Our faculty are not content to trod well-worn engineering paths. Instead, they are driven to pursue innovations in teaching, research that address truly complex challenges, and to pursue worldwide leadership roles in their fields. See Also: Emeritus Faculty Directory.
Professor of Civil EngineeringChair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor Harris is chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research and teaching interests focus on large scale infrastructure systems with a primary focus on condition monitoring and system performance.
Arsalan Heydarian is an Associate Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as the UVA Link Lab. His research broadly focuses on user-centered design, construction, and operation of intelligent infrastructure with the objective of enhancing their sustainability, adaptability, and resilience.
Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental EngineeringAcademic General Faculty, Teaching TrackDirector, Center for Transportation Studies
Dr. Ivey-Burden joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia in January 2012. Her research and teaching interests include geotechnical engineering, foundations engineering, solid waste management, risk analysis in infrastructure systems, geotechnical earthquake engineering, and geophysical testing techn
Leidy Klotz is filling in underexplored overlaps between engineering and behavioral science, in pursuit of more sustainable systems. He has published over 80 peer-reviewed articles in venues that include top academic journals in built environment engineering, engineering education…
John L. Newcomb Professor of EngineeringPresident Hydrology Section, American Geophysical Union
Venkat's areas of research interest are catchment hydrology, satellite data validation and assimilation, field experiments, land-atmosphere interactions, satellite data downscaling, vadose zone and water resources.
Chair, Faculty Senate of the University of Virginia (2024-25)Janet Scott Hamilton and John Downman Hamilton ProfessorDirector, Center for Risk Management of Engineering SystemsSite Director, NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & TrustProfessor of Systems & Information EngineeringProfessor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
Dr. Lambert received the 2024 Distinguished Educator Award of the Society for Risk Analysis (SRA). He is a General Co-Chair of the 11th IEEE International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies CoDIT2025.org (Split, Croatia). He was the Chair of the 8th…
Professor Liu’s research interests include soil mechanics, foundation engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI), numerical simulations, and other topics in classical mechanics. His research interests are integrated for being more collaborative ( multiphysics), more focused (multiscale…
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor, Systems and Information EngineeringDirector, Traffic Operations Laboratory
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Brian Park is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Systems and Information Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on improving the efficiency of surface transportation systems via connected automated vehicle controls, traffic operations and management strategies.
