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A new UVA initiative will provide expertise to Virginia localities using support from the Virginia Community Flood Preparedness Fund.
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Home of Civil, Systems and Environmental Engineering
The Department of Engineering Systems and Environment takes a collaborative, whole-system approach to modern challenges.
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Constructing a Bright Future
Civil engineers within the Construction Engineering and Management concentration combine engineering with business skills.
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Systems Engineering at UVA
There’s never a dull moment for systems engineers in the Autonomous Mobile Robots Lab and the Human Systems Engineering Research Lab.
Wicked problems? Bring them on.
As the home to UVA's recognized undergraduate and graduate degree programs in civil and systems engineering, we are a leader in the study of human and socio-technical systems. Our faculty and students create innovations that will help address society’s most wicked problems, which are often emergent, large scale, and complex in areas ranging from public health to smart cities to environmental resilience. In a rapidly changing world, we believe that a better future is possible for all by training the leaders of tomorrow in a collaborative academic environment that encourages excellence in the classroom and laboratory.
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Our Faculty
Andrés Clarens
Professor, Associate Director, Environmental Resilience Institute
Research Areas
- Environmental Engineering
- Carbon Capture and Sequestration
- Negative Emissions
Madhur Behl
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Engineering Systems and Environment, Cyber-Physical Systems Link Lab, Cavalier Autonomous Racing
Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Cyber-Physical Systems
Matthew Bolton
Associate Professor of Engineering Systems and Environment
Research Areas
- System safety and reliability
- Human performance modeling
- Formal methods
Devin K. Harris
Professor, Faculty Director - Clark Scholars Program, Director - Center for Transportation Studies
Research Areas
- Structures and Mechanics (Sustainable Infrastructure Systems)
- Infrastructure Condition Assessment
- Structural Health Monitoring
Rupa S. Valdez
Associate Professor of Engineering Systems and Environment, Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences
Research Areas
- Human Factors Engineering
- Health Systems Engineering
- Consumer Health IT
Wu-Seng (Winston) Lung
Emeritus Professor
James A. Smith
Henry L. Kinnier Professor of Civil Engineering
Research Areas
- Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing
- Environmental Engineering
- Water Resources
Henning S. Mortveit
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Massively interacting systems and the mathematics supporting rigorous analysis and understanding of their stability and resiliency
- The generic structure and the mathematics of large-scale simulation models of massively interacting systems
- Discrete and continuous dynamical systems, in particular graph dynamical systems (GDS) and their combinatorial and algebraic structures
Arsalan Heydarian
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Intelligent built environments (smart buildings)
- Infrastructure design to enhance mobility, safety, and comfort (mobility)
- User-centered autonomous vehicles and smart transportation systems (smart transportation)
Michael Demetsky
Emeritus Professor
Richard Miksad
Dean Emeritus, Thomas M. Linville Endowed Professor
Research Areas
- Paleo-Hydrological Engineering Studies Of Inca Heritage Sites In Peru
- Hydrodynamic Stability
- Nonlinear Dynamics Of Transition To Turbulence
Jennifer Lobo
Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, Associate Professor - Department of Public Health Sciences
Research Areas
- Decision analysis
- Markov decision processes
- Markov models
Nicola Bezzo
Assistant Professor, Engineering Systems and Environment, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Research Areas
- CPS Cyber-security
- Autonomous Mobile Robots (aerial and ground robotics)
- Autonomy and Controls/Control Systems
Sallie Keller
Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, Division Director, Distinguished Professor in Biocomplexity, Biocomplexity Institute, Professor of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine
Research Areas
- The science of all data
- Social and decision informatics
- Statistical underpinnings of data science
James H. Lambert
Director, Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems, Director, UVA Site of the NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & Trust, Professor of Engineering Systems & Environment; Program in Systems Engineering, Program in Civil Engineering, Member, Link Lab, Faculty Advisor, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Member, Technical Advisory Council, Commonwealth Center for Advanced Logistics Systems, Adjunct Professor of Engineering Operations Management, University of Southern Denmark
Research Areas
- Risk Management
- Smart Buildings/Cities
- Human Machine Interface
Laura Barnes
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Autonomy and Controls/Control Systems
- Wireless Health
- Human Machine Interface
Michael C. Smith
Lecturer, Systems Engineering
Research Areas
- Optimization Models and Methods
- Risk Management
- Systems Integration
Afsaneh Doryab
Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering , Assistant Professor, Computer Science
Research Areas
- Ubiquitous and Mobile Computing
- AI, Machine Learning, Data Mining
- Intelligent Human-Centered Computing
Jonathan L. Goodall
Professor, Engineering Systems and Environment, Associate Director, Link Lab
Research Areas
- Water Resources Engineering
- Hydroinformatics
- Stormwater
Gregory J. Gerling
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Haptics
- Human Factors / Human Computer Interaction
- Computational Neuroscience
B. Brian Park
Professor, Director, Traffic Operations Laboratory
Research Areas
- Cybersecurity
- Internet of Things
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
William T. Scherer
Professor, Editor-in-Chief Systems , Associate Chair ESE, Academic Programs, Director, Accelerated Masters Degree Program (AMP)
Research Areas
- Business Analytics and Decision Analysis
- Computational Statistics and Simulation/Statistical Modeling
- Stochastic Modeling
James W. Lark, III
Asst. Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Applied Mathematics (primary appointment), Engineering Systems and Environment (joint appointment), Systems and Information Engineering (joint appointment)
Research Areas
- Computational Statistics and Simulation/Statistical Modeling
- Risk and Decision Analysis
- Optimization Models and Methods
Peter Belmi
Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Research Areas
- Power
- Status
- Inequality
Marc Breton
Associate Director of Research, Center for Diabetes Technology, School of Medicine, Associate Professor, School of Medicine
Carl Herakovich
Professor Emeritus
Sara Riggs
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Human Factors
- Tactile and Multimodal Displays and Interfaces
- Perception and Performance
Osman E. Ozbulut
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Smart Buildings/Cities
- Structural Dynamics and Control
- Innovative Materials for Civil Infrastructure
T. Donna Chen
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Sustainable Transportation Systems
- Transportation Economics
- Transportation Demand Modeling
Dr. Lester A. Hoel
L.A. Lacy Distinguished Professor of Engineering Emeritus
Reid Bailey
Professor of Systems Engineering, Technology Leaders Program, Founding Director, UVA in Argentina and UVA in Sweden, Founding Director, International Residential College, Principal, Rodman Program, Director
Research Areas
- Engineering Design Education
- Interdisciplinary Design Teamwork
- Industrial Ecology
Venkataraman Lakshmi
John L. Newcomb Professor of Engineering
Research Areas
- Global Hydrology and Water Resources
- Hydrological Extremes - Floods and Droughts
- Harnessing Big Data in Hydrology
Roman Krzysztofowicz, Ph.D.
Professor of Systems Engineering, Professor of Statistics in College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences
Research Areas
- Bayesian Forecast-Decision Theory
- Judgmental, Probabilistic, and Ensemble Forecasting
- Forecast Combining, Verification, Economic Value
Lisa Colosi Peterson
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Climate Change
- Energy Sustainability
- Life Cycle Assessment
Michael D. Porter
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Event Prediction and Forecasting: point processes, Hawkes models, self-exciting models, kernel density estimation, spatial statistics, time series, predictive analytics, machine learning.
- Pattern and Event Detection: anomaly and hotspot detection, dynamic network analysis, clustering, data mining, NMF.
- Data Linkage: crime linkage, statistical forensics, record linkage, road conflation, clustering, Bayesian modeling.
Teresa B. Culver
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Smart Buildings/Cities
- Risk and Decision Analysis
- Optimization Models and Methods
Donald E. Brown, Ph.D.
W.S. Calcott Professor , Founding Director of the Data Science Institute, Co-Director of the Translational Health Institute of Virginia (THRIV)
Research Areas
- Data Fusion, Knowledge Discovery, and Simulation Optimization
Dr. Nicholas J. Garber
Henry L. Kinnier Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Research Areas
- Traffic Operations
- Highway Safety
Brian L. Smith, PE
Professor and Chair
Research Areas
- Cybersecurity
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Smart Buildings/Cities
Jose Pantaleon Gomez III
Lecturer
Research Areas
- Optimization Models and Methods
- Systems Integration
- Autonomy and Controls/Control Systems
Craig H. Benson, PhD, PE, DGE, BCEE, NAE
Hamilton Endowed Chair in Engineering
Research Areas
- Landfill Engineering & Solid Waste Management
- Radioactive & Mixed Waste Disposal & Management
- Mine Waste & Residuals Disposal & Management
Mehdi Boukhechba
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Research Track
Research Areas
- Ubiquitous Computing
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Mobile Sensing
Garrick Louis
Associate Professor, Engineering Systems and Environment (primary appointment), Science, Technology, and Society (courtesy appointment)
Research Areas
- Sustainability and Human Needs
- Engineering and Social Justice
- Equity in Access to Infrastructure Services
Lindsay Ivey-Burden
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Managing Director, MATS UTC
Research Areas
- Risk and Decision Analysis
- Environmental Engineering
- Structures and Mechanics (Sustainable Infrastructure Systems)
Negin Alemazkoor
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Uncertainty Quantification
- Data-Driven Scientific Computing
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
Majid Shafiee-Jood
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Research Track
Research Areas
- Climate Risk Management
- Modeling of Coupled Human-Natural Systems
- Resilience in Complex Systems
Mami Taniuchi
Courtesy Appointment in the Department of Engineering Systems and Environment, Associate Professor of Medicine: Infectious Diseases and International Health, Joint Appointments in Biomedical Engineering and Engineering Systems and Environment
Research Areas
- Molecular diagnostics; Polio eradication; tracking immunity and virus shedding after oral polio vaccination in resource-challenged countries.
Tariq Iqbal
Assistant Professor, Systems Engineering, Assistant Professor, Computer Science (by Courtesy)
Research Areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Robotics
- Human-Robot Interaction
Marek-Jerzy Pindera
Professor of Applied Mechanics
Research Areas
- Computation Materials Science
- Nanomaterials and nanomanufacturing
- Bio-inspired systems
Diana Franco Duran
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Director, Construction Engineering and Management Program
Research Areas
- Engineering Education
- Teaching and Learning
- Competency Development
Haiying Shen
Associate Professor, Computer Science, Associate Professor, Engineering Systems and Environment, Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering (By Courtesy)
Research Areas
- Distributed Systems and Networks
- Cloud/Edge Computing
- Distributed Machine Learning
K. Preston White, Jr.
Emeritus Professor
Research Areas
- Computational Statistics and Simulation/Statistical Modeling
- Risk and Decision Analysis
- Optimization Models and Methods
Julianne Quinn
Assistant Professor
Research Areas
- Water resources management
- Multi-objective control
- Stochastic hydrology
Cindy Chang
Associate Professor
Research Areas
- Advanced Manufacturing/Smart Manufacturing
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Production Modeling and Control
Larry Band
Ernest H. Ern Professor of Environmental Science, Professor
Robert Riggs
Assistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Director of Undergraduate Programs in Systems Engineering, Systems ME and VEO Advisor
Research Areas
- Optimization and Operations Research
- Lean and Six Sigma
- Healthcare Systems Engineering