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

Katie Wheaton
Teaches undergraduate civil engineering core classes with focus on geomatics and surveying, probabilistic/statistical analyses and structural design

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
Pauline Onema, Adjunct Professor
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

Michael Butler
Manage the laboratory and workspace facilities of the Roger E. Susi First Year Engineering Experience.

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.