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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.
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Benson, Craig H., PhD, PE, DGE, BCEE, NAE
Read MoreProfessor Emeritus
My practice in geoenvironmental engineering fits in four broad categories: (i) design and assessment of environmental containment systems for municipal, mining, radioactive, and hazardous wastes, (ii) sustainability assessment of engineering systems, (ii) recycling/upcycling of waste materials,...
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Gomez III, Jose Pantaleon
Read MoreLecturer
I was most recently the Director of Research for the Virginia Transportation Research Council, the Virginia Department of Transportation’s research division. I first joined the Research Council in June of 1992 as a Research Scientist and spent 9 years conducting applied research and technical...
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Harris, Devin K.
Read MoreProfessor and Chair, Director - Center for Transportation Studies
Professor Harris is chair of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. He is also the Director of the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) . His...
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Ivey-Burden, Lindsay
Read MoreAssistant Professor, Academic General Faculty, Teaching Track, Managing Director, MATS UTC, Deputy Director, 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...
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Kelly, Robert G.
Read MoreAssociate Chair for Operations, AT&T Professor of Engineering, Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Co-Director, Center for Electrochemical Science and Engineering
Robert G. Kelly has been conducting research on the corrosion of metals for the past 30 years. After completing his Ph.D. studies at Johns Hopkins University (1989), he spent two years at the Corrosion and Protection Centre at the University of Manchester (UK) as a Fulbright Scholar and as an...
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Klotz, Leidy
Read MoreProfessor
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, and design,...
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Lagor, Frank
Read MoreAssociate Professor
Professor Lagor's current research interests focus on estimation and control for autonomous systems interacting with their fluid environments. He joined UVA as an associate professor in August 2023 from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He received his Ph.D. in aerospace engineering...
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Li, Xiaodong (Chris)
Read MoreRolls-Royce Commonwealth Professor
Dr. Li’s expertise and interests include (but not limited to) additive manufacturing, smart manufacturing, nanomaterial-enabled energy systems, biological and bio-inspired materials and devices, biomechanics, micro/nanomechanics, surface engineering, and tribology. He has been PI/Co-PI on over $...
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Ozbulut, Osman E.
Read MoreProfessor
Osman Ozbulut is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on applying innovative materials, sensing technologies and interdisciplinary expertise to the development of resilient and sustainable civil infrastructure...
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Pindera, Marek-Jerzy
Read MoreProfessor Emeritus
RECENT CAREER
1997 - Present: Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia
1991 - 1997: Associate Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia
1988 - 1991: Assistant Professor of Applied Mechanics, University of Virginia
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE AND...