Faculty and Staff

Meet the faculty and staff in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Chair

Bill Yu

Department Chair, Civil Engineering
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Multiscale multiphysics processes in geosystems and infrastructure, interdisciplinary innovations in intelligent infrastructure technologies towards resilience and sustainability.
Faculty

Elias Ali

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Structural Fire Engineering, Blast and extreme loading on structures, thin-walled structures, multi-functional composite materials.

Bridget Hegarty

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Environmental Engineering; understanding and engineering microbiomes; air quality; drinking water and wastewater treatment; AI and machine learning in environmental engineering; metagenomics and metatranscriptomics for environmental engineering application.

Yue Li

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Designs and improves resilient buildings and infrastructure

Kurt Rhoads

Faculty Director, Roger E. Susi First-Year Engineering Experience
Roger E. Susi Associate Professor, Division of Engineering Leadership & Professional Practice
Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Engineers environmental water, wastewater and energy processes using biotechnology

Hyoung Suk Suh

Assistant Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Solving energy and environmental geotechnics problems through the lens of theoretical and computational poromechanics.

Katie Wheaton

Senior Instructor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Bill Yu

Department Chair, Civil Engineering
Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Multiscale multiphysics processes in geosystems and infrastructure, interdisciplinary innovations in intelligent infrastructure technologies towards resilience and sustainability.

Chris Yingchun Yuan

Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Researches design, manufacturing and sustainability science of lithium ion batteries, solar cells and nanotechnologies.

Huichun (Judy) Zhang

Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Examines fate and transformation of environmental contaminants in natural and engineered environments and develops advanced water/wastewater treatment technologies
Emeritus Faculty

Aaron Jennings

Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Adel Saada

Professor Emeritus, Civil and Environmental Engineering

 

Adjunct Faculty 

Robert Yin, Adjunct Instructor

Tyler Stillings, Adjunct Instructor

Vincent Beach, Adjunct Instructor

Esmaeel Asadi, Adjunct Professor

Jamal Nusairat, Adjunct Professor

Dan Chiocel, Adjunct Professor, dan.ghiocel@ghiocel-tech.com

Michael Pollino, Adjunct Professor

Gina Beim, Adjunct Instructor

Zeng (David) Xiangwu, Adjunct Professor

Martin L. Schmidt, Adjunct Professor

Katherine Holmok, Adjunct Instructor

John Picuri, Adjunct Instructor, jpp121@case.edu

Phillip Nagle, Adjunct Instructor, pnagle630@gmail.com

Alexandra Letofsky, Adjunct Instructor, all38@case.edu

Administrative Staff

Jim Berilla

Technician, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ramona David

MEM Admissions and Program Manager, Masters of Engineering and Management
Department Assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Works with staff and faculty to ensure a quality student experience for the MEM program

Denise Miller

Assistant to the Chair, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Develops, implements and manages procedures for the administration and operation of the Office of the Chair for the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Angelika Szakacs

Academic and Research Team Leader/ Business Manager, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Nathaniel Vishner

EMAE & ECIV Student Affairs Manager,

Handles student affairs for Departments of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering.