Department Directory
Andrew T. Myers
Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Probabilistic simulation and experimental testing for performance-based design of resilient and sustainable structures
- an.myers@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3813
Tiffany Nichols
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
History
& Civil and Environmental Engineering
History of physics, astrophysics, and astronomy and how these subfields intersect with environmental history.
Vladimir Novotny
Professor Emeritus,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Diffuse (Nonpoint) Pollution, Water Quality Management, Total Maximum Daily Loads, Restoration, Socio-economic Issues of Water Quality Abatement
- v.novotny@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2444
Annalisa Onnis-Hayden
Teaching Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Biological treatment processes; ecotoxicology and toxicity assessment; microbial population dynamics and ecology in engineered biological systems
- a.onnis-hayden@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2005
Jessica Ormsby
Senior Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education
- j.ormsby@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3935
Mark Patterson
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences
& Civil and Environmental Engineering
Development of autonomous underwater robots for civil infrastructure and marine sensing; decision support tools for gray/green infrastructure like tide gates; environmental fluid mechanics; biomechanics and mass transfer in living systems
- m.patterson@northeastern.edu
- 781.581.7370 x313
Kelsey Pieper
Affiliated Faculty,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Applied environmental chemistry; corrosion; drinking water quality, treatment, and infrastructure; post-disaster drinking water recovery; public health engineering
Nora Salmon
Associate Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education
- n.salmon@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3720
Mehrdad Sasani
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Progressive collapse of structures; earthquake engineering; structural integrity and reliability; building and community resilience
- sasani@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5222
Kathryn Schulte Grahame
Teaching Professor and Associate Director,
First Year Engineering Program
Service-learning in engineering, first year engineering success, sustainable urban design; alternative energy sources; green roof technology; soil-liquid infiltration physics
- k.schulte@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2854
Cristina Schultz
Foley Family Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences
& Civil and Environmental Engineering
Influence of long-term climate change and of climate variability on ocean biogeochemistry
Thomas C. Sheahan
Executive Vice Provost,
Office of the Provost
Geotechnical testing and soil characterization for infrastructure and sustainability applications.
- t.sheahan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3995
Craig Shillaber
Teaching Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Geotechnical subsurface characterization through in-situ and laboratory methods; quantification of construction energy and carbon; sustainable geotechnics
- c.shillaber@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3825
Michael B. Silevitch
Robert D. Black Professor, COE Distinguished Professor,
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Subsurface sensing and imaging systems, detection of explosives-related anomalies, engineered system development and engineering leadership
- m.silevitch@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3033
Aron Stubbins
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences
, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
& Civil and Environmental Engineering
Plastics, including their impact on the environment and human health
- a.stubbins@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5872
Robert R. Tillman
Professor Emeritus,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Cooperative education; professional ethics; education research
- r.tillman@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3469
Ali Touran
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Risk assessment; construction cost/schedule uncertainty; project delivery systems; simulation; construction productivity
- a.touran@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5508
Eleonora Tronci
Affiliated Faculty,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
applied machine learning for damage assessment in civil structures; multi-domain transfer learning; performance and structural assessment of offshore wind structures
Geoffrey C. Trussell
Chair and Doherty Professor ,
Marine and Environmental Sciences
Evolutionary and community ecology; coastal sustainability
- g.trussell@northeastern.edu
- (781) 581-7370
Nancy Larson Varney
Associate Teaching Professor and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Engineering education, structural engineering design, existing structures, sustainable and resilient engineering practices