Meet the faculty and staff in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Chair
Bill Yu
Multiscale multiphysics processes in geosystems and infrastructure, interdisciplinary innovations in intelligent infrastructure technologies towards resilience and sustainability.
Faculty
Elias Ali
Christian Carloni
Bridget Hegarty
Focusing on the microbiology of the built environment, my research program seeks to understand and then engineer microbiomes to preserve both human and environmental health.
Yue Li
Designs and improves resilient buildings and infrastructure
Kurt Rhoads
Engineers environmental water, wastewater and energy processes using biotechnology
Hyoung Suk Suh
Solving energy and environmental geotechnics problems through the lens of theoretical and computational poromechanics.
Katie Wheaton
Bill Yu
Multiscale multiphysics processes in geosystems and infrastructure, interdisciplinary innovations in intelligent infrastructure technologies towards resilience and sustainability.
Chris Yingchun Yuan
Researches design, manufacturing and sustainability science of lithium ion batteries, solar cells and nanotechnologies.
Huichun (Judy) Zhang
Examines fate and transformation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered environments and develops advanced water/wastewater treatment technologies
Emeritus Faculty
J Ludwig Figueroa
Dario Gasparini
Arthur Huckelbridge
Aaron Jennings
Adel Saada
Adjunct Faculty
Robert Yin, Adjunct Instructor
Tyler Stillings, Adjunct Instructor
Vincent Beach, Adjunct Instructor
Esmaeel Asadi, Adjunct Professor
Jamal Nusairat, Adjunct Professor
Dan Chiocel, Adjunct Professor, dan.ghiocel@ghiocel-tech.com
Michael Pollino, Adjunct Professor
Gina Beim, Adjunct Instructor
Ruth Klee, Adjunct Instructor
Zeng (David) Xiangwu, Adjunct Professor
Martin L. Schmidt, Adjunct Professor
Katherine Holmok, Adjunct Instructor
John Picuri, Adjunct Instructor, jpp121@case.edu
Phillip Nagle, Adjunct Instructor, pnagle630@gmail.com
Xijin (Emma) Zhang, Adjunct Assistant Professor, xxz677@case.edu
Administrative Staff
Jim Berilla
Ramona David
Works with staff and faculty to ensure a quality student experience for the MEM program
Diego Franco Ocampo
Denise Miller
Develops, implements and manages procedures for the administration and operation of the Office of the Chair for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Angelika Szakacs
Leads the academic team for both the Civil Engineering and the Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering departments
Nathaniel Vishner
Handles student affairs for Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering.