |
| Constructed wetlands | Jaewan Yoon | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Desalination and Ion exchange | Mujde Erten-Unal | Jaewan Yoon |
| Environmental and Chemical engineering | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Environmental Microbiology | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Fate and transport of contaminants in aquatic systems | Gary C. Schafran | Jaewan Yoon |
| Geographic Information System (GIS) | Jaewan Yoon |
| GIS-based environmental simulation | Jaewan Yoon |
| GIS-based spatiotemporal simulation | Jaewan Yoon |
| Hazardous waste management | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Lake water quality | Gary C. Schafran | Jaewan Yoon |
| Large-scale Distributed parameter modeling | Jaewan Yoon |
| Mathematical modeling | William A. Drewry | Gary C. Schafran | Jaewan Yoon Laura J. Harrell |
| Metal Toxicity and Speciation | Gary C. Schafran | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Nonpoint source pollution assessment | Jaewan Yoon |
| Nonpoint source pollution modeling | Jaewan Yoon | Laura J. Harrell |
| Nutrient removal | Mujde Erten-Unal | Gary C. Schafran | Jaewan Yoon |
| Physicochemical treatment processes | Gary C. Schafran |
| Pollution prevention | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Polymer-fiber composite materials | Zia Razzaq |
| Sanitary engineering | William A. Drewry |
| Sediment-water interactions | Gary C. Schafran | Jaewan Yoon |
| Solid and Hazardous waste treatment | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Solid waste disposal | William A. Drewry |
| Statistical analysis; Stochastic process | Jaewan Yoon |
| Statistical experiment design | Jaewan Yoon |
| Subsurface water quality | A. Osman Akan | Jaewan Yoon |
| Surface water quality | Jaewan Yoon | Gary C. Schafran | Laura J. Harrell |
| Toxicity reduction evaluations | Mujde Erten-Unal |
| Wastewater collection | William A. Drewry |
| Wastewater treatment | William A. Drewry |
| Water distribution | William A. Drewry |
| Water quality modeling | Jaewan Yoon | Gary C. Schafran |
| Water treatment | William A. Drewry | Gary C. Schafran | Mujde Erten-Unal |
Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering
| Granular mechanics | Isao Ishibashi |
| Soil dynamics | Isao Ishibashi |
| Soil liquefaction during earthquakes | Isao Ishibashi |
| Soil-structure interaction | Isao Ishibashi |
Transportation Engineering
| Transportation Operations | Asad Khattak |
| Transportation Safety | Asad Khattak |
| Transportation Planning | Asad Khattak |
| Environment, Energy and sustainable transport | Asad Khattak |
| Freight | Asad Khattak |
Structural Engineering
| base isolation and energy absorptions for bridges | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| fatigue fracture | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| fiber reinforced concrete | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| finite element analysis | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| nonlinear optimization | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| parallel computing techniques in nonlinear structural mechanics | Duc T. Nguyen |
| parallel-vector algorithms for computational structural mechanics | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| passive damping of space structures | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| polymer-fiber composite materials | Zia Razzaq |
| stability and behavior of steel structures | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| structural optimization | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |
| sub-base stabilization with solid waste fly ash | Zia Razzaq | Duc T. Nguyen |