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Full-time Faculty
Scott J. Brandenberg, Ph.D.
sjbrandenberg@ucla.edu  5731D Boelter Hall     (310) 825-9819
Geotechnical earthquake engineering with a focus on soil-structure interaction, liquefaction, data acquisition and processing, and numerical analysis.
Jiun-Shyan (JS) Chen, Ph.D., Chair
jschen@seas.ucla.edu  5713 Boelter Hall     (310) 267-4620
Computational mechanics (finite element method and meshless method); solid mechanics; structural dynamics.
Eric M.V. Hoek, Ph.D.
emvhoek@ucla.edu  5732G Boelter Hall     (310) 206-3735
Membrane materials and processes; Nanoscience and nanotechnology; Interfacial science and engineering; Bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation; Desalination and advanced water treatment
Terri S. Hogue, Ph.D.
thogue@seas.ucla.edu  5731F Boelter Hall     (310) 794-4239
Surface hydrology, land cover change, remote sensing, and watershed modeling.
Jennifer A. Jay, Ph.D.
jjay@seas.ucla.edu  5732H Boelter Hall     (310) 267-5365
Aquatic chemistry, environmental microbiology.
Jiann-Wen Woody Ju, Ph.D., P.E.
juj@ucla.edu  5731K Boelter Hall     (310) 206-1751
Damage mechanics, micromechanics of composites, advanced material modeling, computational mechanics, nanomechanics, nondestructive and destructive testing, durability and damage of concrete and stucco, construction defects, fracture mechanics, biomechanics, failure analysis, geomechnanics, reliability and service life.
Shaily Mahendra, Ph.D.
mahendra@seas.ucla.edu  5732C Boelter Hall     (310) 794-9850
Environmental microbiology, biodegradation of groundwater contaminants, microbial-nanomaterial interactions, nanotoxicology, applications of molecular biological and isotopic tools in environmental engineering.
Steven A. Margulis, Ph.D.
margulis@seas.ucla.edu  5732D Boelter Hall     (310) 267-5490
Surface hydrology, hydrometeorology, remote sensing, and data assimilation.
Michael K. Stenstrom, Ph.D., P.E.
stenstro@seas.ucla.edu  5714 Boelter Hall     (310) 825-1408
Process development and control for water and wastewater treatment plants.
Jonathan P. Stewart, Ph.D., P.E., Vice Chair
jstewart@seas.ucla.edu  5731 Boelter Hall     (310) 206-2990
Geotechnical engineering, earthquake engineering.
Keith D. Stolzenbach, Ph.D., P.E., Vice Chair
stolzenb@seas.ucla.edu  5732J Boelter Hall     (310) 206-7624
Environmental fluid mechanics and transport.
Ertugrul Taciroglu, Ph.D.
etacir@ucla.edu  5731E Boelter Hall     (310) 267-4655
Computational solid and structural mechanics, earthquake engineering, structural health monitoring
Mladen Vucetic, Ph.D.
vucetic@seas.ucla.edu  5750 Boelter Hall     (310) 206-6260
Geotechnical engineering, soil dynamics, geotechnical earthquake engineering, laboratory testing of soils
John W. Wallace, Ph.D., P.E.
wallace@seas.ucla.edu  5731C Boelter Hall     (310) 206-7124
Structural/Earthquake engineering, design methodologies, seismic evaluation and retrofit, large-scale laboratory and field studies/testing. Structural instrumentation and monitoring.
William W-G. Yeh, Ph.D.
williamy@seas.ucla.edu  5732B Boelter Hall     (310) 825-2300
Groundwater hydrology, modeling of solute transport in groundwater, optimization of water resources systems.
Jian Zhang, Ph.D.
zhangj@ucla.edu  5731G Boelter Hall     (310) 825-7986
Earthquake engineering, structural dynamics and mechanics, seismic protective devices and strategies, soil-structure interaction and bridge engineering.


Adjunct Faculty
Thomas C. Harmon, Ph.D.
tharmon@ucmerced.edu  5731G Boelter Hall     (209) 724-4337
Solute transport in groundwater, mass transfer phenomena, adsorption/desorption equilibria and rates, physical and chemical treatment processes.
Donald R. Kendall, Ph.D., P.E.
DKendall@calleguas.com  5731G Boelter Hall     (209) 724-4337
Water supply reliability, water quality, and resource planning
Issam N. Najm, Ph.D., P.E.
najm@ucla.edu  5731G Boelter Hall     (818) 366-8340
Optimization of physical and chemical processes in drinking water treatment.
Daniel E. Pradel, Ph.D., G.E.
dpradel@ucla.edu  5732E Boelter Hall     (310) 825-2843
Geotechnical engineering, slope stability, constitutive modeling
Thomas A. Sabol, Ph.D., S.E.
tsabol@ucla.edu  5732E Boelter Hall     3237332640x360
Structural engineering design, steel seismic systems, earthquake engineering, seismic evaluation and retrofit of existing structures
Ne-Zheng Sun, Ph.D.
nezheng@seas.ucla.edu  5732L Boelter Hall     (310) 206-6267
Mathematical modeling of groundwater flow and contaminant transport, water resources management, numerical analysis and optimization


Emeriti Faculty
Stanley B. Dong, Ph.D., P.E.
dong@ea.ucla.edu  2066C Engineering I     (310) 825-5353
Structural mechanics, mechanics of composite materials, computational methods.
Lewis P. Felton, Ph.D.
felton@seas.ucla.edu  5731D Boelter Hall     (310) 825-5633
Structural analysis, structural mechanics, automated optimum structural design, including reliability based design.
Michael E. Fourney, Ph.D., P.E.
fourney@seas.ucla.edu  5731D Boelter Hall     (310) 825-5633
Experimental mechanics, laser holography, optical metrology, experimental mechanics, fracture of concrete.
Gary C. Hart, Ph.D., P.E.
hart@wai.com  5731D Boelter Hall     (310) 998-9154
Earthquake design of buildings, evaluation and strengthening of existing and historic buildings for earthquake hazard, limit state structural design criteria development, base isolation of buildings, probabilistic structural dynamics.
 
Richard L. Perrine, Ph.D.
perrine@seas.ucla.edu  3066D Engineering I     (310) 825-2636
Flow through porous materials, transport phenomena, environmental science and engineering with applications to problems of air and water pollution.
Moshe F. Rubinstein, Ph.D.
mrubinst@ucla.edu  3066D Engineering I     (310) 825-7731
Systems analysis and design, problem-solving and decision-making models.
Lawrence G. Selna, Ph.D., S.E.
selna@seas.ucla.edu  2066B Engineering I     (310) 825-5502
Reinforced concrete, earthquake engineering.


Researchers
Christine A. Goulet, Ph.D.
goulet@ucla.edu  5731 Boelter Hall     (310) 825-5502
Geotechnical earthquake engineering, engineering seismology, performance-based design, ground motion characterization, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, site response effects, and ground motion selection for nonlinear structural analyses.
Noah Molotch, Ph.D.
molotch@seas.ucla.edu  5732 Boelter Hall     (310) 825-5502
surface hydrology; snow hydrology; hydrometeorology; ecohydrology; remote sensing; glaciology
Robert L. Nigbor, Ph.D., P.E.
nigbor@ucla.edu  6679 Boelter Hall     (310) 825-3492
Experimental Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics


Lecturers
Christine A. Goulet, Ph.D.
goulet@ucla.edu  5731 Boelter Hall     (310) 825-1346
Geotechnical earthquake engineering and engineering seismology in the context of performance-based design, ground motion characterization, probabilistic seismic hazard analysis, site response effects, and ground motion selection for nonlinear structural analyses.
Robert E Kayen, Ph.D., P.E.
rkayen@usgs.gov , rkayen@ucla.edu  5732 Boelter Hall     (650) 329-4195
LIDAR and Geomatics, Geotechnical earthquake engineering, Applied Engineering Geophysics, Marine Geoengineering.
Suji Somasundaram, Ph.D., PE, GE
ssomasundaram@ucla.edu  5732 Boelter Hall     (949) 379-2465
Geotechnical engineering, geoenvironmental engineering, waste containment systems



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