Faculty & Staff

JoAnn Browning, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Structures, reinforced concrete bridge decks – durability and design, reinforced concrete structures – seismic design and analysis
jpbrown@ku.edu, (785) 864-3723

Oswald Chong, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Sustainability, engineering design and management, social and human dimensions, life cycle analysis, construction engineering, and construction economics
oswald@ku.edu, (785) 864-2891

David Darwin, Ph.D., P.E.
Deane E. Ackers Distinguished Professor
Structural engineering and engineering materials, including:
reinforced concrete behavior, concrete materials and construction, bond between reinforcing steel and concrete, steel-concrete composite structures, and durability of transportation structures, with emphasis on reducing corrosion of reinforcing steel and cracking in reinforced concrete bridge decks
daved@ku.edu, (785) 864-3827

Thomas E. Glavinich, D.E., P.E.
Associate Professor
tglavinich@ku.edu, (785) 864-3435

Jie Han, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Geosynthetics, ground improvement, pile foundations, numerical analysis, and pavements
jiehan@ku.edu, (785) 864-3714

Dennis D. Lane, Ph.D.
N.T. Veatch Distinguished Professor
Environmental engineering and science, air pollution control, air quality, aerosol science and transporation
lane@ku.edu, (785) 864-2942

Glen A. Marotz, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
gama@ku.edu, (785) 864-2980

Adolfo B. Matamoros, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Design and behavior of reinforced concrete members, adaptive media, composite materials, earthquake engineering, strengthening and repair of bridge structures
amatamor@ku.edu, (785) 864-3761

Bruce M. McEnroe, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Water resources engineering, hydrology, hydraulics, storm-water mangement, and stream restoration
mcenroe@ku.edu, (785) 864-2925

Mario A. Medina, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Building thermal sciences, modeling of building enclosure systems, building insulation systems, phase change materials, building and industrial energy management
mmedina@ku.edu, (785) 864-3604

Anil Misra, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Geotechnical, numerical methods,constitutive modeling, micromechanics, granular materials, bioengineering
amisra@ku.edu, (785) 864-1750

Thomas E. Mulinazzi, Ph.D., P.E., L.S.
Professor
Transportation, traffic engineering, highway safety, railroad engineering, airport engineering, surveying
tomm@ku.edu, (785) 864-2928

A. David Parr, Ph.D.
Professor
Hydraulics, sediment transport, bridge scour, flood plain analysis
parr@ku.edu, (785) 864-3808

Robert L. Parsons, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Geotechnical engineering, including: retaining walls, deep foundations, soil stabilization and landfills
rparsons@ku.edu, (785) 864-2946

Edward F. Peltier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Environmental engineering including:
contaminant fate and transport, stormwater treatment, combustion emissions
epeltier@ku.edu, (785) 864-2941

Stephen J. Randtke, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor
Environmental engineering and science; drinking water supply and treatment; physical/chemical treatment processes; formation and control of disinfection byproducts; occurrence and removal of trace contaminants
srandtke@ku.edu, (785) 864-2940

Brian A. Rock, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Professor
Building mechanical systems (HVAC&R, piping, plumbing, fire protection) indoor air quality, energy conservation, solar energy
docrock@ku.edu, (785) 864-3603

Stanley T. Rolfe, Ph.D., P.E.
Albert P. Learned Distinguished Professor
Fracture and fatigue control in steel structures
srolfe@ku.edu, (785) 864-3767

Steven D. Schrock, Ph.D., P.E.
Assistant Professor
Transportation engineering, including: geometric highway design, traffic flow theory, and highway safety
schrock@ku.edu, (785) 864-3418

Belinda McSwain Sturm, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Wastewater treatment, biological processes, algal growth and biodiesel production, molecular methods
bmcswain@ku.edu, (785) 864-1739

Francis M. Thomas, Ph.D., P.E.
Associate Chair
Solid mechanics, high temperature stress analysis, and dynamic analysis
fthomas@ku.edu, (785) 864-3725

C. Bryan Young, Ph.D. P. E.
Associate Professor
Water resources engineering, including: surface water hydrology, radar-rainfall estimation, watershed modeling geographic information systems
cbyoung@ku.edu, (785) 864-2999

Jay Barnard
Laboratory Technician
jbarnard@ku.edu, (785) 864-3159

Yelena Kistanova
Departmental Financial Officer
kistanova@ku.edu, (785) 864-3775

Matthew Maksimowicz
Instrumentation Technician
britanic@ku.edu, 785-864-3721

Margaret Mosser
Environmental Engineering program's Administrative Specialist
mosser@ku.edu, (785) 864-3731

Carol Jo Sloan
Department's Administrative Specialist
cjsloan@ku.edu, (785) 864-3766

Reta Solwa
Administrative Associate Senior
rsolwa@ku.edu, (785) 864-3826

Jim Weaver
Laboratories Manager
weaverhj@ku.edu, (785) 864-3159