Faculty and Staff Directory
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Akram N. Alshawabkeh
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Global University Campus,
Office of the Dean Geoenvironmental engineering, soil and groundwater remediation; electrokinetic and electrochemical processes; contaminant fate and transport environmental restoration
- a.alshawabkeh@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3994
R. Edward Beighley
Professor and Associate Chair for Faculty,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; remote sensing of the hydrologic cycle; hydrologic impacts of climate and/or land use change; flood hazard and risk assessment
- r.beighley@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3368
Dionisio P. Bernal
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering System identification, fault detection and fault localization, earthquake engineering, soil structure interaction, structural stability
- bernal@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4417
Sujit Bhandari
Laboratory Manager,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Large-scale structural testing
- su.bhandari@northeastern.edu
- (781) 238-8419
Kurt Braun
Senior Laboratory Technician,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - k.braun@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5931
Luca Caracoglia
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Structural dynamics; wind engineering; wind energy; wind-induced vibration; fluid-structure interaction; linear and nonlinear cable dynamics; climate change
- lucac@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5186
Qin Jim Chen
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Civil and Environmental Engineering & Marine and Environmental Sciences
Coastal engineering and science, particularly in the development and application of state-of-the-art numerical models to address coastal resiliency and sustainability
- q.chen@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5465
Sally Conant
Senior Co-op Coordinator, Global Engineering & Associate Director, Global, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, and Civil & Environmental Engineering,
Global Engineering Co-op - s.conant@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6373
Shannon Creedon
Academic Advisor,
Undergraduate Academic Advising - s.creedon@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2154
David Deeter
Marketing & Communications Manager,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - d.deeter@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7188
Peter "James" Dennedy-Frank
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Ecohydrologic modeling for water resources and conservation
- pjdf@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2426
Daniel M. Dulaski
Teaching Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Transportation safety; roadway geometry and roadside design; human factors in transportation.
- d.dulaski@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2993
Matthew J. Eckelman
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis, sustainable production and green design, energy systems and emissions modeling, climate change and health, healthcare sustainability
- m.eckelman@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4256
Ozlem Ergun
COE Distinguished Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Affairs,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Design and management of large-scale networks, supply chain design and resilience, collaboration and crowdsourcing in logistics, humanitarian logistics
- o.ergun@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6254
David Fannon
Associate Professor,
jointly appointed in
School of Architecture & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sustainable and high performance building design; persistent architecture and resilience; human health, safety, and comfort in the built environment.
- d.fannon@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2641
Loretta A. Fernandez
Associate Professor and Associate Chair for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice,
jointly appointed in
Civil and Environmental Engineering & Marine and Environmental Sciences
Environmental organic chemistry; passive sampling methods; transport and transformation of contaminants in built and natural environments
- l.fernandez@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5461
Stephen Flynn
Professor,
Political Science critical infrastructure resilience; public policy
- s.flynn@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4220
Peter G. Furth
Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Traffic signal control including transit signal priority and better serving pedestrians; bicycle safety and bicycle network analysis; transit operations analysis
- p.furth@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2447
Auroop R. Ganguly
COE Distinguished Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Geoscience (Climate Science, Hydrology, Hydrometeorology); Engineering (Infrastructure Resilience, Water Resources, Lifeline Systems); Data Sciences (Machine Learning, Data Mining, Nonlinear Physics)
- a.ganguly@northeastern.edu
- 617-373-3710 (email preferred)
Khaled Ghannam
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Boundary-layer meteorology, land-atmosphere interactions, air quality modeling, hydroclimatology
Fatemeh Ghoreishi
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Civil and Environmental Engineering & Khoury College of Computer Sciences
Design and decision-making under uncertainty, machine learning and data analysis, Bayesian statistics, multidisciplinary design optimization, autonomous and cyber-physical systems
- f.ghoreishi@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4908
Tarik Gouhier
Associate Professor,
Marine and Environmental Sciences Population Biology
- t.gouhier@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2061
Jonathan Grabowski
Professor,
Marine and Environmental Sciences environmental science and policy, fisheries, ecological economics
- j.grabowski@northeastern.edu
- 781.581.7370 x337
Jerome F. Hajjar
CDM Smith Professor and Chair,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Sustainable and resilient steel and composite steel/concrete structures; earthquake engineering; structural stability; large-scale experimental testing of structures; regional simulation
- jf.hajjar@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3242
Brian Helmuth
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences & School for Public Policy and Urban Affairs
Ecological forecasting and resilience of coastal environments
- b.helmuth@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2059
Julia Hopkins
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Coastal morphodynamics, including effects of extreme weather events on sediment transport in the surf zone; wave-current interactions in the nearshore; developing and implementing field-verified numerical models to study coastal processes, informing coastal management with process-based research
- ju.hopkins@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8058
Randall Hughes
Professor,
Marine and Environmental Sciences Marine biodiversity and conservation; genetic management for climate adaptation
- rhughes@northeastern.edu
- 781.581.7370 x314
Michael Kane
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Occupant-centric building controls, community resilience, model predictive control, hybrid systems
- mi.kane@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7193
Leila Keyvani Someh
Associate Teaching Professor,
First Year Engineering Program Resilience Engineering, Engineering Education, Evidence-Based Teaching, Pedagogy, Progressive Collapse
- l.keyvani@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2890
Haris Koutsopoulos
Professor and Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Urban transportation networks and informatics, public transportation operations, mobility on demand
- h.koutsopoulos@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.6263
Kristina Kutsukos
Assistant Co-op Coordinator,
Global Engineering Co-op - k.kutsukos@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3808
Michelle Laboy
Assistant Professor,
School of Architecture Building and site systems integration; structures and landscape performance; building and urban resilience; green infrastructure; socio-ecological factors in design, transdisciplinary teaching and learning
- m.laboy@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5320
Philip Larese-Casanova
Associate Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Physical, chemical, and electrochemical transformation processes of metallic, inorganic, and organic water pollutants, with applications to groundwater environments and unit operations
- phil@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2899
Jack Lesko
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering & Civil and Environmental Engineering
emerging interdisciplinary design involving lightweight polymeric multifunctional materials, structural design and reliability, packaging, and energy systems
- j.lesko@northeastern.edu
- 540-553-5456
Yiannis Levendis
COE Distinguished Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Gasification and combustion of solid fuels, generation and containment of combustion-generated pollution, synthesis and characterization of combustion-generated materials, fire suppression – fire extinction, engine design and operation
- y.levendis@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3806
Michael MacNeil
Laboratory Manager,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - m.macneil@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5931
Yu (Rain) Miao
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Civil and Environmental Engineering & Marine and Environmental Sciences
Environmental biotechnology for groundwater remediation, wastewater treatment, and public and ecological health
Caroline Milligan
Senior Data & Student Services Associate,
Cooperative Education - c.milligan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8434
Lorraine Mountain
Assistant Dean & Senior Co-op Coordinator,
Cooperative Education Departmental Programs: Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Data Analytics, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Energy Systems, Engineering Management, Engineering Public Policy, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Robotics, and Sustainable Building Systems.
- l.mountain@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2966
Amy Mueller
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Graduate Studies,
jointly appointed in
Civil and Environmental Engineering & Marine and Environmental Sciences
Biogeochemistry of natural and engineered systems; in-situ sensors and instrumentation for high-resolution process characterization; remediation and sustainability in natural and built coastal environments; sensor-driven closed-loop controls for resource optimization in engineered systems; signal processing and machine learning, embedded systems, and sensor networks
- a.mueller@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8131
Sinan Müftü
COE Distinguished Professor,
Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Cold-spray additive manufacturing; high-velocity impact of micron-scale particles; mechanics and tribology of axially moving materials; numerical simulation of tissue healing and bone remodeling
- s.muftu@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4743
Samuel Munoz
Associate Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Sedimentary records of environmental change, paleoclimate and climate change, rivers and fluvial processes, hydroclimatic extremes
- s.munoz@northeastern.edu
- 781.581.7370
Andrew T. Myers
Professor and Associate Chair for Graduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Fixed and floating offshore wind structures; multi-scale experimental testing of structures; computational simulation; probabilistic modeling
- an.myers@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3813
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
- novotny@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5461
Annalisa Onnis-Hayden
Teaching Professor and Vice Chair for Undergraduate Studies,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Biological treatment processes; ecotoxicology and toxicity assessment; microbial population dynamics and ecology in engineered biological systems
- aonnis@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2005
Jessica Ormsby
Associate 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
Assistant Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Applied environmental chemistry; corrosion; drinking water quality, treatment, and infrastructure; post-disaster drinking water recovery; public health engineering
Nathan Post
Associate Research Professor,
jointly appointed in
Civil and Environmental Engineering & Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
optimization of structures and components for a circular economy and climate resilience with a focus on composite materials, advanced manufacturing, uncertainty analysis, and applied AI; applications include the wind industry, energy-efficient construction, managing extreme weather events, orthopedic implants.
Taryn June Quiroa Sullivan
Director for Operations and Business Management,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - t.sullivan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.4114
Rozanna Riley
Operations Manager,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - r.riley@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8146
Nora Salmon
Assistant 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
Daniel Schuch
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - d.schuch@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2444
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 Soft ground engineering, coastal adaptation, education and training for engineers and scientists
- t.sheahan@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3995
Craig Shillaber
Associate 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
Jennie C. Stephens
Dean’s Professor of Sustainability Science and Policy and Director,
School for Public Policy and Urban Affairs Renewable energy transformation, reducing fossil fuel reliance, energy resilience, energy democracy, climate engineering, gender & energy, integrating social justice with climate and energy innovations
- j.stephens@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.8341
Aron Stubbins
Professor,
jointly appointed in
Marine and Environmental Sciences, Chemistry and Chemical Biology
& Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental chemistry; geochemistry; the carbon cycle; freshwater, coastal and ocean biogeochemistry; feedbacks between natural biogeochemical cycles and climate change; permafrost; black carbon; aquatic microplastics
- 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
- atouran@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5508
Eleonora Tronci
Assistant Professor,
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
Julia Varshavsky
Assistant Professor,
jointly appointed in
Department of Health Sciences & Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental chemical mixtures and maternal-child health outcomes, intervention strategies, systematic review, risk assessment, biomonitoring, community-engaged research, green chemistry/engineering
- j.varshavsky@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7348
Sara Wadia-Fascetti
Professor and Vice Provost of PhD Network,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Condition assessment methodologies for infrastructure systems; life cycle and life span analysis; structural and earthquake engineering uncertainty
- s.wadia-fascetti@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5828
Ming L. Wang
COE Distinguished Professor,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Network-wide pavement and bridge deck inspections: sensor technology for infrastructure; saliva-based sensor technology for disease diagnosis and monitoring; structural health monitoring for bridges; subsurface fault detection using air-coupled GPR systems
- mi.wang@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3900
Qi “Ryan” Wang
Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Research,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Urban and social resilience; geo-social networking; coupled, human-natural systems, natural disaster response and evacuation; urban computing
- q.wang@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.7984
Irvine W. Wei
Professor Emeritus,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Ozonation & Chlorination of Water, Advanced Oxidation Processes, Chemical Precipitation & Coagulation, Kinetics & Mechanism of Chemical Processes
- iwei@coe.northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3368
Megan Woodbury
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
PROTECT Prenatal exposures and neurodevelopment, neurotoxicology, environmental epidemiology, environmental health, public health, endocrine disrupting chemicals, drugs and supplements, interactive effects of exposures
Mishac K. Yegian
COE Distinguished Professor Emeritus,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Geotechnical earthquake engineering; soil dynamics; geosynthetics; seismic response of landfills; base isolation; liquefaction; bridge engineering; use of shaking table in earthquake engineering
- m.yegian@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.2448
Moira Zellner
Professor,
Public Policy and Urban Affairs complex systems modeling, human-natural systems modeling, participatory modeling, environmental planning and policy
Yang Zhang
Professor, Distinguished Fellow, and Associate Chair for Research,
Civil and Environmental Engineering Air quality; atmospheric chemistry; cloud/aerosol microphysics; sensitivity and uncertainty analysis; multiscale atmospheric modeling and forecasting; climate and Earth system modeling; health impact assessment; eco-environmental sustainability; human-Earth system interactions
- ya.zhang@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.3503
Ling Zhu
Senior Research Scientist,
Civil and Environmental Engineering - l.zhu@northeastern.edu
- 617.373.5465