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Research in the UTRGV Department of Civil Engineering addresses the complex challenges of modern infrastructure through innovative, interdisciplinary approaches. Faculty and students collaborate across key areas — including structural engineering, transportation, water resources, geotechnical, and construction management — to develop solutions with lasting societal and global impact. By bridging theory and practice, the department fosters a research environment that empowers students to contribute meaningfully to the future of civil engineering.
Research Areas
The Structural Engineering and Materials group in our department is committed to advancing the civil engineering field through innovative research focused on developing new smart and sustainable dynamical systems, sensors, and materials for enhancing civil structures’ performance under various loading scenarios such as earthquakes and winds. The faculty members actively collaborate with industry stakeholders, government agencies, and local communities to understand real-world challenges and explore practical solutions. Through partnership with the professional engineering community, they aim to implement their research findings into practice.
Faculty:
- Dr. Mohsen Amjadian
- Dr. Philip Park
- Dr. Siang (Sunny) Zhou
- Dr. Jinwoo An
The mission of our Transportation Engineering group is to address both long-standing and emerging challenges facing transportation infrastructure, mobility, and logistics by developing cutting-edge analytical, computational, and experimental research. Centered on cyber-physical-human systems, our core objective is to develop resilient, sustainable, and equitable transportation systems at the planning, design, and operation and management levels.
Faculty:
- Dr. Mohamadhossein Noruzoliaee
- Dr. Fatemeh (Noosheen) Nazari
Water Resources and Environmental Engineers help solve complex water challenges (i.e. water quantity and quality), including providing society with safe and reliable water supplies, managing impacts of floods and drought, enhancing environmental quality, and remediating contaminations (i.e. hazardous waste). We plan, develop, and implement surface water and groundwater systems that are sustainable and adaptable to changing climate and human activity.
Faculty:
- Dr. Jungseok Ho
- Dr. Chu-Lin Cheng
- Dr. Uma Malik
- Dr. Omar Al-Qudah
Faculty:
- Dr. Thuy Vu
- Dr. Thang Pham
- Dr. Mustapha (Sam) Rahmaninezhad
Faculty:
- Dr. Mohamed AbdelRaheem
- Dr. Gasser Ali
