Faculty
Lizette Chevalier
Associate Provost for Academic Programs, P.E., D-WRE, Fellow ASCE

Office Phone: 618-453-7653
Email: Lizette.Chevalier@siu.edu
Office: APAP
Overview: Dr. Chevalier’s teaching, research and service interests are aligned with national and global issues in environmental engineering, water resources engineering, and engineering education. Specifically, her expertise is focused on the fate ...read full profile >>
Habibollah Fakhraei
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
RESEARCH INTERESTS Environmental engineering, environmental modeling, biogeochemistry, aquatic chemistry, water quality modeling, air pollution effects, GIS, geostatistical analysis, hydrology, numerical optimization. CLASSES CE 251 Probability and Statistics CE 301 ...read full profile >>
Ajay Kalra
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., P.E.

Office Phone: 618-453-7008
Email: kalraa@siu.edu
Building: Engineering B, Room 114
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Research Interests: My research interests are interdisciplinary in the area of hydro-climatology, urban sustainability, artificial intelligence, water resources management, drought frequency, and probabilistic forecasting and downscaling. Classes: ENGR 370- Fluid ...read full profile >>
Prabir Kolay
Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.E., M.ASCE

Office Phone: 618-453-7843
Email: pkolay@siu.edu
Building: Engineering B, Room 26
Research Interests: Soft and expansive soil stabilization using different chemical stabilizers, Characterization of PFA (Pulverized Fuel Ash) from coal based thermal power plant, Leaching studies, Dry separation of Cenosphere, Thermal & electrical properties of soil, ...read full profile >>
Sanjeev Kumar
Director, Professor and Distinguished Teacher, Ph.D., P.E., Fellow ASCE

Office Phone: 618-453-7815
Email: kumars@ce.siu.edu
Building: Engineering A, Room 108
Research Interests: Integration of professional practice and academia, large-scale utilization of fly ash and bottom ash, stabilization of soils, dynamic soil-structure interaction, piles under lateral loads, ground motion amplification in soils, liquefaction of sands, hydraulic ...read full profile >>
Jia Liu
Associate Professor, Ph.D., P.E.
Research Interests: Nanomaterials for water treatment and reuse Impacts of nanomaterials on aquatic and soil ecosystems Phytoremediation of contaminated soil and groundwater Renewable energy production using nanomaterials and bioelectrochemical systems Classes: CE 301: ...read full profile >>
Vijay Puri
Professor, Ph.D.

Office Phone: 618-453-7818
Email: puri@engr.siu.edu
Building: Engineering B, Room 28
Research Interests: Soil dynamics, machine foundations, design of foundations to resist seismic loads, liquefaction of soils, determination of dynamic soil properties, waste disposal, utilization of coal preparation and combustion wastes, clay liners, and soil improvement using ...read full profile >>
Mehnaz Shams
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., E.I.T
Research Interests: Environmental nanotechnology Fate, transport, and removal of emerging engineered nanomaterials in the environment Plastic pollution, prevention, and removal Stormwater management Electrochemical remediation Physicochemical water treatment Classes: CE 410/510 ...read full profile >>
Sangmin Shin
Assistant Professor, Ph.D.
RESEARCH INTERESTS Integrated Water Resources Modeling and Management Critical Interdependent Infrastructure System Modeling and Management Water Cyber-Physical-Social System Artificial Intelligence Urban Sustainability and Resilience Socio-Environmental Hydrology Sustainable ...read full profile >>
Jale Tezcan
Professor, Ph.D., P.E.

Office Phone: 618-453-6125
Email: jale@siu.edu
Building: Engineering B, Room 32
Research Interests: Dr. Tezcan’s research covers a wide-range of topics including ground motion modeling, signal processing, material characterization, machine learning algorithms, data mining and uncertainty estimation. Classes: CE 251 - Introduction to Probability and ...read full profile >>
John Warwick
Professor, Ph.D., P.E.

Office Phone: 618-453-4321
Email: warwick@siu.edu
Building: Engineering E, Room 120
Research Interests: Surface water quality simulation and the overall relationships between model aggregation and input parameter uncertainty. Special interests include nutrient cycling and associated dissolved oxygen impacts along with the transport and fate of mercury in ...read full profile >>