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Department of Civil Engineering College of Engineering & Computer Science

Meet Us

Department

Saad Merayyan, Ph.D.

Department Chair

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  • Specialty & Interests: Water resources engineering

Zoi Dokou, Ph.D.

Graduate Coordinator

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  • Specialty & Interests: Water resources engineering

Department Staff

Ashley Mihok

Administrative Support Coordinator

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Jasmine Owens

Administrative Support Assistant

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  • Location: RVR 4024
  • Phone: (916) 278-6982
  • Pronouns: she/her/hers

Faculty

Masoud Ghodrat Abadi, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Transportation engineering

Richard Armstrong, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Geotechnical earthquake engineering

Cyrus Aryani, Ph.D., P.E., G.E.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Geotechnical engineering

Zoi Dokou, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Water resources engineering

María José Echeverría, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Structural Engineering

Julie Fogarty, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Structural engineering

Jose Garcia, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Structural materials

Ghazan Khan, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Transportation engineering

Eric Matsumoto, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Structural engineering

Saad Merayyan, Ph.D.

Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Water resources engineering

Amir Motlagh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Environmental engineering

Cristina Poindexter, Ph.D., P.E.

Associate Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Water resources engineering

Kimberly Scott-Hallet, M.S., P.E., S.E.

Lecturer

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  • Specialty & Interests: Structural engineering

Kevan Shafizadeh, Ph.D., P.E., T.E., PTP, PTOE

Professor & ECS College Dean

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  • Specialty & Interests: Transportation engineering

Amy Wyman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Transportation Engineering

Tongren Zhu, Ph.D., P.E.

Assistant Professor

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  • Specialty & Interests: Environmental Engineering

Part-Time Faculty

David J. Alderete

Lecturer

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Muhanned Al Murib

Lecturer

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Joy Arbor

Lecturer

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Robert Burns

Lecturer

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Debanik Chaudhuri

Lecturer

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Haitham Dawood

Lecturer

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David Dosen

Lecturer

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Douglas Ellis

Lecturer

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Arsalan Gharachorloo

Lecturer

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Alex Harrison

Lecturer

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Patrick Ji

Lecturer

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Allaoua Kartoum

Lecturer

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Mawj Khammas

Lecturer

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Changmo Kim

Lecturer

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Chris Ladeas

Lecturer

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Marcial Fernandez Lamera

Lecturer

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Seungwook (David) Lim

Lecturer

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Reza Mahallati

Lecturer

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Scott E. Meyer

Lecturer

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Mohammad Rayej

Lecturer

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Eric Monzon

Lecturer

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Peter K. Ouchida

Lecturer

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Naima Reggad

Lecturer

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Harindra Rajiyah

Lecturer

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Jeffrey Rud

Lecturer

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Michael Shami

Lecturer

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Kaveh Zamani

Lecturer

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Emeritus Faculty

Joan Al-Kazily

Professor 1984, Emeritus 2002

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Anthony Caruso

Professor 1977, Emeritus 2000

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Francois Cheong-Siat-Moy

Professor 1980, Emeritus 2009

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Eugene E. Dammel

Associate Professor 1997, Emeritus 2019

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Braja Das

Professor 1994, Emeritus 2006

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Gordon J. Hammer

Professor 1977, Emeritus 1984

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Karen L, Hansen

Professor 2004, Emeritus 2024

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Mel E. Holland

Professor 1981, Emeritus 1997

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Leonard W. Hom

Professor 1963, Emeritus 1997

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Ralph B. Hwang

Professor 1979, Emeritus 1997

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John Johnston

Professor 1997, Emeritus 2022

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Ramzi J. Mahmood

Professor 2006, Emeritus 2024

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George J. Kostyrko

Professor 1968, Emeritus 1998

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Joel K. Moore

Professor 1979, Emeritus 2003

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William R. Neuman

Professor 1962, Emeritus 1997

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Richard A. Nickles

Professor 1975, Emeritus 1990

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Donald W. Nostrant

Professor 1980, Emeritus 2003

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James L. Post

Professor 1968, Emeritus 1992

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Donald L. Steward

Professor 1987, Emeritus 1998

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Hon-Hsieh Su

Professor 1967, Emeritus 1997

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Total Members: 67